Returning to diving after having Covid?

[Dan]

You do understand that those who did have a severe reaction to COVID are unlikely to be on a liveaboard??? You are only talking to those that have not been seriously affected because those that have been are dead or not able to travel. Survivors bias to the extreme and why anecdotal evidence is useless in assessing risk. More than half a million Americans will not be available for you to talk to - they are dead. “No biggie” seriously??? It’s attitudes like this that will extend this pandemic and spread mutations around the world. Talk to someone working in a hospital who actually knows something before concluding “no biggie”

Don’t shoot the messenger! That’s what they said to me. I’m just relaying their response to my inquiry about what they went through as I heard so much of the horror stories in the news.

Their comments were, it’s just like a flu. They are divers. They are in good shape. We are discussing about divers who recovered from COVID-19, not elderly, obese or other condition that would prone to get severe symptoms from this virus.

 

[ontdiver]

There is not much we can do about the COVID deniers. They have carved out a comfortable niche for themselves and have no shortage of supporters/followers/adherents.

 

[Raphus]

I know only 1 diver who had it. Mild to moderate case. Just a light cough.

He is in mid 20 age and an average person. Not obese and healthy.

After he tested negative it got worse.
Shortness of breath,Pain, all that stuff.

He will likely not dive anymore, or at least in the near future. He isnt even able to walk more then a few minutes

I also know 2 people who died and some people who had really bad cases, but were not in a risk group(mid 20, healthy).
Thats all i have to say about the "its only a cold, and it only affects the old and sick" people.

 

[Lorenzoid]

I just got off Carpe Vita liveaboard where 6 out of 17 guests were recovered from COVID-19. They looked like normal divers like the rest of us. So I don’t get all the fuss about divers could no longer go diving like what I heard / read from some scaremongering news.

Did their lungs "look like normal"? There could be latent damage that could only be diagnosed through a scan or tests as interpreted by a specialist. I haven't had Covid as far as I know, nor any other pulmonary disease, yet every time I read a story about a diver having IPE for no apparent reason I get the heebie jeebies. If I had had Covid, I wouldn't tempt fate--I'd get a proper evaluation before returning to diving.

 

[formernuke]

Actually @broncobowsher is right COVID-19 is a new more severe version of one of the viruses that often causes the cold.

The media for as long as I can remember likes to over state and leave things out to create fear so you keep watching it, blood, fear, panic all mean more views.

Accurate information is hard to come by here in the US. Several government officials have admitted to overstating positive cases and deaths, test have come back with both false negative and false positive, people who got it early on often were not tested at all etc.

I also know someone who got it twice (positive test after his coworker got sick both times) in both situations he was totally asymptomatic.

Estimates on death rate from this vary between .1% and .6% either way that's pretty low. Some people get more severe cases because of their body often this is the elderly or those with certain conditions but not always, some people's body's just get hit harder.

Whats the short of this rant. It is more than likely that you will be able to return to diving after having it but not a guarantee it will depend on the severity of your infection, but the odds are definitely in your favor.

 

[Gareth J]

They've changed the UK Recreational Medical Self Declaration form to include Covid 19.

If you have had, or tested positive for C-19 you now need to refer to a Diving Medical Referee.

A friend of mine who used to work in Cancer research, was shocked when she saw tissue samples from C-19 suffers. She is quite young and fit, and had been quite relaxed about C-19 up until she saw the tissue samples. After that she was very very careful, and advised everyone she new to take all the precautions.

 

[lexvil]

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Actually @broncobowsher is right COVID-19 is a new more severe version of one of the viruses that often causes the cold.

The media for as long as I can remember likes to over state and leave things out to create fear so you keep watching it, blood, fear, panic all mean more views.

Accurate information is hard to come by here in the US. Several government officials have admitted to overstating positive cases and deaths, test have come back with both false negative and false positive, people who got it early on often were not tested at all etc.

I also know someone who got it twice (positive test after his coworker got sick both times) in both situations he was totally asymptomatic.

Estimates on death rate from this vary between .1% and .6% either way that's pretty low. Some people get more severe cases because of their body often this is the elderly or those with certain conditions but not always, some people's body's just get hit harder.

Whats the short of this rant. It is more than likely that you will be able to return to diving after having it but not a guarantee it will depend on the severity of your infection, but the odds are definitely in your favor.

Sort of like a mouse and an Elephant and Human are all the same.

 

[formernuke]

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Sort of like a mouse and an Elephant and Human are all the same.

All mammals

 

[lexvil]

All mammals

Yep, a mouse steps on your foot, no biggie, a human steps on your foot, ouch, the Elephant...

 

[60plus]

Just because the common cold is a coronavirus it does not mean it is the same as???
Official names have been announced for the virus responsible for COVID-19 (previously known as “2019 novel coronavirus”) and the disease it causes. The official names are:

Disease

coronavirus disease
(COVID-19)


Virus

severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2)

SARS-CoV-2 attacks the body in a significantly different way to the common cold. SARS-CoV-2 has effects remarkably similar to DCI and no diver would want a repeat of a recent DCI incident.