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I'm waiting for a more accurate antibody test. There are two occasions over the last 3 months that could have been COVID-19, one in particular was after exposure to a coworker who was sick. He was the last person I sat next to in multiple meetings before working from home, and his wife was diagnosed the weekend after we were in the office. Unfortunately, in mid-March, he wasn't even able to get a test after his wife tested positive and he and his kids were all sick as well. I ran a fever every night of the following week and was acutely aware of my lungs (though it had already passed by the time I found out about my coworker), but never got sick. I didn't qualify for a test at the time.
I have more than 2 dozen friends who are either currently ill or getting over COVID-19. Not all tested positive, but all live with a roommate, partner, spouse, or family member who had a positive test.
Multiple friends have lost grandparents and parents. Two of my colleagues have died. One of my closest friends lost both her father and stepmother within a week of each other. They left their apartment just once in the 3 weeks before they got sick, and wore masks and were very careful about washing their hands.
My SIL and her partner live in LA and both got very sick in January. They were deathly sick for three weeks or so and they said it was the worst illness either of them every had. Symptoms lined up with Covid perfectly with body aches bad dry cough, weakness, no sense of taste, etc. My wife and daughter were visiting with them just before they got sick, and my wife got sick shortly after they got home. Similar symptoms, but she was only sick for a week or so and got better. I did not get sick. In fact, I don't believe I've ever had any flu in many years. So maybe I have some natural immunity, hard to know. We're all interested in taking the antibody test.
We've had family members tested and we all got it back in Jan. My son lost 15 lbs the rest of us varied from tired to not much. My mom was back in ER four times in one month. We actually think she got it first from being in the ER.
That's why I wear a mask when going out to a store. One doesn't know how bad it will be after being infected. There are only 22 positive cases in my town with no deaths, but that may be only be beginning.
That's why I wear a mask when going out to a store. One doesn't know how bad it will be after being infected.
The thing is, when Mom got it we didn't know it wasn't just flu and other crap she's been fighting so I really didn't go nutz over it. Now that I know what it was I was like but then, if it didn't kill her, life time smoker on oxygen, then most people should be fine.
The bashing of medical professionals has got to stop. It's unpatriotic and cowardly. People trying to save lives and stop the spread should be lauded as heros not villains. Do we have any decency left in this country?
The thing is, when Mom got it we didn't know it wasn't just flu and other crap she's been fighting so I really didn't go nutz over it. Now that I know what it was I was like but then, if it didn't kill her, life time smoker on oxygen, then most people should be fine.
This virus seems to affect everyone differently. What caused her to get tested if she thought it was just the flu. Was she grasping for air or something.
This virus seems to affect everyone differently. What caused her to get tested if she thought it was just the flu. Was she grasping for air or something.
This virus seems to affect everyone differently. What caused her to get tested if she thought it was just the flu. Was she grasping for air or something.
She kept saying she felt like she was drowning. She wasn't the first one tested, my wife's boss was after his wife didn't feel well. She was negative, he tested positive. That's when they wanted us all in to be tested. All of us tested positive except the one person we thought caught it. She had to hide out by herself until the rest of us put two weeks behind us.
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but then, if it didn't kill her, life time smoker on oxygen, then most people should be fine.
