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Have you caught Covid recently - updated poll 2022-23

Have you caught Covid recently

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sparkybird said:
Sorry to hear you've got Covid. The people wearing masks could also be worried about getting it, I'm in this group and continue to wear a mask in enclosed spaces, public transport etc.
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Oh absolutely!
Am sure most mask-wearers are either vulnerable and/or concerned about catching or passing it on unawares - but I also think a few are now people-currently-with-covid muddling through either because they have to go to work or feel its ok to carry on albeit with precautions.

I've been wearing a mask in shops & transport, partly because I think it's still important, and partly out of solidarity because it pisses me off to be part of a society where its down to the vulnerable to protect themselves and everyone else can do what they want - but in other social circumstances I'd mostly given up, because I generally feel 'safe' even though I also know that isn't in the slightest bit logical.
 
Agent Sparrow said:
I’ve been wearing a mask on public transport, when ordering coffee etc. today and I think I’ve literally been the only person I’ve seen. It’s honestly making me feel a bit freakish and neurotic looking :(
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I was in town yesterday and there were very few people wearing masks. I'm so used to wearing one it doesn't bother me though.
 
Ranbay said:
had it 3 weeks and a few days now, chest is tight and I'm fatigued and out off puff quickly, went for Xray last Thursday so waiting for the docs to call me back now,.
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Hope it goes well, I've been told to wait two weeks before I call for my xray results
 
Brainaddict said:
I hope it clears up quickly, but just to say that it's very common for people with long covid to have a gap between recovering and when they started getting the 'long' symptoms. This is one of the things that should be publicised much more - and would be if any element of our political and meda class gave a fuck. For me it was 3-4 weeks I think and that's not uncommon. Best thing to do is rest and not push yourself in any way that would make it worse. And also be prepared for the fact that if it is long covid, everything the doctors test and suggest will probably come back negative and they will not have anything helpful to offer (sorry!).

I wouldn't worry too much unless you're also getting significant fatigue after exercise.
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Thanks for the info. I have to call in 2 weeks to find out if the xrays show anything, fingers crossed!
 
Im dreading going back to the UK with the backward anti mask thicko atitudes that are now completely prevalent.

Portugal is honestly so much more consistent and logical.
 
Agent Sparrow said:
I’ve been wearing a mask on public transport, when ordering coffee etc. today and I think I’ve literally been the only person I’ve seen. It’s honestly making me feel a bit freakish and neurotic looking :(
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This was me and then I stopped wearing the mask because it just felt embarrassing and futile since no one else was wearing theirs. Later I returned to masks but decided on a clear strategy to avoid that 'should I? shouldn't I?' indecision. Roughly speaking, it divides places into 'necessary' (shops, public transport, etc.) & 'nice to have' (cinemas, cafes, pubs). I wear my mask in the former and I (usually) don't in the latter. It's not a perfect solution and I might change my mind in the future but it works for now.
Today had a nice moment when I was the only person on the bus wearing a mask but a few more got on and gradually others started pulling masks out of their jacket pockets and putting them on. Critical mass!
 
Ranbay said:
had it 3 weeks and a few days now, chest is tight and I'm fatigued and out off puff quickly, went for Xray last Thursday so waiting for the docs to call me back now,.
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Can't believe it's only a month since we met you in all sadness, and then you came down with this to add to the fuckoffness of life.
 
Agent Sparrow said:
I’ve been wearing a mask on public transport, when ordering coffee etc. today and I think I’ve literally been the only person I’ve seen. It’s honestly making me feel a bit freakish and neurotic looking :(
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I had to take the overground then tube at rush hour last week and I worked out that only 15% of the people I was travelling with were wearing masks (including me). I wouldn't think you were freakish and I'd sit/stand next to you in a heartbeat.
 
furluxor said:
This was me and then I stopped wearing the mask because it just felt embarrassing and futile since no one else was wearing theirs. Later I returned to masks but decided on a clear strategy to avoid that 'should I? shouldn't I?' indecision. Roughly speaking, it divides places into 'necessary' (shops, public transport, etc.) & 'nice to have' (cinemas, cafes, pubs). I wear my mask in the former and I (usually) don't in the latter. It's not a perfect solution and I might change my mind in the future but it works for now.
Today had a nice moment when I was the only person on the bus wearing a mask but a few more got on and gradually others started pulling masks out of their jacket pockets and putting them on. Critical mass!
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Critical mask :D
 
Now 9 days in since first test & still testing really clear positive with the LFT every morning.
But sore throat was gone by Sunday, and I am just left with tiredness & headaches / difficulty concentrating during the day.

I crash as soon as I get home from work, although I have been staying later than usual to finish stuff up, as its quieter & I can take my mask off when everyone else has gone.

Daughter tested positive yesterday, which I guess means she caught it from me during the weekend as I haven't really seen her since & she hasn't been out much - she just has a bit of a sore throat & tickly cough, I don't think she'd have noticed if she wasn't testing because in contact with me. Which does make me think its really easy to catch - we share a house but don't really spend time together, and I haven't been wearing a mask at home, just keeping the windows open. But also very random! The weekend I caught it, I was at a big event with loads of people I hadn't seen for ages, gabbing away all night & AFAIK none of them have it, so I think I was unlucky enough to just breathe it in from a passing stranger, either there or somewhere else.

And touch wood, no-one at work seems to have it, so I'm hoping if I was infectious, it was mostly during the first couple of days when I was off sick & over the weekend when I was at home (unlucky for daughter).
 
I think I might have it. Someone I was with on Monday has tested positive. I feel a bit shit but still testing negative.
 
platinumsage said:
No idea - just ordered an antibody test to find out.
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Can you get these done just for your own information?, where do I get one?

P.S. Welsh NHS site states they stopped doing them in March but I assume there are private companies

P.P.S. ok just googled and found Randox offering them for 50 quid, is there a preferred reliable company?, who did you use?
 
Right thanks, looking at other sites (Randox, BUPA) they mention that its just a test for antibodies that dont distinguish between those from infection and those from vaccination which is of little use to me, your link says "from infection" Ill check on that of course but looks good thanks
 
platinumsage said:
No idea - just ordered an antibody test to find out.
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Its a shame they dont seem to talk on that page about what sort of antibody waning timescales may cause the result to be negative if you were infected quite a while back.

I certainly couldnt put a reasonable time figure on that myself, I just know its a factor that gets mentioned in studies I sometimes bore on about, eg the sort of stuff I just quoted in this post a few minutes ago: #140
 
The 2 antibody tests I did (one in 2020 as a trial for a private testing company, one last year triggered by the Covid Zoe study) both said "this means you are unlikely to have been infected within the last 6 months" with my results.

No idea how accurate that is, but it left me none the wiser as both my possible infections were just over 6 months previous. (one of them I feel 99% positive was Covid we all had really distinctive 'Covid-toes' in the weeks afterwards).
 
Anyway, this time around, I finally tested negative again after 10 days of solid positives, daughter's covid cleared after 6 days.

I was out & about but wearing a mask (as in going to work, minimal food shopping, but avoiding transport & social stuff) in the last few days of still being positive.

Which I think is how the official line will go soon - ie "Wear a mask if you have Covid, and don't stay home unless you're actually unwell". I don't know whether that would better or worse than most people just not testing for it at all if they can't afford or don't want to isolate. I guess if enough people take it seriously, and it does become acceptable amongst enough people to wear a mask if you're ill, it'll be better than nothing at all.

But I do still feel that the day or 2 when I may have unwittingly infected people are the few days between infection & symptoms, and whilst I did wear a mask on the tube & in shops, like most people now, I don't wear them at work or in social situations, and neither am I particularly avoiding crowded transport or crowded social situations.
 
Yep. Nothing happened. Well, went to bed shivering out of nowhere one night, woke up fine. Then had two very weird but very short hot flushes. Then nothing at all.

Tested positive for 7 days only. But first two days following the shivers and flushes were possibly positive too but not with enough of a line that I felt my boss might accept (really indistinct). Luckily that was a weekend.

I don't know whether to feel cheated or relieved.
 
planetgeli said:
Yep. Nothing happened. Well, went to bed shivering out of nowhere one night, woke up fine. Then had two very weird but very short hot flushes. Then nothing at all.

Tested positive for 7 days only. But first two days following the shivers and flushes were possibly positive too but not with enough of a line that I felt my boss might accept (really indistinct). Luckily that was a weekend.

I don't know whether to feel cheated or relieved.
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Good that you got only mild symptoms, folks are still dying, so I think relieved is probably the best response!

Glad to hear you are ok.
 
Finally had it too. Felt a bit tired and had weird stomach cramps for two days, tested just in case, all negative. Then was hit by a fever, had cold sweats for two days, tested positive on the second day. Next day the fevers were gone, I felt a bit tired, tested positive with a very faint line. Since I felt fine and tested negative for the last 3 days. Got away with it lightly I suppose.
My partner has tested negative all the way through (daily tests).
 
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