[NFBofSC] Please be careful and stay safe!

[Melinda Jones]

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 Just  received information....
With the new variant, BA.4 and BA.5 Covid Delta, there is no cough, no
fever. It's a lot of joint pain, headache, neck and upper back pain,
general weakness, loss of appetite, and pneumonia. Sore throat that
resembles Strep Throat. And of course, more virulent and with a higher
mortality rate. It takes less time to go to extremes. Sometimes without
symptoms.
Be more careful.
This strain does not live in the naso-pharyngeal region. Now it directly
affects the lungs, which means that the 'windows', periods of time are
shorter.
There have been several patients without fever, without pain, but who
report mild chest pneumonia on their X-rays.
Nasal swab tests are very often negative for Covid-19, and there are more
and more false negative results from nasopharyngeal tests. This means that
the virus spreads and spreads directly to the lungs, causing acute
respiratory stress caused by viral pneumonia.
This explains why it has become sharp, more virulent and deadly.
Please, be extremely careful. Avoid crowded places, keep 1.5 distance even
in open places, double face masks and wash your hands often(and when we
cough or sneeze).
Please no hugs, it is very dangerous at the moment, as almost everyone is
asymptomatic. This "wave" is much more deadly than the first, so we have to
be VERY careful and take every kind of precaution.
Do not keep this information to yourself, share it as much as you can,
especially with your friends.
Please be careful.
-- 
Melinda Jones
National Federation of the blind of South Carolina
“ alone we can do so little, together we can do so much”. Helen Keller
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