It's time to sit down with your wife and watch the below video. Living in fear is no way to live. The pandemic is over... COVID is now endemic and here to stay. For ~99.9999% of people moving forward, it will be a cold. Treat it like any other cold you've ever had.
I am going thru the EXACT opposite of this right now.
My wife got sick a few days ago, she's pretty susceptible to colds etc. She was coughing and sniffling for a couple of days with a slight fever. I asked her if it could be covid. She didnt think so. A whole day later she tests and is positive. All the while I'm taking care of her of course, moving her plates, cups etc, unmasked and not washing hands often. Thankfully still not positive while shes still testing +. We shall see. We had friends over in the early days and had to inform them all.
So you're DEAD WRONG. When it doubt absolutely test for covid.
Coughing and sniffling with a slight fever for a couple of days.
Had her test been negative, rather than positive, what would you have done differently and why?
Testing is a good idea so that you know if you are potentially contagious to vulnerable people that you would then want to avoid or warn of your condition. That might be a gathering or other encounter or gathering.
Testing is a good idea so that you know if you are potentially contagious to vulnerable people that you would then want to avoid or warn of your condition. That might be a gathering or other encounter or gathering.
Pretty sure if you are coughing and sniffling you are contagious to to other people. Why test?
Testing is a good idea so that you know if you are potentially contagious to vulnerable people that you would then want to avoid or warn of your condition. That might be a gathering or other encounter or gathering.
Pretty sure if you are coughing and sniffling you are contagious to to other people. Why test?
I finally got COVID after avoiding it for 3 years. Ugh. I usually don't test unless it is an emergency but my wife wanted me to get one after we returned from Boston.
Nothing other than a typical cold but now have to quarantine and avoid everyone for 5 days. Do you think the CDC 5-day window is too long or too short?
I mask up indoors to be safe around my wife. Work is ok with me taking a few days off but I will save my PTO and just take the two days unpaid to preserve my PTO (does not roll over each calendar year). I think COVID should be taken seriously, for the most part, but some of the framework with testing and all the decision trees just do nothing but cause anxiety in others.
In the old days, if you were sick or had a cold, you either stayed home until you felt better or just worked through it. (I do think covid still affects auto-immune and pre-existing condition-based patients worse, so it should still be taken at least somewhat seriously).
Vaccinated. Will wear masks wherever required; just am mad at myself for getting it even though I tried to avoid it and took all precautions.
“Took all precautions”
wtf does that mean? You lived by yourself in the woods? People get sick, bro. You’re not special. The fact you think there are no vectors as long as you “took all precautions” shows how ignorant and stupid you are.
Vaccinated. Will wear masks wherever required; just am mad at myself for getting it even though I tried to avoid it and took all precautions.
“Took all precautions”
wtf does that mean? You lived by yourself in the woods? People get sick, bro. You’re not special. The fact you think there are no vectors as long as you “took all precautions” shows how ignorant and stupid you are.
The ignorance and stupidity have been on display since March 2020. Here was the reality: by the time the authorities caught on to the novel coronavirus in January 2020, the virus had been spreading globally since September 2019 when it leaked from the Wuhan lab. In other words, people that got sick and died from COVID were always going to get sick and die from COVID unless they went full hermit mode out in the wild. It sucks, but you can take your concerns up with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the NIH, and Anthony Fauci.
Vaccinated. Will wear masks wherever required; just am mad at myself for getting it even though I tried to avoid it and took all precautions.
“Took all precautions”
wtf does that mean? You lived by yourself in the woods? People get sick, bro. You’re not special. The fact you think there are no vectors as long as you “took all precautions” shows how ignorant and stupid you are.
I never said I was special. And I think it's dummies, not dummys.
I took precautions in terms of masking around my wife and other vulnerable people, getting up-to-date shots and generally trying to live healthy and minimize risk.
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Vaccinated. Will wear masks wherever required; just am mad at myself for getting it even though I tried to avoid it and took all precautions.
You can't be mad at yourself for getting sick, especially since you did everything you were told to do in order to not get it. That is not on you, that is on the people and organizations saying you won't get it by doing certain things.
Vaccinated. Will wear masks wherever required; just am mad at myself for getting it even though I tried to avoid it and took all precautions.
You can't be mad at yourself for getting sick, especially since you did everything you were told to do in order to not get it. That is not on you, that is on the people and organizations saying you won't get it by doing certain things.
Thanks! I just remember the good old days when people got sick, just stayed home, and there was no covid fear timeframe anxiety to deal with (before 2020). Now there's a lot of anxiety about testing, buying tests over and over again, etc.
If I was single I would have done everything differently and only test if absolutely necessary. (Although obviously if it was horrible I'd be staying home regardless). With this "cold" I still have to lose valuable PTO, even though my company is understanding about getting sick. The 5-day quarantine is the golden standard right now. At least it is no longer 14 days.
I do think the jab is still an effective way at reducing the symptoms, so I have no issues with the shot, despite what some anti-vaxxers say.
I finally got COVID after avoiding it for 3 years. Ugh. I usually don't test unless it is an emergency but my wife wanted me to get one after we returned from Boston.
Nothing other than a typical cold but now have to quarantine and avoid everyone for 5 days. Do you think the CDC 5-day window is too long or too short?
I mask up indoors to be safe around my wife. Work is ok with me taking a few days off but I will save my PTO and just take the two days unpaid to preserve my PTO (does not roll over each calendar year). I think COVID should be taken seriously, for the most part, but some of the framework with testing and all the decision trees just do nothing but cause anxiety in others.
In the old days, if you were sick or had a cold, you either stayed home until you felt better or just worked through it. (I do think covid still affects auto-immune and pre-existing condition-based patients worse, so it should still be taken at least somewhat seriously).
I also avoided it for three years but came down with it in late fall. I had always presumed that I had it before but never displayed symptoms. My symptoms were pretty bad for the first couple days - cough, sore throat, fever, sometimes chills, no energy. I worked from home as much as I could the first couple days.
When I was able to return to the office, I followed the current Protocols because it gave me peace of mind that no one could accuse me of knowingly spreading it -- and (bonus) I got out of the annual Holiday lunch.
wtf does that mean? You lived by yourself in the woods? People get sick, bro. You’re not special. The fact you think there are no vectors as long as you “took all precautions” shows how ignorant and stupid you are.
The ignorance and stupidity have been on display since March 2020. Here was the reality: by the time the authorities caught on to the novel coronavirus in January 2020, the virus had been spreading globally since September 2019 when it leaked from the Wuhan lab. In other words, people that got sick and died from COVID were always going to get sick and die from COVID unless they went full hermit mode out in the wild. It sucks, but you can take your concerns up with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the NIH, and Anthony Fauci.
You can't be mad at yourself for getting sick, especially since you did everything you were told to do in order to not get it. That is not on you, that is on the people and organizations saying you won't get it by doing certain things.
Thanks! I just remember the good old days when people got sick, just stayed home, and there was no covid fear timeframe anxiety to deal with (before 2020). Now there's a lot of anxiety about testing, buying tests over and over again, etc.
If I was single I would have done everything differently and only test if absolutely necessary. (Although obviously if it was horrible I'd be staying home regardless). With this "cold" I still have to lose valuable PTO, even though my company is understanding about getting sick. The 5-day quarantine is the golden standard right now. At least it is no longer 14 days.
I do think the jab is still an effective way at reducing the symptoms, so I have no issues with the shot, despite what some anti-vaxxers say.
The dangers from covid are much less than they were the previous few years because virtually nobody is covid naive anymore, that is, they've been vaccinated, infected, or some combination of both, so there is some enhanced immune response.
However, covid is still different than influenza or "a cold" because it appears to be more communicable, and infected persons appear to remain contagious for a longer period of time. Also (or as a result) we're still at a point where covid-related deaths and long term issues appear to be significantly more consequential than influenza.
Finally, I'd note that it's well documented that married men live significantly longer than single men, largely because they have a woman to tell them when they're being idiots regarding potential health and safety issues.
You can't be mad at yourself for getting sick, especially since you did everything you were told to do in order to not get it. That is not on you, that is on the people and organizations saying you won't get it by doing certain things.
I do think the jab is still an effective way at reducing the symptoms, so I have no issues with the shot, despite what some anti-vaxxers say.