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Mikey4

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  1. So China, with 1.4 BILLION people, and no time to prepare, limited cases to 80K, but the U.S., with 325 million people, and several weeks' advance notice, it going to be ravaged by this virus. What an epic failure.

    And yes, I know that China's numbers are way understated, but so are ours, and there's no denying that China handled this virus exceptionally well compared with the blundering idiocy that we employed.
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  2. Having another soon.  Right now hospital is saying spouses will be allowed in delivery but that may not stand.  No kids under 18 allowed in maternity ward so my 2 won't be able to meet their new brother until we bring him home.  I'm not too worried about anything (if it was my first I'd be freaking out) but wife is getting antsy. 


    It's going to be strange having a baby in this environment. At least you'll be able to be there. I hear some hospitals aren't allowing even spouses out of concern that they'll bring in covid.
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  3. Had a tele-visit with my PCP yesterday morning and he thought with my symptoms and contact with confirmed COVID-19 positive case, I should probably try and get tested. He directed me to Baylor Scott & White and I did their online survey and the follow-up if you ticked a few boxes. My treatment plan didn't include a COVID test so FML. With no fever, they won't spare a test. Oddly, I felt substantially better yesterday afternoon -- the best I've felt in more than a week -- but as the evening wore on, I felt worse and worse. A hot shower made me feel better -- as per usual -- and I got in bed with a nagging cough but was able to sleep through the night (odd that this cough doesn't keep me from sleeping).
    Woke up this morning, feeling like I did yesterday so improvement. PCP called me this afternoon and asked about my Baylor screening. He suggested some others. I did Medical City's this afternoon and it's the exact same template, same questions -- just has a Medical City branding on it. Answered the questions the same and they think it's a viral upper respiratory infection, aka a cold. No test.
    I feel like I'm either about to completely clear this shit or I'm in for hell on earth if/when the fever sets in. I'm on Day 8 of feeling shitty. I will definitely wind up taking the antibody test if/when that ever comes on line because I'd really like to know for sure whether I had it or not.
    Again, this is just flat out insane that everybody in a situation like mine can't take a fucking test.
    I too am interested in the antibody test (assuming my symptoms don't get to the point where I get tested in the immediate future). I'm almost certain mine is just a cold, but only time will tell.
  4. My daughter (no pictures) who has 3 kids at home, been fevery, coughing, sore throat, did online Dr visit - they said go get tested.
    She goes in for her Covid test - but they give her flu & strep tests first to rule that out, and less then 10 minutes later she gets great news.
    She "only" has strep, she said she had never prayed to have the flu before but she feels like she won by not having CV-19 - so that's my good news for the day
    and yet all I can think of is "I hope its not both" (I may be on the internet just a little bit too much)
    So strange that being diagnosed with strep is actually great news. Glad to hear it's not covid.
  5. That's where I am. I started feeling off last Tuesday. No fever ever though it was creeping up on Saturday night. Took a long, hot shower and that seemed to have knocked it all out. Still haven't really felt very well since then, though. Just general malaise, weakness, minor cough, headache and pressure in head (particularly the eyes) and some minor body aches (though that's probably as much from all the laying around). But yet no fever. I felt pretty good for a good bit of today but regressed some in the afternoon. I'm supposed to have a tele-visit with my PCP tomorrow morning.
    How are you doing? For me, the last 2 days have been the same. In the morning, I feel like shit, have no energy, and need to cough a lot. By 11 or so, I feel almost 100% and stay like that for the rest of the day. And no fever, even in the morning. It's gotta be something else... allergies, or I'm fighting a different bug.
  6. I used some of my downtime yesterday to build a new computer with my sons. We built one four years ago, and that one was in need of replacement.

    The coolest part was that I got to raid the "cable box." You dads know exactly what I'm talking about - the box containing the tangle of random cables, most of which will never be used, but you might need at some point. This time it was HDMI and ethernet patch cable. I felt like a successful dad.

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  7. Well my mom justified it because she was wearing an N99 (yes, N99) mask and gloves, cleaning items as she went and then cleaning items at home prior to stocking them. In addition, she would immediately wash all clothes after.
    She worked in the Hazmat world before retiring. Add that, plus independent as well as stubborn you get, at least from her, a good amount of "Get off my lawn".
    She's not stupid just... old.
    At least she's trying. My dad was certain that he was in no danger because he was using hand sanitizer. I explained to him that the virus can transmit in droplets that linger in the air. So if someone coughs on the aisle, and you walk through it an hour later.... Surprise! You just inhaled CV.
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  8. My sister and I got my mom to agree to pick up. She is an extremely independent woman, always has been, but I am happy to report her children pleading the case to not go in seems to have turned the tide.
    I get the independence, and there's probably some of that in my dad, too. But don't these people realize the risks involved? It makes no sense to take that kind of a risk at 65+.
  9. And those mild cases aren’t going to the hospital, even with a positive test. 
    That's right, but you're missing the point that they probably won't be tested at all. A lot of them won't want to do it (too much hassle, risk of infection if your symptoms are caused by something else, no insurance, etc.). And the ones who DO want a test might not be able to get it given the ridiculous restrictions on testing due to limited availability.
  10. Well I was curious to know if social distancing in Austin is having an effect.  So I searched around to get daily case numbers reported by Austin and Travis County, then made a chart.  Here's what it looks like so far, an exponential increase would be just a straight line:
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    Hmmm, maybe a knee forming around March 20th, hard to tell.  If we break 100 cases today that's kinda bad, because it means we've gone up an order of magnitude in 8 days. 
    "Stay at home" for us kicked in around March 13th, the day that Austin ISD cancelled school.  We are now eight days into it.  The curve should be starting to bend.
     
    86 cases in Austin as of 7pm today.
  11. That's where I am. I started feeling off last Tuesday. No fever ever though it was creeping up on Saturday night. Took a long, hot shower and that seemed to have knocked it all out. Still haven't really felt very well since then, though. Just general malaise, weakness, minor cough, headache and pressure in head (particularly the eyes) and some minor body aches (though that's probably as much from all the laying around). But yet no fever. I felt pretty good for a good bit of today but regressed some in the afternoon. I'm supposed to have a tele-visit with my PCP tomorrow morning.
    Not fun at all. Hang in there and keep us updated.
  12. I've heard that many who catch this don't get a fever right away, so keep monitoring your temperature, and hope you pull through relatively quickly whatever it is.  Are you quarantining yourself from your wife and kids?
    My fever started about 12 hours within first symptoms, and when it came it hit like a sledgehammer.  Oddly I still had my appetite.  No cough though.  It's possible I had something other than covid, in which case I'll likely get double-whacked in the next couple weeks.
    I'll keep watching it. It bumped up to 99.5 but came back down. I still feel like it's not CV -- the odds are just so against it -- but I'll probably know one way or the other in the coming days.

    I'm sequestered in one room for the most part, but I've been locked in my house for over a week. So, if I have it, then I've had it for a while and have been around the wife and kids the whole time.
  13. Yesterday I developed a cough and breathing was harder, but otherwise, I felt fine. Today I've had a headache all day, worse cough, more trouble breathing, no appetite, and extremely low energy (I can't be on my feet for more than a few minutes before having to go back to bed).

     

    So far, no fever at all, which is bizarre, because it feels like flu. Also, I read that covid can affect your senses of smell and taste, and those are fine. I guess I'll try one of these tele-screening sites if I get a fever.

     

     

  14. I have not seen any type of face covering at a store since February, that includes the generic dust masks for construction/painting/etc .  Then again I haven’t been scouring every store to find them.  But I’ve been to HD, Lowe’s and other places multiple times in the last month and haven’t seen any of those either.  Educate me on how to Educate myself on what the difference bwteeen the masks are, since I’m well fucking in tune to said differences. 
    Right, because -- guess what? -- people purchased them. If someone has a mask, there's no reason to leave in on a shelf at home. That makes no sense. He should wear it. If someone doesn't have a mask, then he should cover his face with something else. It's not that hard.
  15. Yep.  It’s almost comical how people just blurt out “the government should mandate this!!!!” when that isn’t even fucking remotely feasible right now.  Masks were gone from shelves in late February.  His is a completely ignorant take 
    Wrong. Educate yourself before making these claims. There is a difference between N95 respirators and generic face coverings.
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