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01-04-2022, 03:27 PM | #57812 | ||
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This is the second time in three years for both of them. They both got the flu Christmas break of '19. Edit: and both times my son brought it home from school. The flu in '19 a parent knowingly sent their kid to school with it. She vomited while sitting next to my son in class, and I'd assume that's when he got it. |
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01-04-2022, 05:15 PM | #57813 | |
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Also, Delta didn't just magically disappear. I would be willing to suspect that a lot of the hospitalizations are probably related to that variant, considering all data is pointing to Omicron being more mild. I'm sure some people will have a difficult time with it (Omicron) and require hospitalization, folks with underlying conditions etc. But Delta is still lurking I am sure. Plus you probably have a lot of people getting symptoms and flipping out putting a strain on ER's etc. |
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01-04-2022, 05:19 PM | #57814 |
"Think BOOM!"
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01-04-2022, 05:25 PM | #57815 | |
Hey Loochy, I'm hooome!
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THIS. People are going to the ER to get covid TESTS. WTF |
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01-04-2022, 05:41 PM | #57816 | |
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01-04-2022, 06:02 PM | #57817 |
Sometimes it's black and white
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01-04-2022, 06:48 PM | #57818 | |
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01-04-2022, 06:50 PM | #57819 |
World's Best Boss
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Good Twitter Thread re: Omicron in London
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01-04-2022, 07:24 PM | #57820 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Vaccine and natural infection is as protected as I need I think
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01-05-2022, 04:20 PM | #57821 |
Ain't no relax!
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Metro hospitals are feeling the results of the holidays...
KC area hospitals hold joint news conference as COVID hospitalizations rise: 'We are at a critical juncture' Around 600 workers at the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City, KS, are out sick, as the hospital is treating over 120 COVID patients. Of those patients, 90 are active infections, with 84 of those active infection patient unvaccinated. Nineteen patients are in the ICU, with 12 on the ventilator. All of KU Hospital's patients on the ventilator are unvaccinated, said Chief Medical Officer Steve Stites. Those numbers have been climbing rapidly in the past week. Doctors are urging those who have held out to this point to get vaccinated, and get a booster shot when able. "This is a critical time. We are at a critical juncture," Stites said during the news conference. University of Kansas Health System:
Children's Mercy Hospital:
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01-05-2022, 04:39 PM | #57822 |
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I was sick the last two weeks with what I thought was the flu. I went to a drive up Covid testing location and had two nasal swabs done. One was for the rapid antigen test, and the other goes off to a lab for a PCR test if the antigen test is negative. Both came back negative. It's strange, because I lost my sense of smell, which is usually a giveaway sign for Covid.
I ran across a few articles that were talking about nasal swabbing returning false negative results for Omicron. Instead, a throat swab is also being recommended by a few doctors. Is a throat swab with a nose swab a better way to detect omicron? It makes me wonder if this 'flu' that I had was actually the omicron variant. |
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01-05-2022, 04:43 PM | #57823 | |
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01-05-2022, 05:00 PM | #57824 | |
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01-05-2022, 06:23 PM | #57825 |
It was not a fair catch
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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison tests positive for COVID-19 while abroad
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