COVID19 George steph had no symptoms except sore back, I think a lot of poeple are immune

[Anonymous]

The days before the travel restriction, we had a friend from Italy/Europe after a nyc 1-week stay at our house for a week.

My whole family thought we had allergies and noticed soreness. One member of our family had a prolonged cough that gradually got better but is still lingering.

It went away for us a week ago.

Could we have had it and are now probably immune?

How many others are in this boat?

“There was one night several weeks ago when I went to bed early with some lower back pain and I thought it was from a workout that day, and it cleared up the next morning,” he explained. “Then several days after that I had one day when I had a diminished sense of smell, but that was it for my symptoms over the last several weeks.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/george-stephanopoulos-says-he-tested-positive-for-covid-19-as-wife-ali-wentworth-is-on-the-mend/ar-BB12yDQq

[Anonymous]

Certainly possible. There are two studies that will shed some light on this issue:

- Stanford study that will test 3,200 people in CA. They hypothesize that part of CA's low COVID case & death numbers have to do with undetected COVID spread late last year in the state.

- NIH study that will look at undetected COVID spread nationwide. They're hoping for 10,000 volunteers.

Both are obviously antibody test studies. Will be very interesting to see the results.

[Anonymous]

Sure. It will be nice when there are widely available antibody tests (knock on wood) so that we can all know and many of us can return to normal life.

One of the first Americans who tested positive was a 70 something year old man who had a fever for a few hours, and that was it. No other symptoms. The only reason he was tested was because he was on a cruise ship where everyone was tested.

[Anonymous]

It is possible but people's anecdotes do not equal data.

Also immunity and asymptomatic are not the same: being asymptomatic is a real problem, because people can spread it without knowing which is really catastrophic in the beginning.

I think it is far more likely you and your family did not have COVID, but I suppose it is possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Certainly possible. There are two studies that will shed some light on this issue:

- Stanford study that will test 3,200 people in CA. They hypothesize that part of CA's low COVID case & death numbers have to do with undetected COVID spread late last year in the state.

- NIH study that will look at undetected COVID spread nationwide. They're hoping for 10,000 volunteers.

Both are obviously antibody test studies. Will be very interesting to see the results.

Very interested to see the results of these studies too.

[Anonymous]

OP, there are so many threads on the same topic of wondering whether people had it already and are now immune.

[Anonymous]

How did he get a test? That's the part that I find the most telling here. He got a test, when sick people can't get tested.

[Anonymous]

You can volunteer. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-begins-study-quantify-undetected-cases-coronavirus-infection

[Anonymous]

I emailed to sign up for the NIH study. I am pretty sure I had it in early March: chest tightness for two days, plus about 5 days of "GI issues" and loss of appetite that led to a 14-pound weight loss.

I do feel I recovered very quickly and have been fully recovered for several weeks. I think my husband had it (chest tightness and lingering cough/cold for about a month, but not severe and chest X-ray was clear), as well as my two kids (both had cold-like symptoms, and one had a lot of coughing for a few days; low fevers for both).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did he get a test? That's the part that I find the most telling here. He got a test, when sick people can't get tested.

It's increasingly easier to get tested, especially in MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I emailed to sign up for the NIH study. I am pretty sure I had it in early March: chest tightness for two days, plus about 5 days of "GI issues" and loss of appetite that led to a 14-pound weight loss.

I do feel I recovered very quickly and have been fully recovered for several weeks. I think my husband had it (chest tightness and lingering cough/cold for about a month, but not severe and chest X-ray was clear), as well as my two kids (both had cold-like symptoms, and one had a lot of coughing for a few days; low fevers for both).

I sent an email too. I was in China in mid-November and developed symptoms after I got back. Tested negative for the flu and strep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did he get a test? That's the part that I find the most telling here. He got a test, when sick people can't get tested.

It's increasingly easier to get tested, especially in MD.

It’s easy to get tested in Virginia. I think there are four criteria? My doctor offers the test in the office. It’s not the quick test. It still takes a week to get results. And it has a high rate of false negatives. My doctor used my symptoms and my chest X-ray for the diagnosis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I emailed to sign up for the NIH study. I am pretty sure I had it in early March: chest tightness for two days, plus about 5 days of "GI issues" and loss of appetite that led to a 14-pound weight loss.

I do feel I recovered very quickly and have been fully recovered for several weeks. I think my husband had it (chest tightness and lingering cough/cold for about a month, but not severe and chest X-ray was clear), as well as my two kids (both had cold-like symptoms, and one had a lot of coughing for a few days; low fevers for both).

So this virus either kills you or gives you super immune powers and helps you lose weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How did he get a test? That's the part that I find the most telling here. He got a test, when sick people can't get tested.

It's increasingly easier to get tested, especially in MD.

Not what Hogan is saying. Unless something changed since Friday?

[Anonymous]

I volunteered for the NIH study, hope I hear back.

Unfortunately, most of the experts I read (Scott Gottlieb, Florian Kammer at Mt. Sinai) don’t think more than 5 percent of the population has been exposed, perhaps slightly more in NYC.