"In the coming week, the number of Omicron cases in King County is projected to spike to levels three times higher than the highest peaks we’ve seen in the pandemic."
Every discussion on covid that I have seen has turned Political, if there is a forum where it might not, it's here.
I had covid a few weeks ago and it was pretty brutal. I was mainly just super tired, no appetite, food did not taste good. Had a fever for almost 2 days with a high of 100.4....the fever didn't hit until about a week in. Was pretty much back to normal just under 2 weeks with no lasting effects.
I for sure can recall worse flu's that I have had, with severe sore throat, body aches, chills, fever, etc. But this virus is different in how it affects everyone in a different way. I have a cousin about my age and they became very sick and were in the hospital on a ventilator for 2 weeks, while his wife had symptoms about like mine. Hopefully things will continue to improve, the positive test rate is up but the death rate is down.
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An uncle of my son's roommate in Los Angeles recently died from COVID-19. He was 67 and a lung cancer surviver-- quite the one-two punch. The roommate had also become infected , but his 29 yo body was able to recover after a few days of fever and feeling really bad. Fortunately my son was able avoid picking up the infection. We don't know which variant it was.
My wife and I are participating in a COVID study run by UW. The purpose is to determine the prevalence of COVID in WA. On Thursday someone will show up at our home, draw blood and do a nasal swab.
but how do they distinguish between antibodies from a vaccine vs. an actual infection?
I asked this question and found this website from a bunch of women scientists and clinicians. Looks like a reasonably good article on this very thing. In a nutshell--quote: Antibodies developed from having from COVID-19 recognize different parts of the virus while antibodies from the vaccine specifically recognize the spike protein.
Also the CDC put out a good explanation on how vaccines work. They discuss the antibodies created as well.
I also found a great explanation on viruses themselves that I will post soon. ~z
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