Was I better off without it
- Thread starter Monello
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GET OUTTA MY HEAD!!!
Or perhaps my superhuman immune system, built through decades of smoking and drinking, is like Conor McGregor and is all like, "C'mon, ye bastad, I'll fook you up!"?
That's the same set of factors that I rely heavily on to deflect and defeat viruses and the like.
Clem72
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Or perhaps my superhuman immune system, built through decades of smoking and drinking, is like Conor McGregor and is all like, "C'mon, ye bastad, I'll fook you up!"?
The Keith Richards approach.
Me and Keith, man. And Betty White.
WTAF.
I hope you feel better soon! And that Vrai doesn't get the Rona.
They gave you antibiotics? They supposedly don't work for the Rona. (they thought I had a sinus infection and gave me the antib's but I didn't. The antib's did nothing, either)
WELP - I was trying to figure out where to post this - and I might just do it someplace anyway - butSo how contagious is the rona really? One would think I'd get it, since Monello and I live together and I am neither vaxed nor do I mask up. I mean, if I can catch it by being in the same grocery store or at the same park with an infected person, surely I'd catch it from the guy I sleep next to, right?
Or do I have it and just don't know because it's really not all that?
Or perhaps my superhuman immune system, built through decades of smoking and drinking, is like Conor McGregor and is all like, "C'mon, ye bastad, I'll fook you up!"?
LABCORP is now offering the antibody tests for $10.00. YOu go to their website, sign up, pay your $10 and provide your insurance info (they bill your ins co) and make the appt.
It's a blood test - easy-peasy 5 seconds easy. Had the blood drawn yesterday and got the results in my EMAIL BOX this morning before 9am.
I am still showing antibodies - 5 months later from having the Rona. I will ask my doctor to interpret the level they found, although everything I've read states that there is no way to tell how long the immunity I have will last. Then, other things I've read indicate natural immunity can last a few years.
IKR! Why Misfit?!
Misfit
Lawful neutral
Sorry, you're sick.
G has been in bed sick for three days and I think she might go to the walk in today.
kwillia
n/a
Based on my observations (consider where I work and how big my family is) this very well could be your bout with the Rona. Just keep an eye on symptoms over the next 10 days. If you have a period of loss of smell/taste, even if it is short, consider yourself part of the herd immunity!
...and get better before the end of thisBased on my observations (consider where I work and how big my family is) this very well could be your bout with the Rona. Just keep an eye on symptoms over the next 10 days. If you have a period of loss of smell/taste, even if it is short, consider yourself part of the herd immunity!
month - we have some catching up to do!!!
Tech
Well-Known Member
Had the similar fleeting symptoms for the last week, better be the Wuhan to justify the side effects from the vax.
Could be. This morning I have a mild bronchitis. My coffee smells and tastes great, no fever, no nothing other than a very slight congestion and trace of a headache. Nothing I haven't experienced numerous times before.
But with regard to Monello, there's a lot to unpack.
Not last winter but the winter before - right before covid became all the rage - he had a respiratory issue that made him cough himself into a hernia explosion. I'm thinking now that he did have the corona virus but it wasn't a big media thing yet so he wouldn't have necessarily been diagnosed with it.
And if he had it, his body would have built up an immunity to it and he wouldn't have it now.
Except that getting the regular flu doesn't mean you'll never get it again. Viruses are constantly mutating, which is why we have flu season every year. It's fascinating, really, the way it works. And our immune system is like a miracle of biology that would make a heathen like me believe in intelligent design, if I thought there was anything intelligent enough to come up with something so amazingly sophisticated.
Anyway, we know that viruses mutate - always have. We're never going to eliminate them. Every year there's a new strain, and we go, "Huh," and move on with our lives. Some people get sick; some die; the vast majority are unaffected. The common cold is a viral infection, and who hasn't had that? You make chicken soup and sleep it off.
I could go on and on about this because it's so interesting, but I'm getting distracted by life and losing my train of thought. So here's a few links that anyone who cares can check out:
The difference between germs, bacteria and viruses
Let's examine these medical terms that are common in conversations happening right now.
www.providence.org
What is the difference between bacterial and viral infections?
Bacterial and viral infections must be treated differently. Misusing antibiotics to treat viral infections leads to the problem of antibiotic resistance.
How Viruses Mutate and Create New Variants
As coronavirus variants circulate worldwide, a Tufts researcher explains the mechanisms of how viruses change and why
@vraiblonde you missed the bigger point, @kwillia called you a cow.
PeoplesElbow
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Herd that
I'm sure she meant it in the nicest way possible.
