A friend just let me know he just had a positive test, from symptoms that started Tuesday. He was at my place on Sunday, but I just had Covid in mid-June. My symptoms finally subsided around June 28/29. Is there any reason for me to test or to be concerned? (I have no symptoms currently) Also, does anyone actually know how soon a person can get re-infected?
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Djxfactor511
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I was just able to order another round of free tests through USPS like a week ago.
Turbo
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It depends on what variant you got and what your friend got. Assuming it's the same variant, because an area is usually predominantly affected by one main variant at a time, I'd say you're ok. Even if it's a different variant, your body is likely still filled with antibodies from your infection, so it should be primed to fight off Omicrons. With the caveat that everyone's immune system is different. So don't worry unless you get actual symptoms (which is unlikely but never impossible)?
Hmmm, turns out there is some data on the CDC site about reinfection with the same variant within 90 days. And my wife texted me that she has been coughing all day. She just finished her bout of it three days after me...not even two weeks ago. She'll be testing after work, and I will if she's positive. I'll remain optimistic, but I have a bad feeling about this.
Yes, I absolutely think cases are on the rise because of BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron variants (BA.5 looks to be especially gnarly when it comes to spreading). This coincides with rises in cases in Europe and South Africa. I am unsure of variant prevalence in Asia and South America, but in North America, we are seeing an ebb in Omicron and a surge in these new Omicron variants.
Florida's COVID-19 vaccination count jumps 263,000 in two weeks. DeSantis officials won't say why
Florida Department of Health officials wouldn't say why the COVID vaccine total rose after months of decline. The increase was the biggest since December.www.palmbeachpost.com
Do we think cases are the rise again, or is Florida just now publishing their backlog from when they were fudging the numbers?
The numbers I have read are that we are identifying about one in seven infections here in the US. This makes all of our numbers around Covid very questionable.
Turbo
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Damn... godspeed!
My wife had a negative home test...we can assume all is well.
I had a moment of clarity once I left work, and thought that it would be really rare, just totally against the odds, for her to have it again this soon. But man, the mind goes places sometimes.
debianlinux
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I mean, my family of 4 just sat out a week with it. Was I supposed to self-report? If so, where? Does it matter that I picked it up in TN and quarantined it out in NC?
Hhabelt
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The county I live in has a link on their website for home test reporting and they ask a bunch of questions and then issue isolation orders and quarantine orders for contacts. It sounds like they leave it to the person that tested positive to inform potential contacts. Unfortunately, the process could be entirely different where you live.
Max Sterling
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I had a good run, but here I am.
So far just a mild cold and a light fever. Hoping that's all I have to deal with, but I am VERY large, so a bit of a statistic. Wish me luck.
Knew I should have brought gloves to that pinball convention.
So far just a mild cold and a light fever. Hoping that's all I have to deal with, but I am VERY large, so a bit of a statistic. Wish me luck.
Knew I should have brought gloves to that pinball convention.
LeSamourai
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We traveled to Utah last week to visit family and on the last day my wife got sick and tested positive, then my daughter, then me, all for the first time. My son, who caught it back in February during the Omicron wave has been completely fine. We've all had one day of feeling pretty crappy, with runny/stuffy noses and coughs. I was out of commission all day yesterday, but today I've been fine doing stuff around the house.
@Max Sterling - hope you feel better soon!
@Max Sterling - hope you feel better soon!
JohnnyCashFan
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lets try and not call it a "cold", that gives a wrong impression of what the Covid virus is scientifically to others. Mild symptoms, yes. Hope you get better soon.
Max Sterling
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That's all I meant by it, I'm not trying to minimize it. It feels like I have mild cold symptoms. Scratchy throat, stuffy nose. I'm well aware of how serious it is.
I'd like to say "A reasonable person wouldn't base their information about COVID on me, some rando on the internet" but we're living in weird times... so point taken
President Biden Tests Positive for Covid-19 — The Wall Street Journal
White House says the 79-year-old president has mild symptoms and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully
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So who had mcherry finally getting this thing in mid ‘22? You are a winner, friend!
Get well soon.
Max Sterling
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Still on the tail end of my first time too. It's been two weeks and I'm still testing positive. I feel a lot better though.So who had mcherry finally getting this thing in mid ‘22? You are a winner, friend!
I hope your experience is mild and swift!
COVID-19 May Have Long-Term Effects on the Brain — TIME
Researchers find that for years after getting COVID-19, people are at greater risk for brain fog, psychosis, seizures, and dementia.
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great, something else to fuck with american attitudes during the voting year
COVID-19 May Have Long-Term Effects on the Brain — TIME
Researchers find that for years after getting COVID-19, people are at greater risk for brain fog, psychosis, seizures, and dementia.
Dtknuckles
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COVID-19 May Have Long-Term Effects on the Brain — TIME
Researchers find that for years after getting COVID-19, people are at greater risk for brain fog, psychosis, seizures, and dementia.
How can they make that generalization when we are not even a year out?