COVID-19 in Summer 2024

I haven’t coughed at all. I hope I don’t get a cough. Never had a temperature either. Day 6 here and I’m working today. About 90% better I’d say.

If I was sick obviously I would have to have taken sick leave.

@odyssey06 they are using that word "mild" again.

https://www.newstalk.com/news/very-transmissible-covid-strain-evolving-away-from-vaccine-1740820

A ‘very transmissible’ COVID-19 variant is spreading across Ireland – and it is 'evolving away' from the strain in the vaccines. 

The F-Lineage Recombinant Type (FLiRT) group are new variants of COVID that emerged from Omicron.

These variants are “quite mild” compared to earlier COVID variants among healthy people, Prof Mills explained.

If you end up with the new variant, however, Prof Mills said it can help you build immunity for the future. 

“Obviously, you don't want to get infected if you're very vulnerable,” he said. “But the disease is very mild in healthy individuals. 

“So getting the disease, you're actually getting the variant that's circulating, so you're getting good immunity.” 

According to Johns Hopkins University, the symptoms of the FLiRT variants are the same as other COVID strains – although they are weaker. 

These symptoms include a sore throat, runny nose, cough and shortness of breath – particularly among people who are not vaccinated. 

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Hi,

Just spotted this thread .

Anyone have flu symptoms at the moment? 🤧

Thanks, only suddenly got flu like symptoms yesterday, aches & pains, just feeling rubbish. Not sure if its covid or plain flu.

Thanks,the weather is so unseasonally cold for this time of year also..

Only starting to feel slightly better day 4 but still miserable .

Cough is the worst .Dry barking continuously, making me retch .Sorry tmi .

Have started a spray on my doctor's suggestion to ease my throat every couple of hours and it has helped but still taking paracetamol.

Absolutely drownded wet , sheets and PJs , a few times in the last 24hours and finally think it has 'broken ' ,temperature now settling .

This is a lot worse than Omicron .

Doesn't sound like my dose.

I and my oh had similar about a month ago and didn't test positive .

All aches and pains everywhere .

He was worse than me and tested a couple of times , So we had antigen tests in the house .The lines went nearly black straight away when I tested the other day .

What I am saying is you won't know for sure unless you test .

If you are not coughing and spluttering there is no real issue after a few days anymore as long as you avoid those vulnerable or high risk so the guidance says .

We test because I am are high risk and one of my family is also , so need to know .

My Missus tested positive yesterday . I have symptoms today.

What are the restrictions though?

It is the responsible thing to do in society. Not doing so is a selfish thing to do.

Did you warn your friends you are meeting that you have covid, let them make their choices to avoid the risk?

It is a balance. There is a responsibility on both sides. People turning up to offices or events obviously sick, and I don't mean post viral stuff like fatigue or a lingering cough. Sneezing and coughing gunk over others.

Pre Covid it will still an irresponsible and short sighted thing to do imo - delaying both their own recovery, and crippling the productivity of the team who in sequence pick it up, chest infections, flus etc.

It is worse than a cold. Symptoms like a cold are in its range but it also runs the range to severe cases.
So you should not be approaching that because it was like a cold it will be like that for others.
That's the material difference between carrying on your business with a cold v covid.

Also it is summer now, impact of a covid surge now on hospitals etc is less than it would be in winter.

And doesn't have to be mass graves or world ending to be something of concern, people should be responsible also if they have certain diseases to avoid pregnant women. And yes, pregnant woman take a responsibility on themselves to be careful but you can only take so many precautions.

To go up a notch, AIDS isn't world ending either, but there is a responsibility to take precautions.

One obvious reasons for workplaces not struggling with isolation is the fact that so many people are remote working these days and while workers may be sick for a few days they may be able to manage to put in more time at home than they would if traditional work practices were continued

Secondly there are many people getting quite sick because of vulnerability . It is not the same as severe illness in the past thankfully because of vaccinations and immunity but this variant currently going around has mutated to evade our immune protection a little bit more so hence the recent increased number of cases.

In my family I am the only one to catch this and nearly 2 weeks later am still sick .Apparently not infectious anymore but still coughing and pretty wiped out .

It is recommended to be avoiding anybody vulnerable for 10 days , others 5 days post positive test or 2 days post symptoms resolving .

I tested positive 10 days after first symptoms and have just tested negative today at 13 days after first symptoms .

I am testing for various reasons , family occasion with other vulnerable relatives coming up next week for example

Otherwise no need to test just stay clear of others for the required length of time because this can still be particularly nasty for some people , even if you are fine.

Like any other infectious disease now it should be common courtesy not to be blasé about passing it on .