If you’re all healthy death is unlikely. Just try to stay healthy - get enough sleep, try to eat well. My friend was telling me the other day that fermented foods are supposed to be good for covid, he specifically mentioned kefir.
Anyone who eats kefir will, at some point, specifically mention kefir though.
Barring that, anyone hear any Epic G*mer Tips on not how to have your body permanently damaged by Covid?
If you can afford it, take vitamin D supplements. They won't cure it but they may mitigate some of the damage.
Getting it once, if you've been vaccinated, will probably not be too bad. Odds are you'll be fine. But you're basically playing russian roulette with your health every infection, and reinfections will accumulate damage (hopefully minor if you don't get very sick). And with new variants you can be reinfected shortly after clearing the virus. Health authorities have basically been in denial about the threat of reinfections.
Health authorities have basically been in denial about the threat of reinfections.
Health authorities in the West. It's important to remember there are countries that didn't go "lol that's too hard, fuck it". China's death count is still at less than 6k.
Rough figures, 5% chance of at least 1 person being hospitalized, 25% chance of at least one person having long covid. Maybe a little less if you're all vaccinated.
Don't stress yourself when recovering too much. It's gonna take you a month to recover and you're gonna tire quickly and if you push yourself you'll get long covid.
Happened to my family a couple weeks back and everyone was fine! I know that's not always the case but I hope that brings you a little comfort.
The issue with covid is not with healthy people as much, its mostly with the vulnerable. The other issue is people getting it multiple times. It might be a rough time but you're far more likely than not to come out of this mostly fine after a month.
Partner and I tested positive last week. I had a horrible headache for 24 hours. We both had some moderate exhaustion and respiratory issues that lasted maybe 3 days. Now we feel almost normal but are still waiting for tests to read negative.
Oh yeah our senses of smell were diminished for a few days too.
Unless anyone is elderly or has existing health concerns, the vast majority of people fully recover from COVID in short order.
Get some rest, drink lots of fluids, don't forget to eat, take acetaminophen for the aches and fever, sleep all day if you can.
Keep yourselves in good spirits, make sure to eat a lot and drink plenty of fluids, get some light exercise if you can, such as a walk or something like that. The big thing if you aren't feeling horrible is to make sure you're somewhat happy. Call some old friends maybe. And plan something fun for when you get out, like maybe going to a favorite restaurant or watching a movie with your friends.
I just delt with it a week ago, what I thought helped was sleeping thru the worst of it, if you feel bad, try to sleep (dayquil helped with some symptoms).
Help each other get food, drink plenty of water, hot teas.
If you're really concerned of the older folk in your home, you can try going to an urgent care to get those covid antivirals, if taken early enough can help with the recovery.
Best of luck friend, covids no fun
Rest is so important. There's a delay often between the acute infection and the onset of long covid. If you push yourself during the gap (pretty typical because you get excited about not feeling like shit anymore!) you might raise your shot of getting a post-viral condition. My advice for anyone I love who's getting sick right now is to plan an extended convalescence of like a month of reduced activity, even if you feel okay. Just couch potato and chill like your life depends on it.
