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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I went the whole pandemic with no Covid. Almost two weeks ago, I got B5.a. I’ve never been so sick and it won’t end. I am a healthy person. I think this virus is going to be very different than our “new normal”.[/quote]

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I'm healthy and used to walking six miles a day.  I'm on day 10 and still testing positive, and more importantly, feeling sick.  I keep thinking it has to stop.  [/quote]

You guys are probably feeling extra ill when you finally met this virus because you haven't been challenging your immune systems for more than two years:

"We evolved alongside pathogens, and our regular contacts with them usually allow our immune systems to reup the response without making us very sick.
The system has “enough memory to make it more like a good hearty booster than a bad infection,” Mina said.
The moment you stop seeing a virus on this regular cadence, as happened during the pandemic, that natural balance is upset, Mina said. The extraordinary measures we took to limit exposure to the coronavirus — necessary steps to contain a deadly new foe — also limited our exposure to other viruses. If you do get exposed to a virus again once too much time has passed, you may not be able to protect yourself as well, leading to out-of-season surges across the population and surprisingly virulent infections for individuals."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06/13/covid-flu-rsv-viruses/[/quote]
yes, well said!!! I never got covid, but I did get hit with several nasty, nasty colds and stomach bugs after the mask mandates ended and we started going out in crowded spaces again- which is a first for me, because I really don't get colds or stomach bugs. the immune system is like a muscle- if you don't use it, you lose it! (well, not wholly, obviously, but all this masking, obsessive hand washing, never exposing yourself to germs etc is NOT good for the immune system. if you didn't exercise your legs for two years, would you be surprised that your legs were sore after you started again? of course not. they're rusty! the immune system is no different.)[/quote]

Anecdotally, my sister and BIL got Covid recently and my sister, who is a teacher and always exposed to germs, barely had any symptoms whereas super healthy, fit BIL who has been working from home for 2.5 years was down and out for a week.[/quote]

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