Do you personally know of anybody who has died of the virus and 100 per cent confirmed by an autopsy? South Africa only.

[Spliffcat]

/ wanders off to find some intelligent people.

 

[Rosaudio]

/ wanders off to find some intelligent people.

I hope that will be a learning experience for you.

 

[LOTR]

My tally -
Rona = 0 (don't even know anyone positive)
Crime = 0
Cardiac Arrest = 1

 

[Cius]

Update for me, I now know one person who died of the virus.

 

[daelm]

well, i'm now a suspected case, per my doctor who hammered me with double doses of antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, and a backup steroid script if the test is positive. trying to find a testing centre but both places I went to yesterday told me they were full up and couldn't accommodate. trying again today.

will update you in 72 hours (?)



edit: been flat on my back for days, btw. ****ing hectic. i haven't been this ill since I was a kid.

 

[B-1]

well, i'm now a suspected case, per my doctor who hammered me with double doses of antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, and a backup steroid script if the test is positive. trying to find a testing centre but both places I went to yesterday told me they were full up and couldn't accommodate. trying again today.

will update you in 72 hours (?)



edit: been flat on my back for days, btw. ****ing hectic. i haven't been this ill since I was a kid.

I though steroids makes it worse? Good luck by the way.

 

[pinball wizard]

Lodging your taste of smell and taste is quite a common symptom

Do you lodge it at the deeds office or what?
Just put it up for the night in a nice B 'n B?

 

[daelm]

I though steroids makes it worse? Good luck by the way.

corticosteroid, apparently. it's a hail mary, just in case something ****s up, I think

4 hours of queuing for a 5-second swab ...

 

[pinball wizard]

/ wanders off to find some intelligent people.

That's gonna be a long walk...

 

[Sinbad]

corticosteroid, apparently. it's a hail mary, just in case something ****s up, I think

Dexamethasone?


What is dexamethasone and does it work against COVID-19?

Dexamethasone is a corticosteroid used in a wide range of conditions for its anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant effects.
It was tested in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom’s national clinical trial RECOVERY and was found to have benefits for critically ill patients.
According to preliminary findings shared with WHO (and now available as a preprint), for patients on ventilators, the treatment was shown to reduce mortality by about one third, and for patients requiring only oxygen, mortality was cut by about one fifth.

 

[chrisc]

Lady at Cle du Cap on Sunday. 81 years old. No autopsy though. Her family are JWs and won't allow it. Before last Wednesday, she had never been sick in her life, apparently had all her teeth.

Four of the staff are positive, so all the residents are in a panic

 

[daelm]

Dexamethasone?


What is dexamethasone and does it work against COVID-19?

Dexamethasone is a corticosteroid used in a wide range of conditions for its anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant effects.
It was tested in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom’s national clinical trial RECOVERY and was found to have benefits for critically ill patients.
According to preliminary findings shared with WHO (and now available as a preprint), for patients on ventilators, the treatment was shown to reduce mortality by about one third, and for patients requiring only oxygen, mortality was cut by about one fifth.

haven't even looked at the script yet

superstitious

 

[pinball wizard]

Four of the staff are positive,

What's their tooth situation?

 

[daelm]

i have really bad chronic sinus issues. been operated on twice, fungal infections, abscess behind my eye etc. mucosa are basically all scar tissue, so I get a lot of ****. hoping it's just a really bad version of that

 

[Lupus]

What's their tooth situation?

Maybe they've got two missing? Not all though cause that's important.

 

[B-1]

What's their tooth situation?

That's in the Cape so hope you not looking for incisors.

 

[daelm]

first positive test at work, this morning, as well. Joburg central, FYI.

 

[B-1]

i have really bad chronic sinus issues. been operated on twice, fungal infections, abscess behind my eye etc. mucosa are basically all scar tissue, so I get a lot of ****. hoping it's just a really bad version of that

No point in getting worked up about it. Wait for your results and deal with it as it comes. Just take it easy for now and look after yourself.

 

[Lupus]

first positive test at work, this morning, as well. Joburg central, FYI.

Pretty big hotspot the central and souther suburbs, apparently so is the Westrand, yet know of no-one. Even people who were exposed to others who've had it came out clean.

 

[alanlesley]

my consin died last week, cause they gave him to much cemo, which caused him to have a heart attack, if i get cancer i aint doing that siht again, cemo is poison.