Mark Maras Posted July 21, 2020 Share #1081 Posted July 21, 2020 Lungs, brain, kidneys, are a few of the confirmed organs but they haven't discovered all the areas of the body this virus will attack yet. Another interesting area of research is the possibility that some blood types are more susceptible to Covid-19 than others. It has to do with the different antigens and antibodies in the various blood types. I'm O Positive which seems to have more immunity to C-19 than others. That said, I'm about 75% sure I had it in April. I'd had a lot of contact with the homeless in March, a few had been in the hospital with a pneumonia that had been going around throughout the winter. I woke up one morning to a lower backache that soon progressed to vicious muscle spasms. I thought OK, no big deal, I've been to this rodeo many times in the past. Normally it would take about a week to get back to some form of normality but into the second week the spasms were just as bad as week one. Then one morning I felt like I had been punched in the left kidney. My urine turned the color of diluted cola. (TMI?) That lasted about 2 days and went away. I didn't go to the Dr. because in April everyone was paranoid about going anywhere near a medical facility and the spasms were so bad I couldn't get into the car. I also had a minor nagging cough, 1/2 hour long spiking fevers, and general body aches. Long story short. the spasms and symptoms lasted almost 4 weeks. At the time I didn't really think I was sick enough to see a Dr. along with the philosophy of I'll either get over it or get used to it, if not I'll go see a Dr. The good news is, I got over it, I think. No more symptoms now other than my long term hip problem is worse, I feel like I got a royal as$ kicking and I'm not back to normal strength yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteunseen Posted July 21, 2020 Share #1082 Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) Well seeing the activity here I'm gonna go out a long skinny limb and say this is weighing heavy on all of us. Lets stay positive and continue. It's very helpful to me hearing the different views. We have to get this "Z" figured out no matter the cost and hard work involved. The rust is just getting worse. Our valves need adjusting. Edited July 21, 2020 by siteunseen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Head Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share #1083 Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) You're right site, but it's still worth keeping an eye on. New York's travel ban is up to 31 states. They have a set of criteria to judge against, for each state, and are a kind of barometer about which way things are going across the country. It was 22 for quite a while now it's jumped. https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-travel-advisory Edited July 22, 2020 by Zed Head ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteunseen Posted July 22, 2020 Share #1084 Posted July 22, 2020 15 hours ago, Zed Head said: You're right site, but it's still worth keeping an eye on. New York's travel ban is up to 31 states. They have a set of criteria to judge against, for each state, and are a kind of barometer about which way things are going across the country. It was 22 for quite a while now it's jumped. https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-travel-advisory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteunseen Posted July 22, 2020 Share #1085 Posted July 22, 2020 "Some states are doing well. Some states are doing less well." From yesterday's virus briefing from POtuS. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Head Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share #1086 Posted July 23, 2020 I don't know if these sites are just getting better or if I missed them first time around. But this one is pretty good, it shows the increase in cases, and the cases or deaths per capita. Click on one of the three labels and the map changes. You can see the hot-spots and which way they're going. https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/jul/15/covid-19-coronavirus-us-map-latest-cases-state-by-state Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heyitsrama Posted July 23, 2020 Share #1087 Posted July 23, 2020 On 7/21/2020 at 11:17 AM, Mark Maras said: Lungs, brain, kidneys, are a few of the confirmed organs but they haven't discovered all the areas of the body this virus will attack yet. Another interesting area of research is the possibility that some blood types are more susceptible to Covid-19 than others. It has to do with the different antigens and antibodies in the various blood types. I'm O Positive which seems to have more immunity to C-19 than others. That said, I'm about 75% sure I had it in April. I'd had a lot of contact with the homeless in March, a few had been in the hospital with a pneumonia that had been going around throughout the winter. I woke up one morning to a lower backache that soon progressed to vicious muscle spasms. I thought OK, no big deal, I've been to this rodeo many times in the past. Normally it would take about a week to get back to some form of normality but into the second week the spasms were just as bad as week one. Then one morning I felt like I had been punched in the left kidney. My urine turned the color of diluted cola. (TMI?) That lasted about 2 days and went away. I didn't go to the Dr. because in April everyone was paranoid about going anywhere near a medical facility and the spasms were so bad I couldn't get into the car. I also had a minor nagging cough, 1/2 hour long spiking fevers, and general body aches. Long story short. the spasms and symptoms lasted almost 4 weeks. At the time I didn't really think I was sick enough to see a Dr. along with the philosophy of I'll either get over it or get used to it, if not I'll go see a Dr. The good news is, I got over it, I think. No more symptoms now other than my long term hip problem is worse, I feel like I got a royal as$ kicking and I'm not back to normal strength yet. you can get antibody tests for it, have you considered it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Maras Posted July 23, 2020 Share #1088 Posted July 23, 2020 Oh yeah, the curiosity is driving me nuts the same way as repairing something on a car and I can't figure out what caused the problem. The end result, either way, it's fixed and I have time to do some research now. The cost of the test is preventing me from finding out. One would think in a perfect world, our government would be offering tests to discover active cases and antibodies in those who believe they were infected and recovered, but NO, that would just increase the Covid-19 count. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Head Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share #1089 Posted July 23, 2020 As I understand things the antibody tests are unreliable. The FDA allowed unproven tests on to market, then changed their ruling later. Beside that, it's still unknown whether or not it matters. Immunity is not guaranteed. Best to just assume that you haven't had it. The FDA has been hollowed out for decades. Trust the individual scientists if you can, the bureaucracies are corrupted. https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/letters-health-care-providers/certain-covid-19-serologyantibody-tests-should-not-be-used-letter-clinical-laboratory-staff-and https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-provides-promised-transparency-antibody-tests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Maras Posted July 23, 2020 Share #1090 Posted July 23, 2020 They now THINK the duration of antibody effectiveness is only around 90 days. I hope and pray they're wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteunseen Posted July 23, 2020 Share #1091 Posted July 23, 2020 Going by their past way of thinking, prayer can't hurt though, it's wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Head Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share #1092 Posted July 25, 2020 Long ago the high school kids in my area used to go to the coast in Washington every year for the Fog Festival. https://www.star-telegram.com/news/coronavirus/article244478462.html "At his own venue, Polone said a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved germicide will be fogged for extra safety." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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