Just tested positive

[dolphins4life]

Still have a little bit of cough that lingers around

[dolphins4life]

I have no fever, no chills, no muscle pain, no breathing issues at all

[dolphins4life]

I still feel anxiety

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I still feel anxiety

Wasn't that pre-existing before Covid?

[dolphins4life]

Wasn't that pre-existing before Covid?

I meant anxiety about Covid.

I have always had anxiety.

I just fear I am going to wind up like that Chinese doctor Wenliang

[dolphins4life]

Do you guys think I have anything to worry about?

[Dave Gray]

Do you guys think I have anything to worry about?

Anything can happen with the human body and illness.  Any medicine, any infection, any surgery -- they could have terrible effects that kill you -- it's incredibly unlikely, but it's possible.  But, this is about risk mitigation.

You are young, you've had the vaccine, you don't (to my knowledge) have co-morbidities.  So, take care of yourself, be intelligent about your care and your risks -- rest, take appropriate medicines to treat your symptoms, and take care of your mental health.  That's what you do and the odds are incredible that you will fully recover in a short time without incident.

[Tenshot13]

Do you guys think I have anything to worry about?

I'd bet a lot of money you'll be fine

[dolphins4life]

I am vaccinated and boosted, but I am overweight.

I tested positive on Friday, June 17th.

I improved greatly over the next few days

All that's left is this annoying cough.  It hasn't seemed to affect my breathing much, if it all.

Is it possible to still have symptoms even if this virus has left your system?

What has made my anxiety worse is watching videos about the Herman Cain Award winners.

I have also gotten some new information, that I would like to confirm, but accurate sources on this virus are impossible to find.

Some have claimed that the use of masks has sharply reduced flu cases during flu season.

[Sunstroke]

I now know 4 people who have contracted the Covid virus in the last 2-3 weeks, including my nephew.

It's kinda crazy out there right now...

[Spider-Dan]

Some have claimed that the use of masks has sharply reduced flu cases during flu season.

Not just masking, but social distancing and shutdowns also had a drastic effect on reducing flu cases.
As well they should!  Prior to 2020, the idea that staying away from other people as much as possible, and wearing a mask when you can't helps prevent the spread of contagious diseases would have been completely obvious & uncontroversial common sense.  It's only recently that you have a certain faction of people insisting that masks don't do anything and shutdowns don't work.

[ArtieChokePhin]

Not just masking, but social distancing and shutdowns also had a drastic effect on reducing flu cases.
As well they should!  Prior to 2020, the idea that staying away from other people as much as possible, and wearing a mask when you can't helps prevent the spread of contagious diseases would have been completely obvious & uncontroversial common sense.  It's only recently that you have a certain faction of people insisting that masks don't do anything and shutdowns don't work.

Shutdowns don't work because it makes no sense to bring the economy to a grinding halt over a disease that has a 99.6% survival rate (myself included).   

This is something that we're going to have to learn to live with going forward, because natural progression means diseases like this thin out the herd.   Like Ivan Drago said in Rocky IV:   If he dies.... he dies.

[dolphins4life]

Shutdowns don't work because it makes no sense to bring the economy to a grinding halt over a disease that has a 99.6% survival rate (myself included).   

This is something that we're going to have to learn to live with going forward, because natural progression means diseases like this thin out the herd.   Like Ivan Drago said in Rocky IV:   If he dies.... he dies.

Some issues I have with this

1) Lockdowns don't necessarily shut down the economy.  Many people can work from home.

2) Lockdowns have great effects on the environment.

3) Even if the survival rate is high, it has still killed over one million Americans.  It has also overwhelmed our hospitals and put our healthcare workers at risk.  (According to some reports)

4) Wearing a mask does NOT affect your ability to work.  It has had positive effects on healthcare beyond COVID (According to some reports)

[Spider-Dan]

Shutdowns don't work because it makes no sense to bring the economy to a grinding halt over a disease that has a 99.6% survival rate (myself included).

Even if we stipulate that number as accurate:
a highly contagious disease that kills 4 of every 1000 people it infects is going to bring your economy to a grinding halt whether you intentionally shutdown or not.  You don't get to opt-out of that outcome.

The question is not whether shutdowns will protect the economy.  The question is whether shutdowns will save lives.  And they do.

[dolphins4life]

A highly contagious disease that kills 4 of every 1000 people it infects is going to bring your economy to a grinding halt whether you intentionally shutdown or not.  You don't get to opt-out of that outcome.

The question is not whether shutdowns will protect the economy.  The question is whether shutdowns will save lives.  And they do.

It's a balance.  If we banned everybody from driving their cars, that would also save lives, but that would be impractical.