I have yet to wear a mask or get compulsive about washing my hands. I try to stay healthy, if a bit overweight. I am constantly exposed to different bacteria and viruses with the cows, and all over the farm. I am a big believer in the idea of exposure to things to get an immunity, providing there is not a good safe and Effective vaccine. And I mean killed virus vaccine. There are some things that I do believe in vaccination for. Tetanus is one, because the vaccine is safe, effective and has been proven to prevent tetanus in people who have gotten nasty cuts and punctures that bacteria and viruses have gotten into their systems.
There are alot of people who get this c-virus and don't even show symptoms. Or mild cold/flu like symptoms and then get better.
I agree with sensible ---- COMMON SENSE ---- type of measures. Always have. Don't go to work if you are sick..... before this, and especially now. I always tried to stay home if I felt sick because I knew I could give it to someone else. DO NOT expose people with compromised immune systems. I fall into the "elderly" age bracket, yet do not consider myself elderly. I am not frail, I don't have any health issues other than worn out joints, take no medications, have no problems like heart or cholesterol or anything. If I had even a cold I would stay away from elderly people who have compromising situations. I get a seasonal allergy that will be starting soon as we start orchard grass hay making. As soon as we get through first cutting, it goes away.
I had a scare last fall, with my eyes "locking to the left", when I got out of the shower after washing my hair and kinda throwing my head back after rinsing it, thinking I might be having a stroke. Lasted about an hour or so, son took me to emergency as it scared the crap out of me; had all sorts of tests, blood, x-rays, MRI, you name it. They couldn't find anything but insisted I had a seizure of some sort. Even went to see a neurologist a couple weeks later, under advice of the ER dr and the primary care.... NOTHING. I did call and go to my chiropractor the next day, after the ER visit, and he said my neck was way out of alignment, and that maybe just doing my wet hair might have just pinched the nerves that affected the eyes, and that he felt that was probably the problem. I have to agree, it made sense and I felt immediately better after he did an adjustment. Went weekly for a few weeks then twice a month to get my spine back into alignment. I since had my ankle replaced as I could barely walk, it was a 5 year search for a dr.,, and a long decision to do it; and am in the recovery/rehab status. Dr appt this next week. I will be going back to the Chiropractor after next week as things are starting to loosen up here a bit.
But I have been going to the grocery store, the feed store, and continue to test cows, with limited mobility and help in the barns. Have seen one person on one farm that was wearing a mask. We are all going about our day to day lives because we are probably more healthy than most. I hope that I have gotten some exposure, so that I develop an immunity to it also. I have not changed my day to day routine much, and with the recovery from the surgery have been more "contained" anyway.
I will not take the flu vaccine since it 's based on the previous years flu and is usually only 10-40% effective. Every single person that I know that has gotten the vaccine, has gotten a case of flu. A friend has had the shingles vaccine two years in a row, and has had shingles both years too. Nope, not taking it., I have had exposure to cows with cow pox over the years. Had a mild case of genital herpes 40 years ago..... HORRIBLE .... Hope that I have a good enough immunity from all that exposure. Not taking a pneumonia vaccine either.
My blood pressure runs a little high....145/88, plus or minus a little. But when the primary care dr started pushing BP medicine, I said NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT. Talked to my chiropractor about that too. He said that the "standards " are not geared to take into account "older people". He said that they learned early on in school, and it was since reiterarted to them at a seminar, that you take the "older population" .... 100 plus their age and that is the "high end"; top number, for them. I fall well below that most all the time. He worries less about the bottom number.
I was a bit worried after that "spell" I had but no more. I need to take better care of my spine and alignment. Need to get some weight off that I hope I can do once I get to walking more on this "new ankle" , and just try to eat healthier and take some supplements since I know I can't get it all from my food at this age. Raise and eat as much of my own as I can, try to stay away from too much junk. Not going the merry go round with all the drugs. Trauma medicine is great in this country, but for everyday take care of yourself health, there is too much of the pharmaceutical companies, getting into everyone's pockets and too much dependencies for people have "excuses" to not take care of themselves. There are enough with legitimate problems, that do need care, but I am not getting on that band wagon unless there is something that they find that can't be dealt with in any other way.
