rona moved in: ilx0rs with the bug report on their progress

I've heard here in the Bay Area that there's definitely a 'wave' going on... college classes being cancelled due to high rates of infection. It seems to not be the worst strain but pretty prolific nonetheless

maybe, but worth noting that both nationally, in all four regions, and in California specifically, COVID wastewater levels are at "minimal" levels per the CDC. usually we'd see that jump significantly if there was an actual wave - worth noting as well that norovirus is still raging nationally at high levels, so that could be a culprit as it hasn't really backed off.

maybe sick people are hording their faeces

One more Paxlovid data point for ya…

Got Covid for the second time in December, immediately was very sick, but decided to ride it out.

On morning of day four I was still incredibly sick, getting sicker, and because my first round of Covid resulted in about 4 months of scary long Covid kind stuff I broke down and started taking the pax.

By the evening I felt 80% better and the next morning barely felt sick at all. Tested negative two days after the initial pax, no rebound. I know there have been vastly different paxlovid outcomes for most folks, but it absolutely felt like a miracle drug for me.

oh hi covid

:(

oh no! is this your second time?

third, first time since last january. so far significantly less horrible than it was last year. likely caught it from my guitarist, who caught it from his students. sometimes outdoor spaces such as a bar/restaurant backyard are not really "outdoor"

feel much better on day two than i ever have when i’ve had this horrible disease. almost more like i got a booster shot. still very sleepy and sneezy but

symptoms abruptly stopped today. so grateful this was a much less intense experience than the last time

were you on Paxlovid?

i couldn’t get it!!! i got a prescription but my pharmacy was out of stock and couldn’t order it (????)

i did not investigate further bc i was so tired

My covid was quite mild this time round - no fever, only sick for about 5 days, most of which was just malaise and cough.
This time though Ive really struggled with fatigue since.

i had the fever for the first day but i always get the fever, every time, even every booster shot. this time i kept falling asleep while trying to watch the og mad max and had intense fever dreams about trying to build these dense impassable almost steampunkish road blockades. i woke up every hour and every time i went back to sleep it was the same dream. the only comparable sequences of dreams i've had to the covid fever ones have usually preceded food poisoning

my album came out *and* i'm covid-free.... best friday ever

Man, the turnaround these days is remarkable.

A few days ago I got back from a work trip in Singapore, a convention attended by people from all over the world. Feeling relieved that I did not come down with COVID despite the fact that several of my coworkers did.

I have the novel coronavirus

:(

at what point will this coronavirus no longer be ‘novel’

https://criticalflame.org/the-novel-is-dead-long-live-the-novel/

covid-19 died when the first epidemiologist said ‘covid’s still novel, covid’s still novel’

this is worse than last time!

I got it on Tuesday, had a fever for a day and a nasty headache that lasted Tuesday night through Thursday, but once I got a decent night’s sleep on Thursday night I felt way better, basically just have mild fatigue at this point.