Sick Note: Dan has COVID. (He's fine, but ...)

An Arm and a Leg

Society & Culture, Medicine, Health, Health & Fitness, Documentary

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Hey there — I got COVID a little before we were scheduled to tape this week's episode. Whoops!

I'm fine now, but kinda tired. Just to be on the safe side — some people stay tired for a while — let's give me two weeks before we come back with a full episode.

Meanwhile, I'll share this: I think one reason I got better quick was, I was able to get anti-viral meds. (Paxlovid, in my case.)

And I mention this because: There's a new variant going around, BA.2, which looks like it's going to bring on a new wave; we don't know how big it'll be yet, but the New York Times had some good tips recently for how to be prepared.

One was: Have a plan for getting antiviral treatment, in case you do get sick. Some docs don't like to prescribe them, and some folks shouldn't take them because of things like drug interactions. It's worth knowing your best options ahead of time.

I'm here to co-sign that advice. The rest was good too. Here's the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/well/live/ba2-omicron-covid.html

Finally: Even this two-minute sick note has a highly-entertaining moment, thanks to a listener who wrote a surprising response to a recent First Aid Kit newsletter... then recorded that note as a voice memo.

So, I'll catch you in a couple weeks. Till then: Take care of yourself, for real.

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0:00.0	Hey there. A couple days before we were scheduled to tape today's episode, I tested positive for COVID-19.
0:07.2	Oops. I'm actually feeling pretty okay right now, but I was definitely not ready for our usual
0:13.3	taping and production and all the rest. And I'm still kind of tired. I tell you what,
0:18.8	just to make sure I'm totally ready to go, let's figure out I'll get our next episode to you
0:23.6	in two weeks. Meanwhile, I will tell you, the morning I got my diagnosis,
0:28.9	I went looking for a prescription for one of the new anti-viral meds. I got
0:32.4	paxiled and I think it worked because I went to bed that night feeling rotten and a little worried
0:38.9	because I'm not that young and I like to be in better shape. So how was all this going to play out?
0:45.7	I woke up the next day just feeling tired. Voice a little messed up, but otherwise, you know,
0:50.7	not miserable. And I'm making a point of mentioning this because there's a new variant,
0:56.4	BA2, and a new wave of cases, at least in some places, and we don't know yet how big it's
1:00.8	going to be. The New York Times had some tips for being prepared, and I'm definitely co-signing one
1:06.0	of them here, which is have a plan for weather and how to get anti-virals before you test positive.
1:12.4	Not all docs want to prescribe them, and there are folks who should not take them because of
1:16.3	drug interactions and other risks. The other advice from that New York Times story was smart too,
1:21.2	so I'll have a link wherever you're listing this. Finally, one last thing. While I was watching
1:27.9	the line on my at home COVID test to turn bright red, I got an email from a listener responding
1:33.3	to our latest first aid kit newsletter, which was partly about the price of expensive drugs.
1:38.1	And I wrote back right away saying, I hate that insurance is interfering with your life so
1:43.0	intimately, but I can tell you this is one of the most entertaining notes to arrive in this
1:47.2	show's inbox. And if you have any inclination to read it out loud as a voice memo,
1:51.5	I would put it on an arm and a leg in a heartbeat. They wrote back, thank you for the show.
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