Corona Virus

[E_T]

The problem with the Spanish flu, was that it washed though the population and gave us some initial protection against it that is reinforced with the yearly vaccines that cover most of the strains that are looking to be on the rise.  BUT, once awe also have a large vaccinated base to work from, with lower overall rates of infection, then the overall rate of mutation will also reduce down.

[E_T]

And please get better...

[Geo]

Rusty?  Please don't be sick any longer...

I hope his infection didn't take a turn for the worse.

[E_T]

Thanks, Geo.

Today I don't feel as well. Mostly sinus problems, snot in my lungs, and body aches. My temp has it's ups and downs. My sense of smell/taste is off. My pulse and oxygen levels have been fairly steady. Still, it's nothing worse than the usual winter sicknesses, although scarier.

I hear more about the South African strain which is suppose to have mutated "spike/hooks",  enough so that the existing vaccines probably won't protect against it. Well, I have had a feeling that Corona virus is here to stay. In the future we will probably have to get a shot, much like the flu, only twice a year due to the higher mutation rate compared to DNA viruses.

You doing o.k Rusty?

[Rusty Edge]

Sorry.
Yeah, I'm okay, I didn't take a turn for the worse, but I'm not shaking it, either.

My theory has been to avoid tylenol and advil  and let the fever fight the virus. That means I've had a headache and backache and don't much feel like looking at the internet. My breathing is good. So is my pulse and percentO2.

On the other hand my sense of taste and smell keeps getting worse.

[E_T]

hope you start to feel better soon.  How is your wife?

[E_T]

Congress members might have been exposed during Wednesday's antics

While sheltering in a secure location as a mob of [Sleezebag] supporters stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, House lawmakers may have been exposed to someone who was infected with the coronavirus, Congress’s Office of the Attending Physician said on Sunday.

In an email sent to lawmakers, Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the attending physician, said that while “the time in this room was several hours for some and briefer for others,” during that period, “individuals may have been exposed to another occupant with coronavirus infection.” He told lawmakers to obtain a P.C.R. test as a precaution and continue taking preventive steps against the spread of the virus.

Congress has long struggled to stem the spread of the virus within its ranks, with mixed guidance and a delayed testing regimen. Dozens of lawmakers, staff members and reporters took shelter in the secure room on Wednesday, but a handful of Republicans refused to wear masks, one person there said, even as Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, Democrat of Delaware, tried to pass out masks.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/10/us/joe-[Sleezebag]-biden#lawmakers-may-have-been-exposed-to-the-coronavirus-while-sheltering-during-the-capitol-riot-a-doctor-says

[Geo]

Has the Capitol even be disinfected after the rampage?

[E_T]

:shrug:
in the days following, very likely, right afterwards, not really.  They were more involved with finding pipe bombs than disinfecting...

[E_T]

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), a 75-year-old cancer survivor, has tested positive for the coronavirus after sheltering in place during the Capitol riot with lawmakers who refused to wear masks.

[Geo]

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), a 75-year-old cancer survivor, has tested positive for the coronavirus after sheltering in place during the Capitol riot with lawmakers who refused to wear masks.

Can said lawmakers refuse to take a test too?

[E_T]

:shrug:  they can refuse to mask up.  You can test today, be infected 5 minutes after and not possibly still show as POS in test 24 hours after.  IIRC, they ask that you don't get an immediate test if possibly exposed, but wait a certain time period before getting tested, AS it would not be accurate.

[Geo]

Yeah, I know it can take a while before an infected person shows symptoms (if at all).

[E_T]

or for the test to show an accurate Pos/Neg

[Geo]

That too, of course.
Bottomline is, this Dem Rep might have been infected already before entering this safe room.