Air Champa
formerly champa
- Feb 23, 2017
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Know somebody who now has high blood pressure after having Covid. Definitely can affect more than your lungs.
Hide Ya Wives, Hide Ya Kids: Worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic!
- Apr 2, 2007
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Some of my family members still can’t taste or smell after 3 months of having it…whew!
2022 - I have yet to get Covid. Alhumduillah.
2022 - I have yet to get Covid. Alhumduillah.
- Jul 3, 2015
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Inshallah this nightmare of covid gets eradicated soon
kdawg
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- Jun 25, 2003
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I know an old guy (not sure of his vaccination status but I’m sure I would have heard if he was unvaxxed) who got it and then in the weeks after had really low blood pressure - his diastolic wouldn’t go above 50 so he couldn’t stand up without passing out. Spent a month or so in bed then died.
Granted he’s in his 80s but was generally fine until catching covid.
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"More Hospitalized Patients Getting COVID-19, Maybe From Infected Staff" https://www.businessinsider.com/hos...covid-from-infected-doctors-nurses-2022-1?amp
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stunned many disease experts last month when it announced healthcare workers could return to work seven days after testing positive for COVID-19, instead of its previous 10-day recommendation.
The policy applies to people who are asymptomatic, or whose mild or moderate symptoms are improving, and test negative within 48 hours of returning to work. But the CDC said the isolation period could be cut even more — down to five days — in the event of staffing shortages. In that case, healthcare workers wouldn't need to test out of isolation. And in a crisis scenario, when there's no longer enough staff to provide safe patient care, there would be no work restrictions at all, the CDC said.
Nearly one-quarter of US hospitals are reporting critical staffing shortages, according to the latest data from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Often, that means having to choose between treating sick patients and allowing infected employees to return to work (though hospitals can decide for themselves what constitutes a critical shortage, NPR reported).
But disease experts fear the CDC policy is fueling in-hospital transmission, since research shows that some people with COVID-19 can still be infectious for up to 10 days.
"It's a little bit of pandemic theater. You're making the decision to bring healthcare workers back when they're sick," Susan Butler-Wu, an associate professor of clinical pathology at the University of Southern California, told Insider last month. "I don't think the data support that."
A week after the CDC's announcement on December 23, the total number of hospitalized patients who contracted COVID-19 at least two weeks into their hospital stay went up 80% — from around 1,200 to 2,200 patients — according to HHS data.
Those patients "initially came into the hospital for something other than COVID and then were found to be positive," Dr. Jorge Caballero, a data scientist with the nonprofit Coders Against COVID, told Insider. "The only place that they can possibly get COVID is in the hospital, because that's where they've been and they didn't have it to begin with."
Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said many hospitals are implementing the CDC's recommendations before they reach critical staffing shortages.
If it's choice between nothing and somebody who came back to work a little sooner than they should and wears PPE, I would take the latter," he said. "But we should not do that unless it's absolutely necessary because bringing people back to work sooner does increase the risk of spread. You have to decide if that increased risk is worth it. In a lot of cases, it's not."
"When we look specifically at large hospital systems where there was a quick implementation of the new CDC policies, we see this huge jump," Caballero said.
On December 31, Rhode Island's Department of Health updated its isolation guidance to reflect the new CDC recommendations for hospital and nursing home workers. Within days, the number of inpatients who contracted COVID-19 during their hospital stay skyrocketed."
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stunned many disease experts last month when it announced healthcare workers could return to work seven days after testing positive for COVID-19, instead of its previous 10-day recommendation.
The policy applies to people who are asymptomatic, or whose mild or moderate symptoms are improving, and test negative within 48 hours of returning to work. But the CDC said the isolation period could be cut even more — down to five days — in the event of staffing shortages. In that case, healthcare workers wouldn't need to test out of isolation. And in a crisis scenario, when there's no longer enough staff to provide safe patient care, there would be no work restrictions at all, the CDC said.
Nearly one-quarter of US hospitals are reporting critical staffing shortages, according to the latest data from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Often, that means having to choose between treating sick patients and allowing infected employees to return to work (though hospitals can decide for themselves what constitutes a critical shortage, NPR reported).
But disease experts fear the CDC policy is fueling in-hospital transmission, since research shows that some people with COVID-19 can still be infectious for up to 10 days.
"It's a little bit of pandemic theater. You're making the decision to bring healthcare workers back when they're sick," Susan Butler-Wu, an associate professor of clinical pathology at the University of Southern California, told Insider last month. "I don't think the data support that."
A week after the CDC's announcement on December 23, the total number of hospitalized patients who contracted COVID-19 at least two weeks into their hospital stay went up 80% — from around 1,200 to 2,200 patients — according to HHS data.
Those patients "initially came into the hospital for something other than COVID and then were found to be positive," Dr. Jorge Caballero, a data scientist with the nonprofit Coders Against COVID, told Insider. "The only place that they can possibly get COVID is in the hospital, because that's where they've been and they didn't have it to begin with."
Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said many hospitals are implementing the CDC's recommendations before they reach critical staffing shortages.
If it's choice between nothing and somebody who came back to work a little sooner than they should and wears PPE, I would take the latter," he said. "But we should not do that unless it's absolutely necessary because bringing people back to work sooner does increase the risk of spread. You have to decide if that increased risk is worth it. In a lot of cases, it's not."
Omicron's transmissibility doesn't fully explain the sharp rise of COVID-19 in hospitals
In-hospital transmission is rising on the local level, too."When we look specifically at large hospital systems where there was a quick implementation of the new CDC policies, we see this huge jump," Caballero said.
On December 31, Rhode Island's Department of Health updated its isolation guidance to reflect the new CDC recommendations for hospital and nursing home workers. Within days, the number of inpatients who contracted COVID-19 during their hospital stay skyrocketed."
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freeze
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s3p4tu
formerly maluah
- May 17, 2005
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My local hospitals are joining forces among others urging local people to get vaxxed. This spike is really hurting them staffing wise. I just simply cannot process if people still see this as fake news.
abc30.com
Central CA hospitals plea for vaccinations, boosters as COVID hits them 'greater than ever before'
'We are signaling for your help." Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno alone has about the same number of COVID patients as San Francisco.
- Aug 23, 2004
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New VA Governor is cutting mask mandates and declaring the state open for business.
- Jun 12, 2013
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At this point there is really no need for mandates. People are well aware what precautions they should take (Or shouldn‘t if they are recently recovered).New VA Governor is cutting mask mandates and declaring the state open for business.
- Sep 21, 2012
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calibeebee
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- May 6, 2007
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Thats interesting. I remember the world clowning on nikki Minaj for her “swollen balls” statements from her friend of a cousin or whatever.
The overall statements from all the experts was that “covid balls” was not a thing or not possible. Interesting that penis shrinkage could be.
I’m not saying I’ve looked into ANY of the data support any of the claims in either theory, but it just seems strange to have 2 contradictory sentiments.
- Oct 14, 2008
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Because saying that the vaccine did that to her cousin is still asinine.
- Apr 30, 2010
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Pay attention to the details of arguments you're going to bring up man.
calibeebee
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- May 6, 2007
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Oh I agree. My mind got confused and I was thinking the article posted was about the side effects of the vaccine and not side effects from covid.
I was thinking “damn it’s not okay to say the vaccine will make your balls swell but it’s okay to say it will make your penis shrink? I can’t keep up with these things!”
But yes, confusion on my part. Disregard my initial post
s3p4tu
formerly maluah
- May 17, 2005
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New VA Governor is cutting mask mandates and declaring the state open for business.
I don't wanna see he declares state emergency in 2 months. Don't you dare to do "save me brandon".
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- Mar 27, 2004
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Eagles n Ravens got some competition. Swerv Merv working on the collabo?
- Sep 20, 2008
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My mom tested positive 
My sister and I felt like the parents after lecturing her not to go out as much. She’s quarantined and told us it feels like a mild flu.
My sister and I felt like the parents after lecturing her not to go out as much. She’s quarantined and told us it feels like a mild flu.
s3p4tu
formerly maluah
- May 17, 2005
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jumpmanpro97
Your mom vaxxed? From all the people that I know whom are tested positive and vaxxed, their symptoms are mild/bad flu....typically last about 7-10 days until negative result.
- Mar 30, 2007
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- Jan 16, 2011
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When it rains, it pours...
- Sep 20, 2008
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Yea she’s vaccinated she got it early last year. I’ve noticed all my family friends that got it early have gotten positive test.
- Mar 27, 2004
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Cases in New York coming down fast.
Hospitalizations may be peaking. Let's see if the rest of the country follows this trend in the next couple weeks.
Hospitalizations may be peaking. Let's see if the rest of the country follows this trend in the next couple weeks.
