Lockdown diaries - COVID-19 matters!

[Hooked]

WCED has achieved 84% of its target as teacher vaccinations comes to an end
https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/new...o-an-end-960904b8-e842-45c6-abe1-5ef60329e262
16 July 2021

"The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) said it has achieved 84% of its target number of vaccinations, with nearly 46 000 education sector staff members vaccinated, as the roll-out programme in the basic education sector came to an end..."

 

[Grand Guru]

It looks like the lockdown is finally working as the cases this week stayed below 20k

 

[M.Adhir]

It looks like the lockdown is finally working as the cases this week stayed below 20k
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Waiting for the spike in the next few days in KZN and GP. No ways all that interaction won't have fallout

 

[Grand Guru]

 

[Silver]

Got very lucky on Thursday last week

Got my first shot of the Pfizer COVID vaccine

I took my mom for her 2nd shot and they said what about you? I said I registered the night before but hadn’t received my “call up” SMS

They said no problem let’s get you done now.

Felt ok. Bit of a headache but I don’t think it was from that

 

[Grand Guru]

That is almost 1 out 4 patients who were admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia that lost their lives.

 

[Grand Guru]

Got very lucky on Thursday last week

Got my first shot of the Pfizer COVID vaccine

I took my mom for her 2nd shot and they said what about you? I said I registered the night before but hadn’t received my “call up” SMS

They said no problem let’s get you done now.

Felt ok. Bit of a headache but I don’t think it was from that

Congrats on your first shot @Silver. Mild headaches and muscle pain or a small fever are part of the predicted side effects… I had them for 24 hours or so after my shot. I had the same after my flu vaccine last month.

 

[Silver]

Congrats on your first shot @Silver. Mild headaches and muscle pain or a small fever are part of the predicted side effects… I had them for 24 hours or so after my shot. I had the same after my flu vaccine last month.

thank you @Grand Guru
And thanks for all the updates and info over the past year and a half !!

 

[Adephi]

Got very lucky on Thursday last week

Got my first shot of the Pfizer COVID vaccine

I took my mom for her 2nd shot and they said what about you? I said I registered the night before but hadn’t received my “call up” SMS

They said no problem let’s get you done now.

Felt ok. Bit of a headache but I don’t think it was from that

Congrats!

My folks went for their second jabs on Friday. Also had a bit of a headache. But nothing much else.

 

[Silver]

Congrats!

My folks went for their second jabs on Friday. Also had a bit of a headache. But nothing much else.

thanks @Adephi
Congrats on your folks 2nd jab

and thank you also for keeping us very informed on this thread
It’s one of my main sources of info on COVID

 

[Adephi]

It looks like the lockdown is finally working as the cases this week stayed below 20k
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The total cases looks better, but look at the individual provinces. KZN, Western Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Nort West seems to be on sharp rise.

 

[ARYANTO]

Got very lucky on Thursday last week

Got my first shot of the Pfizer COVID vaccine

I took my mom for her 2nd shot and they said what about you? I said I registered the night before but hadn’t received my “call up” SMS

They said no problem let’s get you done now.

Felt ok. Bit of a headache but I don’t think it was from that

@Silver , where did you go ?

 

[Silver]

@Silver , where did you go ?

i went to the Sanlam managed site in Houghton
It’s called Sanlam Sky I think

my mom was booked to go to Momentum at the Marc in Sandton (old village walk centre) but they were closed for a few days owing to the riots

so I called the government hotline and they said I should try this site in Houghton

I was only too happy to get my mom her 2nd shot as scheduled

but I didn’t expect them to vaccinate me, what a surprise it was

 

[Hooked]

My brother's neighbour was hospitalised for about a week. He's back home now but my brother says he looks terrible. Lost a lost of weight. The neighbour said that there were 8 other patients from Yzer in the ward with him and a few passed away.

My brother has had a cough for the past few weeks. About 2 weeks ago the doctor said it's a bronchial infection and put him on antibiotics. She didn't think it was necessary to do a COVID test and my brother (who has decided that he doesn't have COVID) didn't insist.

The cough hasn't gone away and today he said that he feels as if he's getting a cold. I told him he MUST get tested for COVID and all that he said was, "Ja, ja, ja..." He thinks I'm just a nag but I'm concerned. He used to (and still does) chat to above neighbour over the wall - not really all that much space between them. He said he'll go back to the doctor this coming week and I just hope that the doctor has the sense to test him.

Fortunately my brother and I haven't visited each other now for about a month, just to be on the safe side, but gosh ... I hope that he doesn't have it.

 

[Grand Guru]

My brother's neighbour was hospitalised for about a week. He's back home now but my brother says he looks terrible. Lost a lost of weight. The neighbour said that there were 8 other patients from Yzer in the ward with him and a few passed away.

My brother has had a cough for the past few weeks. About 2 weeks ago the doctor said it's a bronchial infection and put him on antibiotics. She didn't think it was necessary to do a COVID test and my brother (who has decided that he doesn't have COVID) didn't insist.

The cough hasn't gone away and today he said that he feels as if he's getting a cold. I told him he MUST get tested for COVID and all that he said was, "Ja, ja, ja..." He thinks I'm just a nag but I'm concerned. He used to (and still does) chat to above neighbour over the wall - not really all that much space between them. He said he'll go back to the doctor this coming week and I just hope that the doctor has the sense to test him.

Fortunately my brother and I haven't visited each other now for about a month, just to be on the safe side, but gosh ... I hope that he doesn't have it.

I’m really baffled by those private GPs who are still reluctant to test for COVID in front of what obviously could be a COVID infection. Saying that your brother has a bronchitis is omitting to say that’s it could well be a Covid bronchitis… the Dr has NO WAY to make the difference except by doing the swab. In fact, this behaviour contributes to spreading the misdiagnosed infection

 

[Grand Guru]

 

[M.Adhir]

I’m really baffled by those private GPs who are still reluctant to test for COVID in front of what obviously could be a COVID infection. Saying that your brother has a bronchitis is omitting to say that’s it could well be a Covid bronchitis… the Dr has NO WAY to make the difference except by doing the swab. In fact, this behaviour contributes to spreading the misdiagnosed infection

Yeah. We had a family friend with 'just a cold'... They had a small function at home. With further contact from people who visited there and then spread it elsewhere- over 20 people tested positive within 2 weeks of the first positive case in their crowd.

Better to play it safe and just get tested - that's what I did based on advice from a good doctor

 

[Adephi]

I’m really baffled by those private GPs who are still reluctant to test for COVID in front of what obviously could be a COVID infection. Saying that your brother has a bronchitis is omitting to say that’s it could well be a Covid bronchitis… the Dr has NO WAY to make the difference except by doing the swab. In fact, this behaviour contributes to spreading the misdiagnosed infection

During the second wave we had an employee whose doctor told her she just have a cold, no need for a test. Two days later she came to me and said that she can't taste and smell. I sent her for a test and it was positive.

Nobody else got it at least because I'm very strict with mask wearing and social distancing. But that could have turned out so bad.

 

[Hooked]

I’m really baffled by those private GPs who are still reluctant to test for COVID in front of what obviously could be a COVID infection. Saying that your brother has a bronchitis is omitting to say that’s it could well be a Covid bronchitis… the Dr has NO WAY to make the difference except by doing the swab. In fact, this behaviour contributes to spreading the misdiagnosed infection

@Grand Guru and not only that, I believe that if you have COVID the earlier you treat it the better it is. My brother is OK now - until suddenly he's not OK, right?

I also went to the GP in January for a COVID test. No sympoms, but I just wanted to check that I wasn't a carrier as I had had a lot of contact with holiday-makers, many from different provinces. After hearing about all the precautions I had taken, she (GP) said it was unlikely that I had COVID and suggested an antibody test instead, which I did. It was negative.

 

[ARYANTO]

It's hitting closer to home lately -my friends in PTA picked it up by attending a fleamarket ,after being advised to STAY HOME .Now they want us to come for a braai... no fkn way...

 

[Stranger]

My Doc was very concerned about the effects of the cytokine storm and told me that those patients that were stubborn about testing were the most at risk.

https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Cytokine-Storm.aspx

https://www.news-medical.net/news/2...-of-colchicine-reduce-COVID-19-mortality.aspx

 

[Feliks Karp]

Love to know how everyone is getting a walk in Jab.

Registered the night they opened, no appointment slot yet sent to me, get rejected from 3 sites for walk-ins, they have too many bookings.So glad I have a co-morbidity.

 

[Drikusw]

Love to know how everyone is getting a walk in Jab.

Registered the night they opened, no appointment slot yet sent to me, get rejected from 3 sites for walk-ins, they have too many bookings.So glad I have a co-morbidity.

try this:
https://bookings.v4hcw.co.za/vax/

 

[Feliks Karp]

try this:
https://bookings.v4hcw.co.za/vax/

Thanks, managed to get one on the 30th. What a clown show.

 

[Grand Guru]

Love to know how everyone is getting a walk in Jab.

Registered the night they opened, no appointment slot yet sent to me, get rejected from 3 sites for walk-ins, they have too many bookings.So glad I have a co-morbidity.

To maximise your chances with the walk-in approach, it’s better to go 1 hour before closure… if they have clients who didn’t show up for their appointments, they’ll be more than happy to give you the injection to minimise the number of wasted doses.