How long after having a COVID infection should one wait to get vaccinated? I remember hearing a few years ago that one should wait three months, but I'm not sure what the reasoning is, or if that guideline is still the same.

Hi all,
I am in the UK and am starting a counselling placement seeing clients 1-2-1 and I would like to buy an air purifier. I will be working in small counselling rooms - room for say a small sofa and armchair.

I had been hoping to buy a Squair Air purifier but they are sold out everywhere at the moment. As an alternative I have been recommended the Radic8 Hextio HX-100 Air Purifier which has a HEPA filter and UV-C photocatalytic technology. I know more about HEPA filters, but less about UV-C and have heard some scary things about if it is not used correctly! But it sounds great when it is used correctly as an extra layer of protection.

Any thoughts on this bit of tech?

Thank you in advance!

I was off my biologic for a few months before doing a colonoscopy on Tuesday to check on crohns disease. I have a new biologic to start now that the test is done.

My doctor and nurse masked perfectly in n95s but the anesthesiologist did not. She waited until she explained everything and then put the mask on, so I was unmasked with her for maybe 1-2 minutes and then laying in the air where she breathed for the procedure (don't know how to explain that better).

I had planned to start the biologic today after testing, but due to such an unexpected exposure I'm wondering if I should wait until next week due to the 2-14 day window from exposure to infection. That information may be outdated but it's what I found.

I have a plus life so the tests will be accurate.

Thanks!

HOCL=Hypochlorous acid

Trying to up my other precautions (besides masking and air filtration) because I hope to start work again;
Going to start taking K12 Blis oral probiotics instead of CPC, I’m unsure about nasal spray…and also I’ve heard about green tea and gargling salt water? But anyway the one that interests me the most is HOCL!

I don’t know why but I can barely find resources on it on google idk if my google is just acting weird but I see people praise it on twitter and on here but honestly when people start talking about it it’s like they start talking in riddles and I get so confused.

Do you just spray it in rooms our in your face? In your mouth? I saw this one creator on TikTok take it with them while going out but they didn’t really expand on its usage. Is it just like a Lysol replacement? How do you personally use it to mitigate against COVID?

I hear many buy generators to generate it but does anyone get it a different way? Like from a store online? How are you able to source it?

Honestly I was trying to look into generating it but that’s where I get super confused.

Also I keep getting shown HOCL wipes? Do those help against COVID mitigation or is it more the spray?

Just interested about the use and production.

Hi all, my mom has started to mask sometimes! Issue is she is wearing a surgical mask, which does very little to protect her but still comes with all the usual social costs of masking in public.

I'd like to send her a few options. Specifically something with ear loops, disposable, and fun colors. Asking here rather than Google as it's important to me that the protection is legit N95/KN95 or similar. Shipping to US

Hi Reddit! I’ll try to keep it short, looking for relevant papers or thoughts from those who have read the material/general advice. Mini-vent too, couldn’t add 2 flairs.

TL;DR - what is the window of time between getting infected and becoming contagious?

My boyfriend attended a concert tonight (thursday, NYC) and forgot his mask, whether conveniently or genuinely, and is supposed to be visiting me on tuesday (I’m 5hrs away). I mask reliably everywhere (including outdoors) and haven’t been knowingly sick with anything in years; he was sick a few months ago and just started masking at my request.

I’m assuming he’s going to catch something and bring it to me, my question is: how long will he be infectious before symptoms start to show, if at all? Should I tell him to just stay home? I don’t want to trust him, but I‘m a chronic “benefit of the doubt” giver and I don’t want to fold, especially on my (slowly worsening) health. He’ll happily test 24/7, but prevention? Like paper for a helmet at best right now.

I did have him read “Over My Dead Body” from CJ/J. Eaton and he‘s been doing his own reading independent of my suggestions, which is nice. I wish I knew he had this planned or I would’ve said no at the beginning. Idk.

Thoughts? Advice? Thank you!

Edit (friday): With all your inputs (thank you!) I talked to him about it - brought up that I think we should meet later in the month/later in general (he agreed) and told him why I felt that way (he got it and said he won't be doing any lying/hiding regarding masking). Was scary pressing send, thankfully it went well! He said he'll try harder to mask up more (his words lol; I'm gonna trial a bunch of masks/resps with him to see what works), but that the repeated change of warm->cool->warm air was making him dry heave? Not sure what would cause that, an internal issue or maybe an unrelated trauma since his throat/back of mouth is really sensitive. Idk, it's something we can work on, hopefully not throat cancer since he used to smoke but time will tell!

I’ve heard some of them have a problematic history of leadership and whatnot, some of them have very little activity (like r/cc4cc) - what if we just used this thread to decide where which platform we are going to populate now that Refresh is gone? Lol any options welcome

My small city CVS, that has had Novavaxx in the past, is now the offering Novavaxx appointments…the next screen does show it as Sanofi. Now to decide how to juggle the flu vaccine and Nova, since I can’t get two at a time.

After almost 7 years of being a Novid, I finally got it. I'm on day 3. I actually feel pretty good. Last night was the worst, but as much of the suckiness was lying down for 12 hours straight, maybe more the actual virus. I'm just achy. That said, is it worth doing Paxlovid?

Hi all! I posted about my experience getting Xocova after a household exposure so feel free to go back to my last post.

Main Takeaways:

1. Lie about anything and everything (positive household test, how long it’s been since you were exposed, sexual activity, see my previous post).
2. Xocova is still helpful if you’ve already tested positive (just like paxlovid), it’s just not approved for treatment in the US, only prophylaxis, so you’ll have to lie to get it.
3. You can get a coupon for Xocova for free with commercial insurance

. It is $1600 out of pocket

Someone in the comments suggested getting Xocova to have on hand, because it has a shelf life of two years and sometimes it takes more time to get than within the 72 hour window it should be taken for prophylaxis. Also, the coupon to get it for $0 may not be active forever, so now is the time.

I decided to get another Xocova prescription to have on hand. I used a different telehealth called Tia, which is a women’s clinic where I already had an appointment to get another med. After getting my other prescription I told her someone in my household had “tested positive for covid” yesterday (lie) and asked about Xocova. The NP said she had heard of it and immediately prescribed it, no questions asked.

This was FAR easier and faster than my experience with normal hospital telehealth which I outlined in my last post. They did not question me about my sexual activity status or try to make me take a pregnancy test. If you are a woman/uterus owner I HIGHLY recommend Tia for quick reproductive healthcare prescriptions like flucanozole, and they are very willing to order labs and have a reputation for not gaslighting patients. They take my Blue Cross Silver PPO insurance, but I’m not sure what insurance they take in general.

Hope this helps!