Tested positive on one of those lateral flow tests. Somehow got the test line DARKER than the control line. How the hell does that even happen? Does that mean I have super covid or something?
No one else cares, not the government or my university. See comments: https://teddit.net/r/UBC/comments/xfewx3/is_ubc_doing_any_covid_monitoring_or_support/
Got three Pfizers as soon as i was eligible, for all the good that did. I’m now a data point on that ongoing scandal that Pfizer boosters don’t do shit.
This is day two of symptoms (started yesterday night) and HOLY SHIT! I am literally disoriented and dizzy and my head hurts like I slammed it into a wall. Actually, the best way to describe it is I feel really, really drunk/hungover right now, like it’s actually affecting my ability to think and type this post. I’m honestly shocked by how fast it escalated, it started with a sore throat last night, and last afternoon I felt completely fine. I’ve had the flu before, this is so much worse. Fuck everything about this. I live with my somewhat elderly parents and very elderly grandparents and I’m genuinely worried for their safety. Not to mention the slew of people I infected before symptoms got bad enough that I decided to test. I thought I just had a cold/flu at first because I wasn’t coughing, but yeah, no.
I started getting the sore throat while i was out doing stuff last night. I took transit also doing stuff today because I didn’t think I had covid since I wasn’t coughing and didn’t have trouble breathing, still not really coughing or trouble breathing actually. Fuck. FuckFuckFuckFuck. I hope I don’t end up killing someone.
I too had COVID back in July. Ever since the pandemic started I changed my life to stay safe and keep my family safe. I made sure to encourage and educate my close family to stay safe because COVID is no joke. But back in July one of my family members got too careless and contracted it without knowing (they thought it was just a flu). A day later I started feeling ill as well (sore throat, slight dizziness, fever) and when the symptoms started getting awful we all did a test and tested positive. We were told to quarantine for a week.
In my personal case (and my family’s as well) COVID is only the worst for the first 3 - 4 days. After that it starts getting better. Much like you, I didn’t really cough either. But I noticed that I was able to taste much less and my whole body felt like it was burning (not heat, but like, as if there was fire under my skin, it’s hard to describe) from time to time. The dizziness was the worst. It was literally like being super drunk. There was also this weird feeling in my chest, I felt like my lifetime was being shortened in real-time.
It really pisses me off though. Because according to our media and government here “COVID is over”. They just pretend like it doesn’t exist anymore while sweeping all the people who suffer from this dangerous disease under a rug and even actively encourage people to go outside, go on vacation and spend money. On top of that the media now blames China for spreading the virus and starting the pandemic because they can’t hide the fact anymore that COVID here is getting worse again.
Like you mentioned, most don’t really seem to care. So me and my family now go outside only if absolutely necessary. But even then you can never be sure if COVID lurks just a few steps away since we live in an apartment complex. I can definitely share your anger and frustration, comrade. It’s beyond infuriating. So much suffering is happening right now that could easily be prevented.
Spare your energy, only eat food that is easy to digest and stay hydrated. Focus on positive things. You’ll get through it. ;)