This “mild” covid is the sickest I’ve ever been

[Anonymous]

It’s sobering, that one can catch it in a store with a mask on. Especially with nobody standing in one place for long, everyone masked, etc...I was feeling okay about it recently, whereas in the beginning I was very anxious and went once every 10-12 days at 7am.

Yesterday I ran from store to store picking up my kids’ Xmas gifts (never took my mask off) because UPS has been so unreliable - I haven’t done anything like that since March. But I regret it and I’m going to be worried about it for the next 10 days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s sobering, that one can catch it in a store with a mask on. Especially with nobody standing in one place for long, everyone masked, etc...I was feeling okay about it recently, whereas in the beginning I was very anxious and went once every 10-12 days at 7am.

Yesterday I ran from store to store picking up my kids’ Xmas gifts (never took my mask off) because UPS has been so unreliable - I haven’t done anything like that since March. But I regret it and I’m going to be worried about it for the next 10 days.

You haven’t done anything like what? You haven’t gone into a single store since March other than this outing yesterday? Wow

[Anonymous]

So bizarre that people are accusing OP of being a troll (and quite a dedicated one at that) based off two erroneous notions: 1) that you can’t get it if you are taking precautions and 2) that a mild case can be bad.

Even after people have posted articles that support what OP is saying.

People seriously just have no desire to do research. None. So weird.

[Anonymous]

If people are at a crowded grocery store and have to wait in line for a while, and other shoppers are wearing masks that aren’t effective or aren’t worn properly, it should come as no surprise that you can get covid from the grocery store. Or the gym or a doctors office or whatever.

Masks and social distancing don’t eliminate risk. They reduce them.

[Anonymous]

I don't understand the anger on this thread. OP is sharing her experience and you're all accusing her of lying. Why? Why do you care? She's sick and she's telling you it sucks. Why do you even care how she got it? Why are you accusing her of lying about how sick she is or isn't? It's so bizarre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the anger on this thread. OP is sharing her experience and you're all accusing her of lying. Why? Why do you care? She's sick and she's telling you it sucks. Why do you even care how she got it? Why are you accusing her of lying about how sick she is or isn't? It's so bizarre.

+1

OP (and teacher PP), I hope you feel better soon. Thanks for the reminder to be vigilant—I will be extra careful as a result of your post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s sobering, that one can catch it in a store with a mask on. Especially with nobody standing in one place for long, everyone masked, etc...I was feeling okay about it recently, whereas in the beginning I was very anxious and went once every 10-12 days at 7am.

Yesterday I ran from store to store picking up my kids’ Xmas gifts (never took my mask off) because UPS has been so unreliable - I haven’t done anything like that since March. But I regret it and I’m going to be worried about it for the next 10 days.

You haven’t done anything like what? You haven’t gone into a single store since March other than this outing yesterday? Wow

No, I meant I haven’t gone to like 5 in one day.

[Anonymous]

What kind of masks are you wearing? I wish there was better information about the efficacy of cloth masks. There should be wider distribution of N95s or KN 95s.

[Anonymous]

OP, I know you're telling the truth. I'm sorry you're sick and hope you feel better quickly.

The rest you I assume are absolute gems the rest of the time. Perhaps the prolonged stress of COVID is wearing on you in ways you can't articulate. Whatever. The following three things are true:

1. With this much COVID in the community, there's no way to do the contact tracing that would allow us to know where people are getting it. Locations of transmission have changed before and may change again, so living in such denial that you insist on applying the wisdom of two months ago to the question of where people are getting COVID now--to the point that you are calling a sick person a lying troll--is asinine.

2. There is--as of today's news--a new and more transmissible strain of COVID all over the UK. Even if you don't follow the logic re: how our meager tracing capacities have been swamped by community spread, IDK why you would assume it could not be the same way here.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/uk/christmas-covid-strain-restrictions-intl-gbr/index.html

3. There are a wide range of illnesses in which "mild" disease is defined as organ-sparing. For example, someone with "mild" lupus has lupus that is not imperiling a kidney or other organs frequently attacked by lupus. Patients with "mild" lupus can be disabled by "mild" lupus, to the point of being SSI-eligible. They are quite sick, even if their organs aren't near failure. Same with "mild" COVID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I know you're telling the truth. I'm sorry you're sick and hope you feel better quickly.

The rest you I assume are absolute gems the rest of the time. Perhaps the prolonged stress of COVID is wearing on you in ways you can't articulate. Whatever. The following three things are true:

1. With this much COVID in the community, there's no way to do the contact tracing that would allow us to know where people are getting it. Locations of transmission have changed before and may change again, so living in such denial that you insist on applying the wisdom of two months ago to the question of where people are getting COVID now--to the point that you are calling a sick person a lying troll--is asinine.

2. There is--as of today's news--a new and more transmissible strain of COVID all over the UK. Even if you don't follow the logic re: how our meager tracing capacities have been swamped by community spread, IDK why you would assume it could not be the same way here.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/uk/christmas-covid-strain-restrictions-intl-gbr/index.html

3. There are a wide range of illnesses in which "mild" disease is defined as organ-sparing. For example, someone with "mild" lupus has lupus that is not imperiling a kidney or other organs frequently attacked by lupus. Patients with "mild" lupus can be disabled by "mild" lupus, to the point of being SSI-eligible. They are quite sick, even if their organs aren't near failure. Same with "mild" COVID.

This is true and needs to be repeated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I know you're telling the truth. I'm sorry you're sick and hope you feel better quickly.

The rest you I assume are absolute gems the rest of the time. Perhaps the prolonged stress of COVID is wearing on you in ways you can't articulate. Whatever. The following three things are true:

1. With this much COVID in the community, there's no way to do the contact tracing that would allow us to know where people are getting it. Locations of transmission have changed before and may change again, so living in such denial that you insist on applying the wisdom of two months ago to the question of where people are getting COVID now--to the point that you are calling a sick person a lying troll--is asinine.

2. There is--as of today's news--a new and more transmissible strain of COVID all over the UK. Even if you don't follow the logic re: how our meager tracing capacities have been swamped by community spread, IDK why you would assume it could not be the same way here.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/uk/christmas-covid-strain-restrictions-intl-gbr/index.html

3. There are a wide range of illnesses in which "mild" disease is defined as organ-sparing. For example, someone with "mild" lupus has lupus that is not imperiling a kidney or other organs frequently attacked by lupus. Patients with "mild" lupus can be disabled by "mild" lupus, to the point of being SSI-eligible. They are quite sick, even if their organs aren't near failure. Same with "mild" COVID.

This is true and needs to be repeated.

I think people are responding to the “touched something and touched my eye” assertion. This is just not the primary way people get infected with Covid and if it were there would be an astronomical number of cases. I’ve been grocery shopping in a store throughout the pandemic and my kids are in school in person and no COVID yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, hope you feel better!

Seems like there is a wide range of “mild.” My 91yo grandmother in assisted living currently has it and other than fatigue and a light cough doesn’t feel all that bad. So random considering her age and risk factors. Fingers crossed it continues that way.

Older folks can present with delirium or withdrawal. And the illness can turn on a dime for the worse. I hope she’s getting supplements and medications and stays OK.

These symptoms were what happened to my FIL who ended up passing over the summer of Covid.

PP's who are struggling, I hope you all feel better soon and recover without longterm issues.

[Anonymous]

What you describe does not sound mild. I know people who had mild cases and they likened it to a minor cold. I’ve heard of it ranging from asymptotic, to similar to a cold, to cases like yours, which would like a bad flu, to, well, death. That’s what’s so scary about it- you don’t know how what you’ll end up with.

[Anonymous]

Avoid indoor spaces. Even with masks your risk of getting it indoors is decent if someone else who is infected has been breathing the same air. Grocery stores, malls, etc. probably don’t have adequate ventilation and filtration to really mitigate exposure risks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Avoid indoor spaces. Even with masks your risk of getting it indoors is decent if someone else who is infected has been breathing the same air. Grocery stores, malls, etc. probably don’t have adequate ventilation and filtration to really mitigate exposure risks.

For some really weird reason, people at this late stage still do not seem to understand that this spreads from virus floating in the air. What part of that is hard to understand? I know it's invisible, but so are surface germs and people seem to get that.