One in four nursing homes in New Jersey has reported a COVID outbreak. A variant nicknamed "Eris" is thought to be the dominant strain in the US.
  • New Jersey’s nursing homes are battling COVID-19 once again as new variants spread through the US.
  • One in every four facilities has reported an outbreak over the past week, according to state data.
  • The surge comes with both hospitalizations and deaths from the virus steadily rising.
    • GentlemanLoser
      82·
      10 months ago

      Yep. So short sighted. Wait till we discover that in fifty years kids who got Covid are going to have XYZ health issues. Think chicken pox - only adults who had it as a kid can get shingles later in life.

      We don’t know shit about the impact of this virus yet.

      P.S. I’m sorry you lost family to this. I would be so angry 😠

      • MelodiousFunk@kbin.social
        61·
        10 months ago

        Wait till we discover that in fifty years kids who got Covid are going to have XYZ health issues.

        Which will be blamed on the vaccines because time is a flat circle.

    • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
      31·
      10 months ago

      yeah I didnt watch my mother’s funeral on a monitor. I’m sorry for your losses. I lost a cousin, additionally. Wife and I got it in early August, and we both still get very tired if we exert ourselves too much (like clean the bathroom)

      • vortic@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 months ago

        Ugh, I’m not looking forward to this… I just caught it for the first time. I really hope that the effects don’t linger for me.

        • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
          2·
          10 months ago

          so I got out of the woods pretty fast. I was symptomatic on friday, tested positive on saturday. I was asymptomatic by Tuessay and testing negative on Wednesday.

          I also have a high amount of vaccinations, and was using NONS (Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray) from the day I got infected through the entire infection.

          https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8117664/

          https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lansea/article/PIIS2772-3682(22)00046-4/fulltext

          My wife, who wasn’t going into risky places like I was, wasn’t usung the NONS until I tested positive, so probably two days post infection.

          Her illness took about 5 days longer to subside, and she was testing positive at 12 days from first positive test. She couldnt read at one point, saying the words on her phone were all jumbled together. It was really frightening. She’s still unable to do much, and winds up wiped out after walking maybe 100-150m and needs a short rest.

          Its steadily improving, but she’s very concerned about it.

  • eek2121@lemmy.world
    51·
    10 months ago

    I caught it (again) and I rarely go out in public. This is the third time I have had it. Thankfully I am vaccinated + boosted so all three times have been pretty mild, though this time is definitely the most brutal.

    • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
      22·
      10 months ago

      welp, I’m as careful as anyone you’ve met, but I did a few things and poof- I caught it for the first time in August. This is when Eris was kicking off here in Ireland. It doesnt matter if no one talks about it, they will get infected