mommysboy

An outstanding example of love and duty. The Queen is dead. Long live the King.

Perspective is important. I have merely questioned whether the risk is much higher in younger, healthy people, and not whether there is no risk at all. Also, as another poster pointed out we are really talking about very small numbers here. The risk is in fact very low. The link https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/why-vaccinate-children-teens.html also points out that some youngsters have become seriously ill and have died which of course is true, but I would also contend that these numbers are extremely small, and in any case overwhelmingly occur in children who are already profoundly challenged, so of course they should be vaccinated. Clearly where grandparents are at risk then they must be fully vaccinated- this is in fact the stand out benefit of vaccines- they absolutely do prevent serious illness and death in this age group spectacularly well. (As a 60 plus poster, I have had 3 shots. It didn't stop me getting covid but I do think that it shortened the episode. And even though the booster caused me a fever and headache, I will likely get a 4th vaccine in 6 months or so. I would actually suggest every adult gets vaccinated.)

'Much higher than people who have been vaccinated.' That's certainly true of people with serious underlying co-morbidities, but I do not think it is true for younger people in normal health where Omicron is concerned. Still, we never know what's round the corner, so the case for 'future proofing' is valid imo.

You are at very low risk of suffering severe illness from the current Omicron variant. If you suffered an illness at all it would at worst likely be like the flu.

Too easy to forget that the earlier variants killed tens of thousands in the UK for instance, some of them even young and healthy. Even now, the vaccines make a dramatic difference for those with chronic underlying conditions. I would agree that there are doom and gloom merchants who over emphasize the dangers of the omicron variant for reasons best known to themselves.

'Be healthy, take care of your body.' Evidentially, this is sadly not a reliable maxim or there would be no need for vaccines. It's mostly true where Omicron is concerned though- It's very unlikely a healthy person will suffer serious illness.

He didn't, of course, need any surgery afterward Because he'd been training for a few weeks.

You try it- see if you get past 40. A very fit person would get to around 100. Notwithstanding, yes we are generally very unfit bunch these days.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/tonsillitis/ It's an infection of the tonsils which causes them to inflame. They don't just swell of their own accord, something causes it, just as with sinusitis which is an infection of the sinuses, bronchitis- infection of the bronchials, etc. It is possible just for them to be swollen through irritation in which case yes it is not an infection. Believe me on this I've been there a few times!

I had it recently. One common tell-tale sign is a very harsh sore throat. For others it could be a fever. I would not describe it (for me) as a mild cold- no way! It was short lived though.

One thing we all have in common is illness: to be human is to get a chronic condition sooner or later.

it's ok- we always cook our tomatoes thoroughly.

Can you tell us about the job, pay, conditions, etc?

People too easily forget, or never sought to understand, that the Omicron variant we have today is a different beast from the earlier more dangerous variations.

Infection by/with something causes the tonsils to swell. and perhaps form small pus spots. It's often more problematic than the thing that gave rise to it, since it can cause a nasty sore throat and fever. An 'itis' can be simple inflammation, eg, allergic rhinitis or tendonitis. So I suppose the same applies to tonsils, but in the case of the latter there is nearly always a viral/bacterial cause, hence it's an infection. Anyway, it's really more about the effect. I'm guessing you've never had it. Glad to report my Omicron infection cleared up super quickly, which I attribute to the vaccines.

Tonsillitis is a defined infection of the tonsils.

Adapt to what exactly?

On the other hand, in the absence of clarification, one could just take the statement literally as likely was intended!

What we need to remember is that even the existing vaccine drastically reduces serious morbidity in seriously at risk populations. It can and does save thousands of lives. I agree though, an updated version will be long overdue in Thailand.

Yes, on the third day I suspected omicron and took a test, which was positive. My family had omicron a few months ago but I didn't appear to get it. I do sometimes get tonsillitis if I have a throat infection or heavy cold. My daughter has been ill very recently with some kind of throaty cold (not covid). I only got a booster recently, and it's possible I contracted the virus at the hospital, although the gym is more likely. There's a certain inevitability about contracting omicron imo. It's a bit of a beast.

Anyone else experienced Omicron as primarily being tonsillitis? Sure it gave me a heavy head cold, but the harsh sore throat, mild fever, nausea and swollen tonsils was textbook tonsillitis? My tonsils do occasionally get infected though. I reckon covid19 is one of those viruses that really exploits vulnerabilities. Definitely one of the nasties. I felt totally awful at times. (3 shots)

There's no doubt in my mind that large swathes of the population are now finding it impossible to make ends meet, let alone pay money back. I wouldn't regard taking out a student loan in order to finance university education as being financially reckless at all. The fact is the creditors are on a loser and they have to shoulder the hit-no choice really unless we want debtor prisons again (probably some boomers do). The plain, simple, stark fact is that modern economies are just not working anymore for even hard working people. It's happened before, and the only answer turned out to be writing off debt.

Likely it will resolve, but it would be a mistake to overexert yourself.