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I had a similar experience, with 10-12 days of mild symptoms (up to 40°C fever), but the general feeling of tiredness and the infamous "brain fog" stayed for 3-

I had a similar experience, with 10-12 days of mild symptoms (up to 40°C fever), but the general feeling of tiredness and the infamous "brain fog" stayed for 3-4 weeks (it's not completely gone yet). Definitely one of the worst sickness I've had, but both me and especially my parents (60+) had no respiratory problems and didn't need urgent treatment. I was waiting for my second dose when I got it and my parents were vaccinated, but still I don't get how we can count on treating it as a flu and just get the virus, considering the lack of knowledge on long-term effects.

meheleventyone 5y ago
Yeah am pretty concerned about there being long term effects. Two of our friends got it really early on and both still have lingering symptoms.
gunapologist99 5y ago
Two of my relatives in their 80's just got it without any vaccine and similarly had a nasty flu; they took ivermectin and didn't need any urgent treatment, although O2 levels did drop into the low 90's at times. About five days after diagnosis (and well after the worst days), they received monoclonals. They're still weak but recovering. I know another person (young, in 20's) who had similar symptoms -- brutal flu, similarly believed that ivermectin "saved" him. Of course, it's unknown (but https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronavirus-masks-anti-science-11627482393 https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronav... ) Most cases seem to be relatively mild. There are always the ones that aren't, though, but it does seem like (in the absence of real, double-blind, public data) the vaccine doesn't have too much of an impact on delta in terms of the harshness of the sickness in breakthrough cases, but it might reduce the overall incidence and prevent the vaccinated from getting sick at all. However, the data always seems very weak, and always lags behind. EDIT: definitely doesn't seem like getting vaccinated reduces the incidence, either: "three-fourths of the nearly 470 cases were in vaccinated people" from a leaked CDC memo: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/93830 https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccin...

meheleventyone 5y ago

Yeah am pretty concerned about there being long term effects. Two of our friends got it really early on and both still have lingering symptoms.

gunapologist99 5y ago

Two of my relatives in their 80's just got it without any vaccine and similarly had a nasty flu; they took ivermectin and didn't need any urgent treatment, although O2 levels did drop into the low 90's at times. About five days after diagnosis (and well after the worst days), they received monoclonals. They're still weak but recovering. I know another person (young, in 20's) who had similar symptoms -- brutal flu, similarly believed that ivermectin "saved" him. Of course, it's unknown (but https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronavirus-masks-anti-science-11627482393 https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronav... ) Most cases seem to be relatively mild. There are always the ones that aren't, though, but it does seem like (in the absence of real, double-blind, public data) the vaccine doesn't have too much of an impact on delta in terms of the harshness of the sickness in breakthrough cases, but it might reduce the overall incidence and prevent the vaccinated from getting sick at all. However, the data always seems very weak, and always lags behind. EDIT: definitely doesn't seem like getting vaccinated reduces the incidence, either: "three-fourths of the nearly 470 cases were in vaccinated people" from a leaked CDC memo: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/93830 https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccin...