COVID-19 in Summer 2024

I still have covid tests and will test if I have a temperature as it is extremely rare for me to have higher than normal temperature.

Masks only on airports - a bit of "OCD" on my side here as both times I got covid was after such trips.

Covid is still circulating widely. I know many ppl who have had it recently. Most of them recovered from it after a week.

If I stayed at home for 48 hours every time I sniffled, in this climate I'd be housebound from September to May!

I'll take whatever tests a medical professional says to take. And I'll stay at home without visitors if I'm sick - don't need a covid diagnosis for that to be common sense.

I have to attend a clinic in TUH on Monday and will be seeking advice before attending, as my last vaccine was over a year ago and I'm still in a high risk category (diabetes plus respiratory) so I'll do what I can to protect my health.

If I do go, I will be going masked. Still have some N95 masks.

Amazing how giving something a name has people doing a whole raft of things that they wouldn't for a second consider doing for whatever else that would result in the exact same symptoms.

So, there is no longer a need to test, and you should only isolate if you're positive….

So how do you find out if you're positive, if you don't do a test? 🤔

When my daughter called for an appointment for her GP last week, the first question they asked was "have you done an antigen test".

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I had a high temperature for a couple of days this week...the wife had a few covid tests lying around from a couple of years ago....i took one and low and behold - I tested positive.....

After dodging it for 4 years I finally caught it.....

My wife was slagging me saying I had the 'Man flu' earlier in the week....now shes pìssed off at me!

Overall, its just like a flu...the main symptoms were gone after 48hours and I am not too bad now....

I'm currently a patient in tallaght hospital. Ti's quiet on the wards. I believe there are tricolour whack jobs outside making conspiracy videos. Lockdown is for covid and vomiting bugs neither I wish to get

Or if you have a vulnerable condition.

Or you live \ take care with those people.

Or you've involved in providing critical medical care.

Not sure how that really relates to my post?

I agree with a lot of what you say there but I think you go too far / dubious in places.

Our immune system does not do well with constant infections, especially as we age. Thats not good either. A balance ia needed.

If exposure to germs and infections made for a top immune system then 19th century mortality rates from infectious disease should be tiny. Instead we see the opposite. Vaccines and hygiene were needed to make the difference.

And with covid we see it hitting in summer wave. No respite unlike flu.

I would also add, I have seen people coming into office, before they should, while infectious. Acting the martyr. Consequence - taking out successive members of the team.

It was a bad idea pre covid and even worse now . Not good for productivity, not good for that person as it delays their full recovery nor the colleagues.

My original point was that covid isnt just a serious issue for over 80s.

How do you know it wasnt the case about constant infections? It may well have been but it is more of an issue with covid with more frequent waves.

https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/covid-19-study-suggests-long-term-damage-immune-system

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-risky-are-repeat-covid-infections-what-we-know-so-far/

If the view you expressed of the immune system was correct we wouldnt have needed vaccines and hygiene in the 19th century to reduce deaths from infection as they would had optimal immune systems from all the exposures. There is a limit to what it can do.

The points about how you approach travelling I agree with, the emphasis on isolating when infectious. You can have a cough post viral without being infectious. But the issue / my concern is that too many people will interpret the advice you quote to go out with symptons ewhen infectious.

Granted it can be hard to tell if infectious. However if testing positive, sneezing all over the place, coughing crap all over the place, temperature - those are signs you are. I think isolation should be more strongly recommended / set as a societal norm.

Rushing yourself back with those symptoms is a recipe for lingering post viral issues. Not doing yourself any favours in long run.

A lingering dry cough post infection or fatigue is different to the above.

And I woud emphasise the point your immune system aint going to get any stronger from repeated covid infections. It doesnt need that. Vulnerable or no. The evidence suggests the opposite. And every infection is a roll of the dice that could lead to post viral symptons / long covid.

Thats why I disagree with your statement... we got on fine before covid. Well tbh I dont think we really did if we had looked more closely at it. But with Covid we wont, thats what the data says to me.

Please stop spreading this misinformation. Sars-CoV2 is like any other corona virus. The reason it had such an impact on some people is because it was a novel virus that the immune system had not seen before. Now that most / all of our immune systems have been primed to the virus both through infection and vaccination the severe effects will become much rarer. Similar rare side effects occur with other coronaviruses and with influenza type viruses.

I’m currently down with it I presume. Husband tested himself as he wanted to visit elderly parents but had symptoms and antigen was positive. He shouldn’t visit with symptoms anyway. Test or no test. I haven’t tested and won’t bother as we have no tests left.

Mainly head cold, aches and pains, sore throat and brain fog. No fever

I’m avoiding people but not staying at home as kids are fine and need to be taxid around of course.

Jesus Christ. Do you even read what you link