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More than half of US states reporting 'very high' COVID activity levels: CDC (abcnews.go.com)

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[–] Whirlygirl9@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Just got it for the first time. I forgot to mask when I went to the airport.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I hope you feel better soon! If you’d like advice from a random internet stranger, be sure to rest way more than you think you need to for a few weeks. Some studies have found an association between long COVID and exertion while sick.

[–] Whirlygirl9@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 4 weeks ago

thank you kind internet stranger. i've been taking it easy and resting a bunch.

[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

do you by chance have any articles or studies you could link that you've ran across. I tried with google but there's a lot of articles out there that promote exercise. I was told "not to rest too much" by a relative who heard it from a friend who is an anesthesiologist but I didn't follow that advice and instead rested as much as possible. My relative who refused to rest is 3 weeks out from their illness and are still has chest congestion and fatigue so it feels like important information to get to them.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 weeks ago

Here’s a Time article: https://time.com/6215346/covid-19-rest-helps/

I hope you can convince your relative to slow down and rest!

[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

This is my first "recovered" day from having Covid for the first time as well. We luckily had tests left over from when the government gave out free ones so I could confirm what I had. My partner had it first and we thought it was just a mild cold, they work in another county and everyone there is sick as well. Then our family member who works in a different county also got sick from a co-worker. No one is wearing masks, isolating, taking any type of precaution (I did since I was the last one to get sick and didn't want to spread it further) so it's just sweeping through everywhere.

My head and body still feel fucked up but the congestion and fever have gone away. Was nice for the Lemmy-time the past week or so but glad to be able to leave the house again and will be more cautious about it all now (it's summer and it's only going to get worse come winter).