Happy New Year Everyone!!!
Thankfully no bad reactions to the booster shot I received yesterday. I can’t lift my left arm as it is very sore but I will take that over some people I know who had the booster and got chills, fever, and headaches.
good news. Happy New Year
Happy New Year!!!!
Wonderful news, JJ. If you have not already, I found using just cold for 20 min intervals day 1, which technically today is, and then alternating cold and hot worked wonders for me. Also forcing myself to use the arm muscle.
Thank you for mentioning that Vick
🙂
Happy New Year!
That’s good news Jimmy. You should take some Tylenol for the next couple days for pain relief and any “potential” fever that may develop as well.
Yes, I agree. Others have had far worse reactions.
This may be outdated and/or untrue but I read early on to avoid any fever or pain reducing meds (advil/Tylenol) post vaccine bc the immune reaction is needed for the vaccine to be most effective.
That being said no idea if this is correct…
It is for the most part absolutely correct. The same applies to the flu vaccine. Before vaccine is a definite no no. After is only if you have a high fever or severe reaction such as an extreme headache. A sore arm as far as I understand is not considered a reason to take any pain killers. As mama said, please correct me if that is not correct. Also ibuprofen usually works better with muscle pain.
Tylenol is what I took after my vaccines with no issues. I recently heard that aspirin is now a definite “no-no” for most people. I suppose everyone reacts differently with different meds.
The only issue is it weakens the vaccine. Honestly, it may well not make a difference. Experts go back and forth on this. But why chance it if you don’t need it
Note: 1,954 hospitalizations now. That represents a significant increase. up from 1,817 yesterday. a single day increase of 137 or a 7.5% increase in one day.
My wife thinks the hospitalizations and deaths are mostly if not all Delta. I disagree. I think there is a healthy amount of omicron in there. I wish they would post numbers on this so we know where we stand.
Personally, I do NOT believe Omicron is as mild as people are making it out to be. I hope I am wrong.
Joshua, any thoughts on this? Thank you.
I’m inclined to agree with you, JPD, re omicron being mixed in.
Does waste water get tested for the variant? I can count on both hands and then some friends who are now showing up positive. Also, and I believe this has been mentioned here, I know of a handful who are just taking home tests or no test if they can’t find home and waiting for covid to pass. I think this is becoming far more common.
Frightening article as it seems to indicate it’s as transmissible as Delta but potentially far more severe. Oy.
I admit to being afraid to read it right now but will. Thank you JPD
thank Joshua, not me.
Thank you both 🙂
Doing progressively better, Vicki. Thanks for asking. This was a short-lived bout, thankfully.
I think that Massachusetts has a fairly even split in terms of Omicron and Delta hospitalizations. Overall, Delta isn’t going away as fast as was thought a few weeks ago. It is being displaced by Omicron, but there’s still plenty of Delta infection going on.
Omicron is milder, but this doesn’t mean mild for those who are vulnerable. Also, there are plenty of Omicron hospitalizations, as we see in England and NYC (where Omicron prevalence is highest). The one difference between Delta and Omicron is that Omicron has proportionately fewer ICU cases.
Wonderful news, Joshua. Thank you for letting us know. And for your information.
JJ how are you tonight?
Tom, how are the Mrs and Miss Tom’s
This is a massive wave – a mix of Omicron and some Delta. Just look at these numbers for yesterday (New Year’s day, low reporting) that ONLY account for 14 of 50 states!!
We’re clearly headed for >100,000 hospitalizations very soon. ICU usage is rising steadily as well. The decoupling that we do see in parts of Europe is NOT happening here to the same degree, for all the reasons I’ve stated. Part of the problem is the federal/state government, namely, totally inadequate and mostly inaccessible testing. Many of the folks being hospitalized weren’t able to test at home or at PCR sites, waited it out, and then when it got bad went to the hospital. As a result, the oral treatments don’t work, the monoclonal antibodies don’t work. It’s 3rd world-esque, folks. Shameful.
– New cases: 248,308
– Average: 404,263 (+19,225)
– States reporting: 14/50
– In hospital: 96,348 (+2,267)
– In ICU: 18,542 (+116)
C-19 for 1-2 is ready.
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Happy New Year Everyone!!!
Thankfully no bad reactions to the booster shot I received yesterday. I can’t lift my left arm as it is very sore but I will take that over some people I know who had the booster and got chills, fever, and headaches.
good news. Happy New Year
Happy New Year!!!!
Wonderful news, JJ. If you have not already, I found using just cold for 20 min intervals day 1, which technically today is, and then alternating cold and hot worked wonders for me. Also forcing myself to use the arm muscle.
Thank you for mentioning that Vick
🙂
Happy New Year!
That’s good news Jimmy. You should take some Tylenol for the next couple days for pain relief and any “potential” fever that may develop as well.
Yes, I agree. Others have had far worse reactions.
This may be outdated and/or untrue but I read early on to avoid any fever or pain reducing meds (advil/Tylenol) post vaccine bc the immune reaction is needed for the vaccine to be most effective.
That being said no idea if this is correct…
It is for the most part absolutely correct. The same applies to the flu vaccine. Before vaccine is a definite no no. After is only if you have a high fever or severe reaction such as an extreme headache. A sore arm as far as I understand is not considered a reason to take any pain killers. As mama said, please correct me if that is not correct. Also ibuprofen usually works better with muscle pain.
Tylenol is what I took after my vaccines with no issues. I recently heard that aspirin is now a definite “no-no” for most people. I suppose everyone reacts differently with different meds.
The only issue is it weakens the vaccine. Honestly, it may well not make a difference. Experts go back and forth on this. But why chance it if you don’t need it
Before is definitely not advised.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/experts-try-to-avoid-painkillers-before-or-after-covid-vaccine/
This explains why our Brigham doctors are in this camp since there is a Harvard affiliation.
So glad to hear this Joshua! And doesn’t it feel great to be boosted?
Happy New Year everyone!
Here is yesterday’s Covid Dashboard and my updated graph. YIKES!!!
dashboard
https://ibb.co/8sHLfpF
Graph
https://ibb.co/xLDC3h5
Note: 1,954 hospitalizations now. That represents a significant increase. up from 1,817 yesterday. a single day increase of 137 or a 7.5% increase in one day.
My wife thinks the hospitalizations and deaths are mostly if not all Delta. I disagree. I think there is a healthy amount of omicron in there. I wish they would post numbers on this so we know where we stand.
Personally, I do NOT believe Omicron is as mild as people are making it out to be. I hope I am wrong.
Joshua, any thoughts on this? Thank you.
I’m inclined to agree with you, JPD, re omicron being mixed in.
Does waste water get tested for the variant? I can count on both hands and then some friends who are now showing up positive. Also, and I believe this has been mentioned here, I know of a handful who are just taking home tests or no test if they can’t find home and waiting for covid to pass. I think this is becoming far more common.
Latest Waster water
https://ibb.co/cT9mpXh
Thanks, JPD. I’d seen this on Twitter. Alarming is far too mild a word
Joshua, I hope your night was better than the last and you are improving quickly
This is so very true
https://twitter.com/denise_dewald/status/1477115464937578501?s=21
Interesting on why omicron may be more contagious
https://twitter.com/erictopol/status/1477340216574709760?s=21
Article on the new variant Joshua mentioned.
https://www.thailandmedical.news/news/breaking-southern-france-reports-spread-of-new-sars-cov-2-variant-b-1-640-2-with-46-mutations-and-37-deletions-originating-from-cameroon
Frightening article as it seems to indicate it’s as transmissible as Delta but potentially far more severe. Oy.
I admit to being afraid to read it right now but will. Thank you JPD
thank Joshua, not me.
Thank you both 🙂
Doing progressively better, Vicki. Thanks for asking. This was a short-lived bout, thankfully.
I think that Massachusetts has a fairly even split in terms of Omicron and Delta hospitalizations. Overall, Delta isn’t going away as fast as was thought a few weeks ago. It is being displaced by Omicron, but there’s still plenty of Delta infection going on.
Omicron is milder, but this doesn’t mean mild for those who are vulnerable. Also, there are plenty of Omicron hospitalizations, as we see in England and NYC (where Omicron prevalence is highest). The one difference between Delta and Omicron is that Omicron has proportionately fewer ICU cases.
Wonderful news, Joshua. Thank you for letting us know. And for your information.
JJ how are you tonight?
Tom, how are the Mrs and Miss Tom’s
This is a massive wave – a mix of Omicron and some Delta. Just look at these numbers for yesterday (New Year’s day, low reporting) that ONLY account for 14 of 50 states!!
We’re clearly headed for >100,000 hospitalizations very soon. ICU usage is rising steadily as well. The decoupling that we do see in parts of Europe is NOT happening here to the same degree, for all the reasons I’ve stated. Part of the problem is the federal/state government, namely, totally inadequate and mostly inaccessible testing. Many of the folks being hospitalized weren’t able to test at home or at PCR sites, waited it out, and then when it got bad went to the hospital. As a result, the oral treatments don’t work, the monoclonal antibodies don’t work. It’s 3rd world-esque, folks. Shameful.
– New cases: 248,308
– Average: 404,263 (+19,225)
– States reporting: 14/50
– In hospital: 96,348 (+2,267)
– In ICU: 18,542 (+116)
C-19 for 1-2 is ready.