Annnnnnd I have a positive PCR test.

Bugenhagen said:
My first was rough, today feels about the same as yesterday but no worse, a bit sniffy, not very wet nose, some leg ache which was peculiar for me the first time. I guess my pancreas is getting hit again. Lungs feel fine though, no cough.

I'm still prone to believe that there is a degree of the inoculation dose level effect.

The first time I was driving my father-in-law somewhere for two hours and he was solidly ill with it. But it was a very hot place so I put on the AC to help him risking his "Christmas (2019) cold". I was solidly exposed, symptoms in four days. This time it was just a brush, probably just from the Uber door handle or whatever.

But I have no science, just that's my impression from over the years in medical environments. Inoculation level seems important.
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Did you get a second PCR test to be sure? I remember when Elon Musk tweeted (2 years ago?) that he got 4 tests in a row, two were positive and two were negative. I can't imagine him having any reason to lie about that, and I myself have always been suspicious of the accuracy of those tests.

I remember early last year when myself and a few friends all got woefully symptomatic with what we thought was Covid, but all our PCR tests came back negative, so we chalked it up to RSV which was showing it's face 'round these parts at the time.
 
Overnight said:
Did you get a second PCR test to be sure? I remember when Elon Musk tweeted (2 years ago?) that he got 4 tests in a row, two were positive and two were negative. I can't imagine him having any reason to lie about that, and I myself have always been suspicious of the accuracy of those tests.

I remember early last year when myself and a few friends all got woefully symptomatic with what we thought was Covid, but all our PCR tests came back negative, so we chalked it up to RSV which was showing it's face 'round these parts at the time.
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The testing place does hospital staff so they are very accurate and correct, not like a commercial lab drive-in which can be hit and miss. They do a full two swab sample, both nostrils. But it is around, never left. No seasons here.

The sample was a strong result. Additionally it's like a cold but also not like a cold in that the temperature is only briefly surpressed by acetaminophen (Tylenol), leg ache, headache is a bit different.

Also I can still feel the nasopharyngeal swab scraping my brain haha. The Chinese were on to something with those asshole swabs, I would much prefer that.

I know medical staff who get the nasopharyngeal nearly every week.. I have PTSD for days, well the D is discomfort.
 
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Bugenhagen said:
Edit: Oops, I meant this for Health and Fitness. Don't bother Wildchild and your daughter-boy Lacey, we know what you will say.

Very mild, near asymptomatic and I thought it was just a cold but did a PCR just to be sure.

My first infection in late December 2019 was unpleasant and went on for three weeks, classic symptoms. At the time of course nobody was thinking Covid as it was not believed to have spread here yet.

This time nothing much.

I'm confident I got it nearly two weeks ago in an Uber as I've just been between a couple of our homes and the forge since then. Once to a mall but the place was near empty and I was in and out in a few minutes picking dry cleaning up.

Anyway, I have absolutely no doubt the cumulative effect of jabs + wild infection with the very early version make a world of difference. It really was not fun the first time, I recall thinking it was about as bad as the mumps when I was around eight.

Had I been in contact with any patients doing transplant support volunteering I might have killed somebody being complacent.
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I have been jamming this for the past few years.

 
wildchild said:
I have been jamming this for the past few years.

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We all know you have worse taste in music than...

Speaking of @Overnight I just set up a 30 foot ventilation slinky tube to the window with an inline fan to suck all the badness away as my wife keeps dropping in to check on me. The sound coming up the tube sounds exactly like being on a jet.
 
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