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FYI everyone, you're going to get a huge selection bias here. The kind of infected person who's going to see and answer this question will likely have symptoms on the milder side. Answers here should not be expected to be remotely representative.
Your comment about not being older than 60 to get tested made me so angry and shows how fucked the US is. Testing has nothing to do with protecting you (the current treatment for Covid-19 is the same as any other severe respiratory illness), it's about deciding who needs to be quarantined and have their contacts tracked to protect other people. While the severity of symptoms varies by age, the transmissibility does n…
I live in the (presumed) social democratic paradise of Sweden where the "government" has just decided to stop testing anyone who is not already in a hospital and belongs to a risk group, i.e. anyone under ~65 years of age without any co-morbidities [1 - Swedish]. The "state epidemiologist" Anders Tegnell has other wisdom to spread to the world like the fact that a call for as many companies to have as many employees as possible working from home is "problematic" because it ends up exposing some people to more risk of infection than others and thus offset the principle of "fairness" in society [2 - Swedish]. In other words, if we can not lower the risk of exposure for everyone we should not lower the risk for anyone. He is also against school closures because children can not get infected - oh, they can? OK, because children don't get very ill - but they'll still spread the infection to those who can get very ill? OK, because some children don't have it all that nice at home so it would not be fair to them to close the schools. Again, if we can not make it better for everyone it is preferable to not do anything at all.
Sweden is now coming under heavy criticism from other countries, China being one of them [3 - Swedish] when they state "Sweden has capitulated in front of the virus and stands to become a danger to other countries". This is probably part of an ongoing spat between Sweden and China where Sweden earlier criticised China's actions against a Chinese-Swedish citizen but there is no denying that the Swedish "government" has shown a lack of foresight and proactive strategies. There is a dearth of supplies, Sweden has the lowest number of hospital beds per capita in the OECD which is odd for the country with the highest taxes in the world, the health care system can not cope with the normal case load let alone with an influx of Corona-related patients.
[1] https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/samhalle/a/70GQRV/nya-str...
[2] https://nyheteridag.se/tegnell-ojamlikt-att-spotifys-anstall...
[3] https://www.svd.se/kina-riktar-skarp-coronakritik-mot-sverig...
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…
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The testing capacity simply doesn't exist. It's a huge failure, but it's not a nonsense rule, it's a result of poor planning and mistakes made weeks ago.
The testing capacity exists, if you count devices that have (still) not been approved for use. That is the primary nature of of the failure here.
Why does it seem like people are using this rapidly spreading deadly virus as an argument for their political views...
FYI everyone, you're going to get a huge selection bias here. The kind of infected person who's going to see and answer this question will likely have symptoms on the milder side. Answers here should not be expected to be remotely representative.
Exactly. The few really sick people who are 70-80+ years old will likely not be social media users.
FYI everyone, you're going to get a huge selection bias here. The kind of infected person who's going to see and answer this question will likely have symptoms on the milder side. Answers here should not be expected to be remotely representative.
Have 4 family members that have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Austria: - Male (56), no symptoms except weak voice - Female (55), no symptoms - Male (80), light fever (37,7C), weak voice - Female (81), no symptoms These cases are all connected, and we have talked with others that seem to have caught the same variant/mutation. None of them does really show symptoms, no hospitalizations, no real fever, and no har…
I hope you can update this this in 5 days, 10 days, and 15 days so we can see if/when symptoms change or appear.
Sadly something like that would probably have a lot of trolls, and hypochondriacs.
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…
Tell me yours and I’ll tell you mine? Old wives tales usually have some science behind them that hasn’t been tested yet. No one is saying they have the magic cure-all. I make a mixture of turmeric, horseradish, ginger, garlic, habanero, hot onion, and apple cider vinegar. Chop finely or blend and let steep and ferment for as long as you want. Doesn’t go bad. I take shots of it when sick. Actually really good to put i…
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> 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?
The testing capacity simply doesn't exist. It's a huge failure, but it's not a nonsense rule, it's a result of poor planning and mistakes made weeks ago.
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I would appreciate the advice about the old wives tale, even if I don't after all use it. I promise to upvote every supportive comment and downvote every mocking comment!
Here it is: https://www.amazon.com/Zijainternational-SuperMix-Moringa-Ol... We forgot about it until I was gasping for air and then my wife remembered and we had some laying around. I could breath again in about 20 minutes. My chest and lungs still hurt until today.
I mean, maybe Moringa Oil is amazing (I doubt it). It's available for much cheaper than the listed amazon link: https://www.vitaminshoppe.com/p/cold-pressed-rwandan-moringa...