This 2022 study of 38 different studies, showed that the percentage of people who are asymptomatic the whole time they're infected with COVID is 44%!
Highest in children and teens, then younger adults, decreasing in frequency to seniors who show the most symptoms. How many ppl have told me they'll put on a mask if they see someone coughing...
#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #airborne #virus #asymptomatic #carrier #cough #droplets #respirator #face #shield #measles #bird #flu #too https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9935239/
Now that I’m ( hopefully) finally at the tail end of a crappy cold, I can recommend Kurols cough lozenges to suppress a tickly throat.
They taste vile, and I suspect the taste must be similar to licking Vicks vapour rub off a tar-seal road, but they do work.
#Colds #Cough #WinterBugs
82K ppl at Metlife Stadium for Shakira concert May 15 may have been exposed to measles. Out of state attendee became sick, fessed up. 1 in 5 who get it will need hospitalization(!) Symptoms might not appear til June 6!
I got blood work done, & sure enough, I'm getting my measles booster - MMR - measles mumps rubella.
#MaskUp #measles #BirdFlu #COVID #LongCOVID #airborne #virus #disease #stadium #concert #exposed #cough #sneeze #contagious #asymptomatic #spreader #event https://people.com/officials-warn-measles-exposure-shakira-nj-concert-metlife-stadium-east-rutherford-11739152
Hey, #NewYorkCity, cases are way up, week over week. This wave has hit Asia and is coming to the US via NYC and LA right now. [Link is to NY state COVID wastewater surveillance map.]
#MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver #COVID #LongCOVID #flu #BirdFlu #measles #respirator #face #shield #cough #sneeze #asymptomatic #cases #airborne #disease #illness #infectious #infect #wave #spread #case #subway #train #bus #sidewalk #bar #restaurant #theatre #air #filtration #system https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-wastewater-surveillance
I got a two-pack today; one bottle DayQuil, one of NyQuil.
took one dose of the day version and it smacked the cough down from the persistent level that was making me lose sleep to an occasional short bout.
I’m going to keep dosing myself with the old patent nostrum(s) until the symptoms hold at this level without further chemicals.
Persistent cough post Covid:
More common in those with milder upper respiratory infection, vs those hospitalized for acute Covid.
If lung infection/damage is ruled out, the cough may be caused by inflammation of the lining of the vagus nerve, which carries signals between brain, heart and digestive system.
Medications can help (see link), plus deep breathing exercises and yoga/massage that target the vagus nerve.
#US #government in hot seat for #response to growing {#H5N1} #cow #influenza #outbreak, Science: https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-government-hot-seat-response-growing-cow-flu-outbreak
...But Russo and many other vets have heard anecdotes about #workers who have pink eye and other #symptoms—including #fever, #cough, and #lethargy—and do not want to be tested or seen by doctors.
Day 16 #30DaysOfBiking more: "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly."
Well, children, she swallowed whatever that insect was because she was riding her bike with her mouth open. That'll teach her. Maybe.
I've been around the block for a while - but I'd never come across "post viral cough" before.
It certainly sounds like what is dragging me down - it's about two weeks since the cold left off, and I've been coughing since.
I'm trying steam & menthol inhalation to see if that eases it a little.
Obliatory reminder incoming!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/lingering-cough-patience-time-1.7109632 “Research suggests "post-infectious #cough," referring to symptoms lasting between three and eight weeks, impacts up to a quarter of adults after an initial #RespiratoryInfection like a cold, flu or COVID.
What's actually happening is that a preceding infection triggers an "#InflammatoryCascade," Liang and his colleagues wrote, which then increases bronchial sensitivity and mucus production, while reducing mucus clearance.”
#BBCNews - #Maiden #Pharmaceuticals : Fury in The #Gambia over #India #cough #syrup deaths
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-66533424
Flowers I saw this morning on my very smokey walk.
#sorryaboutthefires #flowers #mildisn'tit? #cough #wantalozenge?