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Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Sep 27, 2021 | Replies (4)Comment receiving replies
Ok. So I am not alone in finding a lack of information.
The information you provided is helpful however. I seem to be challenged in finding answers as I have spoken with 3 local doctors and none of them had much thought on that subject.
My goal is to strike the right balance between not doing too much and continued progress. And based on parts of your reply I think I am not horribly wrong. Anecdotally, I don’t hear a chorus of doctors with Covid patients in Tahoe, Denver and other locations higher than 5300 feet sending their patients lower.
I completely agree with you on being comfortable which the big reason I have not made any geographic move.
I will keep looking.
Might ask another question? After reading a couple of studies on the efficacy between masks and associated costs it appears that n95 masks are better but expensive and harder to find. For those willing to wear a mask why is there not a ground swell of advocacy from the broader medical community to the cdc to make them more available and affordable?
Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Mark
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Hello Mark, have you contacted any of the post-Covid programs in the area?They usually include a pulmonologist who may have some insight for you. There is a Center at National Jewish Health in Denver, where they have a world-class pulmonology department.
As for masks, part of the cost of N-95 masks is that they are sized, and you need to be fitted for it to be effective.
Instead I buy certified KN-95 masks, when I am at my desk tomorrow I will post a link of those which have passed inspection. They are about 1/3 to 1/2 as expensive, and nearly as effective. A few weeks ago I was wearing them 9 hours a day caring for sick kids, and didn't catch my young grandsons' contagious respiratory virus or strep throat. I wear them everywhere.
Sue