Dr. Santitarn Sathirathai or Dr. Tonson, nickname “Economist in Technology of Asia”, son of Dr. Surakiat Sathirathai, former Minister of Foreign Affairs shared initial thoughts from being sick with Covid-19 in the whole house (Omicron) via Facebook “Santitarn Sathirathai – Dr Santitarn Sathirathai“Separated into the following sections:
1. Very easy to attach even after vaccination is complete.
My wife and I contracted coronavirus from our two children (4 and 6 years old) who again contracted coronavirus from a housewife. which is clearly not caught from the plane while traveling or caught when going out to check for covids at the health center when you come back to Singapore (Singapore provides daily ATK testing at home for 7 days, and two of them have to go to the center after returning from overseas)
Even children are not vaccinated, but all adults. (including the first nanny) received 2 complete doses of mRNA vaccination, neither Pfizer nor Moderna, and it is less than 6 months since the last vaccination.
myself and my wife who are addicted because they have to take care of both children no choice So I can understand that any vaccine won’t work if I’m in close contact with sick people all the time. I was sneezed by my child all the time. but in the case of a housewife In hindsight, I rarely had any exposure or risk of infection. So I’m still quite surprised how quickly I can get the infection.
The booster vaccination should be very important. Hurry up to get it. Don’t wait, especially for people with underlying medical conditions.
2. Don’t rely too much on ATK testing.
From this experience, it was found that in the beginning Infected and even with some symptoms, the ATK test may not yet come out positive. Almost everyone in my family, young and old, has experienced this. Despite using various brands, ATK in the case of the child, even with a high fever, was not positive until the next day.
So, to tell if a person has contracted the coronavirus with an ATK test, it may take several days in a row. And we should not believe the negative effects of ATK too much, other infection prevention measures must be taken.
3. If you have small children People (or people in need of care) should plan in case if some people get it, others don’t.
In Singapore, the majority of symptoms are treated at home. did not go to the hospital unless it was really serious We are all at home all the time, so this may not be about people being treated at the hospital.
The initial difficulty in home care was that the eldest child and housewife were infected but the youngest child had not. But we are all in the same condo. And normal siblings are very close together all the time. It was therefore very difficult to separate them.
At first we tried to divide it into pairs. The wife lives with the youngest person who is not sick. And I’m with the eldest who’s addicted. (because the little ones are quite attached to the mother) and let the children meet in the Metaverse through online games
Which is very difficult because lifestyles are not designed that way. and brothers miss each other very much Even though he understood the reason, his heart was always inattentive. Moreover, his mother was stressed because she wanted to take care of the sick child herself. but must be far away so that the youngest child does not get stuck
Finally not working because when the child is sick with a high fever Father incapable of care Only the mother has to go back and forth, so the separation is not very successful. And both were infected anyway.
The lesson is that you may need to plan early. Make a scenario that if this person is sick, what will you do if that person is not sick? And can it really be done?
4. Be prepared that “There is no final answer.” The situation changes all the time.
How to cope with the first days It will not be like the plans of later days. of infection in the home because more and more people are infected Those who were once healthy will become sick. and people who have been sick may begin to recover Therefore, it must be prepared to switch functions between each person in the family well.
In addition, this disease is changing very quickly. from seeming to have no symptoms Within a few hours it may become much harder to come. Therefore, there must be a good preparation to deal with.
For example, I also worked lightly during my recovery. One day, the symptoms may be so exhausted that online meetings are impossible. The next day, the throat may hurt to the point of being unable to speak. but enough to do other tasks
5. Children and adults seem to have different diseases.
Although they are the same infection, the symptoms of children and adults are completely different. Both of my children have almost no symptoms at all. In addition to a high fever that crosses 40 at intervals, you have to give medicine, wipe yourself down, and go down. Other than that, he almost didn’t seem sick. And the power of these two sons is unfathomable. Neither of them received any medication other than symptomatic treatment.
What adults have in common. Fever, headache, sore throat, extreme tiredness, tiredness even during recovery. (And the symptoms are not as light as many people think)
Who has children, imagine that we are exhausted on the day when our children have a lot of energy.
P.S. However, each person’s symptoms may not be the same. Don’t take this writing to make you underestimate that children or adults are not very worried because it probably really depends on the case. Just to say that adults and children are very different from their own experiences.
All of these are preliminary thoughts. Because I haven’t recovered yet, but my children are getting better. I want to share these stories in case they are useful to some families. Because I believe that this wave will have a lot of people stuck.