The Coronavirus Thread

[JimC]

It's finally got me. Happened v fast. Feeling rather shoddy.

Best of luck, and I hope your antibodies trash that fucking virus!

[Sean Hayden]

--fuck. I hope you're feeling better soon.

[Woodbutcher]

Hang in there!

[L'Emmerdeur]

Here's to a swift recovery.

[macdoc]

Get well soon....adding a bit of immunity at the risk of long covid. Keeping fingers crossed for you.

[macdoc]

Flags at the base of the Washington Monument fly at half staff as the United States nears the one-millionth death attributed to COVID-19 on May 12, 2022 in Washington.
ANALYSIS FROM WASHINGTON
One million deaths later, the United States is still not over COVID-19
An incalculable loss continues to grow, Edward Keenan writes.

Edward Keenan
By Edward KeenanWashington Bureau Chief
Thu., May 12, 2022timer4 min. read

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2022 ... id-19.html

[pErvinalia]

1 million deaths is the price of freedum!

[Hermit]

1 million deaths is the price of freedum!

One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is just a statistic. - Kurt Tucholsky

[Brian Peacock]

Covid has been about twice as lethal for Americans as all the wars it's been involved in from WWII to the present day: c.598,219 US military fatalities from 1939.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... ies_of_war

[Brian Peacock]

In my case, yesterday was horrendous. Must have been horizontal for 20 hours. Running a temp, spiking at 37.5°C. Sweats. Shiverings. Achy joints, teeth, hair, balls. And an absolute funking epic headache that painkillers wouldn't touch. Today it seems more like it was 2 days ago - plus a dry cough, v runny nose, and a weird chemically taste in my mouth I can't get rid of. I've been awake for four hours now and am only just starting to dip - which is a vast improvement on yesterday when I was only managing about 20 minutes at a time. Hate to think what this would have been like without my two jabs and a booster.

[pErvinalia]

Sounds like you've got it bad, B. I hope it goes well from now. I only had it bad* for about a day and a half.

* Barely bad.

[rasetsu]

Hang in there, bro!

[macdoc]

In my case, yesterday was horrendous. Must have been horizontal for 20 hours. Running a temp, spiking at 37.5°C. Sweats. Shiverings. Achy joints, teeth, hair, balls. And an absolute funking epic headache that painkillers wouldn't touch. Today it seems more like it was 2 days ago - plus a dry cough, v runny nose, and a weird chemically taste in my mouth I can't get rid of. I've been awake for four hours now and am only just starting to dip - which is a vast improvement on yesterday when I was only managing about 20 minutes at a time. Hate to think what this would have been like without my two jabs and a booster

GWS Brian - good if unfortunate for you, example.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/13/opin ... index.html

[JimC]

Counting down the days till Bron and I get our 4th jabs...

[Sean Hayden]

I stopped reading at "not remotely done", that's delusional.