• skeletorfw@beehaw.org
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    11 months ago

    As someone currently in the throes of their second bout of covid, I can confirm it definitely still sucks and sucks hard. Throat is better today, cough is worse, sinus problems are back but no fever. I got lucky last time so let’s see how the dice fall this time.

    Just as a reminder to people if you are feeling ill, don’t fucking come into work, please.

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      11 months ago

      Just as a reminder to people if you are feeling ill, don’t fucking come into work, please.

      Fucking boomers that legitimately love in person. Had one coworker that had covid and was back in office 1 week after saying they had it. I immediately turned around and went home, telling my team I felt ill out of nowhere. So fucking selfish.

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        11 months ago

        To be fair CDC recommends 7 days after onset of symptoms.

        At least 7 days have passed since symptoms first appeared if a negative viral test* is obtained within 48 hours prior to returning to work (or 10 days if testing is not performed or if a positive test at day 5-7)

        https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-risk-assesment-hcp.html#:~:text=At least 7 days have,of fever-reducing medications%2C and

        It does seem a bit rushed to me

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          11 months ago

          That’s for healthcare workers, for the general public it’s only 5 days, as long as you subjectively feel you’re improving and don’t have a fever. It’s stupidly fast, especially since around 20% of people are still PCR+ after 5 days.

          While there are good reasons healthcare workers should be more cautious, they’re certainly not the only ones who should be, so that discrepancy between what is recommended to the general public (and by extension becomes company policy) and what they recommend to healthcare workers seems pretty bad.

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      11 months ago

      My second time was worse than my first. I was bed-ridden and barely ate for 3 days. Definitely hoping I don’t get it again this year.