Life Under Coronavirus

[_Jersey Girl]

Just nabbed this online from some place. I'll bold what I had.

Symptoms that may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus:
Cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

Or at least two of the following:
Fever
Chills
Repeated shaking with chills
Muscle pain
Headache
Sore throat
New loss of taste or smell

I might have had some shortness of breath but I can't say for sure. Sore throat? I thought I was getting tonsillitis on one side.

[_Res Ipsa]

Yeah, just ask your doctor which test it is and we can look at the numbers if you test positive. Of the top of my head, I think antibody production was found to peak at something like 24 days after symptoms stop. I believe there are only for that have been allowed for use under an EUA, and I think the FDA changed its policy of letting treats be used even without an EUA. I’ll see if I can pull a link to the recent study that has encouraging news on antibody production.

[_Jersey Girl]

Yeah, just ask your doctor which test it is and we can look at the numbers if you test positive. Of the top of my head, I think antibody production was found to peak at something like 24 days after symptoms stop. I believe there are only for that have been allowed for use under an EUA, and I think the FDA changed its policy of letting treats be used even without an EUA. I’ll see if I can pull a link to the recent study that has encouraging news on antibody production.

I'll call them tomorrow and ask the type of test. I actually think if I got the virus it would dick me away in a NY minute. But who knows? I'm loaded up on stuff that's supposed to help you get through it and have been for a very long time...I might as well ask for a test.

[_Res Ipsa]

Here’s the preprint from a recent New York study. Almost everyone who tested positive while sick produced strong levels of antibodies. But most people who thought they had a mild case and weren’t tested probably didn’t have it. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101 ... 20085613v1

[_Jersey Girl]

Here’s the preprint from a recent New York study. Almost everyone who tested positive while sick produced strong levels of antibodies. But most people who thought they had a mild case and weren’t tested probably didn’t have it. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101 ... 20085613v1

PCR-positivity was detected up to 28 days from symptom resolution.

That's probably not going to work for me then because this was back in March and was over with by March 13 because that's when I received delivery on a thermometer. What should I do? Forget it?

[_Res Ipsa]

No, that’s the PCR, not the blood test. If you had it, you should have detectable antibodies.

[_Jersey Girl]

No, that’s the PCR, not the blood test. If you had it, you should have detectable antibodies.

Okay It's obviously too late for me to think. We're talking about a titers test aren't we then? I'll just call tomorrow, ask what they have then run it by you here. Thanks for all the information.

[_Jersey Girl]

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[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/commen ... ng_global/

[–]Wagamaga

[+9][S] 245 points 9 hours ago

Levels of two major air pollutants have been drastically reduced since lockdowns began in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a secondary pollutant – ground-level ozone – has increased in China, according to new research.

Two new studies in AGU’s journal Geophysical Research Letters find nitrogen dioxide pollution over northern China, Western Europe and the U.S. decreased by as much as 60 percent in early 2020 as compared to the same time last year. Nitrogen dioxide is a highly reactive gas produced during combustion that has many harmful effects on the lungs. The gas typically enters the atmosphere through emissions from vehicles, power plants, and industrial activities.

In addition to nitrogen dioxide, one of the new studies finds particulate matter pollution (particles smaller than 2.5 microns) has decreased by 35 percent in northern China. Particulate matter is composed of solid particles and liquid droplets that are small enough to penetrate deep into the lungs and cause damage.

The two new papers are part of an ongoing special collection of research in AGU journals related to the current pandemic.

Such a significant drop in emissions is unprecedented since air quality monitoring from satellites began in the 1990s, said Jenny Stavrakou, an atmospheric scientist at the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy in Brussels and co-author of one of the papers. The only other comparable events are short-term reductions in China’s emissions due to strict regulations during events like the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com ... 20GL087978

eta: After reading this thread my wife and I signed up for this:

"GreenTherm is a voluntary program that provides Utah and Idaho customers an opportunity to use renewable natural gas (RNG) as a natural gas consumer. Customers can elect to have a number of blocks, at $5 each, added as a surcharge to their monthly gas bill. Dominion Energy then uses these funds to purchase “green attributes” associated with the production of renewable natural gas."

We added two blocks which, if the company is being an honest broker, will allot 15% of our gas consumption to renewable sources.

[_Res Ipsa]

Well, as our hospitals and dentists are getting back to non-COVID work, I called and made a date for the colonoscopy I postponed back in March. First came a PCR test. The hospital had drive through testing set up in the garage. I made an appointment, drove in, and was greeted by a nurse in appropriate PPE. She told me to look forward and keep my head pressed back against the headrest. Then she grabbed one of those long swabs and took a sample through each nostril. I’d describe the sensation as mildly irritating. It did make me cough. The whole process took about five minutes. I got my negative results back in 24 hours.

At the procedure, I asked if people were staying away from the hospital out of fear of catching COVID. They said that endoscopy department was operating near capacity and that the rest of the hospital seemed busy, too.

Yesterday we got the news that our county moved from phase 1 to phase 2. That will reopen lots of commercial businesses. It won’t affect me much, as us over 60s are supposed to continue staying at home as much as possible. I’ll continue to work from home. And I’ll resist the temptation to go back to playing games at my favorite gamer pub until I see where our numbers go for the next few weeks. I’m skeptical of my county’s ability to contact trace quickly enough, so we’ll see.