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Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?

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Post by chalst »

axiomdata316 wrote: post #8
danek_szy wrote: post #2

Symptoms as described by WHO: - https://i.cbc.ca/1.5496615.1584111464!/fileImage/httpImage/i... - https://sm.mashable.com/mashable_sea/photo/default/coronavir...

What's alarming and kind of ironic is that COVID 19 has a lack of symptoms compared to the common flu. Aches and pains sometimes for COVID 19 as opposed to aches and pains common for the common flu. Runny nose sometimes for COVID 19 but runny nose common for the Common Flu. Its almost to say if you feel really bad you probably don't have COVID 19 unless you really start having trouble breathing. It's helps me appreci…

The February report from WHO did not list runny nose as a symptom. If you do have a runny nose, though, that increases the riskiness of hand-nose contact as an infection pathway.

https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-chi...

Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?

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Post by pfdietz »

benrrio wrote: post #12

I have had a fever for a week and difficulty breathing. I have asked my doctor about getting tested for Covid19 and they have declined to test me because I don't meet the critical criteria: age > 60, around large groups of people, etc. I run in circles with someone that returned from Italy and has been confirmed to have Covid19. I'm assuming I have it. The fever isn't so bad for me but there have been a few times whe…

Watch out for cardiac symptoms. Some individuals who have been weaned off ventilators are suddenly dying from heart failure, probably from direct viral attack on the heart, and I don't see why someone with somewhat milder symptoms should be immune.

Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?

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Post by mekster »

benrrio wrote: post #12

I have had a fever for a week and difficulty breathing. I have asked my doctor about getting tested for Covid19 and they have declined to test me because I don't meet the critical criteria: age > 60, around large groups of people, etc. I run in circles with someone that returned from Italy and has been confirmed to have Covid19. I'm assuming I have it. The fever isn't so bad for me but there have been a few times whe…

> they have declined to test me because I don't meet the critical criteria: age > 60

What kind of nonsense rule is that? They're intentionally breaking the statistics.

Which country is this, if you don't mind saying?

Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?

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Post by senordevnyc »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #25
cm2012 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Death rate is between 5x-25x higher, hospitalization rate even higher than that. Regular flu has a .01 death rate, Covid is at .08 right now in Korea and like 4% in Italy.

> Regular flu has a .01 death rate, Covid is at .08 right now in Korea and like 4% in Italy. Dude. You can’t mix units like that. The flu has a 0.095% death rate, S. Korea’s current Covid-19 death rate is 0.7%, and Italy’s rate is around 5%. You made both the flu and South Korea’s situation out to be ten times worse than they were.

Actually think they just forgot the % sign, and added extra zeros to flu and Korea numbers. I think they meant to say 0.1% and 0.8%, which isn’t far off.

Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?

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Post by kjakm »

It might be worth taking a look on Twitter. This doctor is 'live' tweeting his experience with the disease including lung scans [1]. Based on some other first hand experiences I've read on the Twitter/News people's experience varies wildly. Some people say it's not much worse than the flu. On the otherhand I saw a tweet from one doctor who had it claim it was worse than child birth so seems like the variation in experience can be massive.

[1] https://twitter.com/yaletung

Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?

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Post by TomMarius »

mekster wrote: post #33
benrrio wrote: post #12

I have had a fever for a week and difficulty breathing. I have asked my doctor about getting tested for Covid19 and they have declined to test me because I don't meet the critical criteria: age > 60, around large groups of people, etc. I run in circles with someone that returned from Italy and has been confirmed to have Covid19. I'm assuming I have it. The fever isn't so bad for me but there have been a few times whe…

> they have declined to test me because I don't meet the critical criteria: age > 60 What kind of nonsense rule is that? They're intentionally breaking the statistics. Which country is this, if you don't mind saying?

That's the reality my country as well, the czech republic

Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?

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Post by cutemonster »

playpause wrote: post #27
cm2012 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Death rate is between 5x-25x higher, hospitalization rate even higher than that. Regular flu has a .01 death rate, Covid is at .08 right now in Korea and like 4% in Italy.

It’s worth noting Italy’s much higher death rate is because the hospitals are full, and this is likely to happen in other countries soon. The proportion of Covid-19 patients that require intubation is much higher than that of flu. Several other European countries and the US are on roughly the same infection rate trajectory as Italy, just a few weeks behind. Unless they significantly slow it down, it seems likely thei…

In addition to that, I read that there are more old people in Italy too -- another factor contributing to the higher numbers there.

Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?

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Post by sjcsjc »

benrrio wrote: post #12

I have had a fever for a week and difficulty breathing. I have asked my doctor about getting tested for Covid19 and they have declined to test me because I don't meet the critical criteria: age > 60, around large groups of people, etc. I run in circles with someone that returned from Italy and has been confirmed to have Covid19. I'm assuming I have it. The fever isn't so bad for me but there have been a few times whe…

>>>so I wont post it here since I don't want to be mocked for it.

Please tell us. Mockery on here is of no consequence.

Oh, and thanks for posting and good luck.

Re: Ask HN: Have you been infected by Covid-19? What is it like?

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Post by reverend_gonzo »

mekster wrote: post #33
benrrio wrote: post #12

I have had a fever for a week and difficulty breathing. I have asked my doctor about getting tested for Covid19 and they have declined to test me because I don't meet the critical criteria: age > 60, around large groups of people, etc. I run in circles with someone that returned from Italy and has been confirmed to have Covid19. I'm assuming I have it. The fever isn't so bad for me but there have been a few times whe…

> they have declined to test me because I don't meet the critical criteria: age > 60 What kind of nonsense rule is that? They're intentionally breaking the statistics. Which country is this, if you don't mind saying?

This is definitely happening all over the US.

The reason the counts are so low is the CDC refuses to test anyone.

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