@petewxyz saidGlad to hear you did not need hospitalisation. I’m now starting to worry a bit as my son and his girlfriend are retuning from a year in Canada and they will need to spend their fortnight’s quarantine at my home. So far I have managed to reduce my risks of getting it but not for much longer.
I had it from early March and it lasted 7 weeks. I remember deciding not to go to Liverpool v Atletico Madrid just in case as I had developed a bad sore throat. My wife and daughter realised they got it a couple of days later. It took a couple of weeks for the dry cough, headaches and flu like ill feeling to arrive. By the fourth week you got frequent false dawns where you w ...[text shortened]... somebody who had a long nasty illness without the lung disease. I'll try and dig it out and post it.
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@drewnogal saidI'm sure you'll be fine, it appears to have mutated into something a lot milder and as people have said, cases are going up because they're testing everyone who wants a test, had that been the case in March they'd really know how not very deadly it actually is. The flu kills people every year, as will this, I've had it I'm sure, I also have had a flu and survived, as will the vast majority without a weakened immune system. Both my parents think they've had it as well, both in their late 60s, both fine. Prince Charles tested positive, fine. Boris unfortunately fine in the end as well.
Glad to hear you did not need hospitalisation. I’m now starting to worry a bit as my son and his girlfriend are retuning from a year in Canada and they will need to spend their fortnight’s quarantine at my home. So far I have managed to reduce my risks of getting it but not for much longer.
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@drewnogal saidThe important thing to remember here is that if you get it your odds are really very good. Modern media has the knack of frequently showing you the very worst case scenario whilst rarely commenting on the fact that you would still be highly likely to be fine even if you were in your 70s with diabetes as was the case for a friend of ours who was basically ill at home with flu symptoms for six weeks, then easily fatigued for a month and then fine.
Glad to hear you did not need hospitalisation. I’m now starting to worry a bit as my son and his girlfriend are retuning from a year in Canada and they will need to spend their fortnight’s quarantine at my home. So far I have managed to reduce my risks of getting it but not for much longer.
What works for me is to think about seeing lottery winners on the news. I am sufficiently sure that won't be me not to buy a ticket. I do sometimes write down six numbers without entering them. It gets pretty tense approaching the draw as I start to believe they will come up. I feel like a winner when they don't come up, plus I save £2 by not entering them. £100 a year if I play every week! 😁
@trev33 saidI hope so. I’m in good health for my age so may hopefully recover at home.
I'm sure you'll be fine, it appears to have mutated into something a lot milder and as people have said, cases are going up because they're testing everyone who wants a test, had that been the case in March they'd really know how not very deadly it actually is. The flu kills people every year, as will this, I've had it I'm sure, I also have had a flu and survived, as will the ...[text shortened]... e 60s, both fine. Prince Charles tested positive, fine. Boris unfortunately fine in the end as well.