If we've all been jabbed and millions have had the virus at least once - why are so many of us being poleaxed by a bout of Covid?

UK Daily Mail ^ | 8/13/2022 | Ethan Ennals

[simpson96]

It began with a headache and sore throat one morning at the end of June. Then came a heavy chest that made breathing a struggle, while the headache became so bad that 66-year-old Mio Blagojevic describes it as ‘like having an out-of-body experience’.

The property developer from Hertfordshire adds: ‘I’d never felt so ill. It was like I’d been hit by a bus.’

With symptoms like these, this time last year the instant suspicion would have been Covid. But Mio, a keen runner, and his wife Karen had been fully vaccinated and then boosted in January.

Due to the severity of Mio’s symptoms, even the GP they called for advice did not suspect it could be Covid. They prescribed antibiotics, concluding that it was probably a bacterial chest infection.

Just to be sure, Mio took a lateral flow test. It was positive.

He recalls his shock: ‘We’d been quite careful for most of the pandemic, wearing masks and avoiding many big events. But I was pretty confident that, if I did get it, I would be fine because I’d had my jabs. But I couldn’t get out of bed for days and it took almost a month for me to fully recover.’(snip)

Alison Peek, a 64-year-old nurse, said her bout of Covid – her first despite working in a nursing home during the pandemic – left her in bed for ten days.

Fully vaccinated and boosted, Alison says: ‘The muscle fatigue I experienced was immense. I have never endured anything like it. It wasn’t just tiredness. It felt like I was wading through quicksand.’

This all begs the question: why, more than two years after Covid first appeared, are so many of us suddenly being laid so low?

[HollyB]

I didn’t knock on wood hard enough.
I made it till 2 weeks ago and did not get vaxed.
It’s not as bad as a flu. But, whether it’s Covid or an unnamed virus, feeling like crap equally sucks.

[HollyB]

Did you get those shivering attacks before the fevers hit. The only other time I got rigors like that was when I had neutropenic fevers while being treated for AML.

I’m glad your 2nd case was easier. I pray there isn’t a 3rd

[Skywise]

I had chills during the fever - but I’ve had those before.
What was odd was how long it lasted and the off/on fever for days after - never had that before.

[Svartalfiar]

With symptoms like these, this time last year the instant suspicion would have been Covid. But Mio, a keen runner, and his wife Karen had been fully vaccinated and then boosted in January.

Due to the severity of Mio’s symptoms, even the GP they called for advice did not suspect it could be Covid. They prescribed antibiotics, concluding that it was probably a bacterial chest infection.
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He recalls his shock: ‘We’d been quite careful for most of the pandemic, wearing masks and avoiding many big events. But I was pretty confident that, if I did get it, I would be fine because I’d had my jabs.

He had severe symptoms so they didn't test for what, most stuff? Every time we've taken the kids in sick, ChinaVirus is usually the first thing they test for! They seriously gave him antibiotics cause they have no idea what he had, yet they didn't bother testing for the one thing everyone's scared shitless of?

And yup, he was a true believer! Maybe this'll be enough to open his eyes, but I doubt it...