Two weeks ago, my boyfriend and I went to a Japanese cultural food fair. They played a concert with fireworks. It was more crowded than ever and neither of us were wearing any masks. Our logic was it wasn't mandatory anymore (unless you're sick) so why bother and if you're already vaccinated then nothing can happen.
Days before going to the cultural fair though, my boyfriend had diarrhea but he assumed it was some food intoxication. He got better though. We just didn't think was something else. The following day, he started feeling tired. Last Saturday, my boyfriend had a cold and some mucus but not that bad, we still went to the movies.
Fast-forward this past Sunday; my boyfriend had a sore throat, more mucus and couldn't talk for a couple days. Then on Wednesday, all of the sudden I caught a cold, both excessive coughing (keeping me awaken till midnight) with mucus and itchy, irritated red eyes. Yesterday the coughing was excessive enough to stop me from working. My brother was with a sore throat days ago and dad a small headache with a cold. My mother suddenly had a fever for 2 days and was feeling very weak.
She already suspected it wasn't the common cold. So we both got tested just in case and damn it came out positive for all of us. It was my fault indeed. I brought the virus and got them all sick. My boyfriend got me sick first. I'm coughing and still having liquid mucus now. It's not that bad but it's annoying. This is the 2nd time catching it. Last year it was in Dec too.
So that's all it takes, only one time (even if vaccinated) and you get everyone else sick at home?
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Of course. But get this, when people were protecting themselves against covid (hand washing, masks, distancing, etc.), they were also protecting themselves against flu. To the extent that the CDC can't even produce statistics "Estimates are not available for the 2020-2021 flu season due to minimal influenza activity.".
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html
Your average year kills tens of thousands of people in the US.
It's Covid we got but a mild version. It's annoying because I had to miss work for a week and cancel Saturday's date with my boyfriend. Just when I thought we didn't have to wear mask anymore, were vaccinated and Covid was almost dead by now, nope. It's still there and has come to stay with us. So basically we have to treat that as the flu that won't go away and get used to it. Oh well
I got it a couple of months ago as well (visiting a country where people don't wear masks). I'm sure it would have been worse without the vaccinations. It's definitely here to stay, hopefully FFP2/N95 masks are, too.
With any contagious disease it only takes one contact to spread it. Some people will succumb to it and others will not, so it is taking unnecessary risks to put yourself in that situation. It quickly became obvious that you had a bad disease, yet you continued to spread it to family and people at work. You either don't care who you make sick or are very stupid.
When I started catching Covid it was actually nearly the end of my shift. I was healthy all the way till night. I was nearly done with job by then.
It was in the morning that I woke up with more excessive cough and I've been off for now. Yes I do agree that I shouldn't have been without a mask on that cultural event. I was careless and brought the virus to the house.
Covid or new flu that's out.
yeah it's Covid
Damn. I have some guests coming into America from Thailand for 3 months. COVID is bad there again. They have been wearing masks again over the last three months. I am sure they will come with their test kits. I am concerned but not... You reminded me of the deal though...
yes it's still spreading. I thought that was solved and the virus was nearly dead by now. Nope. It's still there. The good thing is we all got a mild version of it and it isn't life threatening. It's just annoying that you can't go to work the next day and I had to cancel my date with my boyfriend, which would've been tomorrow. I was told to rest for a week. Annoying. Oh well
Yeah, I remember them talking about the virus mutating and probably never being fully eradicated.
True. So it basically came to stay with us. It's there and we just have to get used to it. Oh well.