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[delphonso]

Any New Glarus will do, I suppose.

[hector13]

It seems unlikely that it’ll get worse for me. Respiratory issues haven’t been too bad, and I suspect the forced air heating in my house is more at fault for those than covid, and I haven’t quite needed to chug the DayQuil the last day or so, which is nice.

PPE: Leinies, man. Canoe Paddler ftw.

[nenjin]

Sounds like my experience back in December. Is close to the most awful health experience I've had, but not extreme enough to warrant hospitalization. Loss of taste, most smell, cough, sore muscles, and a wickedly sore throat. (I actually think I might have sustained some damage to my throat. Certain days w/e, the same spot that was wrecked while I was sick starts to feel noticeable to me.)

Guy and his wife at my work have also caught it, but they've been quarantining since March. Same story, the loss of taste was the most obvious symptom. However my friend that caught it a month or two ago didn't really report those kinds of symptoms. Her's were more "digestive" in nature, in her words.

Good luck, get well soon.

[hector13]

I certainly wouldn’t wish this on anyone. I am so happy it responded to otc meds, because it’s quite distressing waking up in the morning and feeling as though someone has dumped metal filings in all your joints.

The 11 hours of sleep for a few days was quite pleasant though.

[Max™]

Makes ya wanna get a nice heavy lead shot filled knuckle duster and punch anybody saying "it's just like the flu" though huh?

I've had flu so mild I didn't really fucking notice and I've been nailed to the bed by spikes of pain which caught on fire every time I coughed, which was all but constant at times until I took like robitussin I think and it scared my body into cooperating so I wouldn't do that to it again because what the fuck is that shit made out of?

Like I've only ever been sick enough to start sobbing in between coughing fits once and that was more than enough, that and an infected tooth are absolutely "once was way more than I ever need" type of shit that I'd need a really fucking good excuse to wish on anybody.

The existence of long-COVID and significantly higher risk of death really makes me hope having an actual leader in office who listens to experts and does the right shit can help us get this under some sort of control, but we're about to crest 120k cases a day and 1.2k deaths holding steady for some reason.

Didn't some fat fucking loser piece of shit say this would all go away after the election? Can't remember his name, just know he's a fucking failure and a loser.

[JoshuaFH]

I don't know if there's anything really substantial a Biden Presidency can do to stymie the pandemic, it seems to have already reached a critical mass that there's no hope of ever containing it again. The shit that would be tossed into his lap is a truly unfair scenario for a president to enter, and the most he could hope for is damage control.

[Max™]

I mean, he can do more than the current "stick your fingers in your ears and tell your supporters to stop wearing masks" methodology.

The only thing that's helped slow it at all at this point is literally people doing it for themselves in spite of total lack of leadership by the orange loser.

Thankfully Biden listens to experts, will stop sabotaging the necessary systems which were in place to fix shit, and can offer a general guiding stance from the top like literally any president in history prior to the last moron would have.

[Starver]

I had a couple of stabs at "I wish you well Hector", almost immeciately you announced. I held back because wishes aint horses, and couldn't compete well against a placebo (or maybe exactly as well) but I regret not saying it anyway.

It also needs to be said that (for all they're worth) my best wishes also go to those who can't or won't indicate their plight, who are known forumites that drop off the radar. I dropped out last year (purely technical issues, then tardiness reconnecting until Lockdown concentrated my mind on getting back on this and a couple of other non-physical communities) and it's easy to do. I'm not sure I'd even post an "I'm going on a ventilator, wish me luck!" thing, if it came to that (and there was even an opportunity to do so), so inevitably there's at least one 'known name' in this forum of this size who is in a somewhat similar position, and no other way of learning this. Or was or will be.

This applies to all other kinds of life's curveballs, of course. And as diluting a placebo still further really doesn't do much either way my thoughts also go to absolutely everyone else who I ought to be thinking of, but that I knew it.

[martinuzz]

Well, there was this one hospital where overnight, nearly all staff disappeared never to be heard from again. The only two staff left behind where the night shift ICT specialists, and they were in a bad shape.
After 2 weeks of specialized trauma care, they started to regain their ability to speak, albeit only one word... "grisha5"

[King Zultan]

I remember reading about that, the story said someone had painted "you need to reconsider your life" on one of the walls near where they found the ICT specialists.

[hector13]

I had a couple of stabs at "I wish you well Hector", almost immeciately you announced. I held back because wishes aint horses, and couldn't compete well against a placebo (or maybe exactly as well) but I regret not saying it anyway.

It also needs to be said that (for all they're worth) my best wishes also go to those who can't or won't indicate their plight, who are known forumites that drop off the radar. I dropped out last year (purely technical issues, then tardiness reconnecting until Lockdown concentrated my mind on getting back on this and a couple of other non-physical communities) and it's easy to do. I'm not sure I'd even post an "I'm going on a ventilator, wish me luck!" thing, if it came to that (and there was even an opportunity to do so), so inevitably there's at least one 'known name' in this forum of this size who is in a somewhat similar position, and no other way of learning this. Or was or will be.

This applies to all other kinds of life's curveballs, of course. And as diluting a placebo still further really doesn't do much either way my thoughts also go to absolutely everyone else who I ought to be thinking of, but that I knew it.

Eh, well wishes don’t help, but nor do they hinder, and I guess they strengthen bonds or something.

You raise a fair point though. I was considering not saying a thing about it, but maybe my experience could be interesting or enlightening for someone. Hopefully any other taciturn sufferers are recovering well.

[nenjin]

Just saw some hippy bro at the coffee shop who couldn't wait in line to talk to the barista so he got within 6 feet to stand between two customers to yak on about nonsense. His idea of a mask was a scarf wrapped around his face and neck like he's some kinda Bedouin, except it basically just a neck scarf and wasn't covering his mouth at all. I couldn't tell what was more obnoxious. That, or the nonsense he was talking about walking the sidewalks and seeing the stars in the sky or the wind in the air. Some shit. Grah. Whatever, put on a real mask and keep it on you fucking dipshit.

[Max™]

>.> I get the difficult of having a beard and wearing a mask, I'm not shaving this shit, I'd rather wear a full neck cover under a proper mask and deal with the discomfort when I'm forced to be around other people, but just casually doing it in public like it's a fashion statement... the fuck man.

We're gonna end up with nose and lip fetishes if this keeps going too long, aren't we?

Someone with a mask around their chin is a nasal harlot, lipwhore.

[Starver]

I am bearded* and (as and when required) masked. It's no problem.

If it were a gas-mask, I might need to cultivate it more carefully, but for basic particulate/'mist' filteration and inhibition it probably adds to the obstacle-course towards and away from my airways.


* Including moustache, but then that's entirely within the mask. At the most clipped (weekly) so does the beard, at least until the clipped-and-razored bits become stubble and then a week's growth beyond the usually chosen beard area.

[Max™]

Grab a pair of boxer-briefs (clean!) and pull the waistband over your head until everything except your nose/mouth is sticking out of the leg, tuck the rest of the undies into your shirt, put a mask on over your mouth/nose as normal, light a match or lighter and huff and puff and see if you can blow it out.

If not, congratulations!