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The SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 pandemic has been with us for over six months. A recent check of https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ reveals just over 13 million cases, with over a half million deaths, and 4.9 million of which are listed as active. On a positive note, 7.6 million are listed as recovered.
Unfortunately, recovered does not necessarily mean being back to the same shape someone was in pre-infection (see below).
Statistically, there are bound to be some Soylentils who have been infected (or had friends or family members who were).
I'd like to offer an opportunity for us to pull together and share our collective experiences. If you've made it through, telling others of how it went can be helpful both for the one who shares, and also for those who were recently diagnosed. Fears, doubts, and worries act to drain energy better directed to recovery.
NB: Please be mindful that "the internet never forgets". I encourage all who respond to make use of posting anonymously.
With that caution, what has been your experience? How long between time of infection and onset of symptoms? How bad was it? How are things now? What do you know now that you wish you knew earlier? What did you hear about earlier but didn't realize they meant that?
Penultimately, I realize words are inadequate, but I sincerely wish and hope that all can be spared from this malady, and those who have been afflicted may have a speedy and full recovery.
Unfortunately, it looks like that may not be as likely as we would all hope and wish for...
Ars Technica has results of an analysis of COVID-19 victims' recovery. Be aware it was from a relatively small sample of patients who had been infected and then deemed to be recovered. Two months after infection, COVID-19 symptoms persist:
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated in many countries, an ever-growing group of people is being shifted from the "infected" to the "recovered" category. But are they truly recovered? A lot of anecdotal reports have indicated that many of those with severe infections are experiencing a difficult recovery, with lingering symptoms, some of which remain debilitating. Now, there's a small study out of Italy in which a group of infected people was tracked for an average of 60 days after their infection was discovered. And the study confirms that symptoms remain long after there's no detectable virus.
[...] Roughly 60 days later, the researchers followed up with an assessment of these patients. Two months after there was no detectable virus, only 13 percent of the study group was free of any COVID-19 symptoms. By contrast, a bit over half still had at least three symptoms typical of the disease.
The most common symptom was fatigue, followed by difficulty breathing, joint pain, and chest pain. Over 10 percent were still coughing, and similar numbers hadn't seen their sense of smell return. A large range of other symptoms were also present.
Journal Reference:
Angelo Carfì, Roberto Bernabei, Francesco Landi. Persistent Symptoms in Patients After Acute COVID-19 [open], JAMA (DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.12603)
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @02:02AM (14 children)
No, I'm not a zombie yet, but people keep spotting them. My wife follows the updates, reminding me at least twice a day, "There are x new cases in Sevier County, x in Howard County, and x in Little River, and x in Miller County. In Texas blah blah blah" I swear, she could probably quote the numbers for any given day, if you just walk up and ask her.
Yeah, some people have died in all of those counties. Two here, one there, and four somewhere else.
Oddly, she and I are "at risk", but neither of us has contacted it, according to test results.
It does keep getting closer though. One of the women that my wife works with was in close contact with a positive case, early on. Fortunately, it wasn't brought into the group home, for all the clients to get.
Like everyone else, I just wish this thing would fizzle out, and be done with. There are other problems in life, that need to be tended to.
(Score: 4, Informative) by HiThere on Tuesday July 14 2020, @02:11AM (5 children)
Your ability to understand statistics is a true marvel.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday July 14 2020, @03:30AM
He's also not reckoning on something else: the virus refuses to come anywhere near him for fear it'll get infected.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @04:57AM (3 children)
FTFY. Capt'n Stats be his nickname.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:50AM (2 children)
I fuck the Runaway2957 in his nether hole, with extra contaigion, since he is such a mother-phucking hillbilly, unsanitary, ignoranous, arsehole. I predict a Runaway fatal infection with Covid-19 in three weeks. The pool is up, for dead Runaway pool!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @01:13PM (1 child)
You'll be sorry when he's gone, TMB is not that funny anymore.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @01:59PM
Yes, but aristarchus is like that fat kid in school that's also stupid and wears glasses. He just demands that people make fun of him for the various inadequacies. The "big" one being that tiny dick that makes him super insecure.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @02:52AM (1 child)
We live in a "bad" state in a "bad" county with ~1M population, under 500 currently hospitalized. It's not really "bad" yet, but if the trends continue, it could become impressive in a few days/weeks.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @04:28AM
> but if the trends continue,
That's the thing about exponential growth, unless you really understand what this means. Most people just think that they have been blindsided when the problem gets really-big, really-fast.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @04:17AM (4 children)
And yet you've repeatedly argued against wearing masks, social distancing, and all sorts of other things that would actually have helped with that.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @11:14AM (3 children)
Masks, yes. Social distancing? Please link us all to the places where I have argued against social distancing. And, all sorts of other things?
You seem to be making stuff up now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @10:46PM (2 children)
Masks are the important part, thanks for highlighting your stupid ignorance.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday July 14 2020, @11:04PM (1 child)
Yes, masks are the important part. Even when the nearest person is 100 feet away. How 'bout those poor dumb bastards seen driving around, alone in their cars, with the mask on? Oh - wait - I'll be you're one of them!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @09:04PM
See you have the capacity to understand yet you continue to parrot the propaganda and baseless derision for those outside your tribe. Sure is frustrating to see those glimmers of "oh shit, he actually is capable of comprehension!" only to have you almost instantly blow yourself out of the water.
Masks are important when you are in enclosed spaces or will frequently be within 5-10 feet of other people. The masks prevent a large amount of viral transmission by greatly limiting how far your breath carries the viruses from your face. If everyone would just wear their masks properly we could pretty easily limit the spread, as we have seen in so many other countries that didn't have a douche bag leader lying his ass off.
I hope the lightbulb goes off in your head one day and you realize that like everyone else you are more ignorant than you are knowledgeable and should thus approach life from a more humble perspective.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 14 2020, @11:27AM
Strange how you avoid your actual county, in the Arkansas, which we all know, and the zip code of your Nordic employer? We need more data, Runaway!