COVID 2024

To bring up some new information I found very interesting.

A prelude, through all of the mutations (so far) I have not gotten COVID. Several of my friends have had it. I know I have been exposed to it multiple times. As I said, so far, I have not gotten it, but when the next vaccine is released, I will be first in line to get the updated shot.

That said, a new article has come down showing why some people (maybe me--or not) do not get it,

Basically, researchers found a group of volunteers who had never gotten exposed to the virus. It does not seem like a huge sample. The volunteers were then exposed to a mild form of COVID. Three groups resulted. There was a group that got sustained COVID, where the disease ran its usual course. Another group got transient COVID, where some got a positive test but subsequent tests were negative. The thought is these people developed antibodies within 24 hours after the virus manifested itself to kill it. But there was a group that just did not get it.

The thought is these people may have a preventive gene that renders the virus ineffective.

In other words, I may just be a mutant!

In any case, how is everyone else doing with it?

Thank God, if any of us gets it now, there are effective treatment modalities.

Comments

  • I'm just the opposite of any such lucky group, as I've had it twice and am likely to go on getting it again and again, despite being vaccinated seven/eight times. There's clearly a genetic weakness in my side of the family, shown in multiple members, including a young man hospitalized for six weeks with blood clots. There's also my own long-lasting problem with migraines and lethal hot flashes, both traceable to my first infection. My husband, on the other hand, appears to be in your group two--very transient--though he has been infected per lab evidence 3 times. He appears to have no long term effects.

    As a result, we are on orders to get the newest shot available every half-year (him, largely to avoid infecting me). The hope is that this will prevent re-infection altogether.
  • Gramps49Gramps49 Shipmate
    So sorry to hear this, LC. Stay strong and as well as you can.
  • TelfordTelford Shipmate
    I have rejected the spring vacine but will probably have a vacine along with a flu jab in late Autumn. Before the vacines came on line I always assumed that at my age and state of health, an infection would kill me. I took lock down very seriously

    I have never had a test. I assumed that if I got it I would know about it.
  • I’ve only had it one time so far (late 2020/early 2021) and I don’t think I’m up-to-date on the latest vaccination update.
  • BoogieBoogie Heaven Host
    I tested positive once but had no symptoms.
  • We've only had one case in our family. Daughter went to a hen's night and was too embarrassed to mask. Having had it once, she is not keen to get it again. It is doing the rounds at her workplace amongst forward facing staff, so we'll see how she goes.

    I follow some very good local people on the former bird app and add as many new articles as I see to my bookmarks, for future reference.

    We have the young person with heart issues post cancer therapy, so want to minimise their chances of getting it. I am very glad of the new treatments, but I don't want them in a hospital at all at present, especially if they got too sick to advocate for themselves.

    I am very definite about N95 respirators and we wear them at all times outside home. I suspect husband doesn't wear one at work, but he does test twice a week. I don't go to inside social events, but will have coffee with friends outside at home or at cafes that offer that option. We have HEPA filters at home.

    @Gramps49 it would be interested to see what can be discovered about those who might have some immunity, that would be fascinating.

    We are a bit behind with our vaccinations, had updated ones just before Christmas and am not sure of current eligibility as the criteria keeps being tightened to try to push folk towards an annual vaccination except in particular special circumstances. Government appears only to know the word immunosuppression and hasn't worked out that that is not the only game in town. I will resist making other comments because they might be a bit hellish.

    I'd like to be able to choose for myself re vax, thanks, I don't mind paying as I think despite all best (worst) publicity, COVID does not behave like the flu, it still has pandemic waves and it ignores what we think about it. I know when the government here (Oz), mentions masks and updating vaccinations, that the poo has really hit the fan and it's time to stay home more, reduce contacts, which are minimal anyway, replenish the stocks of LFTs and respirators.

    At present here it seems we have running concurrently, covid, rsv, mycoplasma and whooping cough. A couple of months ago it was also measles, bler.

  • I will travel by plane and train and stay in a hotel early next month. I plan to mask up.
  • CrœsosCrœsos Shipmate
    Telford wrote: »
    I have rejected the spring vacine but will probably have a vacine along with a flu jab in late Autumn. Before the vacines came on line I always assumed that at my age and state of health, an infection would kill me. I took lock down very seriously

    I have never had a test. I assumed that if I got it I would know about it.

    That's not necessarily a good assumption to make. We've known since the earliest days of COVID that there are a significant number of asymptomatic cases, which are no less contagious to others than symptomatic COVID.
  • Indeed. A friend is current going v through a fatigue "bug", having just had covid, almost identical to the one I had with no apparent prior illness at all.
  • My daughter-in-law's mother (72-ish) was rushed to hospital last week with Covid, tonsillitis and a temperature of 40 degrees. She spent 3 days there but is now fine and home.
  • Gramps49Gramps49 Shipmate
    My daughter was a volunteer at the ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans this past week. Guess who came down with COVID. Quite a few participants did. Daughter was able to fly out today, but she had to be masked. The gathering was a super-spreader event.
  • I'm so sorry. It's definitely still going at a pretty good rate. I've heard of half a dozen cases this month.
  • I have just been in the hospital on another issue. They gave me a COVID test in the ER and told me there was a surge of cases. They would only let my son visit after I was admitted. no other visitors.
  • MaryLouiseMaryLouise Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    We've had a winter Covid surge of the BA.4 and BA.5 spike in South Africa, concentrated mainly in (predictably) poorer settlements in the Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. In the Cape this has been made worse by severe urban flooding and over-crowded hospitals.
  • I'm so sorry. It's definitely still going at a pretty good rate. I've heard of half a dozen cases this month.

    I think I read that the newest strain of COVID is very virulent right now and it's infecting people in the Pacific Northwest at a rapid rate. Two friends (a married couple) got it and spread it to two other of our friends and I do not want to get it. I've had it twice and with all my other diseases (including an autoimmune disorder), getting it again is really scary to me. The first time I got it was at the very end of 2019. I STILL haven't gotten my sense of smell or taste back...I'll be enjoying a cheeseburger at my favorite pub and halfway through, my taste buds just stop working. It's aggravating. Take care, Ms. Chopped.
  • I know of numerous people in this part of England who have had COVID recently. All of them have been people who have had their vaccinations. Although none of them required hospitalisation, they have all been very under the weather for two to three weeks.
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    My dad, 87 - and therefore almost certainly my mum - has tested positive for Covid and is feeling grotty :(
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