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qirlib20

I'm in Moscow and, despite free healthcare system and the first-search-result commercial clinic being heavily booked up vaccination-wise, lots of the non-first-search-result clinics, by results of my quick roll call, actually have free slots available... the next business day. Call your Russian friends to get them vaccinated or something.

1philip_b
https://www.mos.ru/city/projects/covid-19/privivka/ also contains places where you can get vaccinated, including some shopping malls where you can get vaccinated without booking in advance.
qirlib10

Is it possible to quickly develop (within 24h) respiratory failure or breathing difficulties without having severe onset symptoms (i. e. fever, perhaps chest pain (chest congestion) or unstoppable cough)? Which symptoms exactly should be looked out for? If the possibility of suddenly going straight to blue is unavoidable, what is the distribution of how exactly physically able and mentally coherent you are likely to become when that happens?

(personalized: There's a considerable probability I'm already infected and my isolated space is located in ... (read more)

2Elizabeth
According to https://www.facebook.com/jeanqasaur/posts/10111638281986401 , symptoms are often not sudden onset, but my impression is it can get worse quite suddenly, as the virus moves from upper to lower respiratory system. The primary way to know if things are getting serious is shortness of breath, but, uh, that seems really bad to wait for if you need to walk a mile to get help. This is really speculative on my part, but: this might be a good candidate for a pulse/ox meter. Normally I think they aren't very useful because you can go by symptoms, but it might (might) be useful in your case, if you can monitor frequently enough to catch a dropping oxygen concentration before it interferes with your breathing (I do not know if the meters are accurate enough to do this).
qirlib60

Does this thread welcome asking for highly personalized advice? I'm stuck with a few possible action options and the explanation is quite lengthy and the answers will probably be relevant to very few. I can't decide whether this thread is only about posting globally useful things or not.

6Elizabeth
That would be discouraged in a top level post but is exactly the kind of thing this post is for.
4Raemon
Oddly specific advice is fine.