Covid ...Spring '22.

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I wear eight layers of N95 masks and a faceshield everywhere and go to various CVS/Walgreens/Target stores on a rotating basis with fake IDs to get boosted once a week.

I can't take any chances because I'm obese and have several chronic diseases that could kill me at any time due to not taking care of my body. Luckily a for profit company that has a track record of the largest fines in their industry has come up with a solution.

The good news is because I do what the government wants me to, I'm going to be able to go on a moose hunt in Canada with my wife's boyfriend this fall.
 
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i got taken out a couple times this winter spring, not sure if it was the rona or not, both times i was sick were very different symptoms... had a couple mild flu like periods too, never took a test, because i didn't care.... i laid low when i wasn't feeling good, and figured there was no point to go to the Dr and expose people to whatever i had for no reason.... the guy i work with had it a week ago, i didn't find out it was covid he had until the end of the week working with him all week in close quarters.... i had zero symptoms of anything, so who knows?

i know it hammers some people, and respect that fact, but i am so over the covid hysteria and how it was all handled..... i have been exposed quite a few times and probably a lot of times, but i don't know when i had it if i had it.... i just never got curious enough to even take a rapid test when i was sick the few times since it started.

i have always treated colds the same, respect others and try not to expose others to my misery, try to make sure i don't get anyone else sick...... nothing changed for me there.

still don't share my feelings on the pandemic, because people are just walking around looking to be offended these days, so no matter how you feel about Covid, it will piss a lot of people off.... makes sense though being as politicized as it was/is

Broomd, i hope you are on the mend, doesn't sound like any fun.... my inlaws tested positive 3 days ago, i have been checking on them daily and they were pretty bad off for 2 days but improving now.... despite my feelings on the subject, i know it hammers some people and i was concerned about them, but thankfully it sounds like it was fairly quick and aggressive for them and they are already improving.
 

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I got on January 21st and started coughing on January 23rd.

I haven’t stopped coughing phlegm since then. Sometime in March it switched from an all day cough to a morning cough for 1-2 hours, but is still here.

Been checked by doc twice for pneumonia and they said it’s just a post viral cough that will have to run it’s course.

Tinnitus was awful for 3 months, but is getting better now.

I didn’t lose taste or smell.
 
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i got taken out a couple times this winter spring, not sure if it was the rona or not, both times i was sick were very different symptoms... had a couple mild flu like periods too, never took a test, because i didn't care.... i laid low when i wasn't feeling good, and figured there was no point to go to the Dr and expose people to whatever i had for no reason.... the guy i work with had it a week ago, i didn't find out it was covid he had until the end of the week working with him all week in close quarters.... i had zero symptoms of anything, so who knows?

i know it hammers some people, and respect that fact, but i am so over the covid hysteria and how it was all handled..... i have been exposed quite a few times and probably a lot of times, but i don't know when i had it if i had it.... i just never got curious enough to even take a rapid test when i was sick the few times since it started.

i have always treated colds the same, respect others and try not to expose others to my misery, try to make sure i don't get anyone else sick...... nothing changed for me there.

still don't share my feelings on the pandemic, because people are just walking around looking to be offended these days, so no matter how you feel about Covid, it will piss a lot of people off.... makes sense though being as politicized as it was/is

Broomd, i hope you are on the mend, doesn't sound like any fun.... my inlaws tested positive 3 days ago, i have been checking on them daily and they were pretty bad off for 2 days but improving now.... despite my feelings on the subject, i know it hammers some people and i was concerned about them, but thankfully it sounds like it was fairly quick and aggressive for them and they are already improving.


I am, thanks. Not 100% but doing much better.
Had hoped to go fishing today, but the weather this Spring is farking awful. No exception today.

This virus killed a really close friend/neighbor--F.S.--in February. This was after two others we lost in August and then October, one was my gunsmith.
Total gut punch.
Couldn't believe when we got the call in February, F.S. had spent ten years building an amazing house and shop up above our cow pasture. Made us sick to think that it happened. He died on a vent in Missoula, MT after they choppered him there.

Like you said, it affects people so profoundly, and we need to do whats best for ourselves and still respect others that are getting hammered or worse.
 
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I got on January 21st and started coughing on January 23rd.

I haven’t stopped coughing phlegm since then. Sometime in March it switched from an all day cough to a morning cough for 1-2 hours, but is still here.

Been checked by doc twice for pneumonia and they said it’s just a post viral cough that will have to run it’s course.

Tinnitus was awful for 3 months, but is getting better now.

I didn’t lose taste or smell.
Man, hope that phlegm eases up for you--can relate!
That was one of the harder things about this for wife and I, the damn phlegm. I thought I was going to puke up blood I was phlegming out so badly, especially every morning.

Funny too, because the original covid strains were notworthy for the very dry, unproductive coughs. Most didn't experience phlegm or mucus.
 
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JBrew

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Finally caught it in February. Sore throat and fatigued for 2 days and was out hunting again on day 3. Not vaxed and knock on wood, it's a one and done.
 

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I have an auto immune disease, and never vaxed or boosted. I was on Prednisone and Hydroxy already. I got the Covid last December, symptoms like a mild cold for about a week along with being somewhat lethergic. I started taking Ivermectin shortly after testing positive as well. Mild cold, no biggie, full recovery after about 14 days.
 

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It went through our family a couple weeks ago. Could hardly tell with the boys, they had basically zero symptoms, which was to be expected. Couple days of body aches and about a week of chest tightness and congestion for my wife and me. Pretty mild for us. My wife lost smell/taste for a couple days. The only reason I tested was because I work with my father-in-law who is 68 years old and not in the best of health. I could never forgive myself if I gave him something that took him out. As for me, I've definitely had worst colds and flus.
 

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I'm 53, average shape. Had the 'vid back when it was all the rage, December 2020 I think it was, prior to the wonder shots. Nothing worse than the average head cold for me. Headaches, sinus pressure, runny nose, felt tired in the evenings. Did lose taste and smell for about a week, zero fevers.
2 weeks paid off of work with no hit to my earned time. This was when the government was funding all this. Walked my dog twice a day. Used OTC meds.

I work as a nurse in a WV prison. Average population runs between 500 and 600. Same time frame Dec 20 Feb 21. Over half the population had covid.
ZERO hospital admits and ZERO deaths.
Keep in mind our population is about the same size as many WV towns. And inmates general health is not the greatest as drug use is 90% of their background.
With that, we did loose a few CO's and inmates to it.
I took 3 shots to get my GF off my ass more than anything. Pretty sure I've had it since then as well. Same symptoms as above.
 

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I had it back in Oct of 2020. Lost taste and smell, one night of sweats. Got the call that I tested positive on my way out for rifle opener, still went with no ill effects, other than not killing anything. Probably had it again sometime last year, I just don’t care enough to test anymore.
 

MJB

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You might want to get checked for gall stones. Same symptoms as the flu/Covid, but usually symptoms kick in right after eating a greasy, fatty unhealthy meal that sets off your gall bladder.
No gald stones just common sense
 

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How did you know it was Covid each time?
All three times I gave blood after and all said I had it......

Plus common sense seeing others with the same symptoms.......

Remember it's been a plandemic from the get-go!
 
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