The Medical Thread: Vaccine Search / Staying Healthy / Treatments Etc

[sk8pics]

Second Moderna booster, 4th shot overall, on board today without issue. The pharmacist did a great job. And coincidentally (?)got a text from the Vsafe program reminding me I was eligible for the 4th shot and to update my info if I got one.

 

[KCC]

I got my second Moderna booster yesterday. No issues except for a modestly sore arm and a little trouble sleeping last night. Not bad at all. I'm going to Stars on Ice on the 26th, visiting a college student at her university on the 27-28th, visiting my stepson in mid-June and going to our family reunion in Myrtle Beach in July. Lots of things coming up that I don't want to miss (well, except for maybe the reunion).

 

[MacMadame]

IME, each shot gives me less reaction than the last. I guess each time my immune system recognizes it more and fights less.

 

[sk8pics]

My arm is quite sore but no other problems.

 

[sk8pics]

So, I spoke too soon. I seem to be having a reaction today to my booster shot from yesterday: I was exhausted when I woke up, muscle aches, and then in the afternoon I had chills that have since changed to a 101.3 fever.

I did take a test this morning and it was negative. I’ll take another one tomorrow, but I do think it’s a reaction. Similar symptoms but it took longer for them to appear, presumably because of the lower dose.

 

[MacMadame]

Since we were talking about rebound after Paxloid:

Concerns grow that COVID-19 may ‘rebound’ after taking antiviral Paxlovid

Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral drug Paxlovid has been hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against the disease. But in recent weeks, there have been growing concerns that some people who finish the f…

www.santacruzsentinel.com

 

[AJ Skatefan]

Since we were talking about rebound after Paxloid:

Concerns grow that COVID-19 may ‘rebound’ after taking antiviral Paxlovid

Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral drug Paxlovid has been hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against the disease. But in recent weeks, there have been growing concerns that some people who finish the f…

www.santacruzsentinel.com

Interesting. I’ll get Paxlovid if I ever get the *****.

 

[AJ Skatefan]

More on Paxlovid:

https://youtu.be/DQCKvyb1TEI

 

[Frau Muller]

No monkeypox thread on FSU?

Here’s an overview, published today (24 May):

Monkeypox: Can it be treated and how worried should we be?

Dr Khan looks at the new outbreak of an old virus that has been detected in about a dozen countries in two weeks.

www.aljazeera.com

Apparently it’s not as contagious or, if caught, as life threatening as COVID. Caught mainly through prolonged contact with bodily fluids and such. So far, the current strain affects a “disproportionate number of men who have sex with men.”

More on this -

CDC officials sound alarm for gay and bisexual men as monkeypox spreads in community

Dr. John Brooks, a CDC official, emphasized that anyone can contract monkeypox through close personal contact regardless of sexual orientation.

www.cnbc.com

 

[MacMadame]

More on Long Covid:

Missed risk: Long COVID threat extends far beyond pandemic

Long COVID took Aaron Teasdale’s globetrotting world and crushed it down to the window of his camper van.

missoulian.com