Just gets weirder and weirder
susie
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The traveling companion with whom I shared a room wasn't feeling 100% when we started our trip to Wyoming. She had a cough, runny nose and was taking cold medication when we started our trip.
When I told her that I tested positive on Tuesday she had her daughter,who is a nurse, test her. Her cough had gotten worse and she wasn't feeling well. She was negative. Wednesday she developed a sore throat. Tested again, still negative. She's a teacher and has been vaccinated. School told her no worries since she had two negative tests with being vaccinated.
Got a message from her today. She still wasn't feeling well so she took a third at home test and one at the hospital. Both positive. She is now in search of a monoclonal antibody treatment. We live in the same town but have different doctors.
Her doctor refused to accept the at home test and she had to go into the clinic to be tested. Now they are trying to locate treatment.
My doc's receptionist asked me what test I took, I gave her the info, she put me on hold and within a few minutes she came back and said she had sent my referral to SE Health Hospital in Dexter. Within about an hour I got a call from the hospital and was scheduled.
Many things. Different providers have various methods to test/treat. Underlying health conditions don't drive the bus. We had to have been exposed at the same time. I believe hers took longer to manifest positive since she had the vaccine. I haven't been vaccinated so it multiplied quickly in me. Although I have managed to bang up my hamstring and rotator cuff I have a robust immune system, am very active, take no meds.
She sleeps with a cpap (didn't bring it on the trip), is type 2 diabetic, on blood pressure meds, overweight and sedentary. I think this is why it's hitting her harder.
There is no rhyme or reason to any of this.
Oh, and I truly wonder if it finally got me because we had to wear our masks inside and outside unless we were drinking/dining. I think the masks create a nice little warm petri dish for the virus to land, multiply and invade. Unless wearing an M40 with a complete seal, the virus has an inlet to your airways. Even the N95 doesn't provide a complete seal.
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Already sanitized. Might be. She was drinking bourbon and coke.
To all that might survive Covid pneumonia and use a B-pap or C-pap best have a good talk with your doctor about using it until completely better. Might just have a blow out and collapse a lung. Pretty sure I know someone that did.
Sorry to hear she came down with it too.
I don't think your mask Petri dish theory is correct because I think viruses need to invade a cell to multiply. Bacteria and mold would be more likely in your mask/Petri dish scenario. I hope her vaccine will mitigate the symptoms and I hope you both get the antibody treatment and avoid any long term effects. IMHO we will probably all catch this Omicron virus at some time and fortunately for most it is no worse than a cold. Get better soon. Bob
The mask only keeps you from blowing a loogie on someone. I read the test results that some scientist ran on latex gloves and only 30 percent of the ones they tested were impregnable from a virus. You can't even see a virus without an electron microscope. These virus's that are killing people vary in size from 9 to 12 nanometers. That's about 10 decimal places.
Our son (unvaccinated) got sick. 2 negative home tests. One urgent care negative test, Day 8 got positive test at ER .So technically he only had to quarantine for 2 days. ( 10 days from onset of symptoms). Just impossible to predict how this virus will affect anyone. His wife barely blew her nose.
That is strange.
I just got a call yesterday from a friend who told me he has it and exposed me to it. He also exposed a bunch of others(who I know) and is calling them too. I am not worried if I get it so be it. I had the original C-19, I have had the 2 shots so if I get it I get it.
It just goes to show that the shots and masks are BS.
Grouch Attack brought a dose of covid home from work. She was somewhat ill for 3-4 days but no worse than a common cold. I was deathly ill for 3 weeks, lost 15 pounds, and still trying to regain my normal level of activity. No rhyme or reason with this germ warfare.