Anyone ever get Covid twice?

[leh-nerd skin-erd]

9 hours ago, PastaJoe said:

States that followed the same high standards of safety compliance like NY and CT along with other northeast states had an agreement that people traveling between those states would be treated the same, whereas those coming from lax states like Florida would face greater scrutiny.

 

Btw, once vaccinations were available Florida had the highest per capita death rate in 2021 during the Delta variant wave.

The quarantine guidelines carved out an exception for people who lived in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and NJ because a substantial number of individuals lived in those states and worked in NYC.  

 

https://www.rt.com/usa/505165-cuomo-revises-covid-quarantine/
 

I’ll leave it at that.  
 

I followed guidelines, vax standards including booster, and back to the original question, had the virus earlier this year.  I tolerated it well, sick but not horribly so—much, much better off than so many. 

[PastaJoe]

1 hour ago, Bill from NYC said:

I think that a strong portion of the states that you list have the worst medical care in the country. Look at the states in the left column after Florida (which I assume has good care). 

I knew a doctor from West Virginia who did his residency up here. He told me that he passed up lucrative offers in NY in order to go back to WVA because there was such a shortage of doctors in WVA. I believe him.

While that may be true, the fact is that those same states didn’t enact preventative mandates as simple as wearing masks, and they have higher percentages of the willfully unvaccinated which they could have got regardless of the quality of their medical care. Mostly due to believing misinformation. 
 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate

[Bill from NYC]

35 minutes ago, PastaJoe said:

While that may be true, the fact is that those same states didn’t enact preventative mandates as simple as wearing masks, and they have higher percentages of the willfully unvaccinated which they could have got regardless of the quality of their medical care. Mostly due to believing misinformation. 
 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate

I don't dispute this but your post was about death rates, and I'm thinking that better medical care and more access to it would certainly have prevented some of those deaths.

[PastaJoe]

3 hours ago, Bill from NYC said:

I don't dispute this but your post was about death rates, and I'm thinking that better medical care and more access to it would certainly have prevented some of those deaths.

That opens the bigger issue of why the governments in those states don’t push for better medical care but instead refused to set up state exchanges that would have made access to ACA health insurance more affordable to those with no insurance.

[Bill from NYC]

26 minutes ago, PastaJoe said:

That opens the bigger issue of why the governments in those states don’t push for better medical care but instead refused to set up state exchanges that would have made access to ACA health insurance more affordable to those with no insurance.

Again, many of these states are poor.

 

In an earlier post, you left me with the impression that you don't want to get into political discussion. In fact, you made this clear to another poster, So.....I am going to politely back out of this pointless conversation. I am guessing that I would get the blame if it continues and frankly, we would not get anywhere by continuing this debate.

[Just Jack]

Just tested positive, my 2nd time since 2020.  Got an order in for Paxlovid, the person taking my info to get the prescription was almost trying to get me not to take it.  

 

Has anyone done a booster this fall?  How did it go?  

[Saxum]

My sister got it, it cleared (negative test) and then in 2 days it came back again.

Does that count?

[Saxum]

4 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

Just tested positive, my 2nd time since 2020.  Got an order in for Paxlovid, the person taking my info to get the prescription was almost trying to get me not to take it.  

 

Has anyone done a booster this fall?  How did it go?  

 

BTW Booster shots are not given anymore - it is like the flu with vaccines.

Told that by my pulmonologist who thinks cough I have had since 2020 is asthma.

[WhoTom]

48 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

Has anyone done a booster this fall?  How did it go?  

 

My wife and I both had the shot for the latest variant back in October. Had flu shots about a week later. Our son did both the Covid and flu shots at once. None of us suffered any side effects except a slightly sore shoulder. None of us have tested positive, but we all mask up when in public. Due to a medical condition, I have a compromised immune system, so I have to be extra cautious about Covid. She and I both work from home, but our son works in an office. He got a mild case of Covid once, about a year ago, but he quarantined and we managed not to catch it.

 

[The Jokeman]

I haven't read the entire thread but I'm currently having my 2nd bout of Covid. First time in April/May of 2022 and currently first symptoms came on Christmas day.

[BillsFan4]

4 hours ago, Just Jack said:

Just tested positive, my 2nd time since 2020.  Got an order in for Paxlovid, the person taking my info to get the prescription was almost trying to get me not to take it.  

 

Has anyone done a booster this fall?  How did it go?  

My whole family had the latest booster back in September or October. We all got the flu shot and Covid booster at the same time. It went fine.

 

My mother, father and myself got the Pfizer booster. Not sure what my sister got.

My sister had a bit of a reaction (just feeling flu-like) but she has an auto immune disorder. My parents never felt anything from any of their vaccines.

 

From my experience, I seem to have less of a reaction to the Pfizer vaccines vs Moderna. I’ve had both and neither were bad. With Moderna I got some body aches and felt like I was getting sick for about 12 hours but that was it. With the Pfizer I really had no symptoms besides a sore arm and maybe slight chills.

The latest booster shot was probably the most mild for me yet. No symptoms.

[Wacka]

Had it inSept 2021. Got a booster in Feb 2022. Day after thanksgiving me, my sister and my niece (who was visiting from Germany) all got it a secon time. My sister had gotten a booster a few weeks earlier, but I had not seen my sister  face to face since October.

 

If you have kidney disease do not use Plaxovid. Biggest reaction I got from a shot recently was the flu shot a few weeks ago, Was sorer than the shringrix shots. Someone  told me Mucinex  helps the congestion.  I took  Theraflu nighttime  to help me sleep during the COVID

Edited December 31, 2023 by Wacka

[Augie]

7 hours ago, Just Jack said:

Just tested positive, my 2nd time since 2020.  Got an order in for Paxlovid, the person taking my info to get the prescription was almost trying to get me not to take it.  

 

Has anyone done a booster this fall?  How did it go?  

 

I have not done a recent booster, but I’m sure I’ve had it on multiple occasions. Our son is in FL with the wife's family for the holidays. She is one of six daughters, and most are married with kids. BIG family, and they ALL got it. I have not taken Paxlovid, but they said it was a huge difference maker. 

[BritBill]

I’ve had it 4 times. Varying levels of illness. Once I couldn’t get out of bed. Other times just a cough and headaches. 
 

Had all the vaccinations I’m entitled to and had available to me. 

[Awwufelloff]

3 times here. first time was the worse. Had intense brain fog and confusion for almost 2 weeks. The symptoms were like nothing ive ever experienced, it was difficult to explain. Also couldn't get a full breath for a month. I went to the ER twice during this time thinking my brain was going to *****, even got an MRI of it because nothing worked up there for awhile.

 

2nd time was typical flu symptoms 102 fever, chills, etc.. 3rd time was a month ago. 103 fever really intense for 48 hours, and lingering cough for over a month. First time was the worst for me, than 3rd, then 2nd.

Edited December 31, 2023 by Awwufelloff

[ExiledInIllinois]

Most likely I had it multiple times and didn't know.

 

They are reporting that every new infection raises risks of long COVID.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/every-covid-infection-increases-your-risk-of-long-covid-study-warns/ar-AA1m46MG

 

 

[Saxum]

49 minutes ago, Awwufelloff said:

3 times here. first time was the worse. Had intense brain fog and confusion for almost 2 weeks. The symptoms were like nothing ive ever experienced, it was difficult to explain. Also couldn't get a full breath for a month. I went to the ER twice during this time thinking my brain was going to *****, even got an MRI of it because nothing worked up there for awhile.

 

2nd time was typical flu symptoms 102 fever, chills, etc.. 3rd time was a month ago. 103 fever really intense for 48 hours, and lingering cough for over a month. First time was the worst for me, than 3rd, then 2nd.

 

Ouch! Have a persistent cough since 2020 but COVID made it worse and there were times I was continuously coughing for over an hour.  Had the fever and chills too and fever really messed me up since my body temperature is usually low (96.8).  Weirdest part was able to type and needing to use a onscreen keyboard to use a computer.  Able to order COVID medication on line (Amazon Clinic) but messed up a few times trying to do it.

[BillsFanNC]

Had it twice. Won't know if I have it going forward because I won't test. 

 

If you get sick will testing impact your behavior or treatment?

 

In most cases, other than in elderly or immunocompromised populations, the answer is no.

 

Therefore no need to test. 

 

If you are ill stay home and hunker down until you feel better. Just like always.

[Golden*Wheels]

On 9/13/2022 at 9:57 PM, PastaJoe said:

States that followed the same high standards of safety compliance like NY and CT along with other northeast states had an agreement that people traveling between those states would be treated the same, whereas those coming from lax states like Florida would face greater scrutiny.

 

Btw, once vaccinations were available Florida had the highest per capita death rate in 2021 during the Delta variant wave.

The standards difference between NY and CT was actually somewhat large, surprisingly. Both were what I guess you could call "strict", but NY state went above and beyond closing things whereas CTs work restrictions were written in such a way that it was much easier to make a case to stay open and operating.  I would NOT say CT was "lax", but compared to NYS....yeah, it was. Maybe both are strict compared to Florida, I dunno.

 

NW CT actually had a very good sized influx of NYSers (worse than normal even) buying up homes here to escape NYS and their regs.

 

Source: A guy who's 50+ year family business would have been closed, and ruined, in NY (or MA for that matter) but was NOT closed in CT. They're all northeast states, but they didn't all operate the same, thankfully.

 

Oh and...had it twice, the second time just a few weeks ago. Not fun, but not bad either.

Edited December 31, 2023 by Golden*Wheels

[Saxum]

I wonder if closing of schools or not was a contributing factor in death rates.

I noticed Maryland and Virginia not on list and both have powerful school unions who got schools closed / moved to virtual.

My wife reported to school to manage her crew packaging lunch bags which could be picked up by parents at school or from bus stops.