This covid merry-go-round is never going to end, is it

[sixtyandsomething]

covid again, oxygen monitors again, off work again, informing all vulnerable contacts again, feeling terrible again. I have had 8 immunisations. Well, at least it isn't anything like as bad as it could be without immunisations. But this is never going to end, is it. Every year, at least 2 immunisations, and at least 2 illnesses, until the one that finishes me off , I suppose. That is without counting the disruption when someone else tests positive, instead of me.

Sorry to hear you’ve got it again, it’s rubbish. Covid has hit here again for the 5th time that we know of and although we aren’t clinically vulnerable it still makes you feel rotten and in amongst all the other bugs the kids get it feels like we are never well!

I have noticed in life that those who suffer in a minority will never see the world alter or empathise with them to keep them safe. I don't know if this is human nature, or just our cultural mindset.
Once people in the majority feel safe, the sufferings of the minority go largely unacknowledged.
It would be lovely if we had a more proactive cultural response to the spread of illness in the uk (mindful mask wearing and structures which encouraged us to recover properly before returning to work/school, such as in Sweden, Norway, etc).
So perhaps it IS cultural. There's definitely an 'I'm alright Jack' sense of entitlement in the UK, which often scoffs and shames those who are more sensitive.

But this works across the board. Many issues and unfairnesses which penalise a minority go ignored, such as the Bedroom Tax/cladding victims, complex disabilities, introverts, allergy sufferers, certain spiritual (non religious) beliefs, nocturnal people, non drivers (lol)....so many variations including trans people, people who don't have children.....those who are, to some degree or another, NOT in the majority will experience a good level of ignorance, dismissiveness, or simply a benign ignorance in society. .
And sadly we do have to deal with that. We only notice this when is it we ourselves who are in that particular minority; how the world is designed to function seamlessly for....everyone else. Or so it seems.

We could all do with a touch more empathy in general. There's a snarling dismissiveness towards those who do not tow the line.

yes they are

I agree with Gormen sadly. People are inherently selfish and many would stab their friend/colleague in the back if needed. Covid highlighted this. When push comes to shove to protect oneself to keep one's job , to have enough money coming in , to protect oneself against that nasty Covid that no one knew in the beginning what it was or how you caught it, people would go to all sorts of lengths.

do you remember people reporting other people on the beach, or sat on a bench, or exercising And what they thought was more than twice a day and all the terrible things that people did to each other at the time. Not good.

I wonder how big the wave will be then

So sorry OP!!! It's rubbish, we are in a vaguely similar position with my FIL, he is very vulnerable too, and we have a school child, so for pretty much all of winter we can't really see him too much, as she basically always has a runny nose and we don't want to risk it! He's getting older now and it's a sad thought that this could be how it will be for the rest of his days :( a large group of people have been a bit forgotten I think.

Hoping you feel better soon, lots of rest for you and fingers crossed it doesn't get any worse.

It's because of the weakened immune system that the extra vaccines are needed. To give it a boost and help with defences against the covid virus.
Just like the flu one once a year.
And the pneumonia one, and the shingles one.

All needed when your immune system is already shot, not helped by some medication helping to treat the condition that further weakens your immune system.

Without the vaccines it's likely the situation would be worse for those who are CEV.

No, it isn’t in the past for everyone else. I came down with a ‘cold’ on Wednesday was feeling grim on Thursday (though was still working) and tested Friday morning as I could barely get out of bed I felt so rotten. I am still off work today and not feeling much different and just hoping it fecks off soon. The first time I had it in 2022 I was off work for 4 weeks. I think I had a milder dose last Christmas that was more like a nasty cold but still lingered the best part of a month (although with the worst being over Christmas I only needed a couple of days off work). While life goes on (my son is in college) I was only saying this morning how the inevitability that I will catch this probably once a year from now on and be this ill is not a nice thought at all.

I hope you are soon feeling better OP.

Two team members off withCovid, both initially thought it was flu, then tested

Is this a satirical post?

I have only had COVID once in 2019, not had flu since, had a few regular colds (but that's normal isn't it)

I haven't had a single COVID vaccine.

Can anyone explain why I am so healthy despite not having the vaccine?

O+ blood ?

No that unaware of and that's the first I've heard anywhere including MSM that 0+ blood is immune to COVID or other viruses

Not according to the 9th circuit in the US

you are healthy? that is why. I was healthy too once, for many decades, then age and other medical conditions changed that forever, as they will with you.

Luck?

Why is education around covid so poor?

I'm sorry OP - it is shit.

Yes!!

Or you can choose not to believe in any of it and lead your life normally as many of us do and have zero problems.

I don't understand this post, how exactly would "choosing not to believe it" have stopped me collapsing through lack of oxygen last time and require days in hospital on an oxygen machine too weak to lift up my head?

you won't always have "zero problems" from covid, you know. It is there and when you are vulnerable, it will come

Was this episode before the pandemic or after vaccination?

this was about 6 months ago

Dr John Campbell is a strange one. At the beginning of the pandemic he posted some really informative videos. However, as time went on, he seemed to realise that more money could be made by going down the antivax route. Many of his later videos have been thoroughly debunked. It is a shame, because he started off as a trusted source.

I understand. And did you have similar respiratory problems before 2020?