Has anyone here caught the Virus, or know anyone who has?

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Amethyst said:
We had a good chat the first time we met, but ever after, he seems fixated on my hair. It's creepy.
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He's either exhausted his platitudinous conversation repository, or perhaps you intimidate him and he doesn't know what to say......or maybe both. :LOL:
 
gerntz said:
My estimate is below 0.1%.
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I hope it is as low as you say, but that still will be scant consolation to the families of those who are lost. To quote a famous mayor after the 9/11 attacks, when he was asked the casualty count:

“The number of casualties,” he said, “will be more than any of us can bear ultimately.”
 
3 so far.

one is a physician , exposed on Mar 7th ( at church group, health dept traced several infections) came down w/ minor symptoms mar 10. Got much worse, released from hospital last wed. says " I feel 10 years older "

2 and 3 last week , elderly , and good health , both are in ICU's , in poor condition.
 
ugeauxgirl said:
Thanks for all the kind thoughts and wishes. Mom is home today and finally showing a little improvement. She is on the anti- malaria drug which is giving her terrible headaches. She is also taking 2 antibiotics. The worst seems to have passed and we are hopeful but still praying.

She is being well taken care of by my dad and brother (who is a nurse).
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How is your mother doing today?
 
Worse. I've spent all day trying to hold it together. She's back in the hospital and my dad has a fever. He's 77.

The only good news is that she isn't in ICU, and she isn't on a ventilator. Also after 12 days her fever seems to be gone for good.

She was brought to the hospital at 8am and has only seen the emergency room Dr so far. She will see an infectious disease specialist in the morning. They put her on a different antibiotic- the 4th I think in 2 weeks. I don't know what else they can do for her but she is being watched closely which is good. Since my dad is sick, he can't do it.

We have been told that the road to recovery for coronavirus victims who get as sick as she is, is very long. She is unhappy about being in the hospital.
 
ugeauxgirl said:
Worse. I've spent all day trying to hold it together. She's back in the hospital and my dad has a fever. He's 77.

The only good news is that she isn't in ICU, and she isn't on a ventilator. Also after 12 days her fever seems to be gone for good.

She was brought to the hospital at 8am and has only seen the emergency room Dr so far. She will see an infectious disease specialist in the morning. They put her on a different antibiotic- the 4th I think in 2 weeks. I don't know what else they can do for her but she is being watched closely which is good. Since my dad is sick, he can't do it.

We have been told that the road to recovery for coronavirus victims who get as sick as she is, is very long. She is unhappy about being in the hospital.
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ugeauxgirl, sorry to hear about your folks. I hope they get past this.

They are approximately our ages (75, 76) and DW has advanced COPD. As far as I am concerned, DW is "grounded".
 
ugeauxgirl said:
Worse. I've spent all day trying to hold it together. She's back in the hospital and my dad has a fever. He's 77.

The only good news is that she isn't in ICU, and she isn't on a ventilator. Also after 12 days her fever seems to be gone for good.

She was brought to the hospital at 8am and has only seen the emergency room Dr so far. She will see an infectious disease specialist in the morning. They put her on a different antibiotic- the 4th I think in 2 weeks. I don't know what else they can do for her but she is being watched closely which is good. Since my dad is sick, he can't do it.

We have been told that the road to recovery for coronavirus victims who get as sick as she is, is very long. She is unhappy about being in the hospital.
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I am not sure how to comfort someone I don't know in person, but feel connected to through this forum. You have all my prayers. The good news is no ventilator and no fever, but that doesn't help you or you mom right now.

God bless you, and may He help you both through this time.
 
ugeauxgirl said:
Worse. I've spent all day trying to hold it together. She's back in the hospital and my dad has a fever. He's 77.

The only good news is that she isn't in ICU, and she isn't on a ventilator. Also after 12 days her fever seems to be gone for good.

She was brought to the hospital at 8am and has only seen the emergency room Dr so far. She will see an infectious disease specialist in the morning. They put her on a different antibiotic- the 4th I think in 2 weeks. I don't know what else they can do for her but she is being watched closely which is good. Since my dad is sick, he can't do it.

We have been told that the road to recovery for coronavirus victims who get as sick as she is, is very long. She is unhappy about being in the hospital.
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Virtual hugs in these trying times
 
A BIL's first cousin in New York, whom we have socialized with several times (but not this year), was diagnosed with it on 3/12. By 3/15 he was sick enough to end up in the ICU. Fortunately he slowly stabilized and improved and was discharged over the weekend. He is in his late 50s.
 
ugeauxgirl said:
Worse. I've spent all day trying to hold it together. She's back in the hospital and my dad has a fever. He's 77.

The only good news is that she isn't in ICU, and she isn't on a ventilator. Also after 12 days her fever seems to be gone for good.

She was brought to the hospital at 8am and has only seen the emergency room Dr so far. She will see an infectious disease specialist in the morning. They put her on a different antibiotic- the 4th I think in 2 weeks. I don't know what else they can do for her but she is being watched closely which is good. Since my dad is sick, he can't do it.

We have been told that the road to recovery for coronavirus victims who get as sick as she is, is very long. She is unhappy about being in the hospital.
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:( I guess this is when you hold on to the good (or at least as good as they can be) parts of this - no fever, no need for a ventilator, not in ICU Even if it's a longer road to recovery than you would have hoped for, it certainly sounds like it is possible/probable at this point. And now your dad....your poor family. I'm so sorry you don't have better news.
 
I'm about 99% certain that I had the COVID-99 virus, but I'll never know for sure, as testing was not available for someone like me when I started feeling ill (March 2nd). In fact, I doubt that I could get tested in most places in the country if I came down with COVID-19 symptoms today, because I probably still would not meet the criteria for testing. I had not traveled internationally, and I had no known contact with anyone that tested positive for COVID-19 (but of course, that doesn't mean much, because almost no COVID-19 testing had been done in the USA at that point).

Anyway, I started feeling ill on March 2nd - fever, chills, bodyache, severe fatigue. No cough, though. All 4 of these things got worse over the next few days. Fever was so bad I couldn't do much of anything.......couldn't read, couldn't sleep. I resisted taking ibuprofen for a couple days, thinking that it would be best to let the fever run its course. But after 2 1/2 days of fever and chills (and basically no sleep), I finally relented and started taking ibuprofen every 5 hours or so. That took the edge off of the fever for a while, and allowed me to get a little sleep, but the fever never really went away. Bodyache and fatigue were bad.........so bad it was a struggle just to get off the couch and go to the bathroom and back. After 5 days of this, I woke up in the morning of Day #6 with just a very low fever. Thought the worst was over, and I felt okay for a few hours that morning. Then the fever and chills returned, for another day and night. Finally, on day #7, I woke up and felt a little better - fever seemed to be basically gone. Had a bad headache, but no fever, no chills, and the fatigue and bodyaches seemed to be gradually easing. Got a few small things done that day, and finally started to get my appetite back, and ate a couple of small meals. On day #8, I woke up and felt somewhat better, and started to gradually improve after that.

I've had the flu in the past, but it was nothing like this. I've never experienced 6 days of high fever and chills with any flu bug or other virus. And with the flu, I remember having a nasty sore throat for several days, which I did not get with this virus.

Fortunately, whatever virus I had never made it to my lungs. I never had a cough, or other respiratory issues.

So, that is my experience, with whatever bug I had. I'm pretty confident it was COVID-19, but I'll probably never know for sure. Maybe they will eventually offer the test that shows whether you have the antibodies for COVID-19, and if they do, maybe I'll get it, just to see if that is what I had.
 
RAE said:
I'm about 99% certain that I had the COVID-99 virus, but I'll never know for sure, as testing was not available for someone like me when I started feeling ill (March 2nd).
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Not a doctor, but that really sounds like regular old flu - it normally runs 4 or 5 days, but 6 is not unheard of. I found this table (derived from CDC/WHO) showing the differences, with the defining characteristic of COVID-19 being shortness of breath (as reported pretty much everywhere). And the muscle aches and exhaustion are more common with the flu than COVID-19.

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The source article is here: https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-symptoms/a-52233885

DW had a bad cold a month ago and I kid her that she already had it. Hers was a mild fever for a couple of days and lots of coughing - it was probably just a cold too, but who knows?

Remember, we get 10-to-45 million cases of flu every year. It is not like that is going away because COVID-19 showed up.
 
Our local death count went up today due to a man in his 70's who died last week. He tested positive for the flu and strep, was hospitalized and died two days later. Tests done post mortem revealed he also had Covid-19.

Talk about a trifecta from hell...
 
RAE said:
I'm about 99% certain that I had the COVID-99 virus, but I'll never know for sure, as testing was not available for someone like me when I started feeling ill (March 2nd).
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That sounds very much like what that doctor in New York described for COVID-19 particularly the days duration and the little respite in between day 5 and day 7. I don’t think everyone gets shortness of breath. Hopefully you can get an antigen test at some point.
 
REWahoo said:
Our local death count went up today due to a man in his 70's who died last week. He tested positive for the flu and strep, was hospitalized and died two days later. Tests done post mortem revealed he also had Covid-19.

Talk about a trifecta from hell...
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Dang, all three at once?!?
 
Don't rely on those symptom comparison tables too much. In recent days they've added loss of smell, loss of taste, disruption in taste, and gastrointestinal symptoms to the list of symptoms that confirmed cases have had. Some people have had a cough, but no fever, and vice versa. Some have many symptoms, others few or none. Our state health director has advised that if you're sick, act as if you might have it. I think that's wise. It wouldn't be good to assume you've had it (without confirmation), then get lax with your mitigation measures, in case it really was "just a cold or the flu".
 
I stayed in New Orleans on 2/28, left on a cruise the next day and returned sick on 3/5. I had a cough on the plane ride home that progressed to include terrible body aches, a headache, and sweats. No fever. I slept Thurs - Sat and had a sore throat and shortness of breath on Sun. Because I didn't have a fever I thought maybe it was strep and took my dental procedure antibiotics and doubled my Plaquenil in case it was the beginning of a Lupus flare. The cough persisted for about a week and a half and my lungs felt like they were on fire. Without the fever I thought it was a bad cold or strep - and it may have been?

3/21 (16 days later) I received a letter from Carnival stating the the CDC told them that day that they had a confirmed case from Ohio on my sailing. Combine that with the new info that a fever may not be present makes me wonder if my sickness was covid 19.

I felt really lousy again this last weekend and because I'm still working (with an endless stream of people at the UPS customer counter) I wonder if I have been exposed twice now.

I would volunteer to take the antibody test and then donate my blood if it showed I had had the virus. Double bonus with the Plaquenil in my bloodstream.
 
So I see on Twitter that someone promoting hydroxycloroquine as a cure was suspended. My two cents: although I love this drug I can't see how in any way it would cure covid 19. Make a person with terrible bodyaches and a fever feel much much better, yes, but it would not provide a cure for someone's lungs.
 
ugeauxgirl said:
Worse. I've spent all day trying to hold it together. She's back in the hospital and my dad has a fever. He's 77.

The only good news is that she isn't in ICU, and she isn't on a ventilator. Also after 12 days her fever seems to be gone for good.

She was brought to the hospital at 8am and has only seen the emergency room Dr so far. She will see an infectious disease specialist in the morning. They put her on a different antibiotic- the 4th I think in 2 weeks. I don't know what else they can do for her but she is being watched closely which is good. Since my dad is sick, he can't do it.

We have been told that the road to recovery for coronavirus victims who get as sick as she is, is very long. She is unhappy about being in the hospital.
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So sorry you are going through this. Must be very hard on your parents and you. Best wishes for their recovery and the safety of you and your family.
 
tinlizzy said:
So I see on Twitter that someone promoting hydroxycloroquine as a cure was suspended. My two cents: although I love this drug I can't see how in any way it would cure covid 19. Make a person with terrible bodyaches and a fever feel much much better, yes, but it would not provide a cure for someone's lungs.
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I read yesterday that Nevada was banning the use of hydroxycloroquine, but it implied self medication was the problem, as it can cause cardiac issues if not monitored. The WSJ had an article yesterday about the merits of hyrdroxycloroquine and a Z pack.

Today I read that massive doses of IV Vitamin C are being used in NY, modeled after China's response. Vitamin C is cheaper and less invasive then drugs.
 
audreyh1 said:
That sounds very much like what that doctor in New York described for COVID-19 particularly the days duration and the little respite in between day 5 and day 7. I don’t think everyone gets shortness of breath. Hopefully you can get an antigen test at some point.
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Yes, I'd like to get the antigen test if they ever offer it around here, and if insurance covers it. Symptoms do vary quite a bit with COVID-19. Here is one list of the most common symptoms, based on 55,000 COVID-19 infected people in China:



Note that shortness of breath only occurred in 19% of those infected, and that fever was easily the most common symptom.
 
Winemaker said:
Today I read that massive doses of IV Vitamin C are being used in NY, modeled after China's response. Vitamin C is cheaper and less invasive then drugs.
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https://www.tga.gov.au/alert/no-evidence-support-intravenous-high-dose-vitamin-c-management-covid-19

No evidence to support intravenous high-dose vitamin C in the management of COVID-19

27 March 2020
The TGA is aware of a report that intravenous high-dose vitamin C may be beneficial in the management of a COVID-19 infection.

We have investigated this report and found there is no robust scientific evidence to support the usage of this vitamin in the management of COVID-19.

No published peer reviewed studies in the medical literature were found to support the usage of this vitamin for COVID-19. We are aware of some studies underway in certain countries and should these be positive, the TGA would welcome the submission of an application for vitamin C in treating COVID-19, accompanied and supported by appropriate research.

Two recently published open-label studies relating to the use of vitamin C in other types of infections, associated with septic shock and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), were identified and reviewed. In both of these studies, where vitamin C was used as monotherapy (used alone) or in combination with other products, there was no clear evidence of benefit. It cannot be concluded that intravenous vitamin C is an effective treatment of ARDS (resulting from COVID-19, or otherwise).

More research is needed before any recommendation for the use of intravenous vitamin C in the treatment of COVID-19 can be made.
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