Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2/Covid-19 Megathread

[Jacob]

Oh no

[Syt]

[Maladict]

 

[Razgovory]

 

[mongers]

 

Hang in there Jos, plus the ICU care procedures have gotten a lot more effective and less damaging now as compared with at the start of the pandemic.

[Admiral Yi]

Sorry Jo Jo

[jimmy olsen]

So yeah, my brother is being transferred to the ICU.

Sorry to hear this.

[The Larch]

Sorry to hear that, Joe. Was your brother in good health before this? I trust that treatment has greatly improved over time and an ICU admission nowadays is not as dire a situation as earlier in the pandemic.

[grumbler]

 

[Tamas]

Yes, it's bad news but look at my uncle as a hopeful example: it wasn't looking good at all when he was put in ICU, but he managed to get better in fairly short order while there.

[The Larch]

I'm reading that the US is lifting the export ban on Covid vaccines in order to supply India in light of the dire situation they're in. The EU and the UK are also sending respirators and oxigen. Even Pakistan is sending aid.

Also, the EU is taking AstraZeneca to court over the repeated failures to supply the agreed amount of vaccines.

[Sheilbh]

I'm reading that the US is lifting the export ban on Covid vaccines in order to supply India in light of the dire situation they're in. The EU and the UK are also sending respirators and oxigen. Even Pakistan is sending aid.

Yeah - everywhere needs to help as much as possible right now. The news from India is just awful

It looks like we'll also be sending a lot of the ventilators that were made this time last year but, thankfully, not needed here. And we're seeing similar national emergency acts in India - massive manufacturing bases being quickly changed to make things needed for medical reasons.

But at the minute India accounts for about 45% of all new cases in the world.

[celedhring]

So yeah, my brother is being transferred to the ICU.

Deeply sorry to hear that. As others have pointed out though, it looks like treatments are more effective nowadays. I just had a friend (about my age) being released from the ICU after he got a serious case.

[Josephus]

Thanks

I spoke to his wife this morning. He's still in ICU but they tell her he's stable and they may look to take him out later today or tomorrow. So that' sgood.

John is 51 and suffers from Crohn's. He has immune deficiancy issues, so that's probably why he got it bad. He also drinks and smokes, so yeah, he's never been a picture of good health. (He's very skinny though). His wife and daughter, thankfully are isolating at home, but show no symptoms. From what I understand he tested positive a few days ago, but showed no symptoms other than a high fever. But a couple nights ago he found himself struggling to breathe with even the most mundane tasks; so his wife took him to hospital. He's in good hands, and hopefully I'll have better news by tomorrow.

[HVC]

Glad there's good news.