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14 May 22
@divegeester saidI think I had it. Lasted 5 days. But I am not sure.
Has everyone here had it?
14 May 22
@divegeester saidAt your age - I know you are younger than me - I might have chosen to decline the vaccine but I'm not taking that risk now, there's too much at stake. I also had a vaccination for pneumonia which is recommended to elderly people.
I had it quite bad for three weeks; somehow I feel like it’s left it mark on me, other than the impact to my taste and smell, I just don’t always feel 100% but definitely improving all the time.
14 May 22
@torunn saidLooking back it appears that the earlier mutations of Covid were very nasty but fortunately it cascaded quickly through [so far] about 680 mutations generally getting more infectious but less deadly. That’s a lot of mutations in two years or so and I sometimes wonder what the world would be like had the virus mutated slower giving us a longer shallower gradient before the exit wave which seems to have been Omicron.
At your age - I know you are younger than me - I might have chosen to decline the vaccine but I'm not taking that risk now, there's too much at stake. I also had a vaccination for pneumonia which is recommended to elderly people.
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14 May 22
@divegeester saidIt hasn't.
Has everyone here had it?
How are you now the pandemic has passed?
And no, I haven't. Not that I noticed, anyway. But then, I'm fully vaccinated.
@divegeester saidI don't know that the Covid19 will ever be completely gone.
I had it quite bad for three weeks; somehow I feel like it’s left it mark on me, other than the impact to my taste and smell, I just don’t always feel 100% but definitely improving all the time.
Some claim when you've had it that it can linger for years.
It couldn't be much fun for sure losing your sense of taste and smell. Keep in mind because you got it once doesn't mean you can't get it again.
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@shallow-blue saidSorry to hear that.
It hasn't.
It has here in the UK, but then we weren’t impacted by the EU’s catastrophic mishandling of their vaccine appropriation and rollout strategy. I.e. not having one.
@very-rusty saidNo, of course it won’t. It will be around in milder forums just like influenza. The “pandemic” this the high level of deaths and associated social restrictions are coming to an end in many places.
I don't know that the Covid19 will ever be completely gone.
14 May 22
@very-rusty saidI think I’ve had it at least twice.
It couldn't be much fun for sure losing your sense of taste and smell. Keep in mind because you got it once doesn't mean you can't get it again.
Loss of taste and smell is one thing, what’s worse is the new unrecognisable vile smell and taste that replace old ones which are still compromised. I don’t have it bad but I’ve read that some people are finding it quite debilitating as it’s impacting eating habits and affecting mental health.
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@divegeester saidu never had any taste.& it has not gone away , dr Richard Cree of James Cook Hospital reckons the past 3 weeks have been worse than the last 15 months the hospita was overrun again and 2 new icu s had to be opened.
I think I’ve had it at least twice.
Loss of taste and smell is one thing, what’s worse is the new unrecognisable vile smell and taste that replace old ones which are still compromised. I don’t have it bad but I’ve read that some people are finding it quite debilitating as it’s impacting eating habits and affecting mental health.
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14 May 22
@divegeester saidNo, it hasn't. Boris merely pretends it has.
Sorry to hear that.
It has here in the UK
Anti-Covid measures have been lifted here, as well. That doesn't mean the pandemic is over - it means that, for now, it is manageable.
I'll grant you that the UK handled the first phase of the vaccine rollout better than the EU. After that? Not so much.