Posted on 03/28/2020 4:22:06 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
There is an article in the Financial Times saying that a medical researcher/statistician at Oxford believes that half of the UK's population has already had the virus. Several people disagreed with his study, but it is intriguing.
I suspect that I and several members of my family may have had the Wuhan virus in February. We assumed we had the flu, but the symptoms were not like typical flu symptoms. The cough was the worst.
If you think you may have had the virus, but didn't realize it at the time, please comment about your experience. Some think this virus was circulating in the US as early as last October.
If a whole bunch of people already had this virus and recovered, perhaps we can get back to normal much sooner than we thought.
(Excerpt) Read more at ft.com ...
Debunked.
I had something, but it was never severe. I doubt it was the virus because I am in that compromised immune category with underlying health issues.
My wife thinks she had it in January. Had a nagging cough for three weeks and aches and pains. I didn’t get any symptoms. I think she now has immunity to it and I think I may already be immune. Might be from have to take the flu shots for 30 plus years in the US Army.
Fireman 15 from King County WA may have a comment
80 percent of covid 19 “victims” are asymptomatic. They have very mild symptoms or even no symptoms at all. Yet they still may be able to transmit the virus to others. Especially high risk individuals.
Debunked by????
At the point where “new cases” and deaths start dropping, we can assume we’ve reached saturation.
What if you never got it because you had this year’s flu vaccine in November?
I’ve heard others say that as well.They recall the symptoms and recovery.
Based on the large-scale random testing the UK have been doing, this theory is unlikely to be correct. I believe they found only 7% of people exposed.
Husband & both really sick back in January
Hubby got it worse, had to go doctor & he prescribed Zpack, inhaler
Assumed we just had bad flu’s but makes you wonder..
I probably saw that same article and agree with it in my non-medical opinion.
But in the meanwhile, I will presume that I have never had COVID-19, possibly being surprised with results of eventual virus test.
Current NYC statistics.
What I heard is that if someone actually had the virus they will carry the antibodies for 2-4 months afterward on average and tests will show that.
No one possibly has extra test packs for such a low priority thing now. Far behind testing first responders and emergency patients.
Probably not, but many U.S. bosses are behaving like their commie colleagues in China.
Washington ER doctor loses job after criticizing hospital’s coronavirus response
https://www.foxnews.com/us/washington-doctor-loses-job-criticizing-coranavirus-response
Was in LA a few days in January. Couple weeks later had a strange head congestion, sore throat, modest fever. Head congestion and sore throat lasted a few days. It was bad enough I remarked on it, family knew I had something. sore throat not so bad, I ate normally. No cough. Never had an infection act like that before. No GI, no cough.
Right after getting over that got pink eye. That lasted a week.
Place I as calling on was short handed, a few people out.
I had a very strange experience with some kind of virus almost three years ago - different from every ‘flu I’ve ever had. My boss had flown to and back from Mexico, came to work with a bug, and I came down with it.
I had fever that would go on and off for a week - had never experienced that before. So weak I couldn’t get out of bed. Usually when I have something like this, it’s over in two or three days, and I can function through it. I was completely laid-out over that bug.
Since then, I’ve wondered how many weird things are probably always circulating among us, but just aren’t as quickly infectious as this particular one is.
Flu vaccine doesn’t cover this particular virus.
Sorry.
Define Mild Symptoms?
https://texags.com/forums/84/topics/3103226
“I think there is an understanding gap between what the medical professionals understand as mild (doesn’t require hospitalization) versus what the general public understands as mild ( a nasty cold that requires you to spend 2weeks on the couch.”
“The problem with the term mild is when used to talk about percentages it is a clinical term. And for that they have 3 categories which from highest to lowest are:
Critical - ICU
Severe - requires hospitalization but not ICU
Mild - anything not requiring hospitalization.
It is a category not a descriptor but can and is used as a descriptor so there is confusion without context. A flu that knocks you on your ass for a week but you can treat from home with rest and fluids is clinically mild but subjectively severe.”
AND: (supposedly at Ft Bragg)
“And I have 2 military bros in their early 30s, superb health, who were having mild symptoms.
Now both in ICU. One in a medically induced coma.”
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