• CoriolisSTORM88@lemmy.worldEnglish
      212·
      10 months ago

      I have been recovering from my 4th COVID infection. I’ve told people, it’s not Pokemon, I’ve NOT gotta catch em all. Seems bad luck, my immune system, or shitty people I work around will continue to give it to me. 🫤

      • alphacyberranger@lemmy.worldEnglish
        131·
        10 months ago

        Yeah I get what you are saying. Asymptomatic carriers are an even bigger problem for people with low immunity.

      • cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.worldEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        4 times, that’s rough. Were they all pretty bad cases?

        I feel lucky I’ve only gotten it once despite working retail, but I did get the flu once too and it was much worse than COVID.

        For anyone curious, I do keep up with my vaccines and boosters.

  • SteelRabbit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    10 months ago

    I hope you have a speedy recovery with no lingering effects!

    Genuine question (honestly, I’m not trying to be a troll or start a fight): doesn’t it make anyone mad that things have gotten to the point where we can’t live our lives without constant reinfection?

    I ask 'cause I’ve been trying to rationalize this question, and no one in my life is really talking/acknowledging COVID anymore, so I’m not really able to bring this up without being that guy who still cares about the pandemic.

    • gerryflap@feddit.nlEnglish
      16·
      10 months ago

      We can’t live our lives without yearly influenza waves (and other viruses) either. We had one window of opportunity to stop COVID, that was when it first appeared in China. The moment it got in more places, Pandora’s box was open and would never be closed again. The COVID we have now and the one back then are wildly different. Since omicron the amount of deaths and even ICU usage has gone down a cliff while the number of infections has skyrocketed. Vaccines + omicron have lead us from the epidemic/pandemic into the endemic stage, where it’s just become a part of life like the flu. Not awesome, still ruining life’s, but far from the death machine it once was.

    • Illecors@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      165·
      10 months ago

      No, it doesn’t.

      • The name is the same, but the virus is much weaker.
      • We haven’t found a way to eradicate it. I have more important things to worry about than something so futile.
  • Bruno Finger@lemm.eeEnglish
    262·
    10 months ago

    I wish you a well recovery.

    I was feeling pretty bad a few days before Christmas. Couldn’t breathe, anxiety level off the roof. I did a COVID test from the pharmacy which was negative, which in turn made me feel even more anxious about my health. A day after Christmas I was so bad I went to the hospital. They tested me there and in less than a minute it was a positive.

    It was a pretty bad COVID, I got vaccinated about 2 years ago but this was the first time I actually got it. It went pretty pretty bad.

    I am still suffering from long COVID symptoms, mostly issues with short breath etc. Currently lying down on the couch trying to get better. I really hope this ends soon, I need my life back.

    I hope you don’t have to go through the same thing. I really wish you a swift recovery.

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
      27·
      10 months ago

      PSA - Rapid tests from the pharmacy are highly accurate at proving a positive, they are very inaccurate at proving a negative.

      Meaning if it’s positive, you’re positive. If it’s negative, you may still be positive.

      When in doubt, get a PCR test.

      • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        10 months ago

        I’ve also never, never seen someone test positive on the first day of symptoms. Sometimes on the second, but almost always on the third.

        The CDC bitching out to corporations by saying test on the first day so people can keep going to work sick is still insanity. I really wish they allowed people to throat swab since it’s supposed to be more effective, but I’m sure they’re worried about our litigious culture saying we’re trying to choke Republicans to death with microchips.

    • fadhl3y@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      Me too, however I vaccinated early and was mostly good about isolation when it was required, hence it’s plausible that I have been lucky.

    • Kedly@lemm.eeEnglish
      42·
      10 months ago

      Same boat, and while havent gone full CovIdiot, I havent really been super cautious either

      edit: not sure if it’s the Covidiots or people who are annoyed that I wasnt more cautious that are downvoting me

  • Daxtron2@startrek.websiteEnglish
    14·
    10 months ago

    Haha only 3? I think I’m up to 5 or 6 at this point. I have a very bad immune system. First time I got it(pre vaccine) I was terribly ill for almost a month. Thanks to the vaccines and boosters, in combo with paxlovid, I usually only have 2-3 days of actively bad symptoms and then another week of mild cold-like symptoms.

      • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlineEnglish
        20·
        10 months ago

        It can be, but it’s not guaranteed.

        But covid can absolutely fuck you up for life. It’s been causing autoimmune issues on top of everything else, too.

        Also, you might have had it and not known. There are plenty of asymptomatic carriers out there.

  • vojel@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    14·
    10 months ago

    COVID hit me the second time at my companies christmas party. I almost forgot that it is not a regular flu and covid kindly reminded me of that. I was down and laying in bed for a whole week with fever. Took me two weeks to feel almost back to normal. Got cough 2 to 3 weeks after I recovered. Still a weird illness with even more weird symptoms like skin rashes at fingers and toes. Get well soon.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      10 months ago

      I just want it has just random abilities that it decides to switch on and off depending on who it infects.

      I didn’t get any rashes or anything but on top of the standard flu-like symptoms I couldn’t really remember things with any degree of reliability. And I found it very hard to think logically, I remember staring at my phone and I really could not work out for the life of me how to use it. I knew I should know how to use it but in the moment I couldn’t work it out and I had to give up.

  • leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nlEnglish
    111·
    10 months ago

    That sucks.

    I hope you don’t catch it again. Things will be more tougher in the future as countries being pushed by businesses will downplay this more.

  • Hiro8811@lemmy.worldEnglish
    155·
    10 months ago

    I actually never got it. I also never taken a test. Ha take that you extroverts with all your … many … friends … someone help me

    • jacktherippah@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      I got vaccinated too, like 3 times. The first time I got COVID was before the vaccine. Still got infected after but symptoms were more mild and recovery time was way faster. That first time without the vaccines were absolutely brutal.

  • theyoyomaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    That sucks. I genuinely can’t fathom how I haven’t caught it yet. I got the vax right when it came out at the hospital/first responder time but with how much I travelled at the peak it’s amazing I’ve still avoided it. Every booster has kicked my ass so I really don’t think I had a silent case.