Posted 9/7/2022 5:03 AM (GMT 0)
On June 28, 2022, I posted that the guy who cuts my grass said that he had gotten the Covid-19 virus.
He’s about 6-1, 225 pounds, and he doesn’t slow down for anything. He said he had had the two vaccination shots and the booster which he said should keep it from being worse compared to if he had not had the 3 shots. But he does not wear a mask. He may have spent a day or two in bed but was soon back doing chores.
Today, 9-6-2022, he told me he was always so tired he could barely do anything, but yet he has still been cutting grass, etc. So, it’s been over 2 months since he first got the Covid-19 virus.
about this extended illness, Yalemedicine.org says,
“Another challenge is what the CDC (Center for Decease Control) has called “post-COVID conditions” and is “also known as Long COVID.” The CDC adds, “It is now estimated that nearly 1 in 5 adults and children, including healthy ones who had mild or no symptoms during their initial COVID-19 infection, experience Long COVID, which is when new, returning, or ongoing symptoms (tired) last for weeks, months, or years.”
The Yale website also said, “The number of people who have died from the disease in the U.S. hit one million in May 2022. By late August of this year, the number of people who have been infected with the virus here had surpassed 94 million.”
I’ve had the basic two shots and the booster and I wear a mask in stores and I don’t go to outdoor events. The masks that I wear in stores are N95s which the net said are the best because they reduce the chances of the virus coming in, not only the front of the mask, but also the sides from germs that are floating around in a store for instance.
The Washingtonpost.com said on Sept. 1, 2022,
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended Thursday (Sept. 1) that millions of eligible Americans, including those as young as 12, get an updated omicron-targeting booster shot to bolster defenses against serious illness and death during a potential fall or winter rise in covid-19 cases."
The updated booster shots are recommended by the CDC “to bolster defenses against serious illness and death during a potential fall or winter rise in covid-19 cases.”
The story added that this “paved the way for some clinicians, pharmacies and other providers to begin administering the shots as early as this weekend. The shots are recommended from “Moderna, for those 18 and older, and from Pfizer-BioNTech, for people 12 and older.”
I got my booster several months ago from Walgreens Drug Store as a walk-in but other stores and clinics also offer that for free.
I’ve been wearing a mask in stores. Net says N95 masks are the best because they reduce chance of virus from coming in, not only the front of the mask, but also the sides from germs that are floating around in a store for instance.
Yalemedicine.org added that, “According to the CDC, COVID-19 is spread in three main ways:
* Breathing in air when close to an infected person who is exhaling small droplets and particles that contain the virus
* Having these droplets and particles land on the eyes, nose, or mouth
* Touching the eyes, nose, and mouth with hands that have the virus on them
Through the eyes is a new one on me. I read an account over a year ago about a man who said he got the illness in an airplane and he thinks he got it through the eyes and the experts in the article basically laughed at him.
In addition, droplets can land on surfaces, and people may get the virus by touching those surfaces, although, according to the CDC, this is not thought to be the main way COVID-19 spreads.
Anyone who is infected with COVID-19 can spread it to other people, even if the infected person does not have symptoms, according to the CDC. In general, the more closely you interact with others and the longer that interaction, the higher the risk of COVID-19 spread. Indoor spaces are more risky than outdoor spaces.
Outbreaks of COVID-19 have come in waves in which a surge of new cases typically is followed by a decline in infections. A loosening of restrictions on mask-wearing and other mitigation efforts can precipitate a wave, as can an event or celebration period such as the winter holidays, when people are more likely to travel and gather indoors.