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We Are in a Big Covid Wave. But Just How Big? (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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I'll note that an updated booster came out this past fall, and few Americans have gotten it.

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[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 46 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I have the vaccine and every booster available. My partner picked up covid from work and now I have it. I’ve been bed-ridden for the past several days. It hurts when I swallow. Partner got over the worst of it relatively quickly but still has a gentle persistent cough.

Thanks to all the bosses with their RTO policies and anti-vaxxers and all the politicians who let this thing rage on. I hope they all find themselves pushed off the edge of a cliff someday.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 13 points 10 months ago

Just saw this Ars article. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/anti-vaccine-nonsense-will-likely-kill-thousands-this-season-fda-officials-say/

The US may be heading to a "dangerous vaccination tipping point," with immunization rates falling so low that population-level immunity is now at risk, and we will likely see thousands of needless deaths this respiratory virus season, two top officials for the Food and Drug Administration warned in a recent JAMA commentary.

Incredible. We've gone from practically eliminating polio to regressing into vaccine-denialism that's so powerful that we are just risking resurgent communicable diseases. And the people responsible for this get to continue promoting and influencing the world. Hilarious!

[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

My partner and I were both fully boosted and both caught it in November. I'd been only been boosted for a week, her for 4 weeks. For whatever reason, her case was worse with about a week of fever, sore throat/sinuses, and all that. I never got a fever but was otherwise similar.

We'd both managed to avoid catching it at all before that, despite going on regularly and flying internationally a few times. We've just been good about masking and getting our shots.

I think this current strain must be extremely contagious. It sure was nice back when the government was tracking and reporting on this stuff.

[–] holycrapwtfatheism@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Similar. Boosted in the fall, got covid yesterday. Same symptoms.. lethargy is so strong.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Hope you feel better soon. I additionally suffered through muscle/joint aches and chills. I am a bit more on my feet now but I still feel tired and crappy, with a persistent cough and a still sore throat. I'm still mostly taking it easy to recover as best as I can.