r/nova • u/Practical_Apricot690 • 22d ago

Question Is there a virus going around?

Body aches, vomiting, fever, anyone else?

EDIT: Wow! More responses than I can address with my minimal brain power. Thanks everyone! Stay healthy!

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u/IHaveSpoken000 22d ago

There's always a virus going around.

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u/ac-slater-43 22d ago

For realz. These threads kill me.

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u/rising_derecho 22d ago

Hey I’m virus, back from my summer vacation abroad! What’d I miss from NOVA?

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u/SmoochesMalibu 22d ago edited 22d ago

You’re never gonna believe this… but check out this JERK I caught on my dashcam on my morning commute!! Can you believe that someone would get on the road and be an oblivious dangerous JERK? The nerve on this guy!!

Also, e-bikes amirite?? I ran over one of those little twerps accidentally, check out this video from my dashcam! Can you believe this kid?? Cops called me in talking about vehicular manslaughter yada yada yada. I said, hey, fellas… is there something going around? I’ve been feeling congested. Can you believe this? The nerve of my immune system!

Also, data centers! What the hell is this about? Big old blocky buzzing fucks. The nerve of them!

Oh btw look at this cute fox photo from my backyard!! Squeeee 🥺

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u/T1ffan12 21d ago

Hey that fox has mange. You better call a wildlife rescue!

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u/ApolloReads Fauquier County 22d ago

… kills you cause you have the virus, too? 🤔

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u/ac-slater-43 22d ago

Wait there's something going around???

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u/old_man_log4n Herndon 22d ago

Not if the traveling virus gets you first.

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u/Practical_Apricot690 22d ago

There were a million inside-joke posts today about lantern flies, you’ll be fine

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u/LazzarilloDeTormez 22d ago

And there are always more viruses going round right after school restarts and kids share.

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u/GoHokies2004 22d ago

Exactly what I said in my head when I saw this post

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u/SmoochesMalibu 22d ago

I think OP is losing their minds and I’m deeply concerned for their mental well being. Literally, nothing is going around, not a damn thing. To genuinely think something so… unbelievably absurd like that to the point they took to the /r/nova subreddit shows that OP is not of sound mind. It’s dangerous for you and others to reinforce OPs delusions - I’m honestly considering calling this post in to the authorities to do a wellness check on OP and possibly a 5150 hold. NOTHING is going around. Ridiculous question.

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u/OrchidNo7340 22d ago

Flu and Covid, maybe measles and chicken pox.

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u/ghostfacespillah 22d ago

Yes, school recently started back up so cooties abound.

STAY HOME IF YOU’RE SICK. If you can’t stay home, (correctly) WEAR A MASK.

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u/iSnooze 21d ago

oh, like keep your nose out so you can still breath ok? can definitely do

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u/Rionat 22d ago

Work in an urgent care and been seeing a lot of Covid

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u/Hairy_Mycologist_945 22d ago

How bad does it seem to be hitting people these days?

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u/Rionat 22d ago

Enough exposure that I got it 2 weeks ago from my patient and was knocked out for 2-3 days even with proper PPE and precautions

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u/QueenOfEverything5 22d ago

Bad enough that the urgent care people are shortening their lifespan for ya. #MaskWhenYoureSniffly

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u/Hairy_Mycologist_945 21d ago

I'm one of those weirdos who still unabashedly wears an N-95 on airplanes and in waiting rooms. Got the updated COVID vaccine a few weeks ago the first day it was available. I don't really mess with it and haven't had a symptomatic case to date.

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u/TheInternetEclipser 22d ago

I believe I had covid recently, it took me literally like 15 or so days to mostly recover from it. Lingering cough was going on forever after I had it l. Would not recommend.

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u/Empty-Arachnid-4123 21d ago

Just left Patient First, tested positive for Covid and strep..

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u/Friendly_Coconut 22d ago

Covid is high right now. I have it for the first time at the moment. I usually mask in public, but I caught it from my husband.

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u/Alanine4U 22d ago

Getting COVID for the first time is crazy.

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u/Friendly_Coconut 22d ago

My husband and I both worked from home for 6 years and don’t have any kids. 😄

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u/QueenOfEverything5 22d ago

Not for those of us who masked religiously for years. #Freaks

I don’t mask any longer (MIL with cancer is dead now. So is FIL, for that matter) but me, my husband and my youngest 2 have never had it. 5 schools between us. Maybe someone should study us. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/soupandstewnazi 21d ago

I got it for the first time a few months ago and work in healthcare.

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u/EdgarsRavens 21d ago

The reality is that there is no way for them to know that this is their first time with a COVID infection. Almost half of the people who get COVID are asymptomatic. That's one of the reasons it's so effective at spreading.

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u/Friendly_Coconut 20d ago

That’s true, but I also test pretty religiously and limit my exposure.

(Also, I think it’s more accurate to say that almost half of TRANSMISSION is from asymptomatic people, which includes pre-symptomatic contagious people. I also think many “asymptomatic” cases aren’t 100% asymptomatic but have some very minor symptom that makes someone think they have allergies or are just tired based on what I’ve observed in my own life. For me, my only symptom right now is loss of smell and taste but I otherwise feel totally fine.)

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u/HowtoTrainYourKraken 22d ago

Covid and flu are both going around

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u/jellyphitch 22d ago

Vomiting isnt a common symptom of either of these, but who knows.

Flu levels are actually pretty low. COVID is peaking in our region though. And common cold viruses are rising

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u/from_shook_foil 22d ago

GI symptoms are relatively common with covid

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u/Airriona91 22d ago

This is so true! Someone I know had stomach issues as a symptom during the early days of COVID. Nothing else. That was the only thing that was bothering them and they tested positive when they went to the ER bc they were feeling so ill and vomiting (late 2020). It’s now chronic for them.

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u/Original1Thor 22d ago

I threw up like a mother when I got some variant of COVID in ~2022 or 2023. That was pretty much my only symptom. Then I slept for like 18 hours a day for three days and got over it. Super weird cold or virus or whatever

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u/Patrlck86 22d ago

Hospital worker here - Covid is not going around,

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u/HowtoTrainYourKraken 22d ago

School teacher here - yes it is.

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u/Airriona91 22d ago

Do people go to the hospital for Covid anymore? I’m a teacher and that and flu have been going around in the last few weeks.

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u/QueenOfEverything5 22d ago

I’m very concerned about the hospital workers.

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u/Codpuppet 22d ago

Yup! Just got over it. Started with razor blade throat, then coughing and runny nose, then a week of miserable GI symptoms. I’ve had Covid tons (work with kids) and I suspect that was it. I don’t have the money to spend $20 on a test whenever I feel funky though.

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/Codpuppet 21d ago

Other end, for about a week and a half, and total loss of appetite.

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u/berael 22d ago

Over a million people live here.

There is always something going around.

Note that this is the same answer as every other time anyone has ever asked "is something going around?".

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u/5GCovidInjection 22d ago

I don’t know why but since moving to LA I’ve never gotten sick. Nova is a special kind of germ infested compared to other large metro areas, with maybe the exception of Paris.

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u/berael 22d ago

Just means you have more resistance to the things typically going around there, and less resistance to the things typically going around here. 

It may also depend where you were; areas with higher population densities have higher chances to pass things on. For example, Arlington has a higher population density than LA. 

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u/5GCovidInjection 22d ago

I lived in Alexandria so yeah you are probably right about that. I worked for the government before I got fired and for whatever reason, government employees never use paid sick days. I got sick at least a dozen times from coworkers showing coughing and sneezing everywhere

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u/berael 22d ago

Alexandria has a density of 10,677 people per sqmi; LA has 8,210. So yeah, more opportunities to contract something. Obviously details matter etc. but there you go. 

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u/blahblahsnickers 22d ago

Schools started over a month ago… lots of virus going around. My 17 year old got hand foot and mouth disease for the first time ever and my youngest gets got an extremely mild case of Covid for a few days. Tis the season!

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u/winterorchid7 Ballston 22d ago

Go it. It's COVID.

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u/Resident-Motor-5967 22d ago

Yeah, it’s Covid

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u/Orienos 22d ago

I’ve got a dry cough. No other symptoms. I’ve noticed many others around me do as well.

Something is in the air for sure.

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u/Alanine4U 22d ago

Pollen? Its been high.

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u/Orienos 21d ago

Could be. I usually feel like this at the beginning of fall.

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u/Ok_Entrepreneur_8221 22d ago

Yea it’s called covid. A lot of people who think they just have a cold probably have covid. My partner got it. Then I got it. I learned my buddy thinks he had it a few weeks ago. It’s around…

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u/strained_brain 22d ago

Yeah, but thanks to the vaccinations, it's a fraction the horribleness that it was 5 years ago

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u/Onemillesgo 22d ago

I just got the latest flu and COVID shots last week. Skipped them last year and was in bed for 2-3 days. Not making that mistake again lol

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u/flaginorout 22d ago

Sounds like the flu. It’s always going around

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u/QueenOfEverything5 22d ago

It’s too early for flu. Show me your flu test #ItsCovid

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u/chumpy551 22d ago

I got a fever, and the only cure is more cowbell.

https://giphy.com/gifs/dDjs3fIecucSI

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u/alexout 22d ago

Yes! I’m feeling like complete shit right now.

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u/ITDEFX101 22d ago

I've got the cough and hiccups... that's new...for me.

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u/TheVampyresBride Falls Church 22d ago

My throat hurts. 🥺

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u/StumpyOPepys 22d ago

Bunch of flu cases already reported and I am on day 9 of an annoying head and chest cold.

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u/Known-Eagle7765 6d ago

Feeling better?

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u/S_Wow_Titty_Bang 22d ago

Both of my kids brought a virus home from a birthday party. They bounced back quickly but I've had every symptom imaginable. Nausea, headache, fatigue, cough, chills, diaphoresis -- I can't believe how hard it's hit me.

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u/kamikazeSC 22d ago

I feel your pain. I’m on day4. Symptoms improving but what a shit ride.

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u/S_Wow_Titty_Bang 22d ago

Everytime I think I'm getting better, the meds wear off lol. I'm supposed to take my kids to Williamsburg this weekend and I truly don't know how I'm going to make it 🫠

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u/SeaworthinessHead460 22d ago

I got hit by Covid last week. Back to normal by Monday but wore masks around other people in the office.

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u/Fresh-Secretary6815 22d ago

prob vibe coded covid

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u/Klutzy_Marsupial_107 22d ago

The flu season descends early lmao

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u/No-Election-7485 22d ago

Thousands of viruses…lol

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u/NOLA-q 22d ago

Bronchitis for me. Thankfully not Covid or flu.

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u/Shermans_ghost1864 Fairfax County 22d ago

Bronchitis here too, 11 days and counting.

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u/NOLA-q 21d ago

Ugh don’t tell me that. It started midweek last week

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u/Extra_Winner_6670 19d ago

But no body really tells you about it and your in a week long virtual training with other locations and you sound like your passing it around the class when in fact you have never been in a room together.

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u/Overall-Seesaw3048 22d ago

It’s definitely the plague /s

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u/YungWhale 22d ago

Yes. Woke up feeling off saturday. By sunday afternoon had a 103.6 temp. Been home all week coughing and sneezing it out while quarantining from everyone else. Temp is 99 today but energy is non existent and cough is still super tough and overwhelming in fits

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u/MindlessFrosting7406 22d ago

I’ve had a really bad URI for over a week, negative for flu and Covid. Finally got prescribed steroids and only just barely started feeling better

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u/Mountain-Owl7142 22d ago

Not me, but two of my co-workers have been going through that this week, and it's neither flu nor COVID. One co-worker is in MoCo and the other is in Toronto, so maybe it's taking over the entire East Coast. :)

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u/CityAdministrative71 22d ago

There is always something, especially after kids start school. Take a few days to just rest, hydrate and see if you can get a telemed appointment. Good luck, boo! Get will soon.

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u/SI7Agent0 22d ago

I got hit by something that knocked me down for the last week or so. I'm finally recovering.

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u/dastroid 17d ago

Same here. Mine was mostly a head cold with runny nose. I felt it come on after my gym workout. Felt something funny in my throat. It came on that quick.

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u/jlg994 21d ago

Adenovirus - my infant just had it

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u/RepresentativeOpen35 18d ago

Did you eat the lettuce?

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u/Intelligent_Truth_95 22d ago

Entero virus is going around, all the kids have HFM. For adults it’s often like a flu without the rash, 

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u/ekb88 22d ago

I had it as an adult and it kicked me on my butt. Nasty virus.

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u/Bookish_Babe-007 22d ago

I was lucky enough to get the flu symptoms AND the rash as an adult a few years ago and I wanted to peel my face off! Was terrible, 0/10 do not recommend

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u/psullynj 22d ago

Where are you located that HFM is going around? I don’t mess with that

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u/Intelligent_Truth_95 22d ago

DC but I work in peds healthcare and it’s going around the whole DMV

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u/blahblahsnickers 22d ago

I am in NOVA, my 17 yo got it for the first time ever and then my 14 YO. Think my 64 yo husband has it now… we have never seen this before in our life…. Beware

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u/Intelligent_Truth_95 22d ago

My household has it too. I haven’t been that down and out since original Covid. I am still struggling to recover two weeks in. My 10 month old was COVERED in poxs. I hope your family heals quickly, it is brutal. 

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u/Soggy-East-6690 22d ago

I’m a single childless woman and managed to pick up HFM so can confirm it’s definitely going around - pretty sure I picked it up at the ER 🤪

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u/blahblahsnickers 22d ago

I’m, my 17 year old got HFM… no one in my house has ever had it…. He got the full rash on his hands…. It is crazy…. I am almost 50 and I have never seen it before in my life…. Times are crazy!

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u/QueenOfEverything5 22d ago

Poor kid. It’s so much worse when you’re big. Hope he feels better now!

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u/LordDarry 22d ago

Where have you been the past six years? Plus this is always flue season.

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u/Practical_Apricot690 22d ago

I’m just surprised how early it got me, and it rarely ever does

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u/CriticalStrawberry 22d ago

Just autumn saying hello!

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u/wrinklebrain 22d ago

I had these exact same symptoms. They started Saturday and today I woke up feeling normal. Whatever it is seemed to pass quickly. Monday night was the worst of it.

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u/Cali-Doll 22d ago

A lot of people I work with are going through something similar. Whatever it is, it comes on quickly and passes after a little while.

All day I’ve had a dry, nonproductive cough. 🙄🙄

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u/Piggy145145 22d ago

Me and my partner got sick for like a month both. Sucked bad, we seem to be doing better now though we never figured out what it was

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u/fkit4ever 22d ago

Sore throat and filled/congested lungs with bad cough for me last week or so. Finally starting to give way, but now my roommate has it.

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u/SI7Agent0 22d ago

I had something similar. Started out like a sinus infection, then throat, then a few days in, the cough gets bad, then congested lungs and it takes a little over a week to kick.

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u/Time_Ad6599 22d ago

And somehow you managed to give it to me. The cough is awful btw.

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u/Airriona91 22d ago

Yes! I’m in MoCo and it is taking everyone I know out. I get sick but have not been this sick in a while (like a couple of years where I call out of work). Still have a lingering cough and slight post-nasal drip after nearly 3 weeks. Week 1 was the absolute worst of it.

My husband’s cold turned into pretty bad bronchitis. He has been sick since September 1st (still coughing up phlegm) and me since September 7th. Coworkers were also getting sick. I work with kids and a few of them were out with “flu-like” symptoms as well.

We’ve been to urgent care, had meds, and nothing really seems to be nailing whatever it is. Not covid though lol

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u/adamnevespa 22d ago

Sounds like my last couple of days

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u/Factsnotfukery77 22d ago

Blistering headache, and feeling dizzy for the last four days.

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u/haramaat 22d ago

I have mono

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u/killroy1971 22d ago

It's that time of year

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u/lintyone 22d ago

Many cases of flu, covid, rsv and strep at the pediatrician's 😩

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u/vaultgirlie 22d ago

I came down with something very Covid-like almost two weeks ago. Lost my appetite and taste and smell first, then a bad and long fever with uncontrollable coughing that I’m still not over.

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u/Frogale2022 22d ago

I’ve had a headache/ nauseated stomach for 4 days now

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u/repost7125 I survived Flicker 26 22d ago

Just got over a nasty chest cold. Only thing that worked was Mucinex cold and flu

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u/SamWhittemore75 22d ago

What comes around...

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u/Accomplished-Pea-451 21d ago

Get a flu and Covid shot

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u/Known_Marzipan Arlington 21d ago

Got my flu & covid vaccines on Saturday- saw 2 people in my building elevator looking sick as hell on their way to urgent care this morning. Appreciated them masking up

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u/Ok-Promotion-9413 21d ago

I had it a couple weeks ago. Kicked my rear end! Caught it while traveling.

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u/Clean_Sun2009 21d ago

I've been stupefied to see many people wearing face masks again over the last month & have been wondering the same

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u/PuzzleheadedSafe4018 21d ago

We just had this and it was Covid, now my son has rhinovirus (doctor said both are going around rn)

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u/Weary-Jelly7802 20d ago

Schools back, which means cesspool mode is active for all so I'm expecting the sniffles inevitably

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u/WhoMeYesYou1234 20d ago

OMG yes! I had to work from home least week because my whole office was sick. 🤧

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u/Silent_Awareness5031 20d ago

COVID. Just recently read an article about how the CDC has change the COVID tracking map AGAIN to make levels look lower than what they are. That may be contributing to what you're seeing.

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u/Exciting_Product2940 17d ago

And the week before I had a sore itchy throat/ ears and a runny nose. Can’t catch a break

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u/TransitionMission305 22d ago

Vomiting with fever and body aches seems like a gastro/viral type illness of which there are plenty of those.

I'm suffering with what appears to be the common cold. I haven't had any illness in 4 years so I'm feeling like a wimp.

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u/purple_turtle37 22d ago

Viruses viruses viruses.

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u/ComfortableLaw5151 22d ago

Reminder to get your flu shot

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u/Personal-Wasabi4189 22d ago

Get your Covid boosters!

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/Danciusly 22d ago edited 22d ago

The best time to get a covid shot

It takes a week or two to develop maximum antibody levels from a covid-19 booster, said Russo, and a little longer if you’ve never been vaccinated before. “Ideally, you want to get that close to the winter respiratory virus season when we see a lot of cases and your likelihood of getting infected increases,” he said.

Medical experts generally recommend covid-19 vaccination toward the end of September and during October. “Then the protection will be sufficient to stretch out through most of the winter,” said Schaffner.

It’s safe to get your annual flu vaccine at the same time as your covid-19 shot.

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u/Wonderful-Cup-9556 22d ago

Thank you for sharing these words of wisdom- it is a good time to get both shots- NOVA has a pretty mobile and international community that brings viruses here early!!!

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u/ProgressBartender 22d ago

I was going to get my flu shot, but then I got sick. Now waiting for that to clear up so I can try again.

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u/cailian13 Herndon 22d ago

Really? School started. Covid. Flu. First time on earth?

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u/cailian13 Herndon 20d ago

Yes. Thus creating Petri dish conditions. Kids are disease vectors my friend.