Twice boosted, Covid positive

[audreyh1]

I’ve only used a test a couple of times due to hardly being around people. One time was before a family gathering and the other a few days after air travel. I’ve occasionally had a slight congestion or likely reactions to pollen for a day or two, but because I hadn’t been out much I didn’t test. We only go shopping once a week and wear high quality masks when we do.

Unfortunately it does seem that a lot of people are acquiring Covid from a hospital visit. I read a recent statistic of 20% for US.

 

[CardsFan]

Well, count DW and I in the group of double vaxxed and boosted and Covid positive. DW thought she might have a strep throat, I just thought my allergies were a little worse than normal. So yesterday we both tested, and it was positive for both of us.

Symptoms started Tues/Wed and are already improving. Just glad we got it in March 2022, and not March 2020.

 

[W2R]

Just glad we got it in March 2022, and not March 2020.

Absolutely! So glad you are already starting to improve.

 

[iloveyoga]

I had a good old fashioned head cold and used two of my at home Covid tests, both were negative and my symptoms are much improved today. It was really nice to have the tests at home and ready to use so I did not have to wonder. And DH was relieved too. (We have received all of our shots.)

 

[Gumby]

Worked as advertised for me. Two Pfizer shots and a one booster so far.

Felt ill earlier in the week so I broke open the self test. Covid confirmed.

Three days of flu like symptoms and that was the extent of it.

So much better than 2,3,4 weeks in a hospital or worse!

We both feel so thankful that we were able to get the shots and the home test kits. The clinics and hospitals are busy enough without having to put up with the likes of us. Staying home to veg out for five days to ensure that I am not going to pass the virus on to anyone.

Still have to figure out how to get those microchips out of my system!

Exactly the same for us right before Christmas - double vaxxed and boosted, still caught Covid. Just a bad cold for us, and a similar quarantine. I will be happy to sign up for any and all additional boosters as they come available.

 

[ivinsfan]

Exactly the same for us right before Christmas - double vaxxed and boosted, still caught Covid. Just a bad cold for us, and a similar quarantine. I will be happy to sign up for any and all additional boosters as they come available.

Are they still recommending a certain wait period between having Covid and boosting? I think they consider having Covid as a mega booster. Under your circumstances I wonder if getting boosted now would really benefit you? I'm thinking of waiting for a booster until some new outbreak occurs. Of course I hope that doesn't happen

 

[brett]

We fully expect to have another bout of covid at some point.

It seems inevitable. We do not live in a bubble.

We believe in science. As time goes by there is a greater understanding of the virus, to a certain extent how to prevent it, and how to treat it.

 

[Gumby]

Interesting piece in the New York Times today about how the virus may evolve from here.

 

[Rianne]

Interesting piece in the New York Times today about how the virus may evolve from here.

Is it good news or bad? I'm only subscribed to WP these days. It's quite amazing how viruses adapt to survive. And so quickly. Little buggers and they don't have a brain.

 

[Gumby]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/28/opinion/coronavirus-mutation-future.html

Here's the link. It is probably behind the paywall, but here's the conclusion of this group - who are Sarah Cobey, Jesse Bloom and Tyler Starr. Dr. Cobey studies the interaction of immunity, virus evolution and transmission at the University of Chicago. Dr. Bloom and Dr. Starr study virus evolution at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

Taking all this together, we expect SARS-CoV-2 will continue to cause new epidemics, but they will increasingly be driven by the ability to skirt around the immune system. In this sense, the future may look something like the seasonal flu, where new variants cause waves of cases each year. If this happens, which we expect it will, vaccines may need to be updated regularly similar to the flu vaccines unless we develop broader variant-proof vaccines.

 

[lajolla]

H and I had Covid at the beginning of January when Omicron was raging. We were both double vaxxed and boosted. Mine started with a scratchy throat and felt like a terrible head cold for a few days (tested with home test). H tested positive on a home test a few days after me and it also felt like a head cold for him. We both bounced back quickly and we were back to walking our 5 plus miles a day within a week of testing positive.

 

[Texas Proud]

Well, count DW and I in the group of double vaxxed and boosted and Covid positive. DW thought she might have a strep throat, I just thought my allergies were a little worse than normal. So yesterday we both tested, and it was positive for both of us.

Symptoms started Tues/Wed and are already improving. Just glad we got it in March 2022, and not March 2020.

I got a cold later last year and went and got tested... negative...


Like you had a sore throat and thought it was allergies... but then got bad... so tested and... negative!!! Just had worse than normal allergies this year...


My sister went a got a second booster... she is 81 so a good thing.. Looks like over 50 can get a 4th shot so me and DW are going to look into the timing recommendations and get another...


I would much rather have the one day of feeling bad from the shot than get COVID>..

 

[CardsFan]

I got a cold later last year and went and got tested... negative...


Like you had a sore throat and thought it was allergies... but then got bad... so tested and... negative!!! Just had worse than normal allergies this year...


My sister went a got a second booster... she is 81 so a good thing.. Looks like over 50 can get a 4th shot so me and DW are going to look into the timing recommendations and get another...


I would much rather have the one day of feeling bad from the shot than get COVID>..

Yeah, my symptoms were/are so mild that I would not have tested except for the fact DW did not feel good, and she have does not have the allergy problem. And, of course, we had the govt. issued tests available.

 

[ABQ2015]

I got sick after a recent trip gambling in Nevada although I wore a KN95 mask in the casino and hotel common areas except when dining and traveling in the car with a friend. The night I got back, I very abruptly developed fatique, fever, aches, and chills that lasted for about 3 days followed by a slight cough. No congestion, runny nose, or sore throat.

I tested twice with a home COVID test kit with negative results. Then I read how ineffective the flu vaccine was this year so figured it must be the flu. Did not bother to have a PCR test. I was much less concerned then when I had a mild cold in early November and was desperate to get a PCR test. My friend never got sick although we were in the car together for 8 hours the day I became ill.

 

[Chuckanut]

The JnJ vaccine seems to provide somewhat better long-term protection. So, I am thinking my next 'booster' may not be Pfizer but JnJ.

 

[audreyh1]

Interesting piece in the New York Times today about how the virus may evolve from here.

Is it good news or bad? I'm only subscribed to WP these days. It's quite amazing how viruses adapt to survive. And so quickly. Little buggers and they don't have a brain.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/28/opinion/coronavirus-mutation-future.html

Here's the link. It is probably behind the paywall, but here's the conclusion of this group - who are Sarah Cobey, Jesse Bloom and Tyler Starr. Dr. Cobey studies the interaction of immunity, virus evolution and transmission at the University of Chicago. Dr. Bloom and Dr. Starr study virus evolution at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

You just have to keep in mind that these professionals still really don’t know. I’ve heard so many predictions over the past two years and they’re almost always been off, especially the ones who keep repeating that this is it, we’re almost done!

 

[Texas Proud]

You just have to keep in mind that these professionals still really don’t know. I’ve heard so many predictions over the past two years and they’re almost always been off, especially the ones who keep repeating that this is it, we’re almost done!

Hey, the 1918 pandemic eventually went away and they did not have vaccines... so ours will go away also..

 

[Buckeye]

I thought this was an interesting article about the brain fog of long covid being akin to post-chemo brain fog. I don't think it's behind a paywall.


"Pre-covid, much of the medical research into brains (as well as other organs) was siloed by disease. But during the pandemic, as diverse scientists banded together to understand a complex, multi-organ disease, commonalities among the conditions began coming to light.
One such collaboration — among Monje, a recent MacArthur “genius” grant recipient; Yale’s Akiko Iwasaki, an immunobiologist who has become one of the leading voices on the coronavirus; and David Putrino, director of rehabilitation innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System in New York — has led to the discovery that the brain inflammation from covid-19 looks a lot like the inflammation after cancer therapy."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...bc0f1cdcf20266/20/44/624196a93e6ed13ade419ca5

 

[Calico]

I thought this was an interesting article about the brain fog of long covid being akin to post-chemo brain fog. I don't think it's behind a paywall.


"Pre-covid, much of the medical research into brains (as well as other organs) was siloed by disease. But during the pandemic, as diverse scientists banded together to understand a complex, multi-organ disease, commonalities among the conditions began coming to light.
One such collaboration — among Monje, a recent MacArthur “genius” grant recipient; Yale’s Akiko Iwasaki, an immunobiologist who has become one of the leading voices on the coronavirus; and David Putrino, director of rehabilitation innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System in New York — has led to the discovery that the brain inflammation from covid-19 looks a lot like the inflammation after cancer therapy."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...bc0f1cdcf20266/20/44/624196a93e6ed13ade419ca5

That is an interesting article.

I dealt with "chemo brain" for an entire year (2019) after cancer treatment, and I never want to go through that, or anything similar, ever again. It was a horrible feeling.

Just one more reason for me to be as vigilant as possible and try my best to avoid contracting Covid. So far, so good.

 

[Rianne]

I thought this was an interesting article about the brain fog of long covid being akin to post-chemo brain fog. I don't think it's behind a paywall.


"Pre-covid, much of the medical research into brains (as well as other organs) was siloed by disease. But during the pandemic, as diverse scientists banded together to understand a complex, multi-organ disease, commonalities among the conditions began coming to light.
One such collaboration — among Monje, a recent MacArthur “genius” grant recipient; Yale’s Akiko Iwasaki, an immunobiologist who has become one of the leading voices on the coronavirus; and David Putrino, director of rehabilitation innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System in New York — has led to the discovery that the brain inflammation from covid-19 looks a lot like the inflammation after cancer therapy."

I understand we all have personal stories and sharing them teaches us lessons. My DN, 24 years old, U of I graduate with honors, passed several licensing exams for a promising future. She has no co-morbidities, very healthy and active. She got Covid in Oct. 2020. Bad case. A year later complains of loss of memory, confusion, and fatigue. One example, she found herself in her car, in a parking lot with no idea why she was there, how long she'd been there, or how she got there.

DN has been vaccinated and boosted since then. Still has lingering effects. My question: the brain recovers from "chemo inflammation" right? Will the inflammation Covid causes recover as well? This inflammation creates havoc all over the body. That's why there's a concern for diabetics, heart patients, and kidney disease who've survived Covid. Research has a long way to go in understanding this virus.

 

[Buckeye]

I understand we all have personal stories and sharing them teaches us lessons. My DN, 24 years old, U of I graduate with honors, passed several licensing exams for a promising future. She has no co-morbidities, very healthy and active. She got Covid in Oct. 2020. Bad case. A year later complains of loss of memory, confusion, and fatigue. One example, she found herself in her car, in a parking lot with no idea why she was there, how long she'd been there, or how she got there.

DN has been vaccinated and boosted since then. Still has lingering effects. My question: the brain recovers from "chemo inflammation" right? Will the inflammation Covid causes recover as well? This inflammation creates havoc all over the body. That's why there's a concern for diabetics, heart patients, and kidney disease who've survived Covid. Research has a long way to go in understanding this virus.

I would be following a low inflammation diet (low sugar intake is probably a key). Might be helpful in this case and is always a healthy choice. At least the medical community is acknowledging there are long term effects even though there are few answers right now.

 

[Drake3287]

Sorry to say it, but after reading this thread I now know why the US has such a problem with getting people either vaccinated or not believing what they're told. Just like on Facebook, everyone here has a different opinion on something they know very little about!

 

[Another Reader]

Worked as advertised for me. Two Pfizer shots and a one booster so far.

Felt ill earlier in the week so I broke open the self test. Covid confirmed.

Three days of flu like symptoms and that was the extent of it.

So much better than 2,3,4 weeks in a hospital or worse!

We both feel so thankful that we were able to get the shots and the home test kits. The clinics and hospitals are busy enough without having to put up with the likes of us. Staying home to veg out for five days to ensure that I am not going to pass the virus on to anyone.

Still have to figure out how to get those microchips out of my system!

About 10 percent of breakthrough infections end up with Long Covid. Likely you are fine, but watch out for new and unusual symptoms.

 

[jcfradio]

Hey, the 1918 pandemic eventually went away and they did not have vaccines... so ours will go away also..

While the 1918 pandemic did eventually end, the virus itself has never gone away. It is still with us in the H1N1 virus that is part of our seasonal flu now.

 

[Chuckanut]

Vaccination is one layer of protection against Covid. And in the opinion of many experts the single most important. But, it's not the be all and end all of prevention.

The other two are an effective mask (N95 for me), good ventilation, and social distancing.

I won't live in fear, but neither will I live as though I am invulnerable to this virus.

Note: A lot of people in my area now wear masks in uncrowded outside areas to prevent suffering from Spring allergies. We've learned something from this unpleasant event. Imagine that!