Wouldn’t that be interesting? I know when I got COVID, the one time I got it in the last 4 years, it took me out for 3 straight days. I couldn’t imagine trying to do well in a debate while inundated with all that comes from COVID.
Since the vaccines started becoming standard, infection rates have normalized and the current strains are much less harmful than the first (if vaccinated, if I recall). It’s possible that COVID could mimic similar symptoms to a cold and drastically influence debate performance. It would definitely explain the senility we witnessed.
Bottom line is that Biden is old as fuck, we know, but the dude bikes and exercises while constantly barraged by people shouting he’s “too old” and “should drop out.” I think I would bomb a debate with all that shit, too! Add COVID to the mix and I’d probably want to die rather than debate a serial-liar.
Count your blessings. Last time I had it (second time, vaxxed and boostered) it had me bedbound for nearly 3 weeks, 5 weeks until I could manage everyday life again normally. I never felt so sick in my life.
Biden had attended some event without a mask a few days earlier and possibly caught it then. He attended another such event after the debate to spread it to more people.
Mild or no symptoms during acute infection doesn’t seem to mean lower likelihood of “sequelae” i.e. long covid. And now he has Parkinson’s-like symptoms. Well gosh:
Another possibility (mentioned by someone on reddit) is that you had it first and that your partner got it from you. :( It doesn’t matter much by now, but I’m mentioning this because that reddit commented gave me a poke.
Home tests get a lot of false negatives, especially if your case isn’t severe. Vaccination seems to help prevent sequelae, but the vaccines haven’t been keeping up with the virus variants, so there’s that. Repeat infections increase the risks. That’s why I suspect Biden’s condition is due to infections, though of course I can’t know for sure. Trump of course had at least one pretty bad case too.
The main thing I try to do is not get infected, by wearing N95 respirators in public and using HEPA air filtration at home. It’s great if your partner is willing to do the same thing. The Biden admin seems to want us to get infected as long as it keeps us shopping. Unfortunately I don’t have much clue about what to do if you’ve already been infected. I’m mostly about prevention.
For way too much information about airborne transmission, see covidisairborne.org .
I wonder if Emhoff got it from Biden.
Wouldn’t that be interesting? I know when I got COVID, the one time I got it in the last 4 years, it took me out for 3 straight days. I couldn’t imagine trying to do well in a debate while inundated with all that comes from COVID.
Since the vaccines started becoming standard, infection rates have normalized and the current strains are much less harmful than the first (if vaccinated, if I recall). It’s possible that COVID could mimic similar symptoms to a cold and drastically influence debate performance. It would definitely explain the senility we witnessed.
Bottom line is that Biden is old as fuck, we know, but the dude bikes and exercises while constantly barraged by people shouting he’s “too old” and “should drop out.” I think I would bomb a debate with all that shit, too! Add COVID to the mix and I’d probably want to die rather than debate a serial-liar.
Count your blessings. Last time I had it (second time, vaxxed and boostered) it had me bedbound for nearly 3 weeks, 5 weeks until I could manage everyday life again normally. I never felt so sick in my life.
Wow, that’s crazy! I’m sorry that happened to you. Hopefully, after all that, you were spared from long COVID.
Biden had attended some event without a mask a few days earlier and possibly caught it then. He attended another such event after the debate to spread it to more people.
Mild or no symptoms during acute infection doesn’t seem to mean lower likelihood of “sequelae” i.e. long covid. And now he has Parkinson’s-like symptoms. Well gosh:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9359766/
If that’s the cause, maybe his campaign can get a Herman Cain award.
HCAs are only for people who spread misinformation about COVID online and subsequently die from it.
Precisely what the campaign is doing. Going by current news coverage, by next week the campaign may well be history.
Do accute infections give false negatives on home tests? Partner just got over it and I have no idea how I didn’t catch it.
I’m vaccinated and boosted, but so is she. And the first day or two of symptoms we didn’t realize it was COVID. So, I had a lot of exposure.
Any advice would be appreciated. Long COVID would suck!
Another possibility (mentioned by someone on reddit) is that you had it first and that your partner got it from you. :( It doesn’t matter much by now, but I’m mentioning this because that reddit commented gave me a poke.
That’s quite possible and something I hadn’t considered. Thanks.
Home tests get a lot of false negatives, especially if your case isn’t severe. Vaccination seems to help prevent sequelae, but the vaccines haven’t been keeping up with the virus variants, so there’s that. Repeat infections increase the risks. That’s why I suspect Biden’s condition is due to infections, though of course I can’t know for sure. Trump of course had at least one pretty bad case too.
The main thing I try to do is not get infected, by wearing N95 respirators in public and using HEPA air filtration at home. It’s great if your partner is willing to do the same thing. The Biden admin seems to want us to get infected as long as it keeps us shopping. Unfortunately I don’t have much clue about what to do if you’ve already been infected. I’m mostly about prevention.
For way too much information about airborne transmission, see covidisairborne.org .
I appreciate the information!
The good news is being vaccinated and boosted greatly reduces your risk of long covid even if you do catch it.