I just (self-) tested positive for Covid for the second time (first time was back in January). I am not vaccinated. Is getting a PCR test and a certificate still a thing considering most countries don't care anymore?
It’s worth getting tested and getting the certificate, they’re not really necessary in most places at the moment although some countries do still require them but who knows what’s going to happen in autumn.
I think this is complete misinformation and it could give people the false sense of security that they will not get covid after being vaccinated. I don't know a single vaccinated person (or non-vaccinated for that matter) who hasn't had covid in the last 6 months.
Perhaps i didn't word it correctly. My intention wasn't to say that everybody who is vaccinated gets covid, it was to say that getting vaccinated does not mean you can't catch it, as was suggested in the post, by suggesting that the OP gets vaccinated to stop testing positive. I'm glad you were able to avoid catching it, as it's not something pleasant to go through.
I haven’t. And I thank the two vaccinations and two boosters that I’ve had.
And I’m still waiting to see a verifiable report of anyone becoming seriously ill or dying as a result of a vaccination. Sure some people have died after being vaccinated but from other causes.
I think this got a bit derailed. Important is that the OP contacts their family doctor or pharmacy asap to get a PCR test done to get a certificate, before too much time passes and they test negative, wasting this potential opportunity. Getting vaccinated now is not even an option, so soon after an infection.
I could send you my cardiologist report from my pericarditis following my first dose last September, if you really want to see something verifiable. If you're really interested, you can pm me and i will try to anonymize it and send it to you. It was definitely a life changing event, the worst 6 months of my life, but I'm not going to recommend anyone get something or not get something, I just put it down as bad luck.
I was more making a point that vaccines shouldn't give people a false sense of security, that they will not catch covid, because there are countless of infections even in vaccinated and boosted people. This is why i considered the tip for the OP a few posts back as bad advice.
I have to agree with you on this. Plenty of people who are considered fully vaccinated have been getting Covid and have become quite ill from it in the past six months or so. In fact, earlier today, I was speaking with a woman who mentioned that her close friend was just recently very, very sick with Covid despite having been double vaccinated plus one booster dose. I also know a former EF member who had Covid last June and was very ill from it despite being "triple vaccinated" at the time.
Most people who received a booster last winter no longer have much, if any, protection from it at this point. And apparently, those vaccines don't provide much protection against the new, current variants anyways (or so I've read).
I don't think it's good to try to dissuade people from getting vaccinated, though. Because the fact is, the vaccines have saved many lives.
I think that if I was in your position, I would get a formal test and the proof that you had Covid and recovered, in case you need that proof at some point in the future (for travel, etc.). Autumn is near and the # of new infections will be rising and people's protection from the vaccines are wearing off, so there could at some point be restrictions put in place again regarding Covid certificates.
I hope you're not feeling too badly and get well soon.
Me. To the best of my knowledge, I have never had COVID, but I have had all 3 shots. I also practice good hand hygiene and wear a mask in crowded public spaces, because I am also a wee bit immunocompromised at the moment.
FYI, no vaccine will ever make your probability of getting the disease 0%. So yes, vaccinated people will still get the disease. They do, however dramatically decrease the probability that you might get and spread the disease and decrease the severity of any breakthrough infections (itself a laudable goal). If everybody around gets vaccinated quickly after an outbreak, there aren’t enough places for the virus to thrive before it can mutate into new strains that the vaccine is not effective against and the virus dies out.
Vaccines are designed to work best at the scale of populations, and not individuals, which is why they are considered important public health tools (like clean water and mandatory hand washing for restaurant workers). If it just helped you as an individual stay healthy, then the public health office wouldn’t care so much; it would just be a recommendation to your GP. Effectively, the lack of participation from enough non-vaccinated individuals made the COVID problem so much harder to solve. I find it sad that many of the unvaccinated are unaware of how a lack of action or postponement of that action has also contributed to the situation in which find ourselves in today.
I wish you all the best and hope you get well soon.