2019 Novel Coronavirus Covid-19 Discussion

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#3088292 11-Jun-2023 07:39

I felt like crap this morning, as did one of my boys. Did a test but we're both negative, so probably just a cold/flu. Still, had me going for a second. Can never be too careful.

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#3088295 11-Jun-2023 07:51

Geektastic: Does anyone know what percentage of people in NZ have never had Covid?

Does it really make any difference to anyone anymore?

If you’ve had it and you don’t know you’ve had it you are one of the people who won’t get it. Either way it doesn’t matter.

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#3088455 11-Jun-2023 13:45

Geektastic: Does anyone know what percentage of people in NZ have never had Covid?

No, and they don't even want to find out anymore - there will be a fair whack that have had minimal to nil symptoms, and the only way to tell would have been blood testing,,,

"A long-awaited survey of Covid-19 infections has been abandoned by the Ministry of Health"

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/488806/ministry-of-health-abandons-covid-19-infection-survey

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#3088859 12-Jun-2023 10:30

I'm hearing about older people getting it at church. Gyms look like a popular vector for younger people. God and guns : ).

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#3088909 12-Jun-2023 10:59

4 cases in mum's neighbourhood within her rest home last week.

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#3089044 12-Jun-2023 14:12

Increasing number of friends and colleagues who are now on their 5th infection. This really isn't going away any time soon.

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#3089045 12-Jun-2023 14:15

alasta:

Some people seem to be strangely resistant to it. Over many months I had numerous close contact situations as well as taking the bus to work every day, and I never got it. In the end the only thing that caused me to contract it was a wedding at which I unknowingly had a long interaction with an infected person and we were shouting at close proximity due to background noise. If that interaction had been in a more normal environment then I suspect I wouldn't have picked it up.

My theory is that there is a lot of random variability in the effectiveness of the vaccines across different individuals.

I've been in many close contact suitations include major events in the US and Indonesia. Still never had a positive test, and even when I've had serious symptoms even PCR tests have come back negative.

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#3089073 12-Jun-2023 14:43

openmedia:

I've been in many close contact suitations include major events in the US and Indonesia. Still never had a positive test, and even when I've had serious symptoms even PCR tests have come back negative.

I only got a positive on what was probably my 4th go round, and that was by far the worst one. The others do not count because of no positive test. First was just before first lockdown when they wouldnt give you one unless you could prove you were a close contact and the 4th go was worse than that.

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#3089463 13-Jun-2023 13:59

Handle9:
Geektastic: Does anyone know what percentage of people in NZ have never had Covid?

Does it really make any difference to anyone anymore?

If you’ve had it and you don’t know you’ve had it you are one of the people who won’t get it. Either way it doesn’t matter.

I’m not sure curiosity needs to make a difference.

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#3089486 13-Jun-2023 15:12

Handle9:
Geektastic: Does anyone know what percentage of people in NZ have never had Covid?

Does it really make any difference to anyone anymore?

If you’ve had it and you don’t know you’ve had it you are one of the people who won’t get it. Either way it doesn’t matter.

how many have had means nothing these days. i would say pretty much every one.

if you have had it but didn't notice, in no way does that mean you won't get it. plenty of people how had zero or mild symptoms first time around, got wacked hard with it the 2nd time.

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#3089487 13-Jun-2023 15:14

openmedia:

Increasing number of friends and colleagues who are now on their 5th infection. This really isn't going away any time soon.

its never going away. its more of a question of what it evolves into.

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#3089493 13-Jun-2023 15:34

tweake:

openmedia:

Increasing number of friends and colleagues who are now on their 5th infection. This really isn't going away any time soon.

its never going away. its more of a question of what it evolves into.

It'll become an endemic seasonal coronavirus like N229 and OC43. Coronaviruses don't mutate at the same rate at influenza, so its evolution should slow down as we exit the pandemic phase.

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#3089546 13-Jun-2023 15:42

I imagine next year, the Flu jab will have a covid jab in it.

My wife was in a clinical trial this year with a combined jab (Novavax).

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#3089548 13-Jun-2023 15:56

trig42:
I imagine next year, the Flu jab will have a covid jab in it.

My wife was in a clinical trial this year with a combined jab (Novavax).

I had my fifth C19 jab and flu jab at the same time in different arms so they’re almost there!

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#3089557 13-Jun-2023 16:08

alasta:

tweake:

its never going away. its more of a question of what it evolves into.

It'll become an endemic seasonal coronavirus like N229 and OC43. Coronaviruses don't mutate at the same rate at influenza, so its evolution should slow down as we exit the pandemic phase.

fortunately so, however how well it can spread dictates how well it can evolve as well. what makes this interesting is how well its going in high density populations.

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