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My boss and his wife has just been confirmed with COVID, despite him being pretty careful with trains and crowds (though obviously not careful enough). Wife needed an ambulance as she collapsed and passed out, A&E ran some tests and COVID came out positive for him and her, though thankfully not their son.
I was sitting across an office desk from him at work on Tuesday, both of us having a tea and sandwich. The rest of the time I was wearing a N95 mask (as I do in the office and everywhere that's not in the open air). Took a test this morning and it came back negative. Don't feel ill (well, slightly after eating half a pack of chocolate HobNobs. 'cos Christmas), but being very cautious as my other half has an auto-immune condition.
A colleague who works from home caught COVID about 2 weeks back, for the first time, despite talking reasonable precautions. Hit her hard, too, although her family were OK.
Hope you and wife remain well, Boink - it really is a lottery.
@driver8 Thanks.
Thankfully neither me or my wife were ill over the festive period, though we have been taking things very carefully and not going out too much (evening walks, weather permitting). We both still have our medical issues, but playing it safe.
My eldest daughter and her 4 year old both tested positive for first time on Christmas Eve. Loads in work also testing positive this week too.
So many people I know with longterm bad coughs & colds ... looks like Covid is the gift that keeps on giving ...
Covid is training your innate immune system (the one you are born with), to trigger blood clots instead of attacking Covid and other types of infections, before they infect the cells in your organs.
https://twitter.com/fitterhappierAJ/status/1608886846892957697
This is not getting talked about much - with such a massive population in China, I wonder if there will be any worldwide knock-on effects?
Some good news at least >
the majority of variants identified in China are descended from the BA.5.2 and BF.7 lineages, which peaked in Europe last summer. Of course there is the risk another variant could arise in China because of the large numbers of infections, but variants could also arise from somewhere else in the world.
Although multiple repeat infections are a growing issue ? >
https://twitter.com/drclairetaylor/status/1610747162983534593?s=20&t=-ctCnWLTGpN-FTbC8n6Yiw
Been quiet in here.
- The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system.
- Long COVID often arises in otherwise healthy young people, and it can follow even a mild initial infection.
- People with long COVID have symptoms such as: pain, fatigue, “brain fog,” difficulty concentrating and remembering, disturbances in sleep and mood, postexertional-malaise (“energy crash”), dizziness, gut disturbances.
- Long COVID has affected 16 million adults in the U.S. and forced ~3+ million people out of the workforce, many of whom have yet to return.
- Research on neurological damage from HIV is guiding work on long COVID.
- people who have been infected with COVID more than once are at a greater risk of severe disease or long COVID.
Long read ...
https://twitter.com/SutherlandPhD/status/1625611317485899776?s=20
How is long Covid determined?
Hmm ... if only there was a way to find out ...
I'm guessing there's more to your question, Jez, so don't be shy - out with it!
I'm just interested in how they determine its (long covid)
OK yes, I see what you mean.
Likely, it's a simple case of getting COVID and then not recovering for months afterwards. Some people could well have gone on to get different illnesses, but due to the massive numbers of covid infections, that's likely only a small percentage. It must be a statisticians dream to analyse all the data.
There also seems to be a correlation with severity of covid, and being unvaxd (both make long covid more likely).
Conversely, there's also the possibility of young fighting-fit people seemingly recovered from COVID (or even being largely symptomless throughout) and then getting misdiagnosed with something other than long covid (like ME).
Well, this is grim and really hasn't had much attention ... looks like the US's CDC is 'backfilling' with little fanfare [PDF statement] ...
“Emerging evidence suggests that ... COVID-19 can have lasting effects on nearly every organ and organ system of the body weeks, months, and potentially years after infection”
https://twitter.com/1goodtern/status/1632488855646490626?s=20
And a very deep dive ... https://twitter.com/GringoGranadino/status/1632585530629136384?s=20
'Emerging evidence'
Sure - that's just the CDC's terminology, hence the 2nd tweet with links to an immense amount of published research.
