A Personal Update: patrickrhone.micro.blog
@patrickrhone So sorry to hear your famās not feeling well! I hope and pray for a quick and smooth recovery, and that youāll be able to avoid getting sick this time!
@patrickrhone donāt even know what to sayā Iām glad it seems that the cases are mild, but this thing just wonāt stop.
@nathanrhale Also, thought just occurred to me that Iāll take thoughts and prayers when I know they are genuine and coming from someone I know walks the walkā¦ Going to think on this some more. Might be a blog post.
@patrickrhone That stinks. I hope itās a mild case.
Omicron subvariants seem like they will be circulating forever. My wife and I decided today to start masking again in stores to help prevent reinfection.
@patrickrhone Iām sorry to read that your family is having to go through thisā¦again. And thank you for the warning / reminder of continued vigilance. Wishing Bethany & Beatrix swift recoveries, and that you dodge the bullet.
@mjdescy Weād been masking indoors and ate outdoors for almost the entire trip. We were mostly together, just the three of us, in outdoor spaces. The one exception was the boat tour at Galcier NP we took last Friday (7/1) where Beatrix informed us after that the person behind her was coughing a lot. Sure enoughā¦ So, yeah. Stay vigilant.
@patrickrhone Very sorry to hear it. It doesnāt seem fair when you all had it so recently! But that seems to be the nature of this virus (and the lacklustre public response now). š Hope your loved ones make a swift recovery.
@patrickrhone So sorry to hear it Patrick. It really feels everywhere. Two people on my team are sick across the country from each other. A candidate weāve interviewing in India was sick earlier in the week with it. It feels like itās absolutely everywhere. Captain Hook is an apt description.
We are (hopefully) traveling at the end of the month for Alaska. fingers crossed
@patrickrhone oh wow, thatās rough. Sorry to hear and hoping it passes quickly for all three of you.
@patrickrhone So sorry youāre all going through this again, take good care and I hope for speedy recoveries!
@patrickrhone Oh, no. Again so soon?! That is not fair. There is so much we still donāt know about this virus. I hope it passes quickly and easily for you all.
@patrickrhone the variant is bypassing peopleās immunity, but it doesnāt seem to hit as hard when it gets there.
I share your female family members experience this week of milder symptoms, which tallies with apparently low hospitalisation ratios (at least in UK).
Some cause for hope?
@patrickrhone oh no - hoping for a swift and uncomplicated recovery for all, with no further spread.
@maique I canāt help but feel it is a hell of our own making. We dropped every mandated precaution way too soon.
I can seriously say that when we were out west we did not see a single other person wearing a mask. Not one.
@fgtech We know enough to know that we should all still be taking precautions because variants like this exist because not enough of us are.
@warner Iām sorry to hear you have it too.
I agree that less hospitalizations is a good thing. But if this thing can just cycle through and hit us every 2-3 weeks thatāsā¦ Not good.
@rnv Thanks. No pool party tonight, obviously.
Itās the emotional toll of having to cancel/miss so many things we love too.
@patrickrhone Yes, I just saw this, via @baldur, so I am catching up on the latest scientific updates. Natural selection is sneaky!
@patrickrhone seriously that sucks, hopefully everyone will get better quickly and there is no long term issues.
@JMaxB As Iām sure you know, I donāt agree but listen and understand your point of view and donāt think any less of you for it. No need to apologize for having a different perspective.
@rnv Iāve been mulling in my head how to write about the emotional effects/toll of all of this. How I donāt see it being widely discussed as a major part of the effects pandemic. Not only the emotional toll on those that get it but also those around them and what youāve mentioned as well.
@patrickrhone Iām sorry to hear this, sir. These seprate quarantines month after month sound very challenging emotionally.
We just returned from a trip to Florida with a group of 115 (100 kids). I believe weāre up to about 27% of the group that has come down with Covid. I expected something, of course, but not this.
Somehow the 4 of our family who havenāt had Covid yet are still unscathed, though I still expect at least 1 of us to test positive today or tomorrow. If we donātā¦Ā I donāt know what to say. Maybe the rest of my family all had asymptomatic and are the reason I got it in May?
@patrickrhone Ugh. I hope you all heal quickly and get back to 100% soon. So sorry to hear it, Patrick.
@bjhess Interesting anecdotal evidence for sure. Thanks for sharing that and hereās to hoping you and yours remain the lucky ones.
@jasonekratz 2022 has given new meaning to ārolling with the punchesā. Thanks for the good vibes.
@patrickrhone The pandemic has been tough - certainly more so for those whoāve dealt with an infection (with lingering after effects or not) or lost a loved one. At work (pediatric hospital), weāre maxed at capacity - sometimes because all the beds are full but also, increasingly, because weāre facing staff shortages. Workers are worn out. COVID-19 is as likely to be positive on a viral test here in Atlanta right now as rhino/enterovirus (typical summer colds), but also RSV (historically a winter virus here). Weāre still seeing the flu! A weird side effect of the pandemic has been a change in viral seasons. In time, I trust that COVID will mutate into a consistently less severe illness like most of its coronavirus siblings, because I think itās far past the window to put it back in Pandoraās Box. And I want the thing to do it sooner than later!
@patrickrhone thanks dude, Iāve fully recovered on symptoms day 5, just a little lingering tiredness.
High case-frequency amongst non-elderly is not good, but itās not necessarily cause for alarm either.
In fact your attitude (as well as my own famās) inspired a post asking whether (previously rationally) Covid-anxious adults should downgrade their risk-aversion, and try to reframe language more like flu, especially when dealing with youngsters.
Sorry famās been unlucky, but might be too soon to hit the alarms.
@warner Interesting post, and the end of it perked up my ears. When I had Covid in May, my āask a nurseā said that itās basically pointless to ātest your way out of isolationā because even the at-home tests can hit a positive status up to 60 days after infection, but that doesnāt mean youāre contagious. (PCR tests at the doctor are even more sensitive.) So she suggested just following the guidelines (here they are 5 days quarantine, 5 more days of indoor public masking) and let that be that.
@warner Your post makes sense for many people, but for someone already coping with chronic illness, I do think the calculation has to be different. Adding long COVID to existing disabilities sounds miserable to me. But I agree that if people really would stay home those first five symptomatic days, we could all let go of some of our worry.
@patrickrhone Uhh! I really think this thing ought to give people some slack. Hope youāll stay clear, and them others ride it off quickly.