There are many chances to meet someone who has coronavirus. And your chances of meeting someone who got the Delta variant increase. The variant is “more transmissible,” says CDC chief Dr. Rochelle Walensky, and therefore “more dangerous.” How do you know if he is finally getting you? Continue reading the following stories of patients with COVID. Although we cannot guarantee that they had Delta specifically, they captured COVID in recent months, when the Delta variant has been predominant. (It now accounts for 99% of cases.) Keep reading for five signs that you may have Delta, depending on the patients who had it, and for not making sure the health and well-being of others Signs that you have already had COVID.
Delta has the same symptoms as the original strain, but there may be some differences, he says Inci Yildirim, MD, Ph.D., a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Yale Medicine and a vaccinologist. “It seems that coughing and loss of smell are less common. And headaches, sore throats, runny nose and fever are present according to the latest surveys in the UK, where more than 90% of cases they are due to the Delta strain, “she said Yale Medicine. Keep reading to hear what patients are saying.
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“In two different studies in Canada and Scotland, patients infected with the Delta variant were more likely to be hospitalized than patients infected with Alpha or the original virus that causes COVID-19,” says the CDC. “Still, the vast majority of hospitalization and death caused by COVID-19 are in unvaccinated people.” “You never know. He’s playing with ‘Hey, I hope you get the easy guy and don’t make me too sick.’ You’re playing with your life. I’d definitely say everyone should get the vaccine,” said Ohioan Bob Hughes, who he fought for his life in the hospital after capturing COVID as an unvaccinated man.
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COVID can alter all of your systems, but it is a respiratory disease, so shortness of breath is common. “I had so many breathing difficulties that I went to the Pali Momi emergency room,” said Oahu resident John Lane, who was not vaccinated. He spent weeks in the ICU. “The scary part was as soon as I got to my room, I was assigned an infectious disease specialist, a COVID specialist, and he was monitoring my oxygen levels and my breathing, all my results of tests, they took blood and all that stuff, and then [the doctor] just up, it’s like, “You may have arrived too late, I don’t know, if you’re going to do it,” it’s like you’re having a fight, it’s something that touches you. “says he will be vaccinated as soon as he can.
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Writer Will Stone was vaccinated, but had an advanced case. “It was a miserable five days,” he wrote NPR. “My legs and arms hurt, the fever went up to 103 and every few hours of sleep I left my sheets soaked with sweat. I would go to bed exhausted after a quick trip to the kitchen. In short, I put my advanced case of COVID-19 up there with my worst flu attacks. Even after clearing up the fever, I spent the next few weeks feeling down. “An infectious disease specialist told him,” You probably would have gotten a lot sicker if you hadn’t been vaccinated. “
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If you experience any of these symptoms, contact a medical professional immediately and get tested; the PCR test is the most reliable. Follow Fauci’s basics and help end this pandemic, no matter where you live; get vaccinated as soon as possible; if you live in an area with low vaccination rates, bring a N95 facial mask, do not travel, social distance, avoid large crowds, do not go inside with people you do not welcome (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene and to protect your life and that of others, no. Do not visit any of these 35 places where COVID is most likely to be captured.