New Allergy Symptoms - Check for COVID-19!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD has allergies (as in, she sees an allergist, has gotten the battery of tests) and if she forgets her meds for a day can wake up stuffy and sniffling. But we test her every time before sending her to school. The tests are free. I don't worry about her getting covid. I worry about sending her to school and infecting a classmate who lives with an elderly relative. It's easy to test.

+1. My kid also has seasonal allergies, which have been terrible this year. We tested (multiple times) to be on safe side with all negative tests. Went to pediatrician and then to allergist for a new scratch test. Severe allergies to multiple tree pollens. DC has had continuous cough, eye irritation and headache since March. I don't know how many COVID tests we've had but DC is now on daily allergy meds which also don't seem to help.

I don't know if allergies have just been seriously bad this year or if there's a compounding issue with colds, etc. I appreciate your words, OP. To all the other PPs who can't be bothered, it's not that difficult to be a responsible parent. I wish most parents would make more effort. We've had 30+ new COVID cases at our ES and DD's MS has sent multiple emails re: breakouts in school. All because parents can't be arsed. Shame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to test my family and disrupt our lives when nothing comes of testing. There never was any contact tracing in this county and there still isn't.

Are you kidding? Arlington’s contact tracing was extraordinarily robust. All these anti-testers are horrible people. Horrible.

[Anonymous]

The tests are free to you but not free. Not saying you shouldn’t take them, but it’s naive to not think of the bigger picture here.

[Anonymous]

We all have allergies. A couple of weeks ago I thought 8 yo was just having a bad allergy day. But then other symptoms (headache, fever) started as well, so we tested, & it was COVID. Over the next few days the rest of us all got it, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We all have allergies. A couple of weeks ago I thought 8 yo was just having a bad allergy day. But then other symptoms (headache, fever) started as well, so we tested, & it was COVID. Over the next few days the rest of us all got it, too.

Exact same at our house. And we never tested positive on home tests, only on PCR! Glad we knew so we could quarantine and avoid further spread to others.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, the tests are literally free. 8 free rapid tests a month per person at the drug store. Thanks Biden! Free PCR tests at curative kiosks.

Hard to believe that there are people in the world who are this stupid, but there you go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The million people who have died of COVID and the 9 million family members left behind are ten million more powerful reasons why the reminder that the OP gave should be appreciated and heeded rather than scoffed at and belittled. The tests are free, it takes 30 seconds, be a good neighbor and test if your kids or you have symptoms, and if you do have Covid isolate for 5 days and stop the spread.

The tests are not “free.” Stop bring such a wasteful, mindless idiot.

[Anonymous]

My husband woke up this morning stating he had “severe allergies.”

Told him to test. Positive. Yikes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The original poster specifically said "new allergy symptoms". Thank you for sharing as a healthcare provider. If everyone did as they said and tested as a precaution it would reduce spread of Covid and disruptions to everyone's lives.

Please be courteous to everyone you interact with and if you don't have anything nice to say just keep your comments to yourself. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The majority of society is moving on. 75% of kids have already had Covid. And they will likely catch it again next fall/winter. It is a coronavirus, and it is here to stay.

Everyone vaxxed and boosted (and otherwise healthy) that I know that tested positive had only very minor or no symptoms. So minor that nobody would even know it was Covid.

Covid is going to be like the common cold. It's not going anywhere, but nobody is getting very sick who is a healthy person with no pre-existing conditions.

I tested positive in December and was shocked because I had no symptoms. Nada. I was negative on two home tests. I only went to due the PCR because my husband had a positive. That came back positive. Kids never tested positive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The majority of society is moving on. 75% of kids have already had Covid. And they will likely catch it again next fall/winter. It is a coronavirus, and it is here to stay.

Everyone vaxxed and boosted (and otherwise healthy) that I know that tested positive had only very minor or no symptoms. So minor that nobody would even know it was Covid.

Covid is going to be like the common cold. It's not going anywhere, but nobody is getting very sick who is a healthy person with no pre-existing conditions.

I tested positive in December and was shocked because I had no symptoms. Nada. I was negative on two home tests. I only went to due the PCR because my husband had a positive. That came back positive. Kids never tested positive.

Thanks for your anecdote. Here’s mine: I didn’t cave in to the coercion and I’m teaching unmasked and I’m alive. I have also been overseas to 8 different countries since Dec 2019.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would literally be testing myself every day for months.

Signed,
Springtime grass allergy sufferer

OP said NEW allergy symptoms. Not the ones you always have.

[Anonymous]

I had allergy symptoms, first time since 2019. I tested, it was negative. Then it turned into cold symptoms. I tested, it was negative. I'm isolating myself until I'm over it because I don't even want to give someone a cold.

One of my good friends thought he had a cold in January and was dead from covid two weeks later. I would just as soon not kill any of my friends. They might catch it from some other nitwit like so many of you but they won't catch it from me if I can help it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The majority of society is moving on. 75% of kids have already had Covid. And they will likely catch it again next fall/winter. It is a coronavirus, and it is here to stay.

Everyone vaxxed and boosted (and otherwise healthy) that I know that tested positive had only very minor or no symptoms. So minor that nobody would even know it was Covid.

Covid is going to be like the common cold. It's not going anywhere, but nobody is getting very sick who is a healthy person with no pre-existing conditions.

I tested positive in December and was shocked because I had no symptoms. Nada. I was negative on two home tests. I only went to due the PCR because my husband had a positive. That came back positive. Kids never tested positive.

I'm fairly even-handed with weighing pros and cons with covid, I thought schools should be open far sooner, we were willing to travel etc. But it's also important not to overly downplay it either: people do get pretty sick even if they are healthy with no pre-existing conditions--just not as often. And long covid is more indiscriminate--healthy people who had mild symptoms are getting it. My nephew is a 20 year old college athlete who has been side-lined with long covid--and he barely noticed he had covid initially--it was just a cold for him. But he has tested positive now for 9 months, gets out of breath at practice, and has weird EKG results (new arrhythmia) . No pre-existing conditions. Our neighbor who is in his 50s has the same thing, last year he ran a marathon now is wheezing and can't do a 5k. Nephew's doctor said the risk profile of who gets long covid is very different than who gets serious covid initially. I don't think everyone needs to restrict their lives because of a risk of long covid, but it is clear it's not a cold.

I think it's important to regularly look at the data, see where we are at and be honest with the consequences of both restrictions and openness and not dig into a particular perspective as the situation and our understanding have changed since March 2020 and will be continuing to change.