Sounds like you did everything (other than the smoking) right to prepare for this eventuality. Now you’ll be adding natural immunity. Congratulations on that.
Caught what used to be called a cold, in early June, didn't get tested, just went on with life.
Now this is anecdotal, in November 2019, I remember radio hosts Gallagher and local host Rick Roberts coming down with the worst cases of "flu", they ever had.
Wonder if it was the Wuhan flu.
If it’s upper respiratory that’s the symptom of omicron. Delta will be in your deep lung and is more dangerous. If you suspect Delta I’d start looking for monoclonal antibody therapy
I can’t get past Christians getting this shot. You all are allegedly against abortion but seem fine taking these shots. You are either pro-life or pro-choice. There is no sorta.
Could someone please explain the meaning of this phrase? Is it an American idiom? Urban slang? Have undertaken an Internet search, yielding ambiguous results, but would like to have more clarity.
Regards,
Your BMI is 27.91, which is considered overweight. As for smoking, you know it is not good (and expensive), but hard to quit, while this is interesting as regards immune system.
Ample evidence has shown that both innate immunity and adaptive immunity are susceptible to cigarette smoke, which interrupts immunological homeostasis, causes various diseases, and exerts paradoxical effects on immune and tissue cells through regulating NFκB and MAPK signaling as well as histone modification. In particular, cigarette smoke acts as a double-edged sword that either exacerbates pathological immune responses or attenuates the normal defensive function of the immune system, possibly owing to the complexities and functional diversities of cigarette smoke components and individuals' medical condition.
Nevertheless, smoking plays a harmful rather than beneficial role in either case. Perhaps, tobacco smoke manufactured from different parts of the country may differ in actual chemical components. It is unknown why smoking is always deleterious rather than beneficial, even though it exerts dual effects on immune responses. For instance, cigarette smoke generally weakens immunity against infections but paradoxically promotes autoimmunity. We speculate that the weakened immunity with prolonged chronic infection results in cross-reactive autoimmunity against both a pathogen and cross-reactive self-tissue.
It is also possible that cigarette smoke exerts differential effects on immunity in the context of various regional immunopathology and diseases. Although previous studies have revealed some of the cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for immunoregulation induced by cigarette smoke, the exact mechanisms underlying smoking-associated immunopathology remain mostly unclear, which warrants further investigations.
This study was partially supported by a grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 81471550).
Good stuff.
I’m just a bit younger than you, but otherwise about the same.
I was at a trade show 350 miles north of home. Woke up with a sore throat that I thought was due to a bad nights sleep. Went to the show. Didn’t feel better, nor worse. Left the show and bought a home test. Popped positive. Spent the rest of the day in my truck until the show ended.
I went into the hall and packed up and bugged out.
Drove home the next morning. Upon arrival I started on Ivermectin, Querciden, and a whole slew of vitamins with different letters.
I was very tired and had a very strong and pretty cool amount of brain fog for about a week. My concentration was only good for a minute or two then I’d drift off. It was actually kind of fun.
I did get Regeneron Antibodies but since I was so mild due to Ivermectin I didn’t notice any benefit.
I now proudly sport a new sticker on the window of my truck that reads “COVID-19 VETERAN”
Positive 2 weeks ago. Fever and chills. Fiance started feeling bad. Negative, but chest xray and had pneumonia and upper respiratory infection. Antibiotics and shes feeling fine. I’m still getting over “something”. After fever went away now chest thingy. Haven’t been tested again for Covid. Headed to golf course. I’ll use my own cart and stay away from everyone. Should have a good crowd today. 60 is the high and next few days look not so good. Should have about 20 in our group. Have 33 on our list. About half have had Covid.
First round of Covid for us was pretty bad. 2020? 2 weeks sick and first 2 lost about 30 lbs. After that most symptoms mild other than fever and chills and loss of smell and taste. Lately mostly like a cold or flu. Not fun but not life threatening. Lost 2 from “old man’s group” early in year. One 61. One 68. Graduated high school with 1st. Seemed to be in good health. Ventilator and then gone....
Just to wrap things up, I tested negative on Tuesday and Wednesday and my sniffles seem to be gone. Did I have Covid or a false positive? Who knows? I have my annual physical in march and will ask my doctor to see if I can be tested for antibodies. I do remember having a cold with a persistent cough for a few weeks back in late ‘19. Was that Covid? Once again, who knows?