re: Has anyone else been positive for Covid?

I lost my sense of smell and taste yesterday and me being the food lover I am have been put into a depressing mood not being able to enjoy food.

I know 1 person personally who has gotten it. She is 24 and didn’t show any symptoms.

We have some neighbors down the street that had it right at the beginning in March. Their kids had it, but not bad for them. The adults had it rough though.

Sister in law had it pretty bad. 33 and healthy, so I'm assuming maybe she has something underlying we don't know about, or has a blood type more susceptible to it. 2 weeks of flu on steroids, then a week of recovery followed by a week of walking pneumonia. Still has breathing issues/chest pain when she tries to exercise 3 months later and just found out she has a leaky heart valve. Not sure if it was caused by this or not.

My dad apparently had it in Feb without knowing. He had about a 2 week period where he didn't feel great and had cold/flu like symptoms, but not too bad. Got an antibody test and he had them, but they were low and not enough to give plasma.

More and more studies are showing that the antibodies for this thing don't last long and some people are getting it multiple times. Not sure herd immunity is the way out for this.

So we actually just had a family friend test positive for COVID a second time. First story I’ve heard personally about that. He took the antibody test in April and he tested positive. He was very sick back in April so we just assume it was COVID, hence the antibodies.

Just tested positive one again and is not doing well. This year has been a real kick to the nuggets.

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Spoke to my mom today and she has tested positive.

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Is she sick or just have a positive test? Hope she does not have any issues with it.

Got word from my wife that they have a 54 year old male with covid now that is on a vent and not expeted to live. Works out of his home and has no idea where it came from

Sick but not awful. Lethargy, can't get motivated to do anything. Other than that it's mild.

Yeah, mom is 66. She's pretty pissed at her husband, who brought it home in the first place, partying hard and bar hopping with masks/distancing being an afterthought. She had planned to join my family on our upcoming vacation, but that's not happening now.

I'm lucky I haven't caught it yet. I work in hospitals and clinics all damn day (dialysis water field service engineer). I'm diligent with the masks, but I'm sure I've been exposed out the arse. I tested negative a few weeks ago.

Yep, that gives you the other virus.

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Sister in law had it pretty bad. 33 and healthy, so I'm assuming maybe she has something underlying we don't know about, or has a blood type more susceptible to it. 2 weeks of flu on steroids, then a week of recovery followed by a week of walking pneumonia. Still has breathing issues/chest pain when she tries to exercise 3 months later and just found out she has a leaky heart valve. Not sure if it was caused by this or not.

My dad apparently had it in Feb without knowing. He had about a 2 week period where he didn't feel great and had cold/flu like symptoms, but not too bad. Got an antibody test and he had them, but they were low and not enough to give plasma.

More and more studies are showing that the antibodies for this thing don't last long and some people are getting it multiple times. Not sure herd immunity is the way out for this.

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For those who think that if under 50 or 40 or 30 means you are going to get through this, think again. Here is a report from the infectious disease doctor at EAMC in the last 2 days where the numbers in the hospital has doubled in 2 weeks:

“We are seeing younger patients lately who are very sick,” Maldonado said in the press release. “We have had patients in their 30s die from COVID-19, and 3 of our 12 deaths this month have been under the age of 50. Some people have a hard time taking this seriously because they have only seen mild or asymptomatic cases among family and friends.

“What we have seen in the hospital is that you can take two people with the same age and comparable health, and one will barely have any COVID-19 symptoms and the other will die from it.”

That's what blows my mind from people that post that it is a hoax or that its no big problem for younger folks..

So please wear a mask to be sure...

You're right too.

Without knowing how MUCH exposure each person had, it might have made a difference, since the number of droplets can determine the degree and infectious rate a person ends up with.