Those who have had COVID-19 , upon first sign of symptoms how long was it until you reached the peak of negative symptoms?

Just an update this morning: Still alive. Symptoms are relatively stabilized, and my respiratory symptoms seem to have hit their worst point yesterday. My breathing is not ideal, but I can hold a steady conversation, and spent 4 hours on conference calls yesterday, which probably left me in a rough spot at the end of the day.

Sore throat is gone, and the fever is greatly reduced, but that could just be Tylenol playing its part. Definitely miss my morning runs, and this has been rough because I went through a serious break up just a month before this, so it is a pretty isolating time. Oh well, things will turn around at some point.

On a separate note, why is there vitriol on every thread here?

I've gotten used to masks where it doesn't bother me very much at all anymore. When this all started it just seemed hopelessly uncomfortable. I even have them on standby going out for physical activity and instinctively button the hatches when I see people approaching 30 meters out or when I'm about to converse. I pretty much believe that you can't get it outdoors unless you're trading spit maskless talking at close proximity but I mainly wear it for other people's peace of mind. Control the controllables that should be mantra people learn out of this whole situation whether you get covid or not.

DwideSchrude wrote:

On a separate note, why is there vitriol on every thread here?

Think it has something to do with David45?

Precious Roy wrote:

Just found out that the controller at one of my client's businesses passed away from COVID after being in the hospital for 50 days. A bookkeeper in the same office also died from COVID. 40s and 50s.

If you are young and are not afraid of getting COVID, at least be sure to get tested and isolate if you get it. It is no joke. You really could get someone killed if you spread it.

Where you also so careful and got tested last year for the flu? I know of a distant someone that supposedly died of covid but I also know of a co-workers 6 yr old who died of the flu.

Update: I am alive today. Shockingly, every symptom is gone now. I am just mildly fatigued , but other than that I have no symptoms remaining. I think the worst part was probably the unpredictable nature of this given the wide range of reported experiences everyone has had, even those who are young and healthy.

Anyway, thanks to those who provided serious responses.

thanks for spreading coronavirus

First off, I'm glad the OP has recovered and is doing well. Thanks for being frank about everything including how you exposed yourself.

I have just one question. Before you decided to head to the bar, were you aware that is the #1 riskiest place you could go? It's up there with attending a crowded concert or sports stadium.

This is a dub thread because 95% of people who test positive never have any symptoms. So the answer for 95% of the responses as to when they saw symptoms is never and when they got over symptoms is forever.

not a criminal wrote:

This is a dub thread because 95% of people who test positive never have any symptoms. So the answer for 95% of the responses as to when they saw symptoms is never and when they got over symptoms is forever.

It's 30% that are asymptomatic, not 95%. Stop spewing made-up figures.

"Around 30% of patients who tested positive for the new coronavirus were asymptomatic, but they still carried just as much of the virus as symptomatic patients—and for nearly as long—according to a new study that experts say provides the first scientific evidence of asymptomatic transmission of the pathogen."

Absolutely, I knew I was taking a calculated risk, but preferred to do that and see some friends then be ruminating over what has been a rough breakup recently. Only a few of my friends moved back to where I currently am, and I will likely end up relocating to a city where a larger group of friends are, and a larger dating pool as well. The likelihood of us getting back together is slim, and this town just isn't large enough for both of us.

DwideSchrude wrote:

Absolutely, I knew I was taking a calculated risk, but preferred to do that and see some friends then be ruminating over what has been a rough breakup recently. Only a few of my friends moved back to where I currently am, and I will likely end up relocating to a city where a larger group of friends are, and a larger dating pool as well. The likelihood of us getting back together is slim, and this town just isn't large enough for both of us.

Thanks for being selfish and spreading the virus.

Can you guess how you caught it at the bar? Did you touch the door knob and then later touch your face? Or do you think you got it from the air?

Is the OP still alive?

Still alive. I was asking for trouble...once we were inebriated my buddy was insistent on helping finish his drinks.

DwideSchrude wrote:

Still alive. I was asking for trouble...once we were inebriated my buddy was insistent on helping finish his drinks.

Did your buddy also test positive? Also, did he become symptomatic first? It's possible you didn't catch it from him, but rather, you both caught it from a different source on that very same night.

DwideSchrude wrote:

Update: I am alive today. Shockingly, every symptom is gone now. I am just mildly fatigued , but other than that I have no symptoms remaining. I think the worst part was probably the unpredictable nature of this given the wide range of reported experiences everyone has had, even those who are young and healthy.

Anyway, thanks to those who provided serious responses.

Dude, you had a friggin cold/flu that lasted 3 days and now you're all better.

Look at the drama you caused. The circle jerk of disease-porn "oh my aunt's cousin's sister's 80-year old grandma coughed up her right lung" crap. Why did you contribute to that?

The dirty secret to all this is old people ALREADY can get very sick/cough up lungs/die from coronaviruses and flus. Nothing's any different now than ever, except there's a cheering section and millions of twisted souls are spellbound in the macabre horror show. Entertainment.

i cant find a single post in this thread that says they were tested positive for covid. Not the OP, nor his drinking buddy, nor any of the others.

Is anyone 'contributing' to this thread prepared to state they tested positive? OP? You have been asked enough.

If not, Bad wins.