Little Miss Brian,
Pretending to be a strong lion,
Has too much work and no play;
Along came a virus,
Who threatens him lifeless,
And frightened Miss Brian, not today.
i just work through it. my chest hurts almost all the time, and stomach and headaches come and go. people at work keep asking me if i'm OK and i tell them i'm fine. doctors didn't find any major problems though so maybe it's just me going crazy.
i'm actually sitting here trying to finish a few hours of work stuff today so i am caught up for monday morning. otherwise i'll just need to work late again.
You're nuts man. Switch jobs, switch employers or switch industries. I took that kind of crap for ~5 years with accounting firms. Never again.
i just want to retire. if healthcare wasn't such a large variable cost in the US, i could pull it off.
Higher pay makes retirement come faster.i just want to retire. if healthcare wasn't such a large variable cost in the US, i could pull it off.
Here's a bit of good news. Sorry if it's a repost since the article is from about 9 days ago. Someone fully recovered from the coronavirus:
First US patient has fully recovered from coronavirus in Washington state; nearly 800 still under watch
A Washington state man who was the nation's first confirmed case of the new, deadly coronavirus has made a full recovery and is no longer quarantined.www.usatoday.com
good news indeed. also watched a video interview of a guy from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that has tested positive. He basically said he never had any symptoms at all no cough, fever, congestion at all. He says every he is tested everyday and so far each test is positive. He needs two negative tests in a row before he can discharged. btw; he mentioned that he is a transplant patient considered at increased risk. Strange the different ways this virus is affecting people.
Not so strange when you think about it. Transplant recipients are typically on anti-rejection drugs that suppress the immune system. In an immunosuppressed individual you wouldn't expect to see most symptoms that are also immune system responses. All of the "flu-like symptoms" we look for are immune system responses, including inflammation, fever, and excess mucous with associated coughing.
Hope we aren't manufacturing asymptomatic carriers by ignoring these individuals as we screen for symptoms!
How do related symptoms like pneumonia not show?
Otherwise what the hell part of the virus is killing you?
There has to be some kind of symptom otherwise it insinuates that when it kills someone they can just be running around feeling fine and then magically fall over and die.
Pneumonia often follows damage to your lungs from coughing, inflammation, etc.How do related symptoms like pneumonia not show?
Otherwise what the hell part of the virus is killing you?
There has to be some kind of symptom otherwise it insinuates that when it kills someone they can just be running around feeling fine and then magically fall over and die.
IIRC, a high fever alone can cause brain damage if you don't get it down fast enough.
This is a myth, only a temperature above 108 will cause brain damage, and a fever that high is nearly impossible unless you are in a very hot environment.
Yeah, hyperthermiaI could see it being possible, there are places down south that can get up to like 40C in summer. Imagine being in one of those places with no A/C and you have a fever. I guess that would be bad for you even if not sick though. Is there something like hypothermia, but with heat?
Uh, and based on video I've seen, frequently has human contact with crowds.Pope cancels audiences for 3rd day with apparent cold
Pope Francis has canceled official engagements for the third day in a row as he battles an apparent coldabcnews.go.com
Hmmm, lemmeee see, the Vatican is like ... somewhere in Italy, right?
So, have you traveled recently? If so where? If you have traveled, especially somewhere with an outbreak, why didn't you tell your doctor instead of waiting to be asked?...and nobody even bothered to ask me about my travel history when went into my local clinic this week for a diagnosis.
Then I guess it isn't a myth. I did say "a high fever" and you basically repeated exactly what I had heard.This is a myth, only a temperature above 108 will cause brain damage, and a fever that high is nearly impossible unless you are in a very hot environment.
So, have you traveled recently? If so where? If you have traveled, especially somewhere with an outbreak, why didn't you tell your doctor instead of waiting to be asked?
Not that it really matters, just curious. How is the corona virus test done? Blood, mouth, nasal swab? Something else?
I read a swab.So, have you traveled recently? If so where? If you have traveled, especially somewhere with an outbreak, why didn't you tell your doctor instead of waiting to be asked?
Not that it really matters, just curious. How is the corona virus test done? Blood, mouth, nasal swab? Something else?
This is a myth, only a temperature above 108 will cause brain damage, and a fever that high is nearly impossible unless you are in a very hot environment.