Well, I live on a remote base and only went to Wal Mart ONCE for something and caught Covid. Dont know if it was Wal Mart or possibly a delivered Amazon package but thats the only instance I had been around any amount of people. Regardless of how I got it, I have a few opinions...take them for what they are worth.
1. Unless people are coughing, sneezing spitting on you (they should be wearing mask) You wearing it is otherwise worthless. It is not a legitimate filter and it only acts to TRAP nasty things to hold them there until you eventually breathe it in. I'm not a Doctor but then, I really dont have to be. If it makes you feel better, by all means wear it. I still do just for other peoples sense of protection.
2. I'm Diabetic so I thought I would be in for a ride. First day was like a bad flu, cold chills and fever of 102.9. After that I kept a fever between 99.5 and 100.5 for twelve days. The flu I could normally sleep off and drink lots of fluid and be over in a day or two. I was tired but not sleepy with covid. I did not get much sleep over the normal amount. My oldest son is Asthmatic and my wife has a horrible immune system, she keeps a regular cold for 2 weeks. My youngest son had symptoms for 7 days, my oldest son about 10 days, myself 12 days and my wife about 3 1/2 weeks.
3. Covid affected us all different but none of us ever feared for our lives. I guess we should have since we all have jeopardized immune systems..but we didnt.
We all looked at it as another cold or flu you just get as much rest and liquids as you can and know your going to be ok. I'm convinced that people attitudes and how they view covid are deciding factors in how well they fair. The Brain is powerful, if you convince yourself your going to die or something is going to kill you, you have already lost the battle. I know people who are worried sick and one co workers sister has it, she was sure she was dead after getting the diagnoses.
4. This virus is too contagious and lives through the seasons. My opinion is we are all going to ride the lightning on this one sooner or later. Personally I would rather keep getting exposed to it to keep my antibodies up rather than let them disappear and get hit again, it may not be as "easy" as it was the last time.
Anyway, thats mine and my families experience, hope you all stay safe. If you do run into covid, keep your head up and positive outlook. Positivity trumps negativity no matter what we are dealing with.
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