President Biden came down with it – again. His third go-around with Covid. And 5 members of the Austrailian women’s water polo team have tested positive for it. The stinking virus just won’t go away will it? According to a report by Newsweek yesterday, Covid has “very high” rates in 17 US states.
I feel like I have been really lucky – I still haven’t caught Covid. Of course, being vaccinated, living alone and having good cleaning/hygiene habits probably has a great deal to do with that.
I have a love/hate relationship with the vaccine. I was giddy with excitement to get my first shot because it meant the end of all the isolation was near. But I am one of those people that reacts violently to the shot – fever, chills, headache, body aches for a good 24 hours after every shot. And I get it – a little misery might save me from a LOT of misery if I actually caught the virus. I have had 3 vaccines so far but now I find myself being reluctant to continue getting the shots because of the reaction.
As the virus continues to mutate, everything I’ve read says that the symptoms are much more mild now and tends to stay in the upper respiratory tract rather than going deep into the lungs like the initial infections in 2019/2020.
It’s still a good idea to self quarantine and wear a mask if you have it – you never know who you might come into contact with who might be immunocompromised. And nobody wants to make someone else sick RIGHT?
Reporting on numbers of people with Covid has gotten a little dicy with the advent of home testing kits and the less mild versions of the virus. But everyone from the CDC to county health departments are reporting a surge in cases this summer.
This article has a lot of good info about the current surge in cases: https://www.statnews.com/2024/07/18/latest-covid-spike-update-new-variants-fewer-novids/
So let’s continue to be careful OK? Wash your hands, avoid people who are sick, keep up healthy habits and increase your chances of making it through this summer wave of Covid unscathed!
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