I don't know. I sent email to the airline and also to the hotel we stayed at while in FL. Haven't heard back from anyone. Honestly, with vaccines/boosters so readily available and their mask requirements, I'm thinking they probably won't do anything much about it.
Consider getting that checked! Could be bacterial or viral , my ds suffered terribly and wound up thru the walk in twice, then ER… had to get IV fluids… he was so swollen, then some breathing issues …it was a crazy ride! Ultimately antibiotics And steroids, pain meds as well. Good luck!
I think that with as many people who get sick while traveling, leebee, that airlines and hotels would need large departments dedicated to contact tracing. They wouldn't spend the money.
I disagree. Omi, although supposedly more contagious, is also not as serious (sorry, no studies to back that up, just based on what I've been reading/hearing). That's what was pretty much expected wasn't it? I'm assuming/hoping the next variant will be even less serious. I've thought from early on that Covid will never go away. We'll continue to live with it forever... just like we're still living with the last pandemic from 1918... the flu.IMO, we’re practically dealing with a runaway train at this point, unfortunately.
Too early to tell, but I'm feeling the same way about it that you do. I've been scouring international news sites for reports on Omicron hospitalizations and fatalities in countries where hundreds of thousands of cases have been diagnosed (millions worldwide). The pattern that's been reported is pretty consistent; cases through the stratosphere but severe outcomes falling. Many epidemiologists have predicted viral mutations that will be far more contagious but also less virulent. I'm no scientist but "they" say the whole goal of a virus is reproduction, not the destruction of the host.
This is for omicron variant specifically. But I believe the hope is that in 10-12 weeks we'll (the US/world) will be through the worst of this wave. Here's hoping.
So far, at least here in our health region, this is NOT happening again with Omicron. Hospital admissions, ICU cases and fatalities are all slowly but very steadily dropping even though Omicron is ripping through with a vengeance. Delta was absolutely devastating here - almost as many severe outcomes and deaths from between September and November 2021 than all the previous Covid months combined. That (prayers said) does not seem to be the pattern with Omicron. We wait and watch.
Sad to hear but I do hope variant testing is being done so that meaningful data starts to emerge. Canada maintains a high-level of precautionary restrictions until there is hard evidence to relax them.
As always you can look up this information yourself. By the way that's not really what was said. This thread will likely get shut down here soon given the conversation that's going on but you can look up the information.
To me when I read that it made me think like when you get that feeling when you're about to cry, that lumpy feeling in your throat. But for the OP it also had soreness with it.
Yup. If I wanted to. But I'm also free to comment on what people THINK they've heard. I'm sorry I didn't include the smilie to indicate my sarcasm. Thought that would have been plain based on what I put in parenthesis, but I guess not.
I was well aware of your sarcasm (given your "must be true") however I took your comment in its entirety taking into consideration what else was said.
I had to wait 4.5 hours last week to get a test down here in South Florida.
