Here's What I Learned From Getting COVID
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I’m vaccinated. I’m boosted. And I still got infected with the omicron variant of COVID-19. Here’s what I learned, and what it means for the possible end of this pandemic.
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0:00 Intro
1:16 What is Omicron?
2:23 Is Omicron more contagious?
4:31 What's different about Omicron?
5:42 Is Omicron less severe?
8:07 Are the vaccines ineffective?
9:55 What no one's saying about vaccines
11:34 Injection + Infection: Is "hybrid immunity" better?
13:46 Will Omicron end the pandemic?
15:41 Final thoughts
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Well… I didn't expect I'd be making this video. But I'm certainly not alone in this experience. I'm getting better, and I'm glad to be able to share what I've learned about Omicron in case it might help you or someone you know.
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Just got covid aswell, sitting in isolation, so this video is perfect timing!
Your symptoms are not typical of Omicron, methinks you need to stop telling lies and or making completely unsupported claims. Also keep in mind that you are promoting a medical product that _has_ killed people, did you think that the indemnities that were handed out extend to private individuals or the media? You would be wrong, get some legal advice.
@@nikosu5912 Same, I got it to. It stinks, Hope everyone gets better.
You are preaching to the choir here. The people who need to hear this message are most definitely NOT watching science programming by PBS
No, they are all watching communist sympathizer and world renowned virologist Tucker Carlson.
We're all doomed.
I've not had any jabs and have just had omicron. Felt like a slight cold.
So for me the whole thing paid off nicely 👌 didn't risk taking the Jabs and got a mild case of covid that by most accounts stops you getting the worst one's in yhe future
Take care and get well soon. You still manage to make us laugh in the middle of your tough times.
*cough times.
Sorry.
what tough time?
I was thinking the same. How revealing of his character it is that he's still willing to go to the effort of making videos for us fans, ultimately for the sake of spreading knowledge, which I personally respect the hell out of anyone who spreads knowledge. So long as it's scientifically accurate knowledge and not astrology or something. So for him to still to pursue his obvious passion for learning and teaching despite how crumby he probably feels shows some real dedication. Not just to us, but to science as well. What more can I say? The man's a legend. Even though I already have, here's wishing him a fast and uneventful recovery!
why didn’t i get people saying this to me when i got omicron…
@@soragranda haha
Thank You. Hope you are strong and healthy. You've helped me so much. I tested positive last Sunday, June 5, 2022. Everything you've said I've had the exact same thing. I thought I was invincible. Everyone around me was falling to omicron. I, however remained strong and virus free. Then I was hit. The might oak has fallen! I'm still testing positive. And still have that cold type feeling in my head. Hoping to test negative tomorrow.
I’m in the same boat as you, I hope we’re both negative this weekend
You got this!
I work as a healthcare professional. I had two co-workers that were tested positive for covid and were out for at least four days until they were RTW (day 5). Stay optimistic. You got this.
@Blaze Blaze Vaxxed to the max!
I tested positive 5 days ago... it's been 5 days of excruciating pain fever cough 😫 I made it this far...I'm determined to kick its butt
This is a very powerful statement from Joe. Seeing him stripped of the usual slick, glossy production and jokes, just a sick man staring into a camera, obviously uncomfortable and emotional. It says a lot by showing a personal side. Hopefully he has a full recovery and that we can all get out the other side sooner rather than later.
My Dad caught COVID in March 2020 and end up in an induced coma, on a ventilator. He already had Diverticulitis and Chron's and went into to respiratory failure twice. They didn't think he had any hope of survival but they just constantly pumped him with antibiotic after antibiotic, anti-androgens, vitamins and a cocktail of everything they could think of and he survived but... It's almost 2 years down the line and the long COVID is still very much an issue.
Apparently, that can last for a lot longer than several months. It's messed with his nerves, his heart and other organ functions. His blood circulation is a mess and he has a lot of muscle and joint pain, now, as well as brain fog and headaches, etc... He isn't the same anymore.
He went into hospital with some colour in his hair and beard but came out and his hair colour has just totally gone. It literally seems like COVID sucked a lot of life out of him.
I hope your dad can gain some sense of normality eventually ☹️ I have Crohn's and asthma and I'm prone to bronchial infections. Pre-vaccine it felt guaranteed that I would die if I got Covid. Now that I'm boosted I'm constantly worried about the potential impact and internal damage of long Covid+Crohn's 😨
It appenens the same at my teacher of the elementary school. Now she has muscle problems and she has respiratory problems
I understand.
My late friend and former neighbor had a similar path with Covid. Caught it Jan 2021. In an induced coma & vent for almost 2 months. Pumped full of drugs and steroids to keep him alive.
Had kidney failure and needed a transplant. Got the transplant, but died a few weeks later. This all took 6-7 months...
He was mid 30's with a wife and 4 kids.
I am not a doctor, but what I have understood is that severe covid unleashes a massive, gargantuan inflammation of many tissues everywhere in the body (brain, lungs, etc.). That is bound to wreak some havok and your dad will need time.
hope he makes a complete recovery soon.
The fact that you made this while sick with the same thing I have is absolutely mind-blowing.
Get another B00ster!
I'm selling boosters second hand.
I'm a full-time substitute teacher and am working my way through a rough time with Omicron. Despite having every symptom in the book, I continue to test negative. I lost my sense of taste and smell as well. Vaccinated, boosted twice => sick gal. I caught it 1 month after my second booster. I can't imagine if I hadn't been vaccinated because I came so close to going to the hospital. Your description of your symptoms mirrors mine. The cough, even after two weeks is exhausting. It started off with an aggressive and painful sore throat that made it very difficult to swallow. It wasn't just at the back of my throat, it was lower right down to my larynx. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. You don't want this. I didn't want this and avoided it for 2.5 years until I had to go back to work due to financial reasons.
If you're testing negative for Covid then it's just what the vaccine itself has done to destroy your immune system. Research remedies ASAP.
My fiancee had a vicious sore throat. I ended up in the ER with blue fingers, struggling to breathe. Same exact strain, 1 week apart. You can't assume you'll know how it'll affect your body ahead of time.
Be well!
Be well
Same strain? How can you be sure? Was genetic sequencing done? With Omicron it would likely have been 2 or 3 days, not a week.
Are you vaccinated?
i doubt it was Omnicorn
I used to brag that I never caught the flu or a cold. Then I got Covid. Because my body had never experienced being ill it went into a high level of inflammation. This made me so much more ill than I ever could have expected. Essentially my doctor told me that because I was 'so' healthy that is why I got so sick. I was so sure that I could breeze through this illness and I've never been more wrong. I am vaccinated.
People give this "being healthy" thing too much credit
Sounds like the Spanish Flu
An virtual infection once in a while isn't so bad. Do you get annual vaccinations?
@@MrNicoJac No
@Spellbinder same! Smh same here! 🤦🏽♀️
Very well presented! Wish you a speedy recovery!
I am dealing with covid ATM, day 4 and I'm struggling. I've had 3 shots (PPM) and I've managed to dodge it for so long. It started with a scratchy throat and so I swabbed myself, and to my utter surprise, I was positive. No other symptoms, feeling absolutely great. That night, whole different story. Raging temperature, headaches like I've never had before, sweats, chills, aching bones and joints. I'm pretty sure at one point, I was delirious. This last for 2 days straight, and the fatigue, it's debilitating. I couldn't even move without being in pain all over. Currently, I'm really weak still and I'm developing a chest infection. I can feel it. I can't speak without coughing or being short of breath. I can't imagine if this is "less severely", how delta was like. Stay safe everyone!!!
Also lost my sense of taste and smell, and I suddenly can't tolerate meat. I had this rotten meat taste/smell in my mouth despite not being able to taste and smell everything else. I am a huge meat eater. Very unfortunate.
You can't be sure it's Omicron. Mutations overlap with the prior strain.
Also I had some variant last week. Symptoms progressing the same as you describe.
Hydroxychloroquine wiped it out. The muscle/ joint pain was gone upon awakening after only 2 doses. During the next day all the others symptoms subsided.
I have it right now. I'm currently coughing my head off at the moment... 🥺 Been completely fatigued, but luckily no more fever 🤒 So ready to be well. I cannot imagine what this would be like unvaccinated...
I hope you're feeling much better! And I hope you received some physician care. ❤
@@katherineker7595 Hi, an unvaccinated person here currently going through COVID. Yes, I have a cough but I've definitely had more severe coughs than this before. No fatigue, bouts of dizziness the first two days and now almost gone, my throat is thankfully perfectly fine so no soreness. Had an average fever for the first two days, now completely gone. The headache lasted for two days as well and was by far the worst symptom. In other words, I'm doing fine after a few days of being ill, only coughing atm. Reading how sick vaccinated people have been makes me grateful that I never took any of those jabs!
I hope you feel better, I also lost my taste and smell. It sucks but it took about a week and my smell is back and taste is coming back slowly. It is weird not being able to taste at all. I wasnt hungry at all but I ate soup mostly just not to hungry. Good note I wasn't eating to much but drinking alot of water. Good luck
Recover soon man! Rest as much as you need!
@Flower
reporting you!
I got it too. Unfortunately I passed it to my brother (66yrs old and ill) before I even knew I had it.
Thankfully we both did fine but.....Damn!
congrats, I got a lil sick a few times but I take antivirals.
lemongrass and agarikon
I'm 26, caught Omicron about 12 days ago, and I'm thankful my symptoms weren't as severe as Joe's. I had what seemed like a cold, my lungs weren't ever in pain. My fever never went above 99.9. My habits haven't been the healthiest, but I've recently made an effort to boost my overall health. Cutting back on alcohol, taking vitamins, getting more sleep, exercising more regularly--I failed at the last two LOL. Either the virus or excessive vitamin intake also affected my digestive system, both appetite and what comes after. Haven't weighed myself yet, but it looks like I lost a little weight from only eating once or twice a day for a week.
I have covid right now. My fever went up to 103 F. I am really struggling
Only take vitamins if you have a vitamin defficiency, any other situation when you take it it does absolutely nothing
When me and my sister decided to get the booster shot our 1 year old brother got infected with Covid and we all got it. It was the worst thing that we’ve ever got. Our immunity now is so weak, I don’t know if it’s from Covid but before getting it we didn’t get sick but now, we’re always sick and it’s so annoying. I really don’t wish Covid upon my greatest enemies
Sorry to hear your family is struggling with the virus. It looks like in time everyone will be infected. No one knows how this will play out. Doctors and scientists only have historical records of past to make educated guesses about SARS CoV-2. With people traveling frequently, the number of people in the world today and the constantly changing virus, no one knows how this will play out. But science is working to save lives and protect our health. To find our way in this new world, we need to be smart about exposure, masking and staying vaccinated. We can go on enjoying our lives. Hope you feel 100% soon. 😉💖👍
Did you get sick from the booster ? Sounds like buyers remorse, it didn't work ?
@@langleybeliever7789 I didn’t get infected with Covid again since I’ve got my booster shot which was 2 weeks ago but I hope that I don’t
I apparently had omicron about a week ago and didn't know until I found out my wife was infected after ending up in the hospital for an unrelated issue. She nor I ever had any symptoms.
Are you both vaccinated?
@@AetherealGirl No
@@jamiepratt9247 same here. omicron is pretty mild but damn it’s infectious
@@jamiepratt9247 You should probably change that if medically possible
yeah lot people are having the same thing here, they go to the hospital for a totaly unrelated issue and test positive without symptoms ,
Hey get well soon! I’m from Cape Town, South Africa, and when it hit my neighbourhood it was like wildfire, it swept through me, and a good majority of my extended family got it. Good news though, everyone recovered, including my 91 yr gramps! I’m sure you’ll beat it soon :D
Ps. That goes out to you if you’re dealing with it now, get well soon, get lots of rest and binge a show!
Thanks for saying this, it gives us hope
oh my god JC a new viral strain
Before Omicron 95% of the UK population had antibodies. Now 97.5% have antibodies. That means that only 2.5% had no protection whatsoever.
Omicron is only less severe in that 95% of the population. What about the 2.5% who had no protection? I bet that in them, Omicron is significantly more severe than Delta. Otherwise, we wouldn’t see the hospitalization numbers that we’re seeing.
I contracted Covid in August of 2021. The doctor that told me the news gave me a very low chance of survival. I had just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 3 months prior, obese, and unvaccinated. He told me good luck and to possibly get my affairs in order. I went home, opened my bottle of whiskey, and ordered tacos through doordash. I came down with fever, might swears, and an awful cough that seemed to go on for hours. I lost my sense of smell and taste. I didn't die. My symptoms went away after a week except my taste and smell, that took 8 months almost.
So your obesity was actually the problem.
You sir are a walking miracle. Check your health!!!
That was a very irresponsible doctor to say that. Yes, being unvaccinated, obese and diabetic would increase your risk of a severe manifestation of the disease but even then, the chance of death is still low. I don’t know if the doctor was trying to scare you into action but it is ethically wrong for a doctor to outright lie to a patient, whatever the motive.
I just got tested positive with covid this past Friday 05/06/2022. This is my second time getting this virus but this time hit me hard. It’s been 5 days and i feel exhausted. So much better but still with little bit of sore throat. The fever broke after third day, Sunday morning. This virus is no joke guys! Stay safe!
exact same thing happened to me, down to the day wow! the exhaustion really does suck, hopefully it passes soon. get well man
Tested positive Sunday
Been in bed since! Had Covid aug 2021. And this is by far wayyyyy worst.
This virus is slightly different than the other viruses we all have gotten for decades.
...lol
Me too day 4 was the worst.
I just got it too. Good luck in recovery, man
I had covid at the start of the month. Everything Joe's going through is familiar, but I'm most concerned by the "Covid brain," which Joe described as the inability to focus on anything for more than 2.7 seconds. I've found that the difficulty concentrating has lingered for a couple weeks even after the rest of my symptoms have cleared. It's annoying, and a little worrying. It's definitely made me a little less productive.
Don't worry focus will come ba-- OH LOOK A SQUIRREL!!
Welcome to the world of ADHD. Be glad it's on the mild side
It will go away but it can last half a year
@@FrVitoBe source?
@@Rin-qj7zt and this is one of the things that worries me the most about Covid- wife and I already have foggy brains from ADHD, don't need it to be made worst.
Wonderful video. Had to rewatch it to keep my spirits up!
I got it and I felt like I was going to die, I had a 106.2 fever and I have asthma so I couldn't really breath. I just talked my parents into letting me get vaccinated. Love your videos they are very informative.
My whole family got Omicron and we were all vaccinated.
I never got a fever and it just felt like I had a bad head cold, while my mom was intubated at the hospital for a week. Just shows how unpredictable this virus is. I am still thankful we were vaxed because my mom survived COVID and was only intubated for a couple of days and I felt better by day 5.
By any chance does your mom have underlying conditions like asthma, heart conditions, or anything else that you don't have?
Underlying causes play the biggest factor
hope your mom gets better
My mom also got it, not so badly like yours but it was realy bad
My mom said she never felt so bad since i was born! Crazy!
You weren't "vaccinated", you were poisoned with an experimental shot with ABSOLUTELY NO GODDAMNED knowledge of its long-term effects.
@@macethorns1168
You have no idea what you're talking about but why not show off more ignorance.
Whats next you'll say 5G is causing cancer meanwhile visible light like blue wavelengths are in the 1000s of gigahertz range and that doesn't harm us 🤔🤔🤔
@@dustinjames1268 Yeah, she has some underlying health conditions and she is in her 50s, which is why she got the vaccine. COVID spread into her lungs giving her COVID pneumonia while for me stayed in my upper respiratory.
I'm 18, healthy, eat decently and sleep 8-9h a night. I have no pre-existing conditions. I am vaccinated but not boosted. When I caught omnicron it started off like a normal cold. I isolated to not infect others and I was pretty happy. After the first 2 days of developing symptoms I had these insane fever dreams. I would wake up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat. Despite this I felt extremely cold and my chest felt like I got body slammed onto concrete. I'm glad it only lasted a week but it was the worse week of my life. Definitely getting boosted now.
A booster after omicron is not only pointless, it's actually dangerous if you have it within 3 months.
Your body is still "traumatized" from the illness, and you can get REALLY SICK from the vaccine!
(aka antibodies go "omg, guys, it's HIM again!!" and over-respond like maniacs)
Getting Boosted is a good idea as long as you are no longer experiencing any symptoms.
My experience was practically the same as yours except the chest thing. I didn't gave that. Was shivering for 2 days then was tired for another 3...... also I'm not vaccinated. Don't understand why people are going so crazy about it. Its not nice but definitely manageable.
@@150esc
Ever heard of Natural Immunity ???
Your “decent eating” is probably not nearly as healthy as you think it is.
I’ve been vaxed 3 times and Was due for the boost. My whole family got covid. I’ve been so sick. This cough is terrible.
I have a 79 year old friend who tested positive this week for Covid and is pretty sick. He has been vaccinated and boosted, but he is also on Prednisone for other health problems, which reduces immunity.. He wore N95 masks whenever he went out EXCEPT when he ate out in restaurants. Two days after he ate at a local small cafe, he became sick with fever, sore throat and severe cough. He is so frustrated that after over 2 years of being very careful, he got the virus. However, you cannot wear a mask when you eat out and that is where a lot of people are picking up the virus. May be better to order in rather than eating out right now. He is on the anti-viral meds and it seems to be helping but it is slow. Thank you for sharing your experience. I hope you feel better soon!
Life finds a way. To make Joe sick.
Life, uh, finds a way
@@atomicboyheroi Thank you. The lack of an "uh" was disturbing.
@@mgm3649 it gave me legit OCD
@SANSAR SAH , the guy, uh, in this video
Nature allways finds a way 😎 where are the jurrasic park buffs
Get better soon Joe!
My daughter got it from daycare. Hubby was + but no symptoms, my daughter and I got sinus cold symptoms. Took is almost a month before the last mucus symptom went away.
Hubby and I are fully vaccinated, daughter is too young.
Were in Ontario Canada, premier told everyone to just stay home and isolate 5-10days. No reporting.
You’re great in explaining what you went through and more about Covid
Still haven't seen in were I live, where the heck is COVID at????
Great information to share with those in denial! We are seniors, vaccinated and got Amacron and during two weeks I was really upset, after knowing that one of our friend ...unvaccinated, passed, we were sad. Now, We are really happy to be alive and safe and hoping to be able to travel and enjoy the rest of our lives! Thanks!
Just as I was watching your video my rapid test showed positive and I started panicking a little, cuz I also have been vaccinated 3 times and was like you "disappointed" after 2 whole years. But your words were like a real-time therapy session, you helped me get grounded. Thanks so much for all your great videos always!
Before Omicron 95% of the UK population had antibodies. Now 97.5% have antibodies. That means that only 2.5% had no protection whatsoever.
Omicron is only less severe in that 95% of the population. What about the 2.5% who had no protection? I bet that in them, Omicron is significantly more severe than Delta. Otherwise, we wouldn’t see the hospitalization numbers that we’re seeing.
omicron is just really contagious in comparison to delta, so it makes sense. don't worry too much about it, the fact that you got it now instead of 2 yrs ago means you did a good job. speedy recovery!
I got it a week and a half ago. Wasn’t a big deal for me. Just fever, tiredness and fatigue. No nausea, no sore throat or headache/brain fog. Lasted two days.
Idek if I have covid I just have symptoms like sore throat and uhhhhh a sore throat and congestion. I don't know if it's covid or not though.
Fully waxxed and fully brain wa$h'd.
Rip
Ngmi 😴
I discovered this channel when I was ten years old and fell in love with science because of it. And I've always looked to this channel to inspire me to work to get smarter. And now I have gotten omicron and That's really comforting to know. Science always has our back
profitable science*
@@Niekomojo For the benefit of mankind. If you don't like science or technology, go live in the woods.
I was just diagnosed on Sunday for the first time. It feels surreal to have the same sickness that took my big sister in October. My symptoms are cold-like. Hers almost immediately became pneumonia. Why? She was a germaphobe. Always used hand sanitizer. Always cleaned her grocery cart. No illnesses. I rarely use sanitizer. I never clean my cart. I have diabetes, and I'm a smoker. Why did it attack her the way it did? And why not me? 😔
bc exposing yourself to bacteria builds up a better tolarence to them in most cases and builds immunity.
I’m glad you’re doing ok and I’m very sorry for the loss of your sister.
Never been injected, and never had Covid.
Neither
Tested positive yesterday myself! First time having COVID and first time being sick since December 2019. So far I’m just a little phlegmy and have a lump in my throat. I hope it doesn’t get worse! I’m also vaccinated.
My daughter has long covid, when she got it it was quite mild, however, she is still suffering from fatigue 14 months later. It's still quite debilitating.
And it messes with your menstrual cycle too unfortunately 😔 😕
@@agravery223 in which way?
Mitochondrial function?
Check pots drs if faint rapid hr on standing, increased by 30bpm
Let her rest and do half of what she feels able to do
Thank you so much for this video. I tested positive yesterday for the omicron variant I have a sore throat extreme fatigue bodyaches headache and just overall tiredness. Was vaccinated and boosted and I had Covid last year. Immunity doesn’t last long I guess. It’s so good to hear this important information you’re putting out there. I hope you get well soon and have really mild symptoms.!!
It's the rat poison 💉🐀💉
Duh.... It's not to help you, it's too kill your immune system which obviously it's done
Wise words and thank you! My film team and I caught it recently while shooting in Banff. Travelled to BC then tested positive. On day 7 of it, and paying for hotels is incredible frustrating and costly.
It’s mind blowing how people think “it’s over” and “Covid is done…” Never before have I seen so many people catch this at the same time. To those who doubt this, or think it’s all fake news, I’ll happily send you my $2750 and counting hotel bills as I sit here waiting for a negative test result…
Have you tested negative yet?
@@mr.tomatohead5648 as of this morning yes 👍
@@StephenBell_video nice! Tomorrow is day 9 for me and I'm getting tested. Crossing fingers.
@@mr.tomatohead5648 speedy recovery!
Yup I tested positive just this Saturday. 😅 I am triple vaxxed but I did just get back from an international flight so I guess I expected this. Honestly I have nothing better to do but recover and find the ironic humor in this. I always told everyone I would never get it and then boom I get it. 😂🤣
Long hauler here, got sick for the first time in 2020 and battled for months after with long haul symptoms, mainly cognitive/neurological, never fully recovered (I’d say I was only back to a generous 85% back to my PRE Covid self) and then got sick again mid January despite all my efforts to be safe, eat healthy and look after my body. Not even 2 days after “beating” the infection, all my symptoms from the first round of long haul came back. I’m tired, I’m very tired. I don’t suppose I’ll ever get back to my pre-Covid self, some of these symptoms might get worse like my low frequency hearing loss, and loss of cognitive skills but hopefully in time we can finally leave this behind and who knows, maybe the universe will decide to give me, and everyone who like never quite recovered from this virus, a gift in the form of healing.
Just take care of yourselves y’all, long Covid is no joke.
As you are not alone in suffering from "long Covid," I wonder what measures our society & government will take to help people who have found their lives changed forever....
"even a small percentage of a lot of people mean a lot of people " thank you Joe!, you just summarized why the health care systems around the world are still collapsing even to a "not as bad" version of the virus, i really hope people could understand that statement.
Where in the world are health care systems collapsing?
In Somalia
in france more than 10000 hospital beds removed since 2015... our system was collapsing way before c-19
@@luffebassen lol.
@Rulya קארן Mórrigan indeed! It’s sick and dangerous hilarity. These people can’t think, and can’t see the obvious contradictions. They just regurgitate the lies told by evil media. They become hateful stupid zombies trying to infect idiocy in others.
Bubonic plague 😂 Perhaps we should replace the word brainwashed with something else like brain-squashed 🧠 🔨
OP probably drove double masked to that grocery store.
you did a better job of talking about it than most experts.
No shots no covid for my friends and I.
I was diagnosed with it 4 days ago. I am also vaccinated, but it caught me and hit me like a truck this past week. Not sure which strain got me, but I'm assuming Omichron. I almost went to the hospital, but I did all that I could to avoid it so that I could remain isolated away from other illnesses and hopefully slow the spread as much as I could. I finally broke the fever after 3 days, and I had nightmares where I was suffocating. I woke up not breathing more than one time in the first 3 days, but luckily by day 4 those symptoms calmed down tremendously. I just hope that I'm able to recover as much as possible to repair the tissue damage. Today is technically day 5, so I'm glad to have had a 2 day reprieve from the fever and a 1 day reprieve from the fatigue.
he is crazy...israel studied the booster and said 4th isnt even effective.
I hope all is so much better now. The way is hits different people seems so arbitrary!
My positive test was about 4-5? Days ago it’s weird I kinda lost track of time already. I had dreams of being suffocated by my sweater like it was a snake the first or second night
@@SuperJlonergan before spreading missinformation, read it well, they said the 4th it's PROBABLY LESS EFFECTIVE ON OMICRON, they never said it's "not even efffective", and it has also to do wiht how infectious it is, which they also said, btw they are preliminary studies and they are just assuming "is probably not enough for Omicron" because of how much antibodies the vaccine produces as a result. Because missinformed people like you, the pandemic will take way longer than it should have taken.
Exactly the same for me! I'm healthy, vaccinated but sadly no booster yet. Got it without realizing I got it (thought I got the flu), got it from my family who was already sick when I came back from staying somewhere (got mad when they didnt tell me they were sick).
Anyways,
I had 3 and a half days with constant fevers that would only go down for an hour if I took medicine... but then come back after that hour. It was absolutely horrible, I literally started school during that week too. I hated when my dad said after he got it, that it was a piece of cake and dont know why people worry about it so much, because I got it so horrible those 3 days
You mentioned long symptoms: I've got a friend that got Covid close to a year ago; it took his sense of smell. He is only in recent months started to recover it. Something has to smell REALLY strong for him to pick it up.
I had it in July 2020 and still can't really smell anything. I've only been able to pick up typically strong and unpleasant smells, since Aug/Sept of 2020, but the smells don't come across the way they should.
Asparagus pee smells like ramen. Poop smells/farts seem sour. Well, anything with a sulfur-ish sort of smell does the sour thing as well. it's almost like smelling hot lime juice? That's basically all I've got. Scent training hasn't helped after trying every day for weeks. It seemed like such a waste of time and still does when I get hopeful and try doing it again.
The strange thing is that I'll have a good day where I can smell things, maybe for a few hours every couple of months. It just results in me being incredibly hungry because food smells absolutely awesome. Even burnt toast! I usually end up with a headache after the 'good' days, almost as if it's overwhelming my brain. If I smell something, I try to take advantage until the headache settles in (then I sleep for 12+ hours?? it's so strange).
@@danieln.9638 The condition you’re talking about is called parosmia, it distorts odors. This happens when regenerating nerves connect to the wrong part of the olfactory bulb, causing a distortion of smells. The good news is that it means that your sense of smell is trying to hell and will correct itself eventually. The bad news is that it can take many months to even years before things correct themselves. Continue the olfactory training, its supposed to be like physical training but for your nose, you aren’t going to see immediate results, especially if you keep quitting on it. Stay strong bro, i hope soon we can both get our normal senses back and have our fucked up sense of smell be nothing but a bad memory.
@@danieln.9638 If you want your smell back, I encourage you to make a concerted effort to smell strong things like lemons every day for a set period of time. I don't know if smelling many different things will help, or if you should just smell one strong thing, but I suspect you can regenerate this function over time. This is like physical therapy for your brain.
I haven’t had it yet but my biggest fear is losing my sense of smell. I have glasses/contacts, I may need a hearing aid in one ear soon (recent concussion, long story), but I’ve noticed in the past few years that my sense of smell is pretty darn good.
It’s all I have left. 😟
(j/k) 😜
@Rulya קארן Mórrigan no, i wish so i could make medical field money and a job in a field that interest me. Instead, i got covid in 2020 December and did an obscene amount of anxiety research.
I just had Covid for the second time. I’m non vaccinated, due to medical reasons. I had Covid last year. I suffered for 3 straight weeks and was exhausted for 2 more weeks. Just had Covid again. 3 really bad days. After a week testing negative, and I feel better than ever.
Please don't ever get the vaccine.
It's rat poison 💉
Thank God for your "medical reasons". You just moved your way to the front of the pack when it comes to life expectancy, regardless of Covid.
Unvaccinated and I had omicron last December. Worst was the headache but I got better within two weeks and I was prescribed ivermectin for 10 days.
I'm recovering from Omicron, day 6. I had not been out since before Christmas, so caught it on my one and only trip out.
Thankfully, I am fully vaccinated because despite feeling really (really, really) bad, the symptoms have not been bad enough to require hospitalisation.
I know, from past experience with flu, that I could have been very seriously ill. I am compromised, because of viral cardiomyopathy, which almost killed me, and has left me at risk from any virus. The vaccinations have probably saved my life.
Get well soon Joe. You look, no insult meant, as bad as I still feel. You have spoken a lot of sense in this video, which is, no doubt, why many will criticise it.
Thanks for putting the effort of keeping us informed and educated under a "0/10 - would not recommend" disease. Very useful and clear, as all your COVID series.
Oh my gosh, you are so much fun to watch!!!! Thank you.
Hello people. I'm having this too. Started by a little headache on saturday, sneezing on sunday, sore throat and runny nose on monday, and tested positive on wednesday and been coughing till now. I had a fever on wednesday night but the fever's gone in the morning. I feel better now but I'm still coughing now and then. I hope I'll get better next week... and wishing you guys who are having omicron to get well soon too !
This is one of the best videos on the topic I've seen. You have a fair and balance view and approach to the topic, and it really feels like a video that would help people who are against vaccination understand and maybe even come around to changing their minds. Hope you feel better soon!
The important question, which I have not seen brought up in any coverage of the Omicron variant, is whether or not Omicron provides any specific immunity to other variants of the SARS-CoV2 virus. If so, it might be a good thing. If Omicron can outpace the others and provide a degree of immunity, it might help to isolate the more virulent strains.
Edit: and then you bring up exactly that idea at 14:01. Thanks Joe. :-)
That question was brought up a few weeks ago on an episode of New York Times' The Daily podcast with one of their infections disease reporters. According to him, the data at the time seemed to suggest that a Delta infection didn't provide much protection against Omicron, but an Omicron infection did seem to provide a good deal of immunity to Delta. Of course, it was still very early and there wasn't much data, as is still the case, really. But apparently there is some hope in that regard.
Dr John Campbell (PhD in Nursing) has a fantastic channel. He is a good science communicator who is very up to date on most all recent studies and releases from medical agencies.
He has done a video about the initial studies conducted in South Africa, which are suggesting that immunity towards other variations is strong.
He does a daily talk and also interviews various experts.
Omicron on the surface seems like a good thing. Think like a virus. What does a virus want to do? It wants to replicate. High transmission keeps the virus going. If there is a quick and high death rate with lots of symptoms (think Ebola), then the virus can't spread rapidly as the hosts will simply die too fast to keep the transmission going, and it will flame out. Being highly infectious with milder symptoms is a win for the virus, but it's also a win for us as death rates will continue to drop even as infections continue to go up.
They don’t want you to know that, they love cov
@@citrustaco You're not wrong, and i agree, but a virus is not a living organism, it's more like a pocket of DNA/RNA that the host replicate to make it spread. This is the difference between a bacteria (living one-cell organism) and a virus
I'm vaxxed and just found out yesterday that I've got covid, and not only that but it wasn't because of MY carelessness, it was someone else in my life. So annoying.
The same thing happened to me. I have it now even though I have always been super careful... thanks to my husband's carelessness.
I’m on day 5 and my guy brought this home to our family. He said “Sorry” as I wonder if my breathing is off.
THANK YOU❣️ I hope you are better snd did not get long-covid. From my whole heart thank you for this video.my 8mo.old neice&sister are in access and have covid and I’m terrified of their health. I can only hope & pray she and my wee niece who was a miracle baby make it to the other side alive and this becomes a distant memory.
Hugs, Joe. So sorry you are going through this. I have HIV and constantly on guard. Everyone in my family has had it except me... And I live in Chicago! Thanks for posting this even though you aren't feeling well. Take care of yourself.
I wish you health and happiness. Take care and be safe.
Same, I have a mutation that makes it more likely to get bloodclots, an autoimmune disease and ashtma, and I'm terrified of getting sick. I rarely get any sicknesses and most in my family have already had Covid(thankfully I live in the middle of nowhere). I hope you stay healthy❤
Stay safe
I do hope that your family has rallied around you (figuratively speaking!!!) in support of you and in guarding you so that you don't get sick! Hope you stay safe.
Good luck Danny. Im glad the meds for HIV have improved so much over the years.
I get it Joe. In the last two weeks I've had two exposures. Came out of one quarantine, and ended up straight back in another. We were negative throughout the whole time thank goodness, but the sheer number of positive cases this month is absolutely mind-blowing.
Thanks so much for making this video. It helps me with a lot of information I now need now that I have just developed covid.
I’ve had it for a week, for the 1st 5 days I felt like a cold was coming on , then I woke up on day 6 & I felt like I was hit by a truck . The fatigue was debilitating I still feel sick but today starting to feel a little better but when I slept for two days straight I was experiencing horrible muscle & joint pain , headache . I don’t wish this on anyone. If this omicron virus is less severe I would hate to see what the other delta virus was like . I’m overweight & 59 & hope I pull through this.
🙏🏾❤️
To Joe and everyone else involved with PBS channels, please take care. I and others know you've all done what you could to prevent yourself from getting sick and spreading it.
All of you have been amazing resources to me and others. Thank you.
all of their channels are super good, i agree!
I had the Omicron, it was like having a cold and a flu at the same time. Ironically got it from Shoppers Drug Mart, they think its a good idea to have the lineup to pick up prescriptions be the same line for Covid tests.
The only thing is that it's more contagious and we are often confused about it, with the common cold and fever but proper medication at times help to ease.
Anyway be careful and stay healthy
I tested positive in January after taking the PCR test I was required to take after flying back from Spain at new year. I hardly had no symptoms and never felt better so I would never have known I had a thing because I would never have taken that test under normal circumstances. My husband never caught it from me, in fact he very rarely gets colds and has never had flu in his life.
Certain ppl don't get it because they produce sufficient interferon
im 66 fully boosted and vaccinated...went on a cruise and got omicon...for me it was no more then a moderate cold....very tired but no fever no aches just couphing and nasal stuff..after ten days still positive with mild sinus issues..but feel much better...your video was very helpful.
I just got out of isolation yesterday, still feeling the effects, even though they are lighter than the "original COVID" symptoms. In my small European town the rate of infections went from nothing to 26% in a matter of days, that's how fast it's spreading.
Folks who don't geek out over exponential growth equations probably just don't get how crazy transmissible of omicron is.
In the US, the number of folks in the hospital with COVID (not quite the same as the number of people who are in the hospital *because* of COVID) is the highest it has ever been now. The rate of COVID deaths are rapidly approaching the previous max peak, and have already surpassed it in quite a few places. And all that despite the fact that omicron is much closer to the "just a bad flu" than the previous variants were (though I don't think most of the folks who were saying that early on appreciate how bad "a bad flu" really is.)
Remember the "flatten the curve" stuff... Yeah, now is another curve we really need to do our best to flatten. Hopefully the last.
@@travcollier everyone I know has gotten Covid now. Not a single person was actually sick. Omicron is a joke and we need to move on with our lives
@@travcollier In the Northeastern US we had record case numbers at 3x last January in my region and hospitalization 2x previous record, above any sustainable operating capacity. Fortunately that number is coming down, but a whole bunch of people who had emergencies had to struggle to get care and a lot of non-emergency procedures got postponed. In my region it was bad enough that that included some cancer patients.
I think that preserving capacity of our health systems is actually the hardest thing about the public communication on appropriate precautions. If the hospital is full of Covid patients, there no room for new patients with stroke or appendicitis. Our health workers are also really hard up; they all need a month or two off to recover from the last two years, and yet we keep overwhelming them. We need to do the things that keep us out of hospital, so that our loved ones who work in health care can eventually trade in today's mandatory overtime for a well-earned long vacation.
@@JSRJS I don’t look at stats for unvaccinated people. Not my fault they won’t get the vaccine for a dumbass reason, they are the ones who want to open up too. I’m talking normal people who are fully vaccinated, none of us are dying
@@egakk9734 ???? Ah... so we few, we lucky vaccinated few should just do what we can to spread the virus around.
Given a choice between viruses and humans, I choose humans (most days). I view contagious diseases of any kind as being the kind of thing we'd like to minimize. Besides, just as a general notion, giving any RNA-based virus fewer hosts to mutate in is desirable. So until the case counts get to a half-way sane level, I plan on acting like there's a potentially dangerous virus spreading around, and doing what I can to make it's little virus life just a bit more difficult.
Thank you for making this video for all of us, Dr. Hanson, even when you’re feeling lousy! Take care and get well soon❤️
Get Well.🙏
Damn it dude. The other day I pushed open a door and wiped my mouth right after and remember thinking “I should go back and clean up.. nah I’ll be fine” and here I am. Survived all this time and now my whole body hurts. I honestly already struggle with depression so I was just gonna let it do it’s thing until I felt like I was cooking inside. Same day I got the fever I went in btw. I hate this so much.
Same thing happened to me
Oh my! I was so glad you included that last bit as I was almost positive there would be multiple comments about how you “got the C-word to make a video”. 🤦🏻♂️
He's faking
@@turtletom8383 Yeah,
but that only means we have to support sci-youtuber
and edu-channel even more.
Like Sci Show, Sci Man Dan, Joe Scott, Hbomberguy, and so many more.
@@slevinchannel7589 our Covid blues clues
@@SarahMc585 yeah man, its not as dangerous as the big pharma makes it look like
@@proloycodes it was, but omicron isn't. Soon it will become like cold, because of the existence of omicron.
I’m boosted and probably had the OG in March 2021. Had weird symptoms that pretty much can only be attributed to Covid but-long story-didn’t test.
I work in healthcare. I do home visits. We are required to wear two masks, a face shield, gloves, and use hand sanitizer, and here I am doing telemedicine visits from home. I was sick about 4 hours day 1 and now I’m fine.
@@osmosisjones4912 What?
Wear an N95 or a P100 mask
Interesting and informative. Many thanks.
My nonverbal autistic of 28 have it right now so glad he doesn’t have the fever that’s my worries he lives in a group home I use to pick him up on weekends and holidays to spend time with him I am a senior 68 years old and got all my shots and flue shot too he got the same all his shots and still go it he’s on quarantine right now and I keep praying 🙏 everyday that he doesn’t get it bad I was feeling down because this weekend pass and he’s not home with me 😢feeling the loneliness but I understand that they trying to keep me safe from getting it but to tell you the truth I wouldn’t mind be with him but they will stop me from going to get him 😢all I can do is pray 🙏 for everyone that’s taking care of him because they all have it in the house 😢😢😢😢😢😢
Thank you for this video, Joe! I feel the same about the disappointment about getting sick just some 4-5 days ago (still sick) even after knowing and learning so much about this whole situation (not as much as you, obviously).
But I know you're gonna get better! You have the power of science at your back and you're the best!
You're my favorite science communicator of all time and I thank you for this message.
My entire family is vaccinated and boosted and almost all of us got omicron from our Christmas gathering. Mine only gave me three or four days of mild symptoms; just a little cold and some sniffles, and only the last day had severe symptoms of muscle fatigue and pain, and fever. I tested negative a day later. Being vaccinated definitely made it easier to deal with.
You don’t know it it did or didn’t make it easier; you can only guess. Most people get omicron as a mild cold with some muscle aches. Yes, even the unvaccinated.
@@Seanonyoutube No, actually. I do know it made it easier. That's what being vaccinated does.
@@MontgomeryWenis It is literally impossible to know whether being vaccinated made it easier to deal with or not. You simply cannot say 'I do know it made it easier' that can never be proven either true or false. You can say that you 'believe' that it made it easier if it makes you feel better!
@@MontgomeryWenis actually, you don’t, because you don’t have a control and the vaccine you had was for a significantly different variant. It is quite possible that you would have the same symptoms with or without the vaccine.
@@Seanonyoutube what @Montgomery Wenis said.
Yeah sure, you might not be 100% sure what's really happening - in any given person (there's a rare chance otherwise healthy person's body didn't make any antibodies when vaccinated so they might count as not inoculated, and then they had mild case because they didn't catch a lot of viruses and it looks as if it was the vaccination doing it) BUT, on a population level - it's *a* point (out of several) of vaccination!
T cells are a thing, too.
You need to remember to subtract unvaxxed who got covid previously (and thus can have mildER symptoms, too, because of that, not because omicron is milder)
and also you need to understand that our immune system is giving us symptoms (initially) not virus itself (it will select itself against them, if had an ability to plan and strategize, and it was in its power, lol, bc then we wouldn't be doing anything to stop spread)
Being unvaxxed and getting covid without symptoms is not something you want either!
Asymptomatic fwom previous strains still got lung and other organs damage, no reason to think omicron change that...
I sure hope it's not the case, tho given how many kids we let infected globally...
I’m sick right now and this was genuinely very comforting to watch
I just healed from covid.. Still coughing but no fever etc... I know how you feel and I wish you a quick recovery
I felt like I had a razor in my throat for four days!
I'm watching this video 3 months later. I hope you're fully recovered, and I hope you didn't spread the infection. Here in the future, we're seeing almost no requirements for people to keep their germs to themselves. I wear an N-95 respirator whenever indoors with people. I have not (yet) been infected. I've been questioned, teased, and received dirty looks for wearing the respirator, but I have not (yet) infected my asthmatic children or my elderly mother. It's tragic to me that most people don't care enough about others to cover up their faces when in proximity. It's also tragic to me that most people don't care enough about themselves to wear a decent respirator at the cost of $.80-$1.00, thereby keeping themselves from becoming a vector. I recently attended a really large convention, at which almost nobody used a respirator. Like, 35K+ people from all over the world convening and crowding around. I felt extremely self-conscious with the big white thing on my face, but I kept it on indoors. At least 2 of my coworkers who also attended this convention contracted COVID-19 there. I did not. I took a PCR test before going, and performed a lateral flow rapid antigen COVID test each day, then resumed occasional testing at home. This gave me peace of mind that I wasn't putting anyone around me at risk.
I’m with you 100%! Thank you for being responsible for yourself and others! Sigh, if only everyone understood this simple concept I would think we would be in a lot better position.
Sounds like a terrible way to exist. Do you really expect every person to wear a respirator? However, I understand why you choose to go about your days like this, given your circumstances. Also, I believe that every one should get vaccinated, boosters and all, but living how you are describing sounds absolutely insanity-inducing.
@@jdconroy_ You are very perceptive! This is hell. If people had simply covered their faces from the beginning, I wouldn't have to now take these steps to avoid this disease.
Thank you for being so conscientious of the people around you. I’m sorry you felt like an outcast with the mask. It’s so disappointing that people have opinions on what others do with their own bodies!
May God bless you for your caring heart 💜 for your love ones and people around you. I was like you and still am because I got sick by someone around me that went into a house just to pick up something . I got sick the worst and still suffering with long covid since January. I don’t care what people think either when they see me with two mask. Im suffering right now. Traumatize from the feeling of covid in my body and the long term effects it gave me. So thank you for caring .
Right there with ya brother. Fully vaccinated and boosted and caught covid. It was very mild though. Barely even felt sick
sa me
Same. Apart from the vaccines bit.
I hope you get well soon!!
GREAT video! Thank you.
Thank you for this video. Learned alot here. I have the same thoughts. I just got over it. 🙌🏽
Thank you for making this video, especially when you're clearly feeling so awful. Please be kind to yourself and I hope you recover asap 💜
It's a powerful thing to see a person with active covid talking directly into the camera. Makes it more real. Thanks for that.
Makes it more real that it's not that big of a deal for most people and all you people have been freaking out over something relatively harmless to everyone except the eldest of people
@@xraceboyex coughing feels like needles stabbing his lungs, can't concentrate longer than a few seconds, all while vaccinated/boosted. Oh yeah, totally a minor illness.
@@jdw0426 Most people don't have those symptoms. Over 90% of people didnt have severe symptoms even with Delta variant. Your aneceotal experience doesn't change statistical reality. Also, I would say some pain and trouble concentrating actually are quite mild compared to symptoms like internal bleeding and organ failure, like the symptoms of viruses I'm actually worried about. Funny that I'm unvaccinated and had no symptoms whatsoever - almost like vaccine status has almost nothing to do with how symptomatic you are
@@xraceboyex Did you even watch the video?
@@MelindaGreen Yes but I also didn't have a single symptom from covid, not a single person in my family died, only a couple people had the issues with taste and smell, not even my 95 year old great uncle had any issues with it. One person I know was ever hospitalized for it, and he's fine now. I work in a different building every day all across the greater Chicago area and I've had a hard time finding people who even know someone who was hospitalized for it, but every time I went to nursing/retirement communities there were floors cleared. It's been quite obvious who needs to be worried about this pandemic from the beginning, and it's not me
43 years old, heavy cannabis user, terrible sleep/eating habbits. Got omicron, not vaccinated at all. Symptoms lasted 18 hours, sore/stiff lower back/chills. Had a hot bath, 2 Advil Muscle and Joint, slept, got up in the morning and went to work, feeling no different than I felt any other morning.
Exactly what you said! That’s how I felt. Worked as an RN for 2 years frontline worked with covid pt. After booster and all . Now I got it 🥺 and on my birthday. 😅 ( before having a party)
So sorry you're sick, Joe! Thanks for this information, it actually answered some questions I had. I have a feeling that in the not so distant future, everyone will have had covid and either lived through it or not, but I hope to hold out as long as possible. So grateful for vaccines!
Hope you feel better soon dude.
I had covid like a year ago. Felt terrible for over a month and wasnt fully recovered until several months later. If i get omikron I hope that it will be breeze in comparison.
Omicron is known as far less dangerous, especially for those who are vaccinated. While the symptoms may not FEEL mild, it likely won’t hospitalize you.
I had covid too back in 2020, then omicron a month ago. If my husband’s job didn’t require daily temp checks, we would’ve never have known we were sick. I had a headache for a day and a fever so low I couldn’t feel it. Omicron was less than nothing compared to the OG, but everyone’s different.
I had Covid exactly a year ago. It sucked so bad. Just looking at the January dates passing is giving me nightmares.
I'm glad I have access to the vaccines and don't have to worry so much now.
Got both, once at the beginning in 2020 and once at Christmas. In my personal case, omicron was way better. It was over after a week and didn't linger as much as long. Unvaccinated.
I tested positive May 7th. Started with a tickle in my throat the evening of May 6th. My symptoms consisted of sore throat, sinus pressure, slight cough, massive headache, no energy, stiff and sore joints, and restless sleep.
I have covid now with the exact same symptoms that you describe. I'm full vaccinated and boosted. it's what brought me here and I would just like to thank you for putting some sensible and intelligent perspective on this entire pandemic situation.
Sorry your sick, but happy your vaccinated. Get well soon. 🙂👍
How are you feeling Stephen? I just tested positive today. Hope we feel better soon!
@@mastersanwan Thanks Elliot, four days on from initial symptoms and testing positive and I'm feeling a bit better. Very glad I had all the shots. Good luck.
This has been fantastic and touched on every question my wife and I have had: The 16 month old and I recently got Covid (I'm vaccinated). My wife and 4 year old have not. What gives? Great stuff, thanks Joe
@@jeannettecallymodified the vaccine isn't the sickness. The new mutant strand is what the vaccine was not coded for this.
Before Omicron 95% of the UK population had antibodies. Now 97.5% have antibodies. That means that only 2.5% had no protection whatsoever.
Omicron is only less severe in that 95% of the population. What about the 2.5% who had no protection? I bet that in them, Omicron is significantly more severe than Delta. Otherwise, we wouldn’t see the hospitalization numbers that we’re seeing.
@@jamesphillipshort the v is based on spiked protein technology that is weakening immune systems we know this because people have less antibodies after getting the v
@@Byronic19134 under what scientific evidence?
@@Byronic19134 What a load of bull, are you a certified virologist/immunologist? Because I know people who have studied viruses for decades and what you're saying is absolute nonsense.
Thanks so much for sharing. Just got my positive test result. Fortunately? My symptoms have been mild like a sinus infection. Didn’t even think about having COVID until a RUclipsr I follow said “you know that cold I’ve had, it’s COVID” She was boosted just as I am. Cough has been the worse. Thank you for explaining things for nonScientific minds.
This video really helped me!
The masks, the staying home, etc wasnt about preventing ppl from getting it, but more about allowing the medical system to keep up with infection rates. Everyone is going to get it eventually
Exactly
Also attempting to prevent unvaccinated from participating in society and only allowing big box stores to do business while keeping small business owners from making a living.
@@joemarker1 I really dont buy into those types of conspiracy theories. I think governments were having a hard enough time trying to mitigate the coming healthcare system collapse. Nobody thought this would happen in THEIR tenure.
@@strangelee4366 What conspiracy theory? Everything that was done was for our own good. Do you disagree? Are you saying it could have been done differently? That would be dangerous misinformation.
No, it was all about social control. Nothing to do with public health at all.
Get well soon, Joe. I’m so sad you got sick. I wish you didn’t have to go through this, but thank you for turning your personal experience with Omicron into yet another great educational video. You are truly amazing, it’s always interesting and entertaining to watch your videos. Stay curious!
Still trying to get over it myself. Surprised how much it kicked my butt considering I’m healthy and in my early 30s. Stay healthy everyone!
There are many things that can weaken your immune system, such as irregular eating/sleeping.
@@Miranox2 and your point is...?
@@avallach2061 that he could have a healthy body with no diseases affecting his immune system, but his diet, not sleeping enough, or anything that can indirectly or directly affect your immune system, could have caused effects on his immune system. Although COVID does affect everybody differently anyways and you could be a very healthy person, with a healthy diet and sleep 8 hours a day, and have your butt kicked by covid
@@SaltyPancakesJrThe2nd that's not how I understood the guy above. But whatever random other person that is not the guy above thanks
Yeah, had it at least twice (once 'confirmed') and it was a year of brain fog and everything else...super annoying...I will say (and this has NOTHING to w/ the vaccine or lack thereof, but if any of this helps even a little bit for you, then hey, it was worth it 😊) but this stuff called Neurologix helped SUBSTANTIALLY with the brain fog issues, etc. etc... Like allowed me to actually go back to my career again... and taking Flovein.. (along w/ continued zinc, vitamin C/D3/B12, NAC, baby aspirin, etc.. they have helped a lot e/ not getting near as sick, too) So just something I decided to try and everyone around me staying sick for a month and me for 2 weeks (in general)
Take care and keep a CLOSE eye on your labs, etc.. the 'long-bauler' bs and thing that mimic lupus are real and SUUUCK... So keep an open-mind, get tested and ya may need to be on prednisone 🤷♂️
Take care and stay safe
I had to watch, mainly because I tested positive 3 days ago. Can't believe you were able to film and speak so intelligently while ill. I can barely manage to send a text. I had 2 shots, no booster. I'm on paxlovid and feel like I'm getting better.
So the " shots" didn't work ?
I’m on a rollercoaster ride. Tested negative after 10 days of isolation and on Paxlovid. 14 days later, I am testing positive with sore throat and congestion.
i had omicron just the other week, and it was the first case of covid i've had. it went by super quickly for me and i feel like i got off extremely easy. there was about two days of buildup- sore throat and sinuses, followed by two days or so of being COMPLETELY incoherent. i couldn't think, and i slept close to 18hrs/day. i never had a fever, but i did have some feverish dreams and all of my joints ached really badly. moving around at all was a struggle. but then it just kind of? went away? i felt better very suddenly with the only leftover evidence being a slight roughness to my throat
Interesting differences and similarities. Had it two weeks ago. Two days of fever, but not sore throat. Day three brought mild sinus issue and a tickle that made me occasionally cough. I went to the doctor to confirm it wasn’t COVID, and then they said I was positive.
Hmmm sounds like flu!
@@notascoobyreally7520 Well to be fair, Covid IS a flu. But not all flu are covid. 😂
@@Xaiff Not it isn’t ^^. Completely different virus families, mechanisms and targets.
@@MetallicReg thank you for fielding that one 😂
I just tested positive last night, I feel basically exactly as you describe.
Just got it. I’m 68, double vaxed. Wife has it to. 6 days passed since first noticed symptoms. Feel headachey, fatigued, some coughing, scratchy throat. No breathing issues. Just starting to feel better.
Thanks for the update, video, information and facts about the current situation.
Hopefully your session will not last terribly long and you can recover quickly.