Ik heb hier nooit Nederlandse cijfers over gezien. Maar het kan bijna niet anders dan dat ook in Nederland patienten Covid oplopen in het ziekenhuis en daardoor overlijden.

#ABCovid

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-11/patients-catching-covid-hospitals-australia-infection-control/103442806

Bij de Australische NOS mag wel gezegd worden dat FFP2/FFP3 veel beter werkt dan andere mondkapjes.

"As one study found, well-fitted N95 respirators are 75 times more effective than surgical masks when both an infectious person and a susceptible person wear them."

Ook mag hard op gezegd worden dat Covid geen griepje is.

"Of course, evidence clearly shows COVID is nothing like a cold, particularly for hospital patients who are at higher risk of severe illness and death. .. more than one in 10 confirmed or suspected to have died as a result of their infection. "

@ABScientist The bulk of cases can feel very cold like actually. But you are of course perfectly correct in saying that the more severe cases are not at all like a cold and can get quite serious.

@freemo @ABScientist cold-like still isn't a cold. The symptoms your immune system produces are not the same as what the virus is doing inside your body. It's very common for acute HIV symptoms, for instance, to present as a cold

@currentbias @freemo

I know it is scary to realise that Covid is probably taking away your health at each (re)infection, but it does not help to simply give up and accept the damage it does.

If everyone does a bit of extra effort to prevent infections, it is better for everyone, because there is so much less virus going around.

@ABScientist

I have had 7 pcr-confirmed COVID=19 infections so far. For what its worth I have never noticed even the slightest hint at a long term effect personally.

In fact over that time period my vitals have greatly improved as I have become more active.

@currentbias