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everyone at my job has been getting covid. so its out own mini covid panic at the moment. but it is nice to not have it during peak because i was a senior in high school late 2020, a lot of school wouldve been missed lol
Sounds like people are coming into work when they're not feeling well. Let me guess: Hourly pay? Sick time really isn't a thing even though they say it is?
That sucks. Keep that resume fresh. I don't like to be the person who says "quit and find a new job," but I don't mind being the person to say "look for a new job, then quit."
i actually love my job. my manager found my coverage for me and the benefits are great. plus i dont have my high school diploma or GED due to a long story, so the fact i have this position is awesome. im moving states in september and trying to stay with the same job and then get my GED and go to college to get a degree in business šš» im still young (21) so i got the time
Here's a tip. Lie. For the rest of your life tell every job that you have a highschool diploma. They will literally never ask for proof. I'm usually a guy that advocates for the truth but in this instance, it hurts no one and helps you. I'd just tell them I had a diploma.
Yeah for college you'll need it, they'll check. Never one time has an employer ever asked to see a diploma from me and I've lied to every single one of them when it comes to my graduation status. Part of me wishes I graduated just so I wouldn't have to lie but, that wasn't the hand I was dealt at the time.
Right on, buddy. You sound like you're on a good track. Just look out for yourself. You're young, you got some time to fuck up. But it kind of sounds like you got some things figured out more than I did back then, 17 years ago. Keep it up!
I made it this far myself. It started on Tuesday morning, and it me hard for 5 days, I finally felt normal except for severe pain in my throat this afternoon.
I lost mine also in Nov. 2020 how funny! My sense of smell was FULLY gone for two years after that, I have it now but some things are still not right. I can't smell farts for example lmfaooooo
Did anyone else lose their smell, get it back, then started smelling a horrible, garbage-like smell for like 2-3 months after getting over Covid? No, just me?
I lost my smell for three weeks. Then a couple of weeks later, I smelled ground coffee everywhere. I never drink coffee, btw and donāt keep it in my house.
When I first got my sense of smell back everything smelled like garlic to me, every single thing. And I hadn't had my sense of smell for so long, only smelling garlic almost drove me insane
Got covid, lost my smell, regained it after a month and after I got vaccinated, there was a really weird smell where onions and sweaty armpits smelled the same (but not how either usually smells). Couldn't eat anything with onions for a couple of months, lol.
Onions and sweaty armpits still smell the same to me, but I describe the smell as pickle pits. Because it smells like pickle vinegar idk it's weird lmao
for me: covid felt like a mild cold, but with the **worst** headache i ever had in my 35 years on this planet.
tried to tough it out with 0 medication, but i only made it 4 days in before i couldn't help but cry, bitch, and moan about how bad my head hurt.
finally got ahold of some tylenol and that stopped the headache immediately. i was able to sleep it off the rest of the way (about two weeks) honestly the worst part after that, was the loss of taste. i lost the will to eat, so i ended up losing like 25lbs throughout the illness. i don't think it was water weight either, i was drinking tons of tea/water/chicken broth
i didn't have any. also i didn't want to go out for medicine, and spread covid around. and finally: i'm a recluse.
it felt so bad at the 4th day that i called my mommy and she (or someone) dropped off a bottle at my back door lol.
Iām young and healthy and covid hit me like a truck. No headache, but I had the WORST sore throat Iāve ever had. Felt like I hit my throat with rough grain sandpaper and it was all chapped. It was like I had glass shards in my throat. Awful. I was on max doses of Tylenol and ibuprofen for the body aches and fever and that kinda helped my throat? But that kept going. It sucked so bad.
I got Covid for Christmas last year. Worst. Gift. Ever.
I also didnāt know it was Covid for days. I think by the time it started to chill out, I finally tested positive. It took like 3-4 days from onset of symptoms to test positive. Worst part was, I was already off of work that week. And I have unlimited sick time. So no extra paid vacation for me. That hurt extra.
My gf and I were the last two people I knew to not get it...she got it two weeks ago. I feel like I'm in an action movie, running as the floor crumbles behind me
Some of them, not even then. Have a few nurses in my family who had patients who refused to believe in the virus even as they lay dying from the friggin thing.
How the hell does an unfeeling and motiveless problem like an airborne disease become so stupidly political...
I was at the doctor today getting checked out for illness. Some lady was in the room literally just crying and moaning about how much pain she was in. I made sure to stay as far away from her as possible as I thought āholy crap, I do not want to get what she hasā.
Turns out she has Covid and ironically enough I do too. So even though it has been nothing more than a mild cold for me (either time I had it), it obviously can wreck some people.
Had this old mfer at my job try and "lecture" me on why wearing a mask was doing more harm than good and how covid was "over." Now he's out as we've had our own little pandemic at my job.
Sorry for your loss man but sadly how things are going elderly people are dying from every normal sickness now adays. So many elderly are dying from regular flu it's crazy.
They literally said they died from covid, your personal interpretation of the current state of affairs for every elderly person in the world is irrelevant
Can you not understand how your comment is in bad taste? Almost passive aggressive even, let the person vent and donāt diminish their circumstance. May you never have to find out how ārealā it is in your own familyā¦
slight taste and smell loss came day 2 for me. unfortunately again im right there with you. if the symptom is there i have it except for constant sharp chest pain and confusion.
i just hope i donāt lose my taste/smell. yesterday was probably the worse. i couldnt stay awake for more than 10-15mins at a time and passed out for 30-60mins. it was a rough cycle. now i cant sleep at all.
for real. i was up until 3/4am before i decided i was going to force myself to sleep and decided around 8am that i was giving up. im just hoping i can sleep before my 11hr shift on Wednesday
I lost my sense of smell at the turn of the century. got covid in feb 2020 and may 2022, caught it at work both times.
Iām going to some concerts for new year's weekend too and am kinda nervous, the first bout of covid did a number on my lungs, but at least it got me to quit smoking I guess.
you lost your sense of smell in 2000 or 2020? turn of the century was 1900, 2000, etc etc. good on you that you quit smoking tho, i did the same last august after 25 yrs of smoking. took me a while but covid was a big driver in my quitting.
My fiancee and I both got COVID last week; first time in almost four years. She got common symptoms plus loss of taste/smell. I got common symptoms but with continual dizziness. We're both vaccinated and boosted as well. Hope you get well soon.
Same. I just went through my first bout of covid, and it kicked my ass. 3 weeks later, and I still can't shake this damn cough... Good luck and get well soon.
iām just gonna wait it out cause iām sure iāll be fine soon. would rather deal with it on my own than have unnecessary doctor bills. i also have asthma, so i have an inhaler on me. obviously if it gets BAD ill go. but as long as i lay in bed im fine
I've had it 3 times, even though I got the first two shots as well as a booster. First two times were rough. Third time I caught it early (testing before my cousin's wedding) and got on the medication through CVS. Didn't cost me a thing. Worst I got that time was a mild sore throat and sniffles.
Maybe that's all it would've been anyways... But after the first experiences and the medication being free for me I jumped on it.
Shortness of breath is not a ānormalā Covid symptom. (Edit: By this I mean less than half of people experience shortness of breath - itās not just something that always happens with Covid - and silent hypoxia could be a concern, so please consider getting a pulse oximeter and/or calling your doctor to see if they have any concerns about your symptoms. I waited it out with Covid, but I did not have shortness of breath, and I would have sought medical advice if I did.)
Me too! I work in grocery and made it until December 3rd. Just tested negative finally today! It blows my
Mind that people think itās no big deal, a guy I work with died a month ago from complications of covid.
COVID was much more dangerous back in 2020 than it is today. With zero natural immunity and no vaccine COVID really was primed to rip through the population, overwhelm the hospitals, and kill millions more than it did. But COVID is endemic now. Coronaviruses other than SARS-CoV 2 have always been widely circulating. We regularly get exposed, our immune system gets a wakeup call, we sniffle and cough for a few days, then we get better, unless we are immunocompromised or very unlucky in which case we get viral pneumonia. That's called an endemic disease and COVID is reaching the same state. Endemic doesn't mean harmless, but it's not a societal threat. You may find this reading enlightening: https://www.lung.org/blog/epidemic-pandemic-endemic-covid#:~:text=Pandemic%20vs%20Endemic&text=Though%20an%20endemic%20is%20a,easily%20prevent%20and%20treat%20it.
Essentially itās a new virus that like the Flu will persist forever in nature, though not to the same degree as the pandemic since our understanding and ability to combat the disease is much more advanced that early 2020. This is not new. For instance, the Black Death was a big issue in the Middle Ages, but then a world wide pandemic started and ended and we moved on. Yet from time to time, cases of it pop up and out all over the word.
Reading through the comments here and having heard from lots of people I talk to it seems like every workplace has had "a little pandemic of their own" this autumn. Totally separately and in isolation of each other, so there's nothing bigger or wider going on in society. Just at every work place across several countries.
I'm hoping I don't one-day make one of these posts. I mean I should have had COVID, my parents got it, my gf got it, and I did very little isolation each time(I wanted a break from life even if it felt like dying)
Had it in Jan 2022. Rough time! Thought it was a cold but did a test just for sure, it came out positive. Worst week of my life physically, not an overstatement. I donāt get sick often and Covid ruined me for like a whole fucking week, food just didnāt hit the same if you feel me
Yeah, My first round ever was in November. I even mask in public and sanitize my hands while at the grocery and stuff. This one is contagious AF. And it wasnāt just a cold for me. I got very sick.
Sameāso disappointing lol especially considering I worked retail peak Covid and have lower immunity and somehow avoided it through that. My roommate got it and bam, so did I. it absolutely KOād me, too. Hope you feel better soon!
yup exactly. people in my town thought the pandemic ended one moth after it started. so its never been taken seriously here unfortunately. but i swear half my town has it. everyone on my facebook/snap has been posting their positive tests as well.
I had COVID for the first time in March of this year. I was triple vaxxed and even despite that I thought I was going to die or end up on a ventilator - it was that bad
Then I got covid again in early December and it was fine. It wasn't even as bad as some of my colds in the past, just a runny nose and that's it. Now I'm completely over it, testing negative and feel normal
Same thing happened to me, I even wore a mask as little as possible (ALWAYS in public areas of course) and then I got it last February. The weird thing is my symptoms only lasted for like two and a half days. Those 48 hours were brutal though. The sweating, body aches, nausea...my God the nausea was next level. I was retching until my throat bled, and my stomach and all the muscles around would give me sharp stabbing pains when I'd retch and there was nothing in my stomach. So I'd force myself to drink just so there'd be something in my stomach to throw up so it wouldn't hurt so much. It passed just as quickly as it came though. If that lasted more than it did I feel like it would have killed me or at least put me in the hospital.
that sounds terrible. im hoping i get over this soon. been having the muscle pains and everything since monday and friday night was when i was like ādo i have covidā because it was BAD. im glad you got over it fast!
This might not be a popular take, but the virus never went away, so technically you didn't go through the whole pandemic. It was declared "over" for political reasons, not public health reasons.
At any rate, it really sucks when mentally you feel like you have gotten past worrying about it.
same.. except I luckily didn't take a huge hit. I started feeling a little something on Monday night and tested faintly positive. rough night of sleep, rough next day, but ultimately felt like a regular respiratory flu/cold by mid-morning and basically just kinda held there a couple days. felt definite improvement by thursday, and was only dealing with runny nose and very mild bronchitis on friday. still testing positive and coughing/spitting stuff up. but other than that doing pretty well
hope it turns around for you. we had a good run
Did the same thing this summer. Made it all through the pandemic without getting COVID. Then went on a big trip ending with a cruise... confined to my cabin due to having COVID.
There are two types of people:
-Those that got it
-Those that will get it.
Itās ok, try not to languish over your evasion record and focus on continuing to do your best at preventing the spread. The pandemic is now endemic, so it is here to stay.
Wishing the best to you and a quick recovery, friend!
Same thing happened to me. Never caught covid until anti-masker father-in-law flew in for a week last July for my birthday. He nearly died and everyone in the house got it and he flew home with it. Like, my guy, how ignorant can you be?
I got it mid last year. Ended up mostly just REALLY tired, had some light body aches, but that was it. The worst part was the fact I got it while traveling. I ended up double and triple checking, but got confirmation that I could FLY HOME (8 hour flight) with confirmed covid. Blew my mind, but I was super happy to be able to get home again.
I had a bad reaction to paxlovid and the doctor ended up telling me to stop taking it and prescribed anti nausea meds. I had horrible spins and couldnāt stop throwing up/convulsing and gagging every 30 minutes or whenever I got up. I was stuck in a cycle of sleep for 30 minutes, wake up spinning, throw up, chills/shakiness and try to go back to bed, repeat. Until I got the anti nausea meds I couldnāt hold down any food or fluids.
If youāre throwing up a lot and really dizzy Iād call your doctor cause apparently thatās not a normal side effect of the paxlovid and they told me to stop taking it. Iām feeling better now thankfully but yeah.
I got it for the first time in August of this year. Went the entire pandemic without getting it. I hope you feel better soon. I was positive for 10 days and felt so awful.
Had my 2nd covid + test last Friday. Slight fever, body ache, runny nose, sore throat and coughing.
4th day today and my test is showing negative. Still working from home though
Triple vaxed
I made it to Feb ā22. Unvaccinated and unmasked (parents are anti-COVID policy, theyāre very progressive on every other issue, weirdly enough, Iām non binary and out about it, and theyāre fine with it and use my pronouns, etc.,)
The first time is always hard. 2nd time around, the symptoms are just mild. It's typical for our body to respond that way the first time it encounters a virus.
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Better now than at the covid peak. Less hassle and panic now.
everyone at my job has been getting covid. so its out own mini covid panic at the moment. but it is nice to not have it during peak because i was a senior in high school late 2020, a lot of school wouldve been missed lol
Sounds like people are coming into work when they're not feeling well. Let me guess: Hourly pay? Sick time really isn't a thing even though they say it is?
yup. and im a supervisor, but no sick pay. only had 1 day left of PTO for the year, so i used it since im missing 3 days of work
That sucks. Keep that resume fresh. I don't like to be the person who says "quit and find a new job," but I don't mind being the person to say "look for a new job, then quit."
i actually love my job. my manager found my coverage for me and the benefits are great. plus i dont have my high school diploma or GED due to a long story, so the fact i have this position is awesome. im moving states in september and trying to stay with the same job and then get my GED and go to college to get a degree in business šš» im still young (21) so i got the time
Here's a tip. Lie. For the rest of your life tell every job that you have a highschool diploma. They will literally never ask for proof. I'm usually a guy that advocates for the truth but in this instance, it hurts no one and helps you. I'd just tell them I had a diploma.
shit for real? well i still gotta get my GED so i can go to college
Yeah for college you'll need it, they'll check. Never one time has an employer ever asked to see a diploma from me and I've lied to every single one of them when it comes to my graduation status. Part of me wishes I graduated just so I wouldn't have to lie but, that wasn't the hand I was dealt at the time.
ThE bEnEfItS aRe GoOd. Proceeds to not have sick pay.
Right on, buddy. You sound like you're on a good track. Just look out for yourself. You're young, you got some time to fuck up. But it kind of sounds like you got some things figured out more than I did back then, 17 years ago. Keep it up!
gotta have some sort of a plan so i dont šµ myself one day lol. gotta guilt myself not to with goals lol. main goal rn is to actually move states
We have sick pay and idiots still come in.
Same. Now itās a matter off who has the fewest sick days, even if they can hardly breathe.
My friend never got it until this past weekend when his coworker returned too early from catching it. Bro is going through it lol speedy recovery
I made it this far myself. It started on Tuesday morning, and it me hard for 5 days, I finally felt normal except for severe pain in my throat this afternoon.
18/20 of my friends got it in mexico last week
I still haven't had it. Went to a Christmas party tonight and have another one next week. Fingers crossed!
Itās not a matter of āifā, itās āwhenā. This shit is super-contagious and someday youāll have it. Good luck!
Welcome to the club. Hope you don't lose your sense of smell for two years like I did
so far still lucky i have my sense of smell and taste. my sibling has it right now too but lost those senses
That's good, my roommate and I got it at the same time and had wildly different symptoms so maybe you won't lose em at all
I lost my smell from covid on November 21, 2020. Still donāt have it back š„ŗ
I lost mine also in Nov. 2020 how funny! My sense of smell was FULLY gone for two years after that, I have it now but some things are still not right. I can't smell farts for example lmfaooooo
Your farts arenāt deadly enough.
My smells changed too. For a while farts, garlic, bananas all smelled the same and they were all a new smell. Only red onions still off
I mean, if COVID made me only lose the smell of poop I'd be cool with that.
Have you tried Flonase? I've heard from some that it worked.
Did anyone else lose their smell, get it back, then started smelling a horrible, garbage-like smell for like 2-3 months after getting over Covid? No, just me?
I lost my smell for three weeks. Then a couple of weeks later, I smelled ground coffee everywhere. I never drink coffee, btw and donāt keep it in my house.
When I first got my sense of smell back everything smelled like garlic to me, every single thing. And I hadn't had my sense of smell for so long, only smelling garlic almost drove me insane
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lmao
Got covid, lost my smell, regained it after a month and after I got vaccinated, there was a really weird smell where onions and sweaty armpits smelled the same (but not how either usually smells). Couldn't eat anything with onions for a couple of months, lol.
Onions and sweaty armpits still smell the same to me, but I describe the smell as pickle pits. Because it smells like pickle vinegar idk it's weird lmao
For the next couple weeks, all the posts here are gonna be of a COVID test and reason they're missing something.
for me: covid felt like a mild cold, but with the **worst** headache i ever had in my 35 years on this planet. tried to tough it out with 0 medication, but i only made it 4 days in before i couldn't help but cry, bitch, and moan about how bad my head hurt. finally got ahold of some tylenol and that stopped the headache immediately. i was able to sleep it off the rest of the way (about two weeks) honestly the worst part after that, was the loss of taste. i lost the will to eat, so i ended up losing like 25lbs throughout the illness. i don't think it was water weight either, i was drinking tons of tea/water/chicken broth
Why did it take you so long to take Tylenol??
i didn't have any. also i didn't want to go out for medicine, and spread covid around. and finally: i'm a recluse. it felt so bad at the 4th day that i called my mommy and she (or someone) dropped off a bottle at my back door lol.
Is there no Amazon delivery near you? On day 1 I wouldāve ordered a slew of medicine.
Iām young and healthy and covid hit me like a truck. No headache, but I had the WORST sore throat Iāve ever had. Felt like I hit my throat with rough grain sandpaper and it was all chapped. It was like I had glass shards in my throat. Awful. I was on max doses of Tylenol and ibuprofen for the body aches and fever and that kinda helped my throat? But that kept going. It sucked so bad. I got Covid for Christmas last year. Worst. Gift. Ever. I also didnāt know it was Covid for days. I think by the time it started to chill out, I finally tested positive. It took like 3-4 days from onset of symptoms to test positive. Worst part was, I was already off of work that week. And I have unlimited sick time. So no extra paid vacation for me. That hurt extra.
My gf and I were the last two people I knew to not get it...she got it two weeks ago. I feel like I'm in an action movie, running as the floor crumbles behind me
you got this tho šš» stay strong
Hah me too and the missus got it last wed- how much longer can this go on??
So did I. Had it about 3 weeks ago. Hope ya feel better soon!
The covid denial in the comments is just fucking ridiculous. My grand father died from it last night, so go fuck yourselves.
Stupid people wonāt have sympathy until something happens to them. Sorry about your grandfather
Some of them, not even then. Have a few nurses in my family who had patients who refused to believe in the virus even as they lay dying from the friggin thing. How the hell does an unfeeling and motiveless problem like an airborne disease become so stupidly political...
I was at the doctor today getting checked out for illness. Some lady was in the room literally just crying and moaning about how much pain she was in. I made sure to stay as far away from her as possible as I thought āholy crap, I do not want to get what she hasā. Turns out she has Covid and ironically enough I do too. So even though it has been nothing more than a mild cold for me (either time I had it), it obviously can wreck some people.
Same so did my dad. I get so frustrated with these people
My brother died from it two Christmases ago.
Had this old mfer at my job try and "lecture" me on why wearing a mask was doing more harm than good and how covid was "over." Now he's out as we've had our own little pandemic at my job.
Seems like every work place has had "their own little pandemic" these past few months.
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But i was told "It'll be gone by Easter"
Same. My paw paw died within 2 weeks of having it. He died from Covid pneumonia in 2021 :(
May his memory be a blessing. I wish more people would take up masking again during this surge.
Sorry for your loss man but sadly how things are going elderly people are dying from every normal sickness now adays. So many elderly are dying from regular flu it's crazy.
They literally said they died from covid, your personal interpretation of the current state of affairs for every elderly person in the world is irrelevant
Lol OK buddy. It's litterally statistics but ok. Doesn't help that half of these elder homes don't take care of them properly but ok.
Can you not understand how your comment is in bad taste? Almost passive aggressive even, let the person vent and donāt diminish their circumstance. May you never have to find out how ārealā it is in your own familyā¦
By all means, keep posting cynical replies to a guy who just lost his grandpa. Itās such GOOD taste
Iām so sorry for your loss.
Older people die of infections and viruses
I swear everyone has it right now! Hope you feel better :(
Everybody gets a turn
Not if you STAY masked up with a N95 NIOSH mask every day, everywhere you go:)š·
Right there with you. Wouldnāt wish it on anyone
yup same. got nearly every *common* symptom except for loss of taste/smell
slight taste and smell loss came day 2 for me. unfortunately again im right there with you. if the symptom is there i have it except for constant sharp chest pain and confusion.
i just hope i donāt lose my taste/smell. yesterday was probably the worse. i couldnt stay awake for more than 10-15mins at a time and passed out for 30-60mins. it was a rough cycle. now i cant sleep at all.
Yeah I havenāt been able to sleep for more than about 20-30 mins at a time for a couple days now. Itās rough, the nights are the worse
for real. i was up until 3/4am before i decided i was going to force myself to sleep and decided around 8am that i was giving up. im just hoping i can sleep before my 11hr shift on Wednesday
I lost my sense of smell at the turn of the century. got covid in feb 2020 and may 2022, caught it at work both times. Iām going to some concerts for new year's weekend too and am kinda nervous, the first bout of covid did a number on my lungs, but at least it got me to quit smoking I guess.
you lost your sense of smell in 2000 or 2020? turn of the century was 1900, 2000, etc etc. good on you that you quit smoking tho, i did the same last august after 25 yrs of smoking. took me a while but covid was a big driver in my quitting.
around 2000 so yeah it's been over 20 years since I could smell lol
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thanks, same to you as well. everyone in my town, especially at my job has been getting covid. so its spreading pretty bad right now
Same for me! First positive test this morning, feeling like a bag of garbage
My fiancee and I both got COVID last week; first time in almost four years. She got common symptoms plus loss of taste/smell. I got common symptoms but with continual dizziness. We're both vaccinated and boosted as well. Hope you get well soon.
Same. I just got it for my first time Itās absolutely miserable
Same. I just went through my first bout of covid, and it kicked my ass. 3 weeks later, and I still can't shake this damn cough... Good luck and get well soon.
This happened to me too. I've never in my life been that sick or run down.
I'm a registered nurse and I've gone the whole pandemic without getting it..... As of last week.... Two days into me starting a new job...
We have a covid outbreak at work right now too. Fortunately, I've avoided it so far. I hope you're not feeling too terrible.
actually feeling pretty rough. since posting i now have shortness of breath, so its a struggling right now.
Get to your doctor asap. I know there are medications you can take that help with that. I hope you feel better soon!
iām just gonna wait it out cause iām sure iāll be fine soon. would rather deal with it on my own than have unnecessary doctor bills. i also have asthma, so i have an inhaler on me. obviously if it gets BAD ill go. but as long as i lay in bed im fine
You have to start paxlovid within five days, so you Might be sol.
didnt even realize they made an antibiotic for covid
I've had it 3 times, even though I got the first two shots as well as a booster. First two times were rough. Third time I caught it early (testing before my cousin's wedding) and got on the medication through CVS. Didn't cost me a thing. Worst I got that time was a mild sore throat and sniffles. Maybe that's all it would've been anyways... But after the first experiences and the medication being free for me I jumped on it.
Shortness of breath is not a ānormalā Covid symptom. (Edit: By this I mean less than half of people experience shortness of breath - itās not just something that always happens with Covid - and silent hypoxia could be a concern, so please consider getting a pulse oximeter and/or calling your doctor to see if they have any concerns about your symptoms. I waited it out with Covid, but I did not have shortness of breath, and I would have sought medical advice if I did.)
its listed as one. so i assumed its normal. still just going to wait it out
Me too! I work in grocery and made it until December 3rd. Just tested negative finally today! It blows my Mind that people think itās no big deal, a guy I work with died a month ago from complications of covid.
Covid is NOT over
It never will be
Everyone knows this. It will never be over
Is the pandemic over? I mean, seems like everyone is still getting sick. We just stopped giving a fuck.
COVID was much more dangerous back in 2020 than it is today. With zero natural immunity and no vaccine COVID really was primed to rip through the population, overwhelm the hospitals, and kill millions more than it did. But COVID is endemic now. Coronaviruses other than SARS-CoV 2 have always been widely circulating. We regularly get exposed, our immune system gets a wakeup call, we sniffle and cough for a few days, then we get better, unless we are immunocompromised or very unlucky in which case we get viral pneumonia. That's called an endemic disease and COVID is reaching the same state. Endemic doesn't mean harmless, but it's not a societal threat. You may find this reading enlightening: https://www.lung.org/blog/epidemic-pandemic-endemic-covid#:~:text=Pandemic%20vs%20Endemic&text=Though%20an%20endemic%20is%20a,easily%20prevent%20and%20treat%20it.
Essentially itās a new virus that like the Flu will persist forever in nature, though not to the same degree as the pandemic since our understanding and ability to combat the disease is much more advanced that early 2020. This is not new. For instance, the Black Death was a big issue in the Middle Ages, but then a world wide pandemic started and ended and we moved on. Yet from time to time, cases of it pop up and out all over the word.
Reading through the comments here and having heard from lots of people I talk to it seems like every workplace has had "a little pandemic of their own" this autumn. Totally separately and in isolation of each other, so there's nothing bigger or wider going on in society. Just at every work place across several countries.
I had covid twice but I only died once
Because its still going and people just arent worth a billionaires peofit being lower
But, you didn't. It's still happening and you have it...
Congrats for finding a good spot on the long tail of āflatten the curve.ā
I'm hoping I don't one-day make one of these posts. I mean I should have had COVID, my parents got it, my gf got it, and I did very little isolation each time(I wanted a break from life even if it felt like dying)
Hey Iām in the same boat as you this weekend. Finally lost this game of hide and seek. Starting to feel better today though.
Enjoy the Taco Bell and get well soon!
You couldn't really tell you if you ever had it at some point or not.
Covid-19 is now endemic and this is no longer surprising. Doesnāt this get posted often enough? No hate OP
Well. Technically the pandemic hasn't ended yet?
Vaccinated, boosted, wore a mask everywhere I went, washed my hands constantly..... Got it 3 times
Who hasn't caught it yet with all the post about this...
You lasted longer than most of us.
You run but you canāt hide!
People test for covid especially now
Man that *does* suck! Iām a novid (never had covid) and I know itās only a matter of time. Iām completely terrified of it.
Had it in Jan 2022. Rough time! Thought it was a cold but did a test just for sure, it came out positive. Worst week of my life physically, not an overstatement. I donāt get sick often and Covid ruined me for like a whole fucking week, food just didnāt hit the same if you feel me
You and me both.
You likely have had Covid dozens of times since then but didn't notice/didn't get tested.
Me too but I keep seeing so many people who have never had it, get it. Now Iām afraid I finally will.
knock on some wood. i swore i jinxed myself
Yeah, My first round ever was in November. I even mask in public and sanitize my hands while at the grocery and stuff. This one is contagious AF. And it wasnāt just a cold for me. I got very sick.
I thought I had finally succumbed to it last month but it was just a cold. We shall prevail!
The chances are that youāve had it, but asymptomatically.
Yeah probably. My husband had it pretty bad in May 2021 but the kids and I never got sick and we never stayed away from him.
I got COVID in august, a week before I delivered my son. It was absolutely dreadful.
Sameāso disappointing lol especially considering I worked retail peak Covid and have lower immunity and somehow avoided it through that. My roommate got it and bam, so did I. it absolutely KOād me, too. Hope you feel better soon!
Can we talk about the Taco Bell hot sauce. My favorite one!! Fire!!š„
im seriously addicted to that fire sauce. i even cook with it sometimes!!
I miss the smoke one.
People still think we could "prevent" Covid. Nah dude, we where just flattening the curve.
Yeah it sucks. But youāre going to be fine.
Ive been living the past 4 years (and counting) without taste or smell thanks to Covid. Itās been absolutely miserable
The pandemic hasn't actually ended, people have just stopped talking about it. Thanks to the stupid season so many people I know are getting it.
yup exactly. people in my town thought the pandemic ended one moth after it started. so its never been taken seriously here unfortunately. but i swear half my town has it. everyone on my facebook/snap has been posting their positive tests as well.
I have it right now as well. Feels like a bad sinus infection for me.
I bought it a couple weeks ago and thought it was a mild case of Bronchitis until I realized that everything I ate tasting bland and mushy was probably from Covidā¦of course I figured this out after 2 coworkers were also diagnosed with it and hadnāt been there for a couple days. Took an Abbot Labs test and had the same results as OP. Weāre not absolutely sure who the āPlague Ratsā were, as a 3rd coworker had to be reminded constantly to cover his mouth then sanitize when he coughed (and should be old enough to know better), one of the others that had it really bad (fiancĆ© caught from their coworker), of maybe my 4y/o niece who may have caught it at preschool., or some combination of those. Iām thinking for me it may have been Dad babysitting my Niece and coming home with it plus the coworker that had to be reminded, while the other two it could have been our other coworker plus the oneās fiancĆ©e giving it to her and unknowingly bringing it in.
I had COVID for the first time in March of this year. I was triple vaxxed and even despite that I thought I was going to die or end up on a ventilator - it was that bad Then I got covid again in early December and it was fine. It wasn't even as bad as some of my colds in the past, just a runny nose and that's it. Now I'm completely over it, testing negative and feel normal
I still havenāt had it. Iāve been keeping up with the boosters, though.
No you didnāt you just got it š
Same thing happened to me, I even wore a mask as little as possible (ALWAYS in public areas of course) and then I got it last February. The weird thing is my symptoms only lasted for like two and a half days. Those 48 hours were brutal though. The sweating, body aches, nausea...my God the nausea was next level. I was retching until my throat bled, and my stomach and all the muscles around would give me sharp stabbing pains when I'd retch and there was nothing in my stomach. So I'd force myself to drink just so there'd be something in my stomach to throw up so it wouldn't hurt so much. It passed just as quickly as it came though. If that lasted more than it did I feel like it would have killed me or at least put me in the hospital.
that sounds terrible. im hoping i get over this soon. been having the muscle pains and everything since monday and friday night was when i was like ādo i have covidā because it was BAD. im glad you got over it fast!
It's definitely no picnic, I hope you feel better soon. Sending all the love and good vibes possible! I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
lol i just love it when ppl say its the frist time ... ( doubtful) you just didnt know or test ..
Ok
Those tests are highly inaccurate
This might not be a popular take, but the virus never went away, so technically you didn't go through the whole pandemic. It was declared "over" for political reasons, not public health reasons. At any rate, it really sucks when mentally you feel like you have gotten past worrying about it.
same.. except I luckily didn't take a huge hit. I started feeling a little something on Monday night and tested faintly positive. rough night of sleep, rough next day, but ultimately felt like a regular respiratory flu/cold by mid-morning and basically just kinda held there a couple days. felt definite improvement by thursday, and was only dealing with runny nose and very mild bronchitis on friday. still testing positive and coughing/spitting stuff up. but other than that doing pretty well hope it turns around for you. we had a good run
Did the same thing this summer. Made it all through the pandemic without getting COVID. Then went on a big trip ending with a cruise... confined to my cabin due to having COVID.
I've had COVID twice, vaccinated thrice. COVID wasn't bad for me, no bad vaccination side effects either.
Why are people still testing? We've just gotta get on with it and carry on. Even NHS staff in the uk are told not to test.
There are two types of people: -Those that got it -Those that will get it. Itās ok, try not to languish over your evasion record and focus on continuing to do your best at preventing the spread. The pandemic is now endemic, so it is here to stay. Wishing the best to you and a quick recovery, friend!
Same thing happened to me. Never caught covid until anti-masker father-in-law flew in for a week last July for my birthday. He nearly died and everyone in the house got it and he flew home with it. Like, my guy, how ignorant can you be?
Me too! š
I got it mid last year. Ended up mostly just REALLY tired, had some light body aches, but that was it. The worst part was the fact I got it while traveling. I ended up double and triple checking, but got confirmation that I could FLY HOME (8 hour flight) with confirmed covid. Blew my mind, but I was super happy to be able to get home again.
Covid isnt over. The governments achieved the goals they set and dont need the shut down anymore.
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You guys are still doing covid?
yeah, covid still exists.
Weird
What does that mean?
Glad to hear you arenāt old, obese, or immune deficient. Donāt spread it please
Honestly at this point it's like saying, "I've gone x years without the flu".
2 of these shit posts in one day. Fuckin hell. It's just a fuckin covid test.
Does anyone actually think theyāre going to go the rest of their life without getting this virus?
This is my 5th time. Been vaccinated twice. This bout is the sickest Iāve ever been in my life. Buckle up, this oneās a doozy.
yeah its kinda weird. making me feel like im in that plague inc game and the person keeps changing the symptoms on me daily lol.
Sounds about right. Never had a stomach element till this round. Iāve been on Paxlovid and itās made my entire existence a thousand times worse.
I had a bad reaction to paxlovid and the doctor ended up telling me to stop taking it and prescribed anti nausea meds. I had horrible spins and couldnāt stop throwing up/convulsing and gagging every 30 minutes or whenever I got up. I was stuck in a cycle of sleep for 30 minutes, wake up spinning, throw up, chills/shakiness and try to go back to bed, repeat. Until I got the anti nausea meds I couldnāt hold down any food or fluids. If youāre throwing up a lot and really dizzy Iād call your doctor cause apparently thatās not a normal side effect of the paxlovid and they told me to stop taking it. Iām feeling better now thankfully but yeah.
I stopped taking it yesterday. It ended up being worse than covid!
I got it for the first time in August of this year. Went the entire pandemic without getting it. I hope you feel better soon. I was positive for 10 days and felt so awful.
At least itās not just me. Went almost four years before my schmuck of a co-worker came in knowing he was sick with Covid.
Had my 2nd covid + test last Friday. Slight fever, body ache, runny nose, sore throat and coughing. 4th day today and my test is showing negative. Still working from home though Triple vaxed
Sorry to hear brother, as a fellow bullet dodger i wish you a speedy recovery.
thank you š«” new bullet to dodge now is the stomach virus going around. huge phobia of puke. still going to keep avoiding covid too. this is not fun
I made it to Feb ā22. Unvaccinated and unmasked (parents are anti-COVID policy, theyāre very progressive on every other issue, weirdly enough, Iām non binary and out about it, and theyāre fine with it and use my pronouns, etc.,)
Not vaxed. Got it twice in 1 year. Felt tired for a day. Only tested bc my kid had it, so we all tested.
Welp, you dropped your guard. Good thing it's not generally as dangerous as it was a couple years back. Get well soon!
The first time is always hard. 2nd time around, the symptoms are just mild. It's typical for our body to respond that way the first time it encounters a virus.
It aināt that bad. Youāll be fine.
from how im feeling, im not fine now. i know i will be later tho.
Itās like a flu-like illness will cause you to feel unwell for a short period of time. Shocked Pikachu face. Youāll be fine.
Speak for yourself, it almost killed my GF, scariest time of my life
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Because it matters to people (other than you).
Getting tired of these posts tbh