It's Flu/RSV/Covid season! Latest news

My 6 year old niece is currently in the hospital after getting RSV which turned into pneumonia and than MRSA in her lungs. She was on a ventilator for 2 weeks , and has now been placed on ECMO, in the hope that her lungs will heal. She has been having a really hard time , poor little munchkin.
 
Got my email to set up my appointment for a flu and Covid shot. Two weeks from Friday, because the next two weekends I will busy.
 
I'm on Medrol pack to calm down my back. I don't think I can get my vaccines right now :(
 
I got flu and covid but not RSV which I tried to get once but was thwarted.

I subscribe to a substack that says right now in the US that covid, flu & rsv are at a low point so that's good at least.
 
LadyM76 said:
My 6 year old niece is currently in the hospital after getting RSV which turned into pneumonia and than MRSA in her lungs. She was on a ventilator for 2 weeks , and has now been placed on ECMO, in the hope that her lungs will heal. She has been having a really hard time , poor little munchkin.
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It hits the little kids really hard .. I’m sure she’s in excellent hands though ❤️
 
Judy said:
It hits the little kids really hard .. I’m sure she’s in excellent hands though ❤️
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It's not just the little's with little airways, but the olders with compromised airways or other chronic diseases.

Regarding Littles - watching them struggle to breath, O2 sats drop quickly, get vented or die
 
Reviving this thread of this year's season. Also it's

National Influenza Vaccination Week​


Here is an excellent article about this season, the optimal time to get vaccinated, etc.

open.substack.com

The Dose (December 6)

Timing of Covid vaccines, common flu rumors, HPV vaccine win, and H5N1 in milk
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I’m having trouble understanding this:

If you haven’t been recently infected, early autumn is optimal for your Covid vaccine.

  • The best time to get a booster is 2.7 months before the peak of a wave (assuming no recent infections). It can lead to a five-fold lower risk of infection.
  • In the U.S., the winter peak has consistently been the first week of January. This means an annual booster on September 15th provides the lowest yearly probability of infection
Isn’t 2.7 months before the first week of January in mid-October, not mid-September?
 
kwanfan1818 said:
I’m having trouble understanding this:

If you haven’t been recently infected, early autumn is optimal for your Covid vaccine.

  • The best time to get a booster is 2.7 months before the peak of a wave (assuming no recent infections). It can lead to a five-fold lower risk of infection.
  • In the U.S., the winter peak has consistently been the first week of January. This means an annual booster on September 15th provides the lowest yearly probability of infection
Isn’t 2.7 months before the first week of January in mid-October, not mid-September?
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The chart says mid-October. Typo?
 
Last week I was waylaid by something (I had my vaccs earlier in the year.) I was sick from work for two days and spent the other three in bed with my computer on my lap. WTF was that? Outside of a hospital stay in 2018 I haven't felt that awful in twenty years. Negative for the Big C.
 
PRlady said:
Granddaughter (in photo) has a bad case of RSV. Fortunately we haven’t seen them in ten days. I think I’ll get vaccinated.
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If they ask you about a reason, just say your doctor recommended it (if they ask your doctor recommended just say you have a chronic illness that flares frequently). The last time we were at the pharmacy I overheard a pharmacist say 70 unless you were told you should get RSV vaccine. I think the woman asking for it was 60something
 
Cachoo said:
Last week I was waylaid by something (I had my vaccs earlier in the year.) I was sick from work for two days and spent the other three in bed with my computer on my lap. WTF was that? Outside of a hospital stay in 2018 I haven't felt that awful in twenty years. Negative for the Big C.
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I had something that started with a brief mild scratchy throat, then my nose ran like faucet and I sneezed a gazillion times, then stuffy glue nose, headache, mild loose upper chest congestion, and complete and total exhaustion. Negative for COVID and Flu. Lasted 2 weeks. I felt much better that that when I had COVID.
 
Rob said:
I had something that started with a brief mild scratchy throat, then my nose ran like faucet and I sneezed a gazillion times, then stuffy glue nose, headache, mild loose upper chest congestion, and complete and total exhaustion. Negative for COVID and Flu. Lasted 2 weeks. I felt much better that that when I had COVID.
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Yep that’s it. I would add that it took days for the headache to end. And I still sound like a two pack a day smoker. It wasn’t a cold, it wasn’t like any flu I’ve experienced and negative for Covid. Hopefully never again…
 
Cachoo said:
Yep that’s it. I would add that it took days for the headache to end. And I still sound like a two pack a day smoker. It wasn’t a cold, it wasn’t like any flu I’ve experienced and negative for Covid. Hopefully never again…
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Maybe it was an RSV but it never got deep in my chest although I was wondering if the loose congestion would ever go away. And yes, headache for days and no amount of any kind of pain killers did a thing. I was in bed for 5 days.
 
Just read this Blue Sky posting by Mia Farrow and nearly fell over,

Mia Farrow (@miafarrow.bsky.social)

I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
bsky.app bsky.app

"I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine".
 
sk9tingfan said:
Just read this Blue Sky posting by Mia Farrow and nearly fell over,

Mia Farrow (@miafarrow.bsky.social)

I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
bsky.app bsky.app

"I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine".
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Yep. Kids were in big wards lined up side by side in iron lungs. Nurses of that era recounted pumping bellows for hours if power went out. The hospital I worked at was known as the polio hospital in the 50's and 60's.. fun fact the game candyland was developed by a patient or nurse in a polio unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy...as designed in,game to Milton Bradley Company.
 
I just tossed the last of the “free” Covid tests supplied by the US government. None of them had an extended expiration listed with the FDA, so I’m switching over to the combo tests. The box I bought is good until next year’s flu season and there will probably be an updated one by then.
 
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