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Fred is getting better
2021-02-25
The first sign is that over the past few days he started doing some articles, and then he commented in the moderator chat:

My sentence is up Friday. Looks like I'm going home on oxygen, but only two percent. Lost thirty pounds -- can't recommend COVID as a weight loss regimen though. Will attempt to contribute more, though I spend most of my time sleeping.

I didn’t say anything immediately, in case Fred had a relapse, but he looks to be in the zone.

The Times of Israel had an article the other day about a small scale study (166 patients) looking at how Covid patients recover, which suggests what we can hope for Fred:

95% of former COVID patients suffer no irreversible damage, Israeli study finds
Zedek hospital finds 94% still report symptoms three months on, notably shortness of breath, but most symptoms disappear within six months.

Here’s hoping that, in his usual way, Fred recovers quickly and well.

A reminder of Fred Pruitt’s progress (a Pruitt has been added to each one to make them searchable):
02/09/2021 We’re baaaaack — Round 2
01/24/2021 Many of us are concerned....
01/23/2021 Rantburg is back, bay-bee!
12/30/2020 Fred has Covid
Posted by:trailing wife

#31  Godspeed and Please don't risk anything til you are well.
Posted by: magpie   2021-02-25 23:04  

#30  Welcome back Fred and hoping for a full recovery.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-02-25 20:58  

#29  Blessings and God speed Mr Fred!
Posted by: Woodrow   2021-02-25 17:14  

#28  Great for Fred and Gloria
Posted by: Frank G   2021-02-25 15:58  

#27  Very, very good news
Posted by: JOHN E MUNGER   2021-02-25 15:41  

#26  Wishing you well, Fred, get better every day.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-02-25 15:28  

#25  Lost a brother to Covid so this news is very good. Good job cool and calm TW and mods for keeping the operating at a 5 star level of perfection.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-02-25 14:39  

#24  Best wishes Fred.
Posted by: Secret Master   2021-02-25 13:50  

#23  God bless Fred.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-02-25 13:34  

#22  Great news!

My best wishes to you, Fred. I hope you have a full recovery.
Posted by: KBK   2021-02-25 13:18  

#21  Such terrific news, glad you're well enough to be home
Take it easy and keep getting stronger in your recovery
Posted by: Jan   2021-02-25 12:51  

#20  This is good news, the Temp who was hired had made a few mistakes, you were off line twice, and some of the pithy editorial comments in the articles were not quite up to snuff, didn't quite have the "Fred Angle"...so now that you are back, Hurrah!!
Your staff did catch the Temp in action:






Better check the till, he might have "self compensated"

Best wishes on your journey of recovery,
Welcome back Mr. Fred !
Posted by: Zenobia the Low-priced5033   2021-02-25 12:27  

#19  This is GREAT! Here's to your full recovery, Fred. Don't worry about us; you just do whatever you need to do to get back to normal. ;-)
Posted by: Barbara   2021-02-25 12:12  

#18  Godspeed your recovery!
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-02-25 11:40  

#17  checkout Ivermectin & Dr. Been.com
Also Dr. Paul Marik if symptoms persist.
Posted by: Donald E Butler   2021-02-25 11:33  

#16  Glad to hear Fred is doing well enough to go home. He got clobbered. Our tax guy got CV-19 and ended up in ICU for 10 days; he lost 20-30 lbs. also. I've known others who have had CV-19 and hardly noticed they had it. Go figure. We don't know everything there is to know about this disease.
Posted by: JohnQC   2021-02-25 11:23  

#15  way to go Fred, stay strong and get well!
Posted by: 746   2021-02-25 11:20  

#14  Fantastic news.
Gonna kick a few bucks to ya so you two can grab some BBQ and Peanut Butter Pie (or whatever looks good) on the way home.

Or else my wife is going to think you are too under still and send you her chicken broth/onion/honey soup.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-02-25 10:29  

#13  Fred's recovery, yet another proof for the concept of intelligence design.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-02-25 10:11  

#12  Great news!
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2021-02-25 09:54  

#11  God bless ya brother. Take care - what we experienced is the recovery is just as hard and as dangerous as the actual disease.
Posted by: Tennessee   2021-02-25 09:03  

#10  Agreed, and I will express my good wishes via Paypal.
Posted by: Bobby   2021-02-25 08:00  

#9  So glad to hear! Send him our best wishes!

Welcome back Fred!
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-02-25 07:54  

#8  Primo!
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-02-25 07:23  

#7  Don't assume you are immune now - get a vaccination.
Health Ministry: Recovered COVID patients should get single vaccine shot
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-02-25 04:08  

#6  bless you Fred
Posted by: Chris   2021-02-25 02:56  

#5  Amen!
Posted by: newc   2021-02-25 01:40  

#4  though I spend most of my time sleeping

That's never a bad thing. I do my best work in my sleep.

God strengthen Fred and make him healthy again.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-02-25 01:29  

#3  Finish getting better. You must have got a much worse strain then I had. Awful!
Posted by: 3dc   2021-02-25 00:53  

#2  Godspeed and God bless
Posted by: Chuckles the Well-mannered4185   2021-02-25 00:46  

#1  Home is good, recover well.
Posted by: Spoter B   2021-02-25 00:32  

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