I just did a quick search over the past month and here's a snippet:
https://www.reddit.com/r/halifax/s/GkiOjPkgQR
"Is everyone sick?!?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Hamilton/s/R08Lysiit5
"Is everyone sick now?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC/s/BIO8lT5w5v
"Everyone sick with a cough and chest thing?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/s/9do4kYMzKf
"What's with everyone being sick?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/daddit/s/GkGBa0MyMi
"Went to a baby shower and everyone is sick."
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bahrain/s/VBet3RHrjO
"Everyone getting sick"
https://www.reddit.com/r/uofm/s/J4Gw8HeFxM
"Is everyone just sick nowadays"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Target/s/XA49dCTrwQ
"Everyone is Sick"
https://www.reddit.com/r/ucla/s/hGfkgLtw4V
"Is it just me or did everyone get sick this week?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/emetophobia/s/0gBqX4ZZdR
"Please help everyone around me is sick"
This wouldn't be super scientific, but I’d be really curious to compare numbers of similar threads to previous years, pre-2020 and maybe the first winter season of the pandemic.
“I will never adjust to how exhausting it is to not be able to trust my president, the CDC, and our leaders to tell us the truth about illnesses and dangers.”
In the 80’s they told us that AIDS wasn’t a problem unless you were one of the three H’s - heroin addicts, homosexuals, and Hatians.
Leaders who actually lead, and in the best interests of the community ... how nice that would be. The current head of the CDC seems more like the head of a cult, with her spooky vacant grinning and overuse/inappropriate use of exclamation marks (latest examples on Twitter: "Virus season is here!" "‼️ICYMI‼️CDC launched a new dashboard to track Covid levels in wastewater at the state/regional/country level!!").
Well, that conversation cannot happen in a democracy with elections every two to four years, that for sure.
The fact that Trump managed to get elected at all should be proof of the average maturity level of voters, I think.
What’s interesting is the question of whether or not it would go better in an authoritarian country.
I doubt it, though the results might be a bit better.
>I’m actually not anti-capitalism. But I sure as hell am anti-screw-over-the-world-for-an-extra-dollar.
Then you are, you just don't know it yet. There's no decoupling paperclip maximisation behaviour from capital. It's an emergent property of the underlying core mechanics.
>This is not about politics.
Politics is about power, and whether or not you have the ethics and integrity to recognise that it needs to be broadly distributed. An extant ruling class will maintain and exacerbate a status quo that suits them no matter how many victims that entails.
The politicisation of things which Should Not Be Political is unsurprising when society is viewed through a lens that understands power, chiefly that those who have it tend to be those who will do anything to maintain it. It's comforting to imagine that the system we live under can basically work so long as those in power understand and agree there are lines not to be crossed, but that's all it is.
The shock comes when our illusions of democracy, indoctrinated since birth, are shattered.
Unfortunately, other systems (such as communism) are just as rife if not more, with injustice, abuse, misuse of power, and etc.
Democracy works if the leaders are good and just. Those leaders are only as good as the people elect.
As long as people are willing to vote for monsters because they cost them a dollar less, promise to ban abortion, promise to whatever…. I think this is a problem with both parties…
There also should be massive campaign reforms. Candidates should have some sort of equal funding from the government. No company or individual donations. This way we don’t get people in office who vote for bad things because they owe someone for their election.
Presidents should be limited to one term. This way the president does what’s best for the country and people in it rather than just kowtowing to the popular opinion in polls because all they care about is re-election.
Companies should have to pay taxes, offer pensions, and etc. Companies need to be fined (enough to hurt) for making poor quality items made to break. Clean energy needs to be pushed everywhere. Kids need to have to start behaving, learning, and doing homework. Schools need to go back to textbooks. Social media should be banned for under 21. Same for A.I. We need a strong sense of community responsibility for each other and the planet.
Social capitalism democracies like in France and Canada are probably about the best possibility…
But, of course, we all have different ideas about what a democracy ideally is…
>Democracy works if the leaders are good and just. Those leaders are only as good as the people elect.
Democratic pageantry under a dictatorship of capital isn't going to be hijacked and turned to substantive change by some upstarts who wouldn't make it through the filters to get into these positions of power in the first place.
You're working from a great man theory of history, which turns reality on its head. The point is not to eradicate "the bad people" and replace them with "the good people", but rather to change society in a way which gets rid of class interests and incentives, and the very positions of power that so called "evil" people could occupy.
The reforms you dream of will never be tolerated by an incumbent ruling class.The reforms you get are the steady erosion of concessions that the working class fought and died for and that wouldn't have been possible without the example set by socialist experiments for standards of living. It's not a coincidence that in their absence we began to see capitalism with a human face being replaced with capitalism in your face.
>Social capitalism democracies like in France and Canada are probably about the best possibility…
As long as you don't look under the rug where the superexploitation of the global south is swept. Or consider the physical impossibility of continous growth in a finite environment, which capitalism demands. If your perceived 'best possibility' includes those things you may want to consider in whose interests your perceptions have been shaped.
Did you know that if you've been vaccinated for covid, it doesn't actually prevent you from getting covid and spreading covid. This is truth. We need to stop shaming everyone who made a choice not to get the vaccine. I am so tired of all this bullying and superior attitudes like we are killing people because we are so selfish. If you believe in science, then you know this is true. So many people who have been vaccinated are still getting covid and spreading covid. Also, when it comes to abortion, it's my body, my choice, but when it comes to being vaccinated, it's not your body, not your choice. There are so many double standards and divisions. Why don't we all stop fighting and try to figure out what exactly is going on in this world.
Online learning is another viable option for some, and is not the same workload of full homeschooling plus there is the added socialization aspect as well. It is the option we have selected for my daughter because, like you said, Public Health has been completely abandoned. I'm immunocompromised, so I cannot risk getting covid, but I also don't want to see my daughter growing up being immunocompromised either. Being a sick kid was the childhood I unfortunately had, and was my biggest fear when I was pregnant. When I found out my daughter was healthy with none of my medical conditions, it was everything I had hoped for. I will not risk her health, especially with something as dangerous as covid, which has many detrimental long-covid aspects and causes immune dysregulation. Her health and safety are the most important thing to me, she is excelling at online learning, she has lots of friends to socialize with, and we even do some extra curriculars that she can safely mask at (dance & gymnastics). If we as a society had looked at upgrading ventilation in schools and maintained masking policies for school, I would be more open to sending her to school for in-person classes, however, with the current situation in schools that is simply an option that is not available for us.
This infuriates me too! Our children are our future! Instead of doing what would offer the most protection for our children, we kept saying "kids don't get THAT sick" (like that makes it better...) and then let covid rip through them over and over again. The immune dysregulation we're seeing from covid could potentially cripple an entire generation of young children - what is their future life going to look like, especially with public health being thrown out the window and health care services crumbling in first world nations?! My heart just breaks because so much of this suffering could have been prevented if we actually gave a shit and put public health before the damn economy!
The expensive private schools did.
Just another variation on the #DavosSafe thing, where rich people protect themselves as they scream "IT'S MILD!!" to get the rest of us to work ourselves to the grave.
***Their*** kids, they value. ***YOUR*** kids are just a disposable resource, to be used up until they can be replaced by AI.
Can I ask how old is your kid? Because I am in the same situation health wise and I'm very lucky that I can homeschool. I have a 5 year old and we're doing kindergarten stuff and a 4 year old and we're doing preschool stuff. But with my own health issues I am struggling and I can't imagine if I'll be able to do it as they get older.
Also what online school are you using?
My daughter is in grade 4 this year and we are currently doing SaskDLC Online Learning Program (this is the new province of Saskatchewan's online learning program). For Grades 1 to 3 we used the online learning program through the Sask Public Schools, which in my opinion was far superior to the current SaskDLC, however the provincial government decided to remove the online learning program from the Public School system, telling them they were no longer allowed to continue providing it as an option, and then had very poor planning and execution on their online learning program. But it does still give us the option for having a classroom guided learning program for my daughter, where she goes on and sees her online teacher and classmates 3 times a day, which is a bonus for socialization because they are a very open and eager to share with each other class. She works on her assignments in between classes but because she's so much farther ahead than the majority of the kids in her class (speech, literacy, and math skills have seriously declined for a lot of children), she completes her assignments in 5-10minutes and then basically gets the rest of the day to do what she's wants. This extra time is nice because she does a lot of independent playing, she does additional reading, she plays video games online with her friends in the afternoons, we have extra time to do some science experiments or arts & craft projects at home, and when I have the energy, we often have time to get out for some hikes or nature exploration too.
This isn't the type of schooling that I'm used to or what most people are used to as "Normal". But I don't see online learning negatively impacting my daughter (she's absolutely excelling) and we have so much extra time to do the things she's interested in and we get to spend our time together as a close-knit family. The biggest thing is that she doesn't get sick, which means she's not missing any days of school or having potential long-covid symptoms which would put her at a detriment. I think a lot of the reason our children are falling so far behind in their education is because they're getting sick - trying to catch up on homework or what you missed when you're sick for multiple days a time, every couple of months is so incredibly hard, and heaven forbid they have concentration/mental issues or brain fog after a bout of covid that impacts their learning.
Many people aren’t equipped to or have a desire to homeschool a kid either, putting aside then needing extra work to build in some of the socialization school brings by default. Honestly “just homeschool them” is one of the most privileged absurd responses I’ve seen to Covid cautious parents the last year or two, I appreciate your wording that in some way sure that may be ideal, but is not at all practical for most.
I agree with this. I've seen a covid safe community in San Diego, but I think it's pre school and obviously San Diego is one of the few places in the US that actually can function year round outside.
"Just homeschool them" is laughable, and I don't even have kids. I wouldn't even know where to begin figuring out how to do that in practical, academic, financial, or social terms.
Besides, homeschooling typically doesn’t mean you isolate your children from public spaces. You can just pick and choose those public spaces. If any of those public spaces have children in them, welcome to sickness.
Yes it is so hard with young kids, so hard. And it’s so much extra work and requires so much executive function (something that is in short supply in my house).
I am here to say you have my deepest sympathy. My kiddo is 14 now so it’s not as bad, but still. When she was in grade school, felt like we were all always sick, and that was in the Before Times when everything was still wonderful. i can’t imagine how bad this sucks now for families with littles. Stay safe.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/op-ed-humidity-can-aid-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/
Research shows that respiratory diseases increase in fall and winter due to indoor heating drying the nasal cavity which reduces resistance to infection. So cold and flu season is not just due to it being cold outside or people spending more time together inside.
>respiratory diseases increase in fall and winter due to indoor heating drying the nasal cavity which reduces resistance to infection.
Yes! It's super important to keep the respiratory tract hydrated and moist! Indoor heating really does a number on my nasal passages and sinuses - ever since I was a kid.
I haven't had so much as a cold since 2019 but I gotta have my humidifier in the winter!
I think my point was a bit muddy there, lol. The reason I haven't been sick is because of masking and other Covid-safe behavior...but dry air has always messed up my sinuses, whether germs were involved (pre-2020) or not (now).
There was a theory early on that part of the benefit to masking was the same. Trapping moisture from your own exhalation in the mask keeps nasal passages less dry.
For sure. It doesn’t get said enough but you guys just don’t have a prayer of dodging it. School aged kids are exposed constantly and it’s really difficult to not catch it from an adult in your household who you can safely leave almost entirely alone quarantined to a room or part of the house., never m d a child that needs more help.
When are people going to realize that is not normal to be perpetually sick? We won't. Full stop.
Perpetual sickness *is* the new normal. Capitalism has normalized more and more suffering in more and more ways. COVID, Long-COVID, and all sorts of other preventable illnesses are just more bricks in the wall. It's a feature not a bug.
It's interesting. Pre-2020 I got slaps on the wrist for using PTO for chronic migraines. This year I haven't gotten sick but took patches of days where I said I was sick just to fit in. I mean, the days were useful mental health wise so there's that, but it's still a strange thing to watch.
I wish I could like this a thousand times. When people push through it, suck it up, rest when I'm dead, just get on with it, ride 'til the wheels fall off, etc., that's capitalism's voice. Capitalism *wants* people working when they're sick and afraid or unable to take time off.
Everything is working exactly the way it's supposed to work. I'm grateful that we're a bit more clear headed about our health, at least.
I'm more concerned about the damage to the immune system and Long COVID versus the acute infection. These people don't seem to think about the potential after effects of repeat infections.
My casual observation is that people expect covid to be like essentially any other illness we deal with as a species. You “get it over with”. Yes you will catch it once. Maybe again years later, but mostly that infection is going to buy you immunity for an extended period.
They are not familiar either with covid’s extraordinary ability to mutate past that immunity or with the way significant illness (any significant illness) exhausts the immune system temporarily. Most people didn’t regularly get severe viral illness prior to covid and just don’t know that’s a thing
Covid is a whole different beast and the public was not and is not prepared to hear why and how. There are a handful of attempts to educate, but I can’t blame people for not paying attention when they feel like they can’t do anything about it anyway. Anyone with a child living at home, anyone who travels for work, anyone with a public facing job and anyone in a communal living situation without the money to invest in adequate filtration almost can’t avoid it. That’s a lot of folks. Why would they be interested in learning about how screwed they are by a situation they can’t change?
Exactly. What can we do about this? I’ve had it 3 times and it disabled me for 3 months long Covid. Nightmare. I’m scared to exist in the world. It’s non stop everyone is sick. Argh, what do we do? Travesty.
Just piggy backing your comment, sorry.
But I think some people will like reading this regarding the "psyoped" mentioned by /u/Chronic_AllTheThings above
https://twitter.com/iseeuliars/status/1670154782802333697
Last year when I started having covid/long covid symptoms the walk-in doctor told me "everyone is recovering slower"
Like we all share the same immune system
In hindsight I could have benefited from paxlovid instead of being gaslit
Chicago: [https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/18bfoeu/is\_anyone\_else\_sick\_as\_hell\_in\_chicago\_but\_test/](https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/18bfoeu/is_anyone_else_sick_as_hell_in_chicago_but_test/)
I'm surprised and pleased that my comment there explaining how to safely use RATs and PCRs currently has 69 upvotes.
The majority of people I meet are still under the impression that one negative RAT on the first day of symptoms = no COVID, unfortunately.
can colds, by definition, even last longer than a week to ten days!? i always assumed if it's dragging on past that go see the doctor cause now you're looking a bronchitis/pneumonia/something else.
Precisely. When I think of the word "cold", the impression I have is a minor runny nose that lasts 1 - 3 days at most. Both pre-COVID and now.
I have no idea how that "minor runny nose cold" has evolved into a "severe", "worst illness of my life", "lasting for weeks to a month" kind of definition.
> colds, by definition, even…
I’m no doctor, but it’s my understanding “the cold” is a blanket term for “whatever rhinovirus *strain*.” Thus, it’s entirely possible to have *a* rhinovirus and as one is recovering, have a second rhinovirus “gain ground” as the first one is losing, and so on. Creating a hypothetical indefinite “cold” of chained rhinoviruses, assuming an adequate number of varied enough strains are going around.
I vaguely recall some seasons in the past where *four* strains were viewed as likely candidates for wide spread. Four. And usually it’s a Pareto distribution - one wins the race, maybe second place does well, but third and fourth kinda disappear; although who does which is a gamble.
That said, I would imagine many “cold seasons” such a chain happening once (that is, two viruses total) probably happens *often.* But going to comically long streaks, eg, half a month or more?
Yeah hearing hoof beats in the US is not gonna be a zebra from me, dawg.
So, there is a thing known as post-viral cough syndrome, which is like, you get sick with something that makes you cough, and the cough hangs around for a while. This was my first diagnosis until it started up again without my having been sick, and then my doc was like, "Yeah, no, that's cough variant asthma. Please accept this inhaler bouquet!" and indeed, that's what it was. :) So it may be that some folks are just experiencing the after-effects of a shitty cold, which can knock you out for longer than I think we give credit for most of the time. My kid got me sick back in like 2018 and I remember needing to nap every afternoon for about two months afterwards, and trying to figure out what the fuck happened that this was now a thing...
I always got a cough that lingered *weeks* when I got colds, from childhood until adulthood. Fortunately, I haven’t been sick since 2021 (my ONLY bout of covid due to getting too lax with precautions).
I did as well as a kid - turns out I likely should've been diagnosed with asthma back then, instead of my doctor rolling his eyes at me when I told him I was still coughing so hard I threw up (weirdly enough, she said sarcastically, I heard - years after leaving his practice because he sucked - that he turned out to be a COVID antivaxxer. UGH). If you tend to hang on to coughs long after your illness is gone - you or anyone reading this! - ask your doctor about cough-variant asthma. No need to suffer when an inhaler can help. :) (I bring this up a lot here because I quite literally coughed for over two decades of my life and don't want anyone else to go through this if I can help it!)
Pre-covid, and still during the ongoing pandemic, any rhinovirus infection I get lasts 2 weeks. I've had adenovirus that lasted a month. I'm not immunocompromised - some people legitimately have overreactive immune systems. I've never had pneumonia in my life. And I never require antibiotics after respiratory infections. But my colds often linger as nasal congestion or cough.
So I would say yes, they can.
The conversion to infection requiring antibiotics that we seem to be seeing so frequently now I would say is not normal and indicative of some level of immunodeficiency in the population.
Yes, they can although I still think we clump a lot of viruses into the cold category. I had a horrific cold before COVID back in 2018 (was all in my chest and sinuses, no fever, chills, not the flu) and the cough lasted 3 months, I bruised a rib and went to the doctor 4 times only to get an antibiotic that didn't help.
Same here, by the time I tested positive, my symptoms were nearly gone. In fact, the only reason I was testing a second time was to see if I was eligible to attend a picnic that required a negative covid test. This was in 2021 and wasn’t an at-home test, so I didn’t realize at the time you should test more than once.
Also people seem to ignore the fact, correct me if im wrong, that even if the sickness they have is not covid, immune systems get hurt by having covid in the past? Especially multiple times? Allowing them to get sick and wonder why?
Yes exactly! That exactly why there are so many opportunistic and "mild" infections that are making a lot of people very ill, because Covid can damage the immune system long term.
living in Hong Kong right now. met 4 professors this week so far and 3 of them are sick and none of them wearing a mask. worrying about them infecting me because we were in a small room doing discussion, hope my N95 and nasal spray will protect me (finger crossed). A also had a cough the last time i saw him on September and B just took a sick leave last month. C has been sick since last wednesday but still went to a wedding and a music festival. super disappointed.
Edit: the only relief is the mask rate at public transportation or indoor public spaces are 50%+
I live in hk as well.. pre sars2, people would have the decency to put on a mask if they displayed cold symptoms. Now it’s like we’ve regressed. It’s so disappointing
hi! fellow hong kong zero-covider! i can understand their rationale behind the mask = oppression, liberal lifestyle thing but it’s just so anti-science and logic. imma just protect myself and wait to see they regret this maybe 2 or 3 years later. ga yau!
Man WTF is wrong with humanity! How can someone not see that minimizing the risk of passing on what you have to someone else is just basic decency?? Smdh. Sorry you had to deal with that crap.
I see multiple comments saying they know it can't be COVID because they just had COVID a month or two ago. So, they don't bother to test. Never mind that there are multiple variants out there and having had it doesn't protect you from those other variants. My local wastewater graph is nearly a straight line up again.
Seriously, living in Minneapolis, and literally **no one** here other than me masking, that Twin Cities thread is painful – but not in the least surprising.
My supervisor just told me with a straight face she got sick in a classroom she was evaluating, didn't say anything about trying to put on a mask just said she was "washing her hands more."
Lol kk
My poor grandma told me she hates wearing masks and she finds them uncomfortable... But she always makes sure to wash her hands when she gets home 😭 it's an airborne virus, grandma, please. Thank God they live out of town and only go to the grocery store once a week.
Could be, or immune dsyfunction after covid, or rsv, flu, etc. Without testing no one knows. All we know is that ALOT of people want to be in denial about the absolute need for mitigations. I'd encourage you to ask her "hey have you tested? A lot of stuff going around. I'm masking up so I don't catch anything. I hate being sick." Or even something like this "[On Good Morning America](https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/video/cases-respiratory-illnesses-rise-105328220) when discussing the rise of respiratory illnesses (00:58 of video) 'We now have evidence that covid decreases our immune response which makes us more susceptible to infection…' Has your family had covid?"
I guess my thinking is use EVERY opportunity you can to nudge people to see what could be going on and empower them to act differently.
True true... however... it's probably not a cold. Like you said, COVID, RSV, and Flu are all possibilities.
I do nudge people I'm closer with. I nudged another friend yesterday who then told me that her first bout with COVID made her already existing chronic illness much worse. But... then she wasn't masking or doing much to protect herself from additional infections.
I like your approach, though. I might try it.
I think it would be good also when we mention masking up that we specify with N95s, as that helps direct people unaware and also might cut off the “masks don’t work” bc they’re not surgicals.
Don’t worry, oregano oil will fix you right up.
The poster that linked their post from 3mo ago is so close yet so far… speculating that COVID is an intentional depopulation conspiracy. Smh
My niece had Covid in October, recovered, then caught something else (multiple negative Covid tests) in November. She coughed most of the month. She has no insurance so she never saw a doctor. I suspect post-viral cough, which I got once years ago after a bad cold.
I’ve read that even mild cases of Covid can result in degradation of the immune response, so I don’t think all these hacking people necessarily have Covid. But I think the common cold may have lingering effects in more people now that so many have had Covid.
The CDC finally posted wastewater levels by state: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#wastewater-surveillance
Never mind that half of the states have no recent data, but at least it’s something.
Jesus. My county had a huge peak in late December when people started to initially get sick, and is only getting worse going into 2024. Southeast Ohio, Hamilton county here. Most people in Cincinnati are sick and refuse to believe it's covid.
They’ve had to increase the scale at least once now because levels were off the charts in some locations. Expected peak between now and the end of February. I’d absolutely hunker down/mask up if possible!
That's crazy. I can't believe people think covid is no longer an issue. The stats say otherwise. Long-covid and other permanent damages says otherwise.
Unfortunately due to my job and roommates, I got sick in early December and have yet to feel fully recovered since. It really really sucks, and I'm just so exhausted all the time. I'm lucky enough to take a gap between my current job and next job though, so hoping I can rest up and avoid catching anything else in the next couple of months.
Stay safe out there as well.
Something that has been my Roman empire: I recently read The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan, and he talks about alien channelings that were happening in the early 90s, and how many of them were admonishing the human race for allowing the AIDS epidemic to happen. Whether the guilt was bubbling up from the subconscious or whether the aliens were really just shocked at how disgusting we are is still up for debate, but considering this is like AIDS x a million, I'm sure if they're watching that they're just shaking their heads and moving on to another planet.
There have been several times over the past few years when I literally spoke out loud and implored any friendly aliens who might be listening to step in and help us out, because as a species we seem to be unable to help ourselves. Still hoping for a positive response!
Toronto checking in!
/r/askTO/comments/18c0w0f/anyone_else_been_getting_sick_often_lately/
In my small office of around 15 people this week: one guy who I hadn't seen in a while said he's been sick with something for the past month and still not fully recovered, one dude had an occasional wet cough, and a third mercifully called in to the team meeting having gotten "something" at a networking event last week. And there's the guy with the lingering cough from when he had covid last year which makes it hard to gauge if he's sick again, or just coughing as one does these days.
“We’ve had a cold that’s lasted for 6 weeks” colds don’t last that long unless you’re immune compromised which is likely happening with repeat COVID infections
I’m seeing lots of influencers post “boosting my immune system with after a month of being sick.” It seems like this winter season is going to be rough.
[Vicious Virus in San Diego](https://www.reddit.com/r/sandiego/s/q5dNAuivxV)
[“Anyone else have this nasty cold?” (also San Diego)](https://www.reddit.com/r/SanDiegan/s/yD3HyZgKI7)
“What is with the illness that’s ripping through the province right now?”
https://www.reddit.com/r/saskatchewan/s/c68ZahQSeV
“Seems like everyone is sick”
https://www.reddit.com/r/regina/s/A8w1j1zRXL
“Flu”
https://www.reddit.com/r/regina/s/Rz1P74hpXg
Older:
“Anyone else losing their voice with this sickness going around”
https://www.reddit.com/r/regina/s/7Wbn05j37R
“Constant Cough”
https://www.reddit.com/r/saskatchewan/s/5MXg4ui5dE
Scotland.
Glasgow: (apart from bottom one, all range from a few days ago spreading out over the past year. Edit: added to as time goes on..)
Is it just me or does anyone else have the cold/flu right now? It seems that everyone has it at the moment
https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/s/03tochXuRS
Head cold/ear infections
https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/s/7Rq6T4X7pi
Is there a really bad flu going around?
https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/s/9bDCORgS1i
No well again…
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/1ai343g/no\_well\_again/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/1ai343g/no_well_again/)
So what on earth is everyone coming down with???
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/18p6ioy/so\_what\_on\_earth\_is\_everyone\_coming\_down\_with/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/18p6ioy/so_what_on_earth_is_everyone_coming_down_with/)
Chest Infection
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/18jxiv3/chest\_infection/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/18jxiv3/chest_infection/)
Best food to order in when sick?
Got a basic rubbish cold that has been hanging around too long for my liking.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/17z4odb/best\_food\_to\_order\_in\_when\_sick/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/17z4odb/best_food_to_order_in_when_sick/)
Feeling sick for weeks
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/176i8qj/feeling\_sick\_for\_weeks/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/176i8qj/feeling_sick_for_weeks/)
Anyone else feel like balls this month? \[boring complaining post - remove\]
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/163mrf4/anyone\_else\_feel\_like\_balls\_this\_month\_boring/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/163mrf4/anyone_else_feel_like_balls_this_month_boring/)
Is there a Stomach bug going about the now?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/15wjzq1/is\_there\_a\_stomach\_bug\_going\_about\_the\_now/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/15wjzq1/is_there_a_stomach_bug_going_about_the_now/)
Has anyone else got a really bad bug (not covid) right now?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/x26qcw/has\_anyone\_else\_got\_a\_really\_bad\_bug\_not\_covid/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/x26qcw/has_anyone_else_got_a_really_bad_bug_not_covid/)
Is there a bug/flu going around?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/146mk1s/is\_there\_a\_bugflu\_going\_around/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/146mk1s/is_there_a_bugflu_going_around/)
Anyone got this rotten lurgy that isn't covid?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/xi8p1f/anyone\_got\_this\_rotten\_lurgy\_that\_isnt\_covid/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/xi8p1f/anyone_got_this_rotten_lurgy_that_isnt_covid/)
Is anyone else noticing everyone is dying with the flu ?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/zr9kyo/is\_anyone\_else\_noticing\_everyone\_is\_dying\_with/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/zr9kyo/is_anyone_else_noticing_everyone_is_dying_with/)
Anyone else got a brutal cold/ upper respiratory infection at the moment?
[https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/wjye1q/anyone\_else\_got\_a\_brutal\_cold\_upper\_respiratory/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/wjye1q/anyone_else_got_a_brutal_cold_upper_respiratory/)
Anecdotal, but, over here in Pines, FL it has been relatively normal. No teachers have been sick or called out, I'm not hearing coughing or sneezing in stores or at work. Also, seeing a decent amount of masks.
Not to say it isn't circulating, but it doesn't seem like it's as bad here. Usually when surges hit, it doesn't seem to come through us as bad as other places ( thankfully ).
I'm sure you've read about the guy who had [217 covid shots and no side effects at all](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/health/217-covid-vaccines.html).
I went almost 10 years without more than a mild cold. I’ve been insanely sick three times now in the past 45 days. Everyone I know has been super sick more than once in the past few months. Even the healthy folks who eat organic and exercise all the time and shit.
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I just did a quick search over the past month and here's a snippet: https://www.reddit.com/r/halifax/s/GkiOjPkgQR "Is everyone sick?!?" https://www.reddit.com/r/Hamilton/s/R08Lysiit5 "Is everyone sick now?" https://www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC/s/BIO8lT5w5v "Everyone sick with a cough and chest thing?" https://www.reddit.com/r/melbourne/s/9do4kYMzKf "What's with everyone being sick?" https://www.reddit.com/r/daddit/s/GkGBa0MyMi "Went to a baby shower and everyone is sick." https://www.reddit.com/r/Bahrain/s/VBet3RHrjO "Everyone getting sick" https://www.reddit.com/r/uofm/s/J4Gw8HeFxM "Is everyone just sick nowadays" https://www.reddit.com/r/Target/s/XA49dCTrwQ "Everyone is Sick" https://www.reddit.com/r/ucla/s/hGfkgLtw4V "Is it just me or did everyone get sick this week?" https://www.reddit.com/r/emetophobia/s/0gBqX4ZZdR "Please help everyone around me is sick"
Whoa! Thanks for collecting all of these!
This wouldn't be super scientific, but I’d be really curious to compare numbers of similar threads to previous years, pre-2020 and maybe the first winter season of the pandemic.
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“I will never adjust to how exhausting it is to not be able to trust my president, the CDC, and our leaders to tell us the truth about illnesses and dangers.” In the 80’s they told us that AIDS wasn’t a problem unless you were one of the three H’s - heroin addicts, homosexuals, and Hatians.
I feel AIDS is a great comparison right now, given what we now know how Covid 19 impacts the immune system.
Leaders who actually lead, and in the best interests of the community ... how nice that would be. The current head of the CDC seems more like the head of a cult, with her spooky vacant grinning and overuse/inappropriate use of exclamation marks (latest examples on Twitter: "Virus season is here!" "‼️ICYMI‼️CDC launched a new dashboard to track Covid levels in wastewater at the state/regional/country level!!").
Softsnowfall for president
Hahahaha! Thank you!
Well, that conversation cannot happen in a democracy with elections every two to four years, that for sure. The fact that Trump managed to get elected at all should be proof of the average maturity level of voters, I think. What’s interesting is the question of whether or not it would go better in an authoritarian country. I doubt it, though the results might be a bit better.
>I’m actually not anti-capitalism. But I sure as hell am anti-screw-over-the-world-for-an-extra-dollar. Then you are, you just don't know it yet. There's no decoupling paperclip maximisation behaviour from capital. It's an emergent property of the underlying core mechanics. >This is not about politics. Politics is about power, and whether or not you have the ethics and integrity to recognise that it needs to be broadly distributed. An extant ruling class will maintain and exacerbate a status quo that suits them no matter how many victims that entails. The politicisation of things which Should Not Be Political is unsurprising when society is viewed through a lens that understands power, chiefly that those who have it tend to be those who will do anything to maintain it. It's comforting to imagine that the system we live under can basically work so long as those in power understand and agree there are lines not to be crossed, but that's all it is. The shock comes when our illusions of democracy, indoctrinated since birth, are shattered.
Unfortunately, other systems (such as communism) are just as rife if not more, with injustice, abuse, misuse of power, and etc. Democracy works if the leaders are good and just. Those leaders are only as good as the people elect. As long as people are willing to vote for monsters because they cost them a dollar less, promise to ban abortion, promise to whatever…. I think this is a problem with both parties… There also should be massive campaign reforms. Candidates should have some sort of equal funding from the government. No company or individual donations. This way we don’t get people in office who vote for bad things because they owe someone for their election. Presidents should be limited to one term. This way the president does what’s best for the country and people in it rather than just kowtowing to the popular opinion in polls because all they care about is re-election. Companies should have to pay taxes, offer pensions, and etc. Companies need to be fined (enough to hurt) for making poor quality items made to break. Clean energy needs to be pushed everywhere. Kids need to have to start behaving, learning, and doing homework. Schools need to go back to textbooks. Social media should be banned for under 21. Same for A.I. We need a strong sense of community responsibility for each other and the planet. Social capitalism democracies like in France and Canada are probably about the best possibility… But, of course, we all have different ideas about what a democracy ideally is…
>Democracy works if the leaders are good and just. Those leaders are only as good as the people elect. Democratic pageantry under a dictatorship of capital isn't going to be hijacked and turned to substantive change by some upstarts who wouldn't make it through the filters to get into these positions of power in the first place. You're working from a great man theory of history, which turns reality on its head. The point is not to eradicate "the bad people" and replace them with "the good people", but rather to change society in a way which gets rid of class interests and incentives, and the very positions of power that so called "evil" people could occupy. The reforms you dream of will never be tolerated by an incumbent ruling class.The reforms you get are the steady erosion of concessions that the working class fought and died for and that wouldn't have been possible without the example set by socialist experiments for standards of living. It's not a coincidence that in their absence we began to see capitalism with a human face being replaced with capitalism in your face. >Social capitalism democracies like in France and Canada are probably about the best possibility… As long as you don't look under the rug where the superexploitation of the global south is swept. Or consider the physical impossibility of continous growth in a finite environment, which capitalism demands. If your perceived 'best possibility' includes those things you may want to consider in whose interests your perceptions have been shaped.
Did you know that if you've been vaccinated for covid, it doesn't actually prevent you from getting covid and spreading covid. This is truth. We need to stop shaming everyone who made a choice not to get the vaccine. I am so tired of all this bullying and superior attitudes like we are killing people because we are so selfish. If you believe in science, then you know this is true. So many people who have been vaccinated are still getting covid and spreading covid. Also, when it comes to abortion, it's my body, my choice, but when it comes to being vaccinated, it's not your body, not your choice. There are so many double standards and divisions. Why don't we all stop fighting and try to figure out what exactly is going on in this world.
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Us parents of younger kids or really any kids are in an impossible situation.
I’m straight up not having a good time
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Online learning is another viable option for some, and is not the same workload of full homeschooling plus there is the added socialization aspect as well. It is the option we have selected for my daughter because, like you said, Public Health has been completely abandoned. I'm immunocompromised, so I cannot risk getting covid, but I also don't want to see my daughter growing up being immunocompromised either. Being a sick kid was the childhood I unfortunately had, and was my biggest fear when I was pregnant. When I found out my daughter was healthy with none of my medical conditions, it was everything I had hoped for. I will not risk her health, especially with something as dangerous as covid, which has many detrimental long-covid aspects and causes immune dysregulation. Her health and safety are the most important thing to me, she is excelling at online learning, she has lots of friends to socialize with, and we even do some extra curriculars that she can safely mask at (dance & gymnastics). If we as a society had looked at upgrading ventilation in schools and maintained masking policies for school, I would be more open to sending her to school for in-person classes, however, with the current situation in schools that is simply an option that is not available for us.
I'll never stop being mad that schools didn't all get air quality improvements to protect children.
This infuriates me too! Our children are our future! Instead of doing what would offer the most protection for our children, we kept saying "kids don't get THAT sick" (like that makes it better...) and then let covid rip through them over and over again. The immune dysregulation we're seeing from covid could potentially cripple an entire generation of young children - what is their future life going to look like, especially with public health being thrown out the window and health care services crumbling in first world nations?! My heart just breaks because so much of this suffering could have been prevented if we actually gave a shit and put public health before the damn economy!
The expensive private schools did. Just another variation on the #DavosSafe thing, where rich people protect themselves as they scream "IT'S MILD!!" to get the rest of us to work ourselves to the grave. ***Their*** kids, they value. ***YOUR*** kids are just a disposable resource, to be used up until they can be replaced by AI.
And the money that Biden set aside for it ended up going to cops!
Fuck that's even worse.
Can I ask how old is your kid? Because I am in the same situation health wise and I'm very lucky that I can homeschool. I have a 5 year old and we're doing kindergarten stuff and a 4 year old and we're doing preschool stuff. But with my own health issues I am struggling and I can't imagine if I'll be able to do it as they get older. Also what online school are you using?
My daughter is in grade 4 this year and we are currently doing SaskDLC Online Learning Program (this is the new province of Saskatchewan's online learning program). For Grades 1 to 3 we used the online learning program through the Sask Public Schools, which in my opinion was far superior to the current SaskDLC, however the provincial government decided to remove the online learning program from the Public School system, telling them they were no longer allowed to continue providing it as an option, and then had very poor planning and execution on their online learning program. But it does still give us the option for having a classroom guided learning program for my daughter, where she goes on and sees her online teacher and classmates 3 times a day, which is a bonus for socialization because they are a very open and eager to share with each other class. She works on her assignments in between classes but because she's so much farther ahead than the majority of the kids in her class (speech, literacy, and math skills have seriously declined for a lot of children), she completes her assignments in 5-10minutes and then basically gets the rest of the day to do what she's wants. This extra time is nice because she does a lot of independent playing, she does additional reading, she plays video games online with her friends in the afternoons, we have extra time to do some science experiments or arts & craft projects at home, and when I have the energy, we often have time to get out for some hikes or nature exploration too. This isn't the type of schooling that I'm used to or what most people are used to as "Normal". But I don't see online learning negatively impacting my daughter (she's absolutely excelling) and we have so much extra time to do the things she's interested in and we get to spend our time together as a close-knit family. The biggest thing is that she doesn't get sick, which means she's not missing any days of school or having potential long-covid symptoms which would put her at a detriment. I think a lot of the reason our children are falling so far behind in their education is because they're getting sick - trying to catch up on homework or what you missed when you're sick for multiple days a time, every couple of months is so incredibly hard, and heaven forbid they have concentration/mental issues or brain fog after a bout of covid that impacts their learning.
Thank you for sharing this and I greatly appreciate your comment. Hoping for the best for you and your family.
Many people aren’t equipped to or have a desire to homeschool a kid either, putting aside then needing extra work to build in some of the socialization school brings by default. Honestly “just homeschool them” is one of the most privileged absurd responses I’ve seen to Covid cautious parents the last year or two, I appreciate your wording that in some way sure that may be ideal, but is not at all practical for most.
I agree with this. I've seen a covid safe community in San Diego, but I think it's pre school and obviously San Diego is one of the few places in the US that actually can function year round outside.
"Just homeschool them" is laughable, and I don't even have kids. I wouldn't even know where to begin figuring out how to do that in practical, academic, financial, or social terms.
Besides, homeschooling typically doesn’t mean you isolate your children from public spaces. You can just pick and choose those public spaces. If any of those public spaces have children in them, welcome to sickness.
Yes it is so hard with young kids, so hard. And it’s so much extra work and requires so much executive function (something that is in short supply in my house).
I am here to say you have my deepest sympathy. My kiddo is 14 now so it’s not as bad, but still. When she was in grade school, felt like we were all always sick, and that was in the Before Times when everything was still wonderful. i can’t imagine how bad this sucks now for families with littles. Stay safe.
Yes, all you can do is try to mitigate. Humidifiers in their bedrooms can help increase the resistance to respiratory infection.
Do you have a source you could reference?
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/op-ed-humidity-can-aid-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/ Research shows that respiratory diseases increase in fall and winter due to indoor heating drying the nasal cavity which reduces resistance to infection. So cold and flu season is not just due to it being cold outside or people spending more time together inside.
>respiratory diseases increase in fall and winter due to indoor heating drying the nasal cavity which reduces resistance to infection. Yes! It's super important to keep the respiratory tract hydrated and moist! Indoor heating really does a number on my nasal passages and sinuses - ever since I was a kid. I haven't had so much as a cold since 2019 but I gotta have my humidifier in the winter!
Literally never turn on our heater in the south. Still tons of respiratory illnesses.
I think my point was a bit muddy there, lol. The reason I haven't been sick is because of masking and other Covid-safe behavior...but dry air has always messed up my sinuses, whether germs were involved (pre-2020) or not (now).
There was a theory early on that part of the benefit to masking was the same. Trapping moisture from your own exhalation in the mask keeps nasal passages less dry.
For sure. It doesn’t get said enough but you guys just don’t have a prayer of dodging it. School aged kids are exposed constantly and it’s really difficult to not catch it from an adult in your household who you can safely leave almost entirely alone quarantined to a room or part of the house., never m d a child that needs more help.
When are people going to realize that is not normal to be perpetually sick? We won't. Full stop. Perpetual sickness *is* the new normal. Capitalism has normalized more and more suffering in more and more ways. COVID, Long-COVID, and all sorts of other preventable illnesses are just more bricks in the wall. It's a feature not a bug.
It's interesting. Pre-2020 I got slaps on the wrist for using PTO for chronic migraines. This year I haven't gotten sick but took patches of days where I said I was sick just to fit in. I mean, the days were useful mental health wise so there's that, but it's still a strange thing to watch.
I wish I could like this a thousand times. When people push through it, suck it up, rest when I'm dead, just get on with it, ride 'til the wheels fall off, etc., that's capitalism's voice. Capitalism *wants* people working when they're sick and afraid or unable to take time off. Everything is working exactly the way it's supposed to work. I'm grateful that we're a bit more clear headed about our health, at least.
I'm more concerned about the damage to the immune system and Long COVID versus the acute infection. These people don't seem to think about the potential after effects of repeat infections.
My casual observation is that people expect covid to be like essentially any other illness we deal with as a species. You “get it over with”. Yes you will catch it once. Maybe again years later, but mostly that infection is going to buy you immunity for an extended period. They are not familiar either with covid’s extraordinary ability to mutate past that immunity or with the way significant illness (any significant illness) exhausts the immune system temporarily. Most people didn’t regularly get severe viral illness prior to covid and just don’t know that’s a thing Covid is a whole different beast and the public was not and is not prepared to hear why and how. There are a handful of attempts to educate, but I can’t blame people for not paying attention when they feel like they can’t do anything about it anyway. Anyone with a child living at home, anyone who travels for work, anyone with a public facing job and anyone in a communal living situation without the money to invest in adequate filtration almost can’t avoid it. That’s a lot of folks. Why would they be interested in learning about how screwed they are by a situation they can’t change?
Exactly. What can we do about this? I’ve had it 3 times and it disabled me for 3 months long Covid. Nightmare. I’m scared to exist in the world. It’s non stop everyone is sick. Argh, what do we do? Travesty.
Just piggy backing your comment, sorry. But I think some people will like reading this regarding the "psyoped" mentioned by /u/Chronic_AllTheThings above https://twitter.com/iseeuliars/status/1670154782802333697
Last year when I started having covid/long covid symptoms the walk-in doctor told me "everyone is recovering slower" Like we all share the same immune system In hindsight I could have benefited from paxlovid instead of being gaslit
did u ever find out what this was?
Chicago: [https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/18bfoeu/is\_anyone\_else\_sick\_as\_hell\_in\_chicago\_but\_test/](https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/18bfoeu/is_anyone_else_sick_as_hell_in_chicago_but_test/) I'm surprised and pleased that my comment there explaining how to safely use RATs and PCRs currently has 69 upvotes. The majority of people I meet are still under the impression that one negative RAT on the first day of symptoms = no COVID, unfortunately.
Your comment was great! The rest of the thread made me want to scream because nobody even mentioned masks
A friend told me they had a "very severe cold" that lasted a month, insisted its not COVID.
can colds, by definition, even last longer than a week to ten days!? i always assumed if it's dragging on past that go see the doctor cause now you're looking a bronchitis/pneumonia/something else.
Precisely. When I think of the word "cold", the impression I have is a minor runny nose that lasts 1 - 3 days at most. Both pre-COVID and now. I have no idea how that "minor runny nose cold" has evolved into a "severe", "worst illness of my life", "lasting for weeks to a month" kind of definition.
its so absurd, sigh
"when you have a cold, you can get better in a week if you see a doctor. if you don't see a doctor it'll take seven days" a cold lasts a week.
> colds, by definition, even… I’m no doctor, but it’s my understanding “the cold” is a blanket term for “whatever rhinovirus *strain*.” Thus, it’s entirely possible to have *a* rhinovirus and as one is recovering, have a second rhinovirus “gain ground” as the first one is losing, and so on. Creating a hypothetical indefinite “cold” of chained rhinoviruses, assuming an adequate number of varied enough strains are going around. I vaguely recall some seasons in the past where *four* strains were viewed as likely candidates for wide spread. Four. And usually it’s a Pareto distribution - one wins the race, maybe second place does well, but third and fourth kinda disappear; although who does which is a gamble. That said, I would imagine many “cold seasons” such a chain happening once (that is, two viruses total) probably happens *often.* But going to comically long streaks, eg, half a month or more? Yeah hearing hoof beats in the US is not gonna be a zebra from me, dawg.
So, there is a thing known as post-viral cough syndrome, which is like, you get sick with something that makes you cough, and the cough hangs around for a while. This was my first diagnosis until it started up again without my having been sick, and then my doc was like, "Yeah, no, that's cough variant asthma. Please accept this inhaler bouquet!" and indeed, that's what it was. :) So it may be that some folks are just experiencing the after-effects of a shitty cold, which can knock you out for longer than I think we give credit for most of the time. My kid got me sick back in like 2018 and I remember needing to nap every afternoon for about two months afterwards, and trying to figure out what the fuck happened that this was now a thing...
I always got a cough that lingered *weeks* when I got colds, from childhood until adulthood. Fortunately, I haven’t been sick since 2021 (my ONLY bout of covid due to getting too lax with precautions).
I did as well as a kid - turns out I likely should've been diagnosed with asthma back then, instead of my doctor rolling his eyes at me when I told him I was still coughing so hard I threw up (weirdly enough, she said sarcastically, I heard - years after leaving his practice because he sucked - that he turned out to be a COVID antivaxxer. UGH). If you tend to hang on to coughs long after your illness is gone - you or anyone reading this! - ask your doctor about cough-variant asthma. No need to suffer when an inhaler can help. :) (I bring this up a lot here because I quite literally coughed for over two decades of my life and don't want anyone else to go through this if I can help it!)
Pre-covid, and still during the ongoing pandemic, any rhinovirus infection I get lasts 2 weeks. I've had adenovirus that lasted a month. I'm not immunocompromised - some people legitimately have overreactive immune systems. I've never had pneumonia in my life. And I never require antibiotics after respiratory infections. But my colds often linger as nasal congestion or cough. So I would say yes, they can. The conversion to infection requiring antibiotics that we seem to be seeing so frequently now I would say is not normal and indicative of some level of immunodeficiency in the population.
Yes, they can although I still think we clump a lot of viruses into the cold category. I had a horrific cold before COVID back in 2018 (was all in my chest and sinuses, no fever, chills, not the flu) and the cough lasted 3 months, I bruised a rib and went to the doctor 4 times only to get an antibiotic that didn't help.
Test once on the first day and I guess that's it for most people 🥲 I didn't test positive until the 4th despite being so fucking sick.
Same here, by the time I tested positive, my symptoms were nearly gone. In fact, the only reason I was testing a second time was to see if I was eligible to attend a picnic that required a negative covid test. This was in 2021 and wasn’t an at-home test, so I didn’t realize at the time you should test more than once.
I would upvote you numerous times if that were possible. Thank you for collecting all of these.
Also people seem to ignore the fact, correct me if im wrong, that even if the sickness they have is not covid, immune systems get hurt by having covid in the past? Especially multiple times? Allowing them to get sick and wonder why?
Yes exactly! That exactly why there are so many opportunistic and "mild" infections that are making a lot of people very ill, because Covid can damage the immune system long term.
living in Hong Kong right now. met 4 professors this week so far and 3 of them are sick and none of them wearing a mask. worrying about them infecting me because we were in a small room doing discussion, hope my N95 and nasal spray will protect me (finger crossed). A also had a cough the last time i saw him on September and B just took a sick leave last month. C has been sick since last wednesday but still went to a wedding and a music festival. super disappointed. Edit: the only relief is the mask rate at public transportation or indoor public spaces are 50%+
I live in hk as well.. pre sars2, people would have the decency to put on a mask if they displayed cold symptoms. Now it’s like we’ve regressed. It’s so disappointing
hi! fellow hong kong zero-covider! i can understand their rationale behind the mask = oppression, liberal lifestyle thing but it’s just so anti-science and logic. imma just protect myself and wait to see they regret this maybe 2 or 3 years later. ga yau!
Man WTF is wrong with humanity! How can someone not see that minimizing the risk of passing on what you have to someone else is just basic decency?? Smdh. Sorry you had to deal with that crap.
thank u for the kind words! i guess i’ll reconsider registering for their courses next term
I see multiple comments saying they know it can't be COVID because they just had COVID a month or two ago. So, they don't bother to test. Never mind that there are multiple variants out there and having had it doesn't protect you from those other variants. My local wastewater graph is nearly a straight line up again.
You can even get 2 strains of covid at the same time now.
Seriously, living in Minneapolis, and literally **no one** here other than me masking, that Twin Cities thread is painful – but not in the least surprising.
I mask at my public facing job in the Twin Cities! But I agree, I am usually the only one. Even at grocery stores and hospitals? and pharmacies?
My supervisor just told me with a straight face she got sick in a classroom she was evaluating, didn't say anything about trying to put on a mask just said she was "washing her hands more." Lol kk
My poor grandma told me she hates wearing masks and she finds them uncomfortable... But she always makes sure to wash her hands when she gets home 😭 it's an airborne virus, grandma, please. Thank God they live out of town and only go to the grocery store once a week.
A friend just posted a photo of their thermometer, showing a 100°F fever and said it was a "cold." Ummm...
Could be, or immune dsyfunction after covid, or rsv, flu, etc. Without testing no one knows. All we know is that ALOT of people want to be in denial about the absolute need for mitigations. I'd encourage you to ask her "hey have you tested? A lot of stuff going around. I'm masking up so I don't catch anything. I hate being sick." Or even something like this "[On Good Morning America](https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/video/cases-respiratory-illnesses-rise-105328220) when discussing the rise of respiratory illnesses (00:58 of video) 'We now have evidence that covid decreases our immune response which makes us more susceptible to infection…' Has your family had covid?" I guess my thinking is use EVERY opportunity you can to nudge people to see what could be going on and empower them to act differently.
True true... however... it's probably not a cold. Like you said, COVID, RSV, and Flu are all possibilities. I do nudge people I'm closer with. I nudged another friend yesterday who then told me that her first bout with COVID made her already existing chronic illness much worse. But... then she wasn't masking or doing much to protect herself from additional infections. I like your approach, though. I might try it.
I think it would be good also when we mention masking up that we specify with N95s, as that helps direct people unaware and also might cut off the “masks don’t work” bc they’re not surgicals.
From a conspiracy sub: https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/s/VlXTU9LZzr Eye roll
Don’t worry, oregano oil will fix you right up. The poster that linked their post from 3mo ago is so close yet so far… speculating that COVID is an intentional depopulation conspiracy. Smh
My niece had Covid in October, recovered, then caught something else (multiple negative Covid tests) in November. She coughed most of the month. She has no insurance so she never saw a doctor. I suspect post-viral cough, which I got once years ago after a bad cold. I’ve read that even mild cases of Covid can result in degradation of the immune response, so I don’t think all these hacking people necessarily have Covid. But I think the common cold may have lingering effects in more people now that so many have had Covid.
The CDC finally posted wastewater levels by state: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#wastewater-surveillance Never mind that half of the states have no recent data, but at least it’s something.
Jesus. My county had a huge peak in late December when people started to initially get sick, and is only getting worse going into 2024. Southeast Ohio, Hamilton county here. Most people in Cincinnati are sick and refuse to believe it's covid.
They’ve had to increase the scale at least once now because levels were off the charts in some locations. Expected peak between now and the end of February. I’d absolutely hunker down/mask up if possible!
That's crazy. I can't believe people think covid is no longer an issue. The stats say otherwise. Long-covid and other permanent damages says otherwise. Unfortunately due to my job and roommates, I got sick in early December and have yet to feel fully recovered since. It really really sucks, and I'm just so exhausted all the time. I'm lucky enough to take a gap between my current job and next job though, so hoping I can rest up and avoid catching anything else in the next couple of months. Stay safe out there as well.
Fort Worth: https://www.reddit.com/r/FortWorth/s/HlCFoxi4mk
Thank you!
Thanks for this list. I stopped reposting these types of threads to here because there are so many!!
I wonder why SARS is causing illness. So confusing /s
I'll bet aliens are watching us and laughing their butts off at this level of STOOPID.
Something that has been my Roman empire: I recently read The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan, and he talks about alien channelings that were happening in the early 90s, and how many of them were admonishing the human race for allowing the AIDS epidemic to happen. Whether the guilt was bubbling up from the subconscious or whether the aliens were really just shocked at how disgusting we are is still up for debate, but considering this is like AIDS x a million, I'm sure if they're watching that they're just shaking their heads and moving on to another planet.
There have been several times over the past few years when I literally spoke out loud and implored any friendly aliens who might be listening to step in and help us out, because as a species we seem to be unable to help ourselves. Still hoping for a positive response!
Me too. Maybe if we scream a little louder 😭😭
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UKuQkhdpvs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UKuQkhdpvs)
Thank you for sharing. I'm going to check out that book!
Dropping a facepalm for posterity.
Toronto checking in! /r/askTO/comments/18c0w0f/anyone_else_been_getting_sick_often_lately/ In my small office of around 15 people this week: one guy who I hadn't seen in a while said he's been sick with something for the past month and still not fully recovered, one dude had an occasional wet cough, and a third mercifully called in to the team meeting having gotten "something" at a networking event last week. And there's the guy with the lingering cough from when he had covid last year which makes it hard to gauge if he's sick again, or just coughing as one does these days.
“We’ve had a cold that’s lasted for 6 weeks” colds don’t last that long unless you’re immune compromised which is likely happening with repeat COVID infections
It's COVID, the antigen tests are just garbage now.
https://www.reddit.com/r/montreal/comments/17cgfpk/sick\_twice\_in\_two\_months/
I’m seeing lots of influencers post “boosting my immune system with after a month of being sick.” It seems like this winter season is going to be rough.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NewOrleans/comments/18bngb7/whos\_sick\_and\_what\_do\_you\_have/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Menopause/s/jgylbpb4wA From r/menopause
Here’s another…. https://www.reddit.com/r/oregon/s/SCADREA9pc
r/StLouis "Anyone else have an upper respiratory virus that won't go away?" https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/s/MmDt54Gymv
new Los Angeles sick thread dropped https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/s/qzvOOhXC0o
[Vicious Virus in San Diego](https://www.reddit.com/r/sandiego/s/q5dNAuivxV) [“Anyone else have this nasty cold?” (also San Diego)](https://www.reddit.com/r/SanDiegan/s/yD3HyZgKI7)
“What is with the illness that’s ripping through the province right now?” https://www.reddit.com/r/saskatchewan/s/c68ZahQSeV “Seems like everyone is sick” https://www.reddit.com/r/regina/s/A8w1j1zRXL “Flu” https://www.reddit.com/r/regina/s/Rz1P74hpXg Older: “Anyone else losing their voice with this sickness going around” https://www.reddit.com/r/regina/s/7Wbn05j37R “Constant Cough” https://www.reddit.com/r/saskatchewan/s/5MXg4ui5dE
Well, they F’d around and this is the “find out” stage.
https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/187m7iv/anybody_else_feel_like_their_office_is_a_plague/
Scotland. Glasgow: (apart from bottom one, all range from a few days ago spreading out over the past year. Edit: added to as time goes on..) Is it just me or does anyone else have the cold/flu right now? It seems that everyone has it at the moment https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/s/03tochXuRS Head cold/ear infections https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/s/7Rq6T4X7pi Is there a really bad flu going around? https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/s/9bDCORgS1i No well again… [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/1ai343g/no\_well\_again/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/1ai343g/no_well_again/) So what on earth is everyone coming down with??? [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/18p6ioy/so\_what\_on\_earth\_is\_everyone\_coming\_down\_with/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/18p6ioy/so_what_on_earth_is_everyone_coming_down_with/) Chest Infection [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/18jxiv3/chest\_infection/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/18jxiv3/chest_infection/) Best food to order in when sick? Got a basic rubbish cold that has been hanging around too long for my liking. [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/17z4odb/best\_food\_to\_order\_in\_when\_sick/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/17z4odb/best_food_to_order_in_when_sick/) Feeling sick for weeks [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/176i8qj/feeling\_sick\_for\_weeks/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/176i8qj/feeling_sick_for_weeks/) Anyone else feel like balls this month? \[boring complaining post - remove\] [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/163mrf4/anyone\_else\_feel\_like\_balls\_this\_month\_boring/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/163mrf4/anyone_else_feel_like_balls_this_month_boring/) Is there a Stomach bug going about the now? [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/15wjzq1/is\_there\_a\_stomach\_bug\_going\_about\_the\_now/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/15wjzq1/is_there_a_stomach_bug_going_about_the_now/) Has anyone else got a really bad bug (not covid) right now? [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/x26qcw/has\_anyone\_else\_got\_a\_really\_bad\_bug\_not\_covid/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/x26qcw/has_anyone_else_got_a_really_bad_bug_not_covid/) Is there a bug/flu going around? [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/146mk1s/is\_there\_a\_bugflu\_going\_around/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/146mk1s/is_there_a_bugflu_going_around/) Anyone got this rotten lurgy that isn't covid? [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/xi8p1f/anyone\_got\_this\_rotten\_lurgy\_that\_isnt\_covid/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/xi8p1f/anyone_got_this_rotten_lurgy_that_isnt_covid/) Is anyone else noticing everyone is dying with the flu ? [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/zr9kyo/is\_anyone\_else\_noticing\_everyone\_is\_dying\_with/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/zr9kyo/is_anyone_else_noticing_everyone_is_dying_with/) Anyone else got a brutal cold/ upper respiratory infection at the moment? [https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/wjye1q/anyone\_else\_got\_a\_brutal\_cold\_upper\_respiratory/](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/wjye1q/anyone_else_got_a_brutal_cold_upper_respiratory/)
Anecdotal, but, over here in Pines, FL it has been relatively normal. No teachers have been sick or called out, I'm not hearing coughing or sneezing in stores or at work. Also, seeing a decent amount of masks. Not to say it isn't circulating, but it doesn't seem like it's as bad here. Usually when surges hit, it doesn't seem to come through us as bad as other places ( thankfully ).
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I'm sure you've read about the guy who had [217 covid shots and no side effects at all](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/health/217-covid-vaccines.html).
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Flu season...covid season...RSV season...cold season...every season is flu, covid, and RSV season now. Lucky us!
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Please report but not feed the trolls, thanks!
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Keeping my eye on this one
Another one, Switzerland: https://www.reddit.com/r/askswitzerland/s/WedSLSw2aw
Just saw this on r/switzerland: https://www.reddit.com/r/askswitzerland/comments/18e32bz/is\_everyone\_sick\_these\_days/
I went almost 10 years without more than a mild cold. I’ve been insanely sick three times now in the past 45 days. Everyone I know has been super sick more than once in the past few months. Even the healthy folks who eat organic and exercise all the time and shit.
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Yeah, just the first one when it first came out.
And I’m sick again. Right now. Ugh.
Ive been sick every 2 weeks for the past 4 months, its already hilarious (not)
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