mdemone posted:

anybody else got tips for how to help Paxlovid finish the job?

like should I bother trying to wash out my sinuses or is it not going to matter until I go off the Pax?

StratGoatCom posted:

Counterpoint: anyone without the willingness to buck trends like that is much more liable to not be able to buck trends later when it comes to it. Lack of resistance to peer pressure and self-discipline.

Shiroc posted:

Comrades, I absolutely refuse to wear a mask to protect myself and you in this prong of the class war. However, I assure you that you can count on my discipline and commitment when the chips are really down.

Platystemon posted:

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we departed from the realm of science‐based guidance long ago.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/covid-paxlovid-cdc-guidelines-18380413.php posted:

I finally got COVID. Figuring out how to care for myself gave me ‘cyberchondria’
There’s so much information out there, that it can be impossible to find out what the current best practices are for care and recovery

Pingui posted:

I enjoyed this (very short) read, which is about the uncertainty and information concerning what to do when you get COVID (when you haven't been hanging out here for years):

Archived link: https://archive.li/bvbDS

quote:

We’ve come a long way from the days of bleaching our groceries, standing 6 feet apart or making our own cloth masks. Yet the articles encouraging people to do all of those things are still online, indexed by search engine optimization instead of utility.

Animal-Mother posted:

Jesus on the cross, getting speared in his side: " It's mild."

https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.38.2200938 posted:

Key public health message

What did you want to address in this study?
The performance of SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests can be influenced by the circulating virus variant but also by changes in the characteristics of the population which is building immunity through vaccination and reinfection. We wanted to compare the performance of antigen tests for the Delta versus the Omicron variant.

What have we learnt from this study?
For the Omicron virus variant, there is a small decrease in the ability of rapid tests to identify individuals who were both infected and vaccinated. There are indications of a possibly larger decrease when the rapid tests are conducted outside the period of the highest viral load, i.e. shortly after infection. Rapid antigen tests continue to be the most reliable when the tested person is symptomatic.

What are the implications of your findings for public health?
PCR tests should be preferred for SARS-CoV-2 testing, especially in asymptomatic individuals. Antigen tests for Omicron may be more likely to give false negative results in the first few days after infection than for Delta. On the other hand, antigen tests are useful for the diagnosis of symptomatic disease. It is advisable to choose antigen tests that are on the European Union Category A list.
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[ed. High sensitivity = few false negatives, high specificity = few false positive]
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Conclusion
Our results indicate that when SARS-CoV-2 AG-RDTs are used in the early stage of infection, their sensitivity for infection with the Omicron variant is lower than with a Delta infection. Past SARS-CoV-2 infection was negatively associated with the sensitivity of AG-RDTs, it was the strongest predictor of a false negative AG-RDT result for both Delta and Omicron. For Omicron, we also observed a pattern of lower sensitivity in vaccinated individuals. The sensitivity in children was not lower compared with Delta, which suggests that in this age group, AG-RDTs are equally effective for Omicron. Our data support the choice of the EU Category A list over the B list. Further, our results suggest that AG-RDTs may not be suitable for the initial diagnosis as AG-RDTs may have low sensitivity in early asymptomatic phases of infection. AG-RDTs could, however, be a useful tool for checking the course of the infection and ending the isolation period as previously suggested. Large retrospective analyses of logs of paired AG-RDTs and RT-PCR results can lead to additional insights on the performance of AG-RDTs for specific subgroups, which can potentially lead to better diagnostic outcomes, improved availability of tests and reduced costs of public testing.

Animal-Mother posted:

Jesus on the cross, getting speared in his side: " It's mild."

MANIFEST DESTINY posted:

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Everyone keeps telling us that the CDC says its cool if she comes out now. When I ask how would she not be contagious if the swab from her nose continues to come up positive I get blank stares. I have no idea when this will be done.

Covid loving sucks, our society loving sucks.

mdemone posted:

Paxlovid is legitimately a miracle drug.

3-4 hours after my first dose, my symptoms were essentially gone. I'm about to take my third dose and I feel fine, just the tiniest bit of mucus in the upper throat but no congestion, no cough, no fever.

MANIFEST DESTINY posted:

My wife had to travel for a business meeting, and despite being the only one at the meeting or on tje flights who wore a mask, ended up positive the day after returning. Probably it was the flight, if anyone from her meeting had it, they haven't admitted it.

We got her pax right away, and the symptoms have been really minimal but she's still testing positive 10 days later.

We feel lucky that my daughter and I didn't catch it before she realized and went into isolation, but we're both starting to go crazy. She's been locked up in the bedroom 10 days. Since this was after a week long trip, she basically hasn't seen our daughter in over 2 weeks, which is wearing on her too, she's only 6. Meanwhile Im running out of gas doing everything that needs to be done around here solo.

Everyone keeps telling us that the CDC says its cool if she comes out now. When I ask how would she not be contagious if the swab from her nose continues to come up positive I get blank stares. I have no idea when this will be done.

Covid loving sucks, our society loving sucks.

puncturewound78 posted:

many such cases, we love to hear it!!!

sonatinas posted:

so my step dad is getting ivig treatment for his CIPD that his physicians think are caused by the vaccines however I’d argue that there has at least been one infection that may have contributed . any literature on CIPD and vaccines? he could have been unlucky like people who get gullian barre from a vaccine.

however, when searching online looks like an infection is more likely than a vaccine.

Mola Yam posted:

japan has had the weirdest covid waves, unlike anywhere else.
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MANIFEST DESTINY posted:

My wife had to travel for a business meeting, and despite being the only one at the meeting or on tje flights who wore a mask, ended up positive the day after returning. Probably it was the flight, if anyone from her meeting had it, they haven't admitted it.

We got her pax right away, and the symptoms have been really minimal but she's still testing positive 10 days later.

We feel lucky that my daughter and I didn't catch it before she realized and went into isolation, but we're both starting to go crazy. She's been locked up in the bedroom 10 days. Since this was after a week long trip, she basically hasn't seen our daughter in over 2 weeks, which is wearing on her too, she's only 6. Meanwhile Im running out of gas doing everything that needs to be done around here solo.

Everyone keeps telling us that the CDC says its cool if she comes out now. When I ask how would she not be contagious if the swab from her nose continues to come up positive I get blank stares. I have no idea when this will be done.

Covid loving sucks, our society loving sucks.

Gunshow Poophole posted:

Do you mean CIDP because it's almost certainly any of a host of other things.

Just like gbs it theoretically could be causal but the documented number of cases that can be adequately differentiated is in like the single digits.

Ianad but my best friend is a neurologist. Actually now I think about it he's been doing a lot of cidp work I can ask

sonatinas posted:

yeah that’s what I mean. if he wasn’t able to get the ivig treatment I don’t know what he would have done. I still think it’s from at least one infection but could be bad luck…

StratGoatCom posted:

Counterpoint: anyone without the willingness to buck trends like that is much more liable to not be able to buck trends later when it comes to it. Lack of resistance to peer pressure and self-discipline.

Mola Yam posted:

japan has had the weirdest covid waves, unlike anywhere else.



just increasingly bad, since the start. this last one looks like it's finally broken the trend though.

Platystemon posted:

Longinus COVID

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/theliverdr/status/1705867819391594721?t=OOO5jFvNalH0LeJE0uFgwg&s=19

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/theliverdr/status/1705867819391594721?t=OOO5jFvNalH0LeJE0uFgwg&s=19

silicone thrills posted:

I can't eat breakfast in the morning - or couldn't because my GERD made me super nauseated every morning so I just never developed the habit. GERD itself, if left unchecked, can lead to changes in the esophageal wall that cause cancer.

It makes sense that there's a correlation to people with pre-existing gut problems not eating breakfast and those kinds of gut problems themselves cause cancer.

eXXon posted:

I found a questionable paper in a dodgy open access journal that claimed a small excess risk of getting Guillain-Barre after covid vector vaccines only but it didn't seem trustworthy enough to post, and also even if true all you need to do is not jab yourself with any expired AstraZeneca/J&J doses you might happen across.

Everything else said actual viral,/bacterial infections are a much higher risk than any vaccine.

Tulip posted:

I've helped 3 people get paxlovid and had...not sure how many others go "no thanks, don't need it" but definitely more than 3.

It's a fascinating little thing since the stereotype of Americans is that all they want for any medical problem is just a pill, with the joke being that lots of medical issues can't be dealt with with a straightforward medication regime, and this is probably the single best example I can think of where a very straightforward, easily acquired medication makes a huge difference in your life, and people are still going 'ehhhh no thanks I'll just suffer.'

Tulip posted:

I've helped 3 people get paxlovid and had...not sure how many others go "no thanks, don't need it" but definitely more than 3.

It's a fascinating little thing since the stereotype of Americans is that all they want for any medical problem is just a pill, with the joke being that lots of medical issues can't be dealt with with a straightforward medication regime, and this is probably the single best example I can think of where a very straightforward, easily acquired medication makes a huge difference in your life, and people are still going 'ehhhh no thanks I'll just suffer.'

Glumwheels posted:

How can the largest medical system in the state not have the new vaccine yet, really?

Gildiss posted: