I'm 64 and not some obese couch potato, although I'm not in as good a shape as I wish. I was willing to get covid, and even die, before I would consider getting a covid shot (same for my younger wife). We both got covid. I was mostly down for two weeks, but fortunately, my wife was only mildly affected. If we had both been like me, it would really have been rough. This meme is the kind of thoughts I have had for the past couple of years; to think that so many in the past were willing to experience a significant risk of death to protect our country from tyranny, only to reach the point today where they are afraid of something that for those under 50 and healthy, poses probably a 1 in 10,000 chance, or less, of dying.
Started out just weak/fatigued. I actually went out to a store the first day. The second day I was really weak/fatigued, and stayed in bed most of the day. I only had a body temp about a degree higher than normal, and a slight headache, but no cough or other respiratory issues. Weakness and fatigue continued for a couple more days, but I decided I wanted to get tested so I would have ammunition against those (mostly family) pressuring me to get the shots. I got a test, and then, coincidentally, started having a very high fever, but still no respiratory issues (but it did hurt when I took a deep breathe). The weakness/fatigue was so bad I didn't even have the will to brush my teeth a couple nights. Almost all appetite was gone after the 2nd day. I lost 5 pounds during the two weeks (I thought it would be more :) ). I was taking double vitamin D3, and 1000mg vit C, and zinc the whole time. I was tempted to take the ivermectin horse paste I had bought a few weeks prior, but when I looked into it, even those who promoted ivermectin cautioned against it due to the 98% "other" ingredients, that had some pretty scary MSDS cautions, I decided to let my immune system do its thing. I finally got over it at about the two week mark, but it took another week before I felt almost completely better. I also got what I believe was pleurosy (inflammation of the lung linings, that caused the pain when taking a deep breathe; I guess that counts as a respiratory issue :) ) which subsided during my "recovery" week. I also lost partial sense of smell. My wife also got it and lost ALL smell, but didn't have any other significant symptoms, and has been slowly getting her sense of smell back. I had never been sick for more than a week in my entire life prior to this. It definitely was not fun, but I'm glad now that it is over (and hopefully there are no long-term effects).
I'm 64 and not some obese couch potato, although I'm not in as good a shape as I wish. I was willing to get covid, and even die, before I would consider getting a covid shot (same for my younger wife). We both got covid. I was mostly down for two weeks, but fortunately, my wife was only mildly affected. If we had both been like me, it would really have been rough. This meme is the kind of thoughts I have had for the past couple of years; to think that so many in the past were willing to experience a significant risk of death to protect our country from tyranny, only to reach the point today where they are afraid of something that for those under 50 and healthy, poses probably a 1 in 10,000 chance, or less, of dying.
Two weeks? Yikes. Would you mind telling me what your symptoms were? Thanks.
Started out just weak/fatigued. I actually went out to a store the first day. The second day I was really weak/fatigued, and stayed in bed most of the day. I only had a body temp about a degree higher than normal, and a slight headache, but no cough or other respiratory issues. Weakness and fatigue continued for a couple more days, but I decided I wanted to get tested so I would have ammunition against those (mostly family) pressuring me to get the shots. I got a test, and then, coincidentally, started having a very high fever, but still no respiratory issues (but it did hurt when I took a deep breathe). The weakness/fatigue was so bad I didn't even have the will to brush my teeth a couple nights. Almost all appetite was gone after the 2nd day. I lost 5 pounds during the two weeks (I thought it would be more :) ). I was taking double vitamin D3, and 1000mg vit C, and zinc the whole time. I was tempted to take the ivermectin horse paste I had bought a few weeks prior, but when I looked into it, even those who promoted ivermectin cautioned against it due to the 98% "other" ingredients, that had some pretty scary MSDS cautions, I decided to let my immune system do its thing. I finally got over it at about the two week mark, but it took another week before I felt almost completely better. I also got what I believe was pleurosy (inflammation of the lung linings, that caused the pain when taking a deep breathe; I guess that counts as a respiratory issue :) ) which subsided during my "recovery" week. I also lost partial sense of smell. My wife also got it and lost ALL smell, but didn't have any other significant symptoms, and has been slowly getting her sense of smell back. I had never been sick for more than a week in my entire life prior to this. It definitely was not fun, but I'm glad now that it is over (and hopefully there are no long-term effects).