Alrighty, so it was confirmed this evening I had a bout of covid over the last few days. Wasn’t the worst thing ever, but surely wasn’t fun. I’ve felt worse with my UC. Felt like a really bad case of allergies and congestion.
What really bothers me, is that we’re supposed to fly to SLC for my SiL wedding reception/party and I hate/despise/loathe masks. I’ll wear one, mostly so I lessen the risk of elderly relatives getting the damned bug. Hard to think of my parents as elderly, same for my MiL, and her sister.
I was thinking about this the other day. So I guess anti-vaxxing is the new norm for 30%+ of the population in this country (much, much worse in some states/regions). Meaning polio, measles - you name it - are all gonna come roaring back for good. Oh and that includes MPV (monkeypox)…even when the vaccine becomes readily available they won’t take it. God help us.
I’ve stayed away from the Covid thread for awhile, but from close friends and some family who have had it in the past 6 weeks, I know it is active. I had Covid back in January. I tested for an event I was attending, and was shocked when it came back positive as I had no symptoms. I continued to not have symptoms other than loss of smell and taste. Those senses are still impacted more than 6 months later although it has gone from and almost 100% loss to about 85%.
Well, when 2120 hits, they can look back at 2020 and make the same mistakes like we did looking back at 1920 Spanish Flu. Actually, I think pandemics will be more frequent with population trends (and more in urban centers), climate change, and just general apocalypse stuff.
I will watch with interest. Our 17 year old just brought it home. My wife and I have both had it (Delta variant) but it’s been some time, though we are boosted x2.
Whelp, my string of luck finally ran out and I brought COVID back home with me from my work conference in Vegas. Vaxxed and boosted, so flu-like symptoms are pretty mild so far. Slight cough and sore throat, but no fever so far. Fingers crossed.
I’ll be interested to hear how many others ended up with it, since there were over 400 unmasked people in that ballroom.
My son (30ish) living in Portland, has been very careful and avoided COVID until last week. He and his girlfriend were at a wedding, masked, except when they were eating, and apparently sat next to a fellow who tested positive the next day. He has it, but his girlfriend does not.
He’s vaxed and boosted, young and healthy, and has had only mild sore throat, a little cough and a slight headache.
The later variants are so mild compared to the earlier one’s that I don’t worry about COVID at all anymore. My wife and I are still both pretty careful, as we visit our almost 90 year old mothers every few days, and even the mild variant could be dangerous for them.
Yeah, I’m not terribly concerned about me but want to make sure I don’t spread it to anyone else.
I’m mostly just irritated because I was finally going to be able to start running again tomorrow after taking a month off to recover from an injury. That ain’t gonna happen now.
I just realized, 30 months later, this thread is STILL going >.> That should make clear to anyone with a brain (and yes I really mean that), that COVID will never be gone now, thanks to the millions of people on the planet who refused to think about anyone but themselves. We might as well have actually chosen intentionally to have a worldwide broad experimental program to see how many mutations we could spawn. UGH
Yeah…this sucks. I just can’t stop coughing and am always out of breath. Don’t think it’s hospital time yet, but will have to keep a close eye on it today.
Can’t imagine how bad it would have been without the vax and booster.
Yes, be safe ! I’m 99% sure I had it before it became chic(kidding) but I had beeb flying to China in November and December of 2019, I got sick the last week in December and was knocked out for 2 weeks and I mean knocked out. I’m still feeling the effects almost 3 yrs later. As a side note my doctor passed away from covid three months later😳 My wife says I killed him🤔
