Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) (SARS-CoV-2) [2020]

At this stage, it is likely that almost everyone has had it. Ultimately, it's the luck of the draw as to whether or not it makes you feel poorly. I've had it twice (that I know of) and felt a little tired for about half a day each time. My kids weren't at all poorly when they had it on those two occasions. My wife was in bed, though not terribly ill (she departs to bed at the drop of a hat when she's feeling even slightly unwell!). My parents weren't ill when they had it, either, so I suspect there may have been some genetic aspect to it. Either that, or we perhaps had some cross-immunity from another virus we picked up from the kids around the first time we caught it. The caveat here is that we were all at least partially vaccinated at the time and have been receiving yearly boosters, though not the most up to date Moderna/Pfizer vaccines here in the UK.

Take it easy, watch some crap on TV and you'll be right in no time.
 
I think Covid is still more impactful than 'flu on the whole, although the UK is completely muddled with different, non-comparable metrics. Mortality among the aged hasn't decreased the past year.

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  • In the week ending 6 December 2024, 14.5% of registered deaths involved influenza or pneumonia (1,671 deaths), while 1.0% involved coronavirus (COVID-19) (118 deaths).
  • In the same week, influenza or pneumonia were the underlying cause of 4.5% of deaths (522 deaths), while COVID-19 was the underlying cause of 0.7% of deaths (77 deaths).
Okay, so flu managing to kill far more readily at the moment. C19 hasn't dropped below 100 deaths per week but I've no idea what the baseline is for flu, which is also running rampant with a huge spike in cases. I've been knocked as much by flu this Christmas as I was Covid when I had my eventual run-in. I also know families who are far more susceptible to C19 - one Polish family makes Covid an annual occurrence!

Presently I feel like Covid sits somewhere between flu and the other little viruses like rhinovirus. It seems more dangerous to the very old, but more like a cold for the younger.

That's not a well researched opinion but no-one is providing a clear 5-years-later view and everyone's just moving on in ignorance. ;)
 
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I don't know about this year or last but Covid kills at a much higher rate than the flu, at least double.

It's a lot more infectious too.

And we get to worry about bird flu mutating to become transmissible to humans and between humans, with a higher mortality rate.

With RFK Jr. in charge of our public health agencies.
 
Albuquerque said:
Glad you're feeling better DIgi! :) So far our family hasn't had it yet, although with the kids in school I can't see how we've avoided it this long. It will come for us eventually, I'm sure.
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"Feeling better" in this case involves now being able to walk from the bed to the bathroom instead of crawling but I won't argue it's a great improvement!

It's weird to see how it's affecting us all. My wife got it first and me and her have had about the same experience. My son who's 30 years younger than us isn't enjoying it but it's no where near as bad as for us. I guess the age stuff does matter.

Agree with you Shifty, moving on in ignorance seems to be the game plan. :(
 
Covid enquiry still ongoing here in the UK. The group involved in setting hospital infection control measures still deny that masking/air filtration/ventilation would have improved outcomes/reduced mortality in spite of all the research which now exists. They can't really explain why this should be the case, but they are sticking to their guns! Pretty much no infection control measures are in place in hospitals even now and they aren't even testing most of the time. Just pretending it isn't an issue seems to be their choice plus shrugs about any healthcare workers who develops/has developed Long Covid at work.
 
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