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Originally Posted by Ironhorse
Had Covid 8 weeks ago, and now RSV is setting in (son is already sick with it. FML.
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After getting Covid in July, I don't think my entire family has been healthy simultaneously since then. Always some mild to moderate cold, flu, cough, random fever, sore throat, vomiting etc. Every few weeks it seems like we're going through another cycle of cold/flu that needs a bit more of a militant approach to get rid of. Whatever is in the air right now for colds/flu/pneumonia, it's crazy to say, but I think if you get it, the chances of it being worse than Covid aren't negligible. Our bodies have forgotten how to combat it effectively.
Fingers crossed, our family is doing OK right now. Quite a few of my friends and their kids are getting absolutely wrecked right now. I'd known that there was a pneumonia sort of thing going around this summer, but I didn't expect it would amplify to a super trifecta of Covid/Flu/RSV for the winter. My day home recommended getting lighter cloth gaiters for the kids to keep their neck warm and then use the fleece+ for when they're outside. It seems to have helped. I also started wearing gaiters/fleece neck warmers while I sleep and I find I'm more comfortable and I rarely wake up in the morning with that early morning scratchy throat. If this efficacy keeps up... I might have to consider turtle necks as part of my regular winter wardrobe to keep my body warm and not as likely to get sick.
I'm currently masking up on the regular now but usually I am using those comfy spandex cloth masks. I'm also telling those around me that if medical masks and 94/95 type masks are uncomfortable and hard to breathe with, comfy cloth masks or gaiters are worth considering. I'd rather people use lower efficacy but comfy stretchy cloth masks to catch throat clearing and the occasional sneeze than completely not wear a mask because they don't like the higher efficacy ones.
In my office, half took up cloth masks, a quarter use medical+ and the remaining don't use masks/only use them if an outsider shows up. We started in October when we were taking turns getting ravaged by horrific colds/flu. We're all decently healthy right now, but not taking chances of getting hit again.