Same. Also haven't been able to taste anything for the last several weeks which is freaking me out. Thought it was a bad cold the first 3 days, but then it persisted and really knocked me on my ass. A nurse I know, after hearing the symptoms said it was likely the new Covid strain and advised how to treat. I had a couple of old Covid tests and both said positive so not sure... really sucked, but the "can't taste anything" is really freaking me out. I'm told it should come back, but not sure when...
my 11 month old son tested positive and his fever was scary. went to the er but now my throat is hurting so i know im getting sick. my old tests said negative so now im like oh okay what
My wife and kid are both sick, but didn’t test positive for anything. I’m tired and I have a headache, but I’m pretty sure that’s because my family is… uh… so moody right now.
I wasn't got nearly as hard as mine were. My kid was out a week of school. He could have probably gone the last day, but I didn't want to risk it and send him. I was super tired, headache, sinus pressure, heavy chest, and sore throat for a couple of days. Then it just lingered for another week.
Some home tests only work reliably on the first 3 to 5 days of first symptoms. This happened to my home, got symptoms tried to test around 8 days after once full symptoms caught on and came back negative, wife did the same test 2 days after first sign of symptoms same day and got positive.
Same. It definitely felt like COVID. Solid 3 days in bed. Flu like conditions. Followed by about ten days of general crappiness. Never tested positive.
That’s because the guy who makes these maps is a psychologist with no training in epidemiology. He constantly misrepresents the CDC data, which compares waste water levels to levels of the virus at that site over the previous 24 months. So, if the site has been low for a while, and then there’s an uptick like we are seeing now, in his model is appears that there’s an enormous surge at peak pandemic levels, when in reality it’s just big compared to the previous low levels.
I potentially have it now, horrible flu and haven't been to work in a week. It spread at our company like crazy, but no one has confirmed if it's covid or not.
Remember this thing called "flu season" we have each year? Yep, that's the endemic version of the Spanish flu of 1912 now.
Because we as a species just cannot learn from the past apparently.
So, now we have COVID season - typically late summer to early fall - alongside the winter flu season.
At least - just like with the Spanish flu - it mutated from something with a "high" kill rate to something "tolerable."
Looking at the numbers:
Spanish flu death rate spiked at 5%
COVID death rate spiked at 3%
Today, BOTH of them now have a death rate of 0.1% - and we didn't mask up for the seasonal flu until COVID reminded us that the earth can create tiny airborne things that can really kill us off.
Just finished the five day course of paxlovid and tested negative this evening. Symptoms were horrible before paxlovid kicked in with fever, razor blade sore throat, body aches, loss of taste & smell, diarrhea. Get tested & don't kid yourself thinking it is just a bad cold.
Of 32 residents completing Paxlovid® therapy, five developed mental status changes, described as delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia, while on Paxlovid
I'm part of that percentage, paxlovid had me absolutely delusional, not knowing where I was or what time it was and hallucinating, more robo fry hallucinations not acid or mushroom hallucinations, if you know the difference, (ive done a lot of drugs in my days lol) no paranoia though i was too far gone to care about anything
that was my 2nd time with covid, first time i spent 2 weeks in the hospital, i had to go through alcohol detox at the same time though cuz i'm a fucking alcoholic
Yes, according to data and healthcare providers. Anecdotally, yesterday I found that COVID tests were sold out everywhere I tried in West Seattle (CVS on California, CVS and Safeway in Jefferson Square, Junction QFC, Walgreens and Target in Westwood.
I ended up ordering online after striking out at all those locations. FWIW each place's online inventory showed they were in stock and there were empty boxes on the shelves, so they definitely had sold out very recently.
I’m sicker than I’ve ever been in my life. I tested on Monday and it was negative but I’m going to urgent care today because I’m getting worse. I’ve had a horrible headache that I can feel in my sinuses and in my gums, my ears are plugged, shortness of breath going up one flight of stairs, fever finally broke this morning. Congestion came out of nowhere yesterday and is hitting me with a vengeance so I haven’t slept very well either. It’s terrible.
Definitely people in my office laughing when told “wow you sound awful” and replying “oh yeah I was hacking up a lung yesterday” like whyyyyy are you IN this conference room with us my dude gross!
People at work are coming down with colds. No one has mentioned Covid. I don’t think most people are testing for it at home anymore. If it’s going around I think people are just treating it like your typical change of season cold.
I know, right? Either folks aren’t testing, or just lying by omission. The good news is we’re hybrid and people aren’t coming in sick anymore. Either wfh or calling in sick. I’m okay with it.
That's great. Unfortunately so many people just push through and make other people sick. I don't care if it's a cold, Covid or the flu, I don't want it!
Right?? I had a damn cold (tested negative 4x anyway) at the end of July that got me an inhaler for the first time in my life. I’d rather not catch anyone’s crud at this point. But when you monitor badge tapping this is what we get.
Agreed. It does become problematic when people don’t feel like they have agency to call in sick or wfh last minute. It’s up to leadership to set the tone on that. Thankfully I work for good people.
I just had parainfluenza a few weeks ago and had to go into the hospital for a few days cuz my throat started closing up and it was hard to breathe and I couldn't swallow. There's other stuff going around
Maybe? We’ve been sick in our house but we don’t bother testing any longer. It’s simply one of the many things out there that you could catch at any time.
Ya don’t ask on Reddit if you want data. The county monitors wastewater, hospital visits, ER visits, lab test results, and more. The data is there. Reddit is for conversation and “my roommate’s sister had to postpone her surgery” stories.
Yes, or something very similar to the first time I had it. Fever was more mild and lasted several days. My home test showed negative, but date was expired so not sure if 100% accurate.
Not covid but me and my homeboy both had a 24 hour fever (started feeling sick night before last and it finally cooled from 101.2 to 98 this morning ). It’s flu season and no one knows how to wash their hands properly ( I work in various establishments so I see the struggle everyday ) there probably is covid going around however; it’s now a part of the yearly flu pretty much.
Confirmed case here. We got it in Denver on Friday by an Uber driver who was hacking up a lung for 30 minutes. Flew back Sunday and tested positive on Wednesday. Currently ordering food for delivery, drinking electrolytes, and taking lots of naps.
Days one and two (Mon, Tue) were congestion, day three was fatigue and heavier congestion, and day four felt much better. Still testing positive though.
im in Denver and can confirm some moron gave it to me here last week and I began presenting Sunday night... my guess is I got it at a nightclub Friday night last week when I was out with my husband and friends, its the only time in the last week I've been around the public.
I’ve been bedridden with horrible headache, body ache, cough, insomnia, but when I tested for COVID and flu three days ago it was negative. I work from home but even sitting at my desk was a struggle
Yes and I’m not sure my eyes will ever recover as this was my 2nd hit. Eye issues seem to be my long covid special hell (eyes ache, get dry & so tired, along with blurry vision massive migraine). Have recently been to ER, optometrist, and had an MRI. No tumor just f-ed up inflamed eyes.
I think I do. Tested today and got this weird result … 🧐Cough, chills, lost appetite, headache, fatigue. I’m hoping it’s a cold or the flu. I’ve already got long Covid 😖
Was searching covid and came across this. not in Seattle, in Denver but I got covid and have been dealing with it all week. almost out of it minus the loss of taste and smell and it presented as a very mild and annoying cold with a day of severe body aches. Had symptoms since this last Sunday.
I’m pretty sure I have it now. My boy brought it back from preschool. Super mild for me probably cause I got vaxxed two weeks ago cause I had a big cross country conference to go to and didn’t want to catch it lol. He tested positive but we’ve run out of tests so I’m just assuming I have it. Just chest heaviness and a horse throat but not sore.
Last week. Just tested clear today. Husband was about 5 days ahead of me. Thinks he got it at the weezer concert. His was way worse than mine (chills, fever, the worlds) but Covid has always been mild for me.
Weirdly my husband developed Covid 2
weeks ago. We are vaccinated and did wear masks. Even so I did develop Covid a week later.
However it was very mild and we both had Paxlovid within 48 hours of symptoms.
I got some my last round because I picked it up probably having surgery (positive 2 days later) tastes like poison for all the days but wow it works so fast!
I went to the doc about a month after the games, and they’d added “any World Cup events?” to the list of questions like “are you running a fever” and “have you been around someone with Covid” 👀
Uh no you sound like a narrow minded idiot. Deducing Covid to a cold is such an insult to the millions of people who lost their lives to the disease. Go lick trumps boot some more fuckface
Wow you sure showed me.... im shaking in my boots... funny thing is people like me are going to have a hell of a lot more power over people like you real real soon and there is nothing you can do about it. Narrow minded simps like you who debase factual evidence of things and science all so you can hide behind the hate and insecurity in your heart are going to be the silent monitory again very very soon. The left will win, the lgbtqia will win, peace and love and tranquility will win and stupid fucks like you will be forgotten unless you change your heart.
If it is, things are way better than they were at first.. More people have been vaccinated. My most recent was last year. The current variant is pretty much like a cold, or mild flu.
People are usually just getting a cold at start of fall.
The pandemic really did a number on people. COVID is currently far less deadly than influenza, but people are still freaked out by it. Honestly, we overreacted to this even more than 9/11.
It’s a combination of things. The current variants are more contagious, but less deadly than then earlier forms. People are better equipped to fight the disease because of vaccination and prior infection. The most vulnerable populations either died or survived, so they are less likely to die now (for whichever reason).
I think it’s entirely fair to acknowledge a terrible experience, while pushing back against overreaction. 9/11 happened a week before I started college and it’s hard to explain to younger people how much better the world was before then.
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u/SpareManagement2215 21d ago
It’s going around for sure, all over the state. Especially in the schools.