We had practically the same experience at about the same time as you and your husband.
Early on, I had a weird bug (I fly for work each week) and ignored it like all the other bugs I usually catch every year. This one wouldn’t let go.
That little, nagging non-stop cough..
the constant headache, the wheezing.. the fatigue and feeling CRUMMY.. reminded me of the few asthma bouts I’ve had.
I ignored it and kept working til they shut us down. It turned into pneumonia before they shut us down. I kept working.
Unlike you, we haven’t caught it again, I don’t think..
I am having a bit of congestion lately but not any more..
What I guess I’m getting at is: how “deadly” did this feel to you guys?
Mine was a pain in the butt, but quite a long way from deadly or anything to fear by most of the general public.
I CAN see this being potentially life threatening to an old person (I’m 58) or someone with cancer or emphysema and things like that.
But deadly?
At no time did I get a sense of it being deadly. I have asthma, chronic lung something-or-other, and Lyme. I didn’t have much cough/lung issues with either bout of covid.
Hubby had a bout of tough pneumonia, with partial collapsed lung about three years ago, otherwise, just high blood pressure. He thinks even a normal cold will cause his death. He did have a tough time with his lungs both times with covid.
So, the first time we had covid - we both thought it “acted” strange, and didn’t feel natural. This time it seemed the same, (not natural) but less obvious. I mean, how many times do you get a flu where the symptoms maintain the same level of severity for two weeks? The two times we have had this, that is one thing that was consistent, and that we both experienced. So, a flu descends, gets worse, wipes you out, then begins to lift - 5 to 7 days. This descends, gets very bad quickly (for some) & then the symptoms seem to stay the same severity for about 10 to 12 days. It lifts very slowly - about another 2 weeks.
I don’t think that “death” would even have entered my mind if not for all the constant media (and our Killer Cuomo) constantly talking about how deadly it is. I’ve had flu that left me nearer death.