danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
I had a false alarm recently when I got somebody else’s result! I do think I had it back in March 2020, though, and I’ve had three jags, so maybe that’s it.
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NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Right, so I was hale and hearty when I arrived at my sister's place just before Christmas. However, some kind of bug had been going round her household before I arrived, with multiple LFTs giving negative results. While they were no longer symptomatic by the time I got there, I unfortunately caught this bug in short order, as did my mother who arrived shortly after I did.
I did an LFT which turned out negative. My mother required a negative PCR result in order to travel back to Ireland, and that is what she got. So while I'm not completely certain that it wasn't Covid, I'm mostly confident that what we had was a nasty cold. That confidence has been slightly eroded after reading this thread though.
I had a whole barrage of symptoms, including a stuffy nose, blocked left ear, tinnitus, sore throat, excessive and thick mucus production, sinus headaches that changed position, a cough that started off occasional then for one night only got really bad, and the crowning glory of a feverish dream in which I felt like I was fainting. A very weird illness with a bizarre array of symptoms that changed day to day. Not had anything like it really.
I did an LFT which turned out negative. My mother required a negative PCR result in order to travel back to Ireland, and that is what she got. So while I'm not completely certain that it wasn't Covid, I'm mostly confident that what we had was a nasty cold. That confidence has been slightly eroded after reading this thread though.
I had a whole barrage of symptoms, including a stuffy nose, blocked left ear, tinnitus, sore throat, excessive and thick mucus production, sinus headaches that changed position, a cough that started off occasional then for one night only got really bad, and the crowning glory of a feverish dream in which I felt like I was fainting. A very weird illness with a bizarre array of symptoms that changed day to day. Not had anything like it really.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Quoted for solidarity. That sounds a lot like what I spent Christmas with...
moonsi til
worked it out now!
I’m still feeling poorly since Dec 27th, all bearable & mostly been headaches, feeling tired, sounding nasal & on Dec 27th & 28th I was super sneezy but that has stopped. My stepson tested positive on same day as me (Dec 28th) & has had veryvfew symptoms & today tested negative whereas I remain positive on LFT. My partner has tested positive today (Jan 2nd) too & so far has felt generally unwell but nothing major.
Reminder to anyone who like me didn’t know that you don’t need an appointment for walk in PCR so if none bookable & you know where one is you can just turn up.
Reminder to anyone who like me didn’t know that you don’t need an appointment for walk in PCR so if none bookable & you know where one is you can just turn up.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
My ex has been positive for a week now and I still test negative daily sharing a 1 bedroom bungalow (also no symptoms)
it does happen
might catch the next one
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
PCR just came back confirming what I knew. I’m triple jagged, had it (unconfirmed because there wasn’t widespread testing available for non hospital cases) in the first wave, and now got it again. Omicron I think, going by the symptoms.
wtfftw
melting like a toastie
Positive lateral flows for Chemistry and me. Inbound PCRs.
We're doubled and boosted and last had it in September 2020*. Be interesting to see if the 4 year old stays clear. She skipped it last time but we stopped breastfeeding in December so I don't know if she got my booster top up of antibodies.
*I wasn't tested because shortage but he was because teacher.
We're doubled and boosted and last had it in September 2020*. Be interesting to see if the 4 year old stays clear. She skipped it last time but we stopped breastfeeding in December so I don't know if she got my booster top up of antibodies.
*I wasn't tested because shortage but he was because teacher.
T & P
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Perhaps this is already disclosed in this thread (sorry, haven’t read it in full) or in another one, but I was wondering today what percentage of the UK population might have caught Covid at least once since the pandemic began. I would imagine it can’t be that far from the 50% mark by now? Or am I way off?
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
As far as I know I still haven't had it, even though lots of the people around me have. I've always been very lucky with illnesses things like flu and colds which I tend to shrug off fairly easily, come from sturdy peasant stock with a strong immune system.
I do seriously wonder at times if I am one of the 25-30% of the people who will get it and show no symptoms, however I am not betting on it and have been triple jabbed.
I do seriously wonder at times if I am one of the 25-30% of the people who will get it and show no symptoms, however I am not betting on it and have been triple jabbed.
Cloo
Banana for scale
Heard a friend of son's was positive on Wednesday, tested son first thing Thursday morning - bright red line. I started a slight sore throat that day and had quite a persistent one yesterday but still negative - tested this morning with LFT using throat swab and that was positive. Sore throat a little milder today, shoulders slightly sore but otherwise OK. Triple jabbed and glad between that and Omicron it doesn't sound like it'll get much worse or if it does it'll only be brief - one of the scary things about other strains was that week 2 could get way worse than the first week, where as Omicron seems to be over in a few days for most of my friends anecdotally.
Not getting a PCR as doesn't seem to be a need. Very glad I managed to get a shopping delivery in for tomorrow as soon as son tested +
Not getting a PCR as doesn't seem to be a need. Very glad I managed to get a shopping delivery in for tomorrow as soon as son tested +
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rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
This link shows 22 %have had a positive test. These figures obviously won't include people who had it before widespread testing was available, those who had a positive LFT that was never officially recorded and people who have had it without knowing it. Probably other categories too.
Anecdotally, the figure here in Devon seems way less than half. My family of 5 have had none, and plenty of other families of 4 or 5 have had none or one, despite having children at school
strung out
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Again, only anecdotally, but my extended family of 12 people has only had one case between it.
A mixture of retirees, and working age adults both working from home and going into offices etc.
Cloo
Banana for scale
I suspect I had it in the first week of March 2020 - I had a bug for about 2.5 weeks that seemed to go away and come back again two or three times where I had a slight sore throat, temperature and neck ache, and felt really tired, but obviously there was no testing at that point.
I'm still coughing and I had it nearly a month ago.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Still no positive LFTs here, but I’m still wondering if we did have it over Xmas. The fact that I’m still a bit ill now with a cough, sore throat and feeling pretty fatigued and wiped out makes me at least think that if it wasn’t Covid, it was something pretty severe. All three kids have had conjunctivitis, which seems to be still appearing then disappearing at random times. Is there anything in else going around that would do stuff like this?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
That’s Covid. The conjunctivitis is a symptom. Did you do your throat with the LFTs or just nostrils? And did you shine a light on the result strip to look for very faint positive line?
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
I’m only doubled jabbed and I’m travelling round Europe, initially for holiday, now for work…I had it asymptomatically in October 2020…I hope I manage to avoid it until the end of the week, at least. I’m locked in a hotel room in Las Palmas waiting for a PCR on Tuesday so I can go in a ship on Thursday…then I have a lateral flow test booked Friday morning so I can go home.
There does seem to be a lot of it around on plague island, and now in Brazil…maybe I’ll miss the waves.
There does seem to be a lot of it around on plague island, and now in Brazil…maybe I’ll miss the waves.
My entire office is coming down with something that they all think isn't Covid because they're testing negative. A doctor even told one she doesn't have Covid. It's just something that is making them very fatigued, get a temperature and a cough that takes a long time to shake off and they also have some nausea (which a lot of kids I know had with Omicrom). Also I am the only person who isn't getting it but I had Omicrom over Christmas. My kids' dad also tested negative on LFT and PCR when he clearly had it in December and I eventually got it from him and tested positive.
Cloo
Banana for scale
Yeah, took a throat swab to turn it up for me on what I think was 3rd day of symptoms. I'm going to check throat for any 'exit' LFTs as well, not that I plan leaving the house before day 7 at very earliest even if clear.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Yeah, that conjunctivitis thing got mentioned by someone on here as an omicron symptom a couple of weeks ago, but it seems to be getting more attention now. We did LFTs with nostrils and per instructions in the pack, until about a week into symptoms, when we did some googling and switched to throat swabbing too. Still negative. Have been looking for the faintest of faintest lines with bright torch on phone as standard for months now too. We've just never, ever had the faintest trace of one. Very odd.
So are you thinking that some people have it and just never test positive on LFTs at all?
Yes. Also not everyone knows about the throat vs nostril thing, in my office they're all doing nostrils only. And my kids' dad also got a negative on his PCR so not just LFTs.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Fab, ta, that's actually reassuring, as if this last few weeks of waxing and waning illness across five of us hasn't been covid, I'm stumped as to what it could have been! Kind of glad I didn't think it was at the time. It peaked on xmas eve / xmas day, and I think I would have just worried a lot had I known.
Riklet
procrastinación
FWIW everyone I know who has caught covid got positives on LFTs without trying very hard. None of them would have swabbed their throats. Honestly, if you and others test negative to covid repeatedly.. you probably don't have it.
Strong viral infections can last for 3 weeks easily and there are probably some nastier than usual ones around now.
Strong viral infections can last for 3 weeks easily and there are probably some nastier than usual ones around now.
Ms Ordinary
randompointlesschemistry
I had it (tested positive on PCR as was contact & had v mild symptoms) but never once got a positive LFT... (this being very early Dec before the great LFT shortage, I did an LFT every day out of curiosity).
Also, although I had it so mildly I'd have hardly noticed, bar some sweats & tiredness - about a month later I got covid fingers, full-on fatigue & headaches (all passed now) & tinnitus which seems to have stayed.
The tinnitus is a bit weird, it's not like the ringing in your ears like after a loud gig, its more like a fizzing / crackly sort of ringing with an occasional bit of dizziness, maybe an inner ear thing
worse at night, not driving me nuts or anything, but just odd.Similar threads
