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So did I a few weeks ago. I was vaxxed in April. And then caught it in early August. Three days of sweating and chills, a week of coughing and loopy-head. Posit

So did I a few weeks ago. I was vaxxed in April. And then caught it in early August. Three days of sweating and chills, a week of coughing and loopy-head. Positive PCR test. 3 weeks later and I still have a chest-cough I can't shake. Of course, if I didn't have the vaccine, I probably would be in an overflowing hospital close to death.

ralusek 5y ago
Assuming that you're between 18-49 years old, the CDC puts the infection fatality rate for that age group at 0.15%. So, unvaccinated, you would have a 99.85% chance of not dying. Being vaccinated, of course, further improves your odds. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scena... The younger you are within that bracket, your odds improve even more. If you have no comorbidities, even better. Basically, I wouldn't be worrying about death as any given young individual, but at a population scale, COVID is quite deadly. I'm personally much more worried about the other reported effects and lasting tissue damage.
- OrvalWintermute 5y ago
  > Assuming that you're between 18-49 years old That is a huge range of ages and varying risk levels - in effect, you are over-averaging. **************** For a 45 year old caucasian male with no comorbidities non-smoker 0.16 (95% CI: 0.14 - 0.17 ) times the risk of dying from COVID-19 compared to the average risk for the US population absolute rate of mortality of 1.3 (95% CI: 0.6 - 2.8 ) per 100000 individuals in subgroups of the population with a similar risk profile to yours during the period of 09/11/2021 - 10/01/2021. This estimate is calculated based on the CDC's Ensemble mortality forecast data.. 95% CI: Error bounds with 95% confidence. **************** For an 18 year old caucasian male with no comorbidities non-smoker 0.02 (95% CI: 0.02 - 0.02 ) times the risk of dying from COVID-19 compared to the average risk for the US population. absolute rate of mortality of 1.3 (95% CI: 0.6 - 2.8 ) per 100000 individuals in subgroups of the population with a similar risk profile to yours during the period of 09/11/2021 - 10/01/2021. This estimate is calculated based on the CDC's Ensemble mortality forecast data.. 95% CI: Error bounds with 95% confidence. **************** Calculated using JHU's COVID-19 Mortality Risk Calculation https://covid19risktools.com:8443/riskcalculator https://covid19risktools.com:8443/riskcalculator
  - Jabbles 5y ago
    You've copy pasted something wrong
- nradov 5y ago
  Your numbers are way off. The CDC estimate of fatality rate in the 18-49 age group is 0.06%. And that's highly dependent on co-morbid conditions. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burden.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burd...
- SavantIdiot 5y ago
  Mid-50's with an existing disease. Which is why I got my shot early. I have good reason to worry.
everybodyknows 5y ago
Which vaccine? Collecting anecdata …
- SavantIdiot 5y ago
  Pfizer.
qeternity 5y ago
Very similar to you. Had double Pfizer. Felt like crap on a Sunday, felt worse on Monday so skipped work and took a lateral flow test which came back negative. Same symptoms but for maybe 5 days. Lost my sense of taste on day 3 which was also the day I tested positive (I didn't take a test on day 2). I stopped testing positive a few days later, but taste was lost for maybe a week. I had a cough for maybe 10 days, which has just subsided. I can't tell if I have brain fog, as my cough was really preventing me from sleeping well. One interesting observation: I was pretty ravenous the entire time. I had a fever and was sweating like a pregnant nun in church, but I never lost my appetite. If anything, it turbocharged.
- mdp2021 5y ago
  > taste was lost for maybe a week All comforting data, as I have second degree acquaintances who have not recovered taste and smell 17 months after infection. I think it would be quite desirable to have stats with comparisons of these details (duration of adverse events) in all relevant different cases. (Your «sweating like a pregnant nun in church» will remain with me and I must thank you.)

ralusek 5y ago

Assuming that you're between 18-49 years old, the CDC puts the infection fatality rate for that age group at 0.15%. So, unvaccinated, you would have a 99.85% chance of not dying. Being vaccinated, of course, further improves your odds. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scena... The younger you are within that bracket, your odds improve even more. If you have no comorbidities, even better. Basically, I wouldn't be worrying about death as any given young individual, but at a population scale, COVID is quite deadly. I'm personally much more worried about the other reported effects and lasting tissue damage.

OrvalWintermute 5y ago
> Assuming that you're between 18-49 years old That is a huge range of ages and varying risk levels - in effect, you are over-averaging. **************** For a 45 year old caucasian male with no comorbidities non-smoker 0.16 (95% CI: 0.14 - 0.17 ) times the risk of dying from COVID-19 compared to the average risk for the US population absolute rate of mortality of 1.3 (95% CI: 0.6 - 2.8 ) per 100000 individuals in subgroups of the population with a similar risk profile to yours during the period of 09/11/2021 - 10/01/2021. This estimate is calculated based on the CDC's Ensemble mortality forecast data.. 95% CI: Error bounds with 95% confidence. **************** For an 18 year old caucasian male with no comorbidities non-smoker 0.02 (95% CI: 0.02 - 0.02 ) times the risk of dying from COVID-19 compared to the average risk for the US population. absolute rate of mortality of 1.3 (95% CI: 0.6 - 2.8 ) per 100000 individuals in subgroups of the population with a similar risk profile to yours during the period of 09/11/2021 - 10/01/2021. This estimate is calculated based on the CDC's Ensemble mortality forecast data.. 95% CI: Error bounds with 95% confidence. **************** Calculated using JHU's COVID-19 Mortality Risk Calculation https://covid19risktools.com:8443/riskcalculator https://covid19risktools.com:8443/riskcalculator
- Jabbles 5y ago
  You've copy pasted something wrong
nradov 5y ago
Your numbers are way off. The CDC estimate of fatality rate in the 18-49 age group is 0.06%. And that's highly dependent on co-morbid conditions. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burden.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burd...
SavantIdiot 5y ago
Mid-50's with an existing disease. Which is why I got my shot early. I have good reason to worry.

everybodyknows 5y ago

Which vaccine? Collecting anecdata …

SavantIdiot 5y ago
Pfizer.

qeternity 5y ago

Very similar to you. Had double Pfizer. Felt like crap on a Sunday, felt worse on Monday so skipped work and took a lateral flow test which came back negative. Same symptoms but for maybe 5 days. Lost my sense of taste on day 3 which was also the day I tested positive (I didn't take a test on day 2). I stopped testing positive a few days later, but taste was lost for maybe a week. I had a cough for maybe 10 days, which has just subsided. I can't tell if I have brain fog, as my cough was really preventing me from sleeping well. One interesting observation: I was pretty ravenous the entire time. I had a fever and was sweating like a pregnant nun in church, but I never lost my appetite. If anything, it turbocharged.

mdp2021 5y ago
> taste was lost for maybe a week All comforting data, as I have second degree acquaintances who have not recovered taste and smell 17 months after infection. I think it would be quite desirable to have stats with comparisons of these details (duration of adverse events) in all relevant different cases. (Your «sweating like a pregnant nun in church» will remain with me and I must thank you.)