Well we finally caught it. Overall been feeling OK, one day was like a heavy cold and the rest has been the sniffles and a sore head. Day 7 and still positive on lateral flow tests.
What did surprise me though, and the reason for the post, is the speed it raged through the family. Started off with 10 year old grandson a week past on Sunday, and within the week, sister, mum and dad, gran and 2 papas all had it. Our contact with our grandson the day we caught it was a very short drive to and from a picnic spot, the rest of the day was outdoors. Thankfully everyone is OK and grandson is back at school.
Glad you got off lightly.
Have you had the booster? That seems to make some difference to the severity.
Omicron does seem highly transmissible & to have a long incubation period. My sister is in NZ and they’ve just increased the isolation period to 24 days, based on close analysis of all their omicron cases (which they can do as have so few cases).
Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 26/1/2022
Glad you got off lightly.
Have you had the booster? That seems to make some difference to the severity
Yes, all the adults within the immediate and extended family have had the 3 jabs. All have similar mild cold-like symptoms. I don't know what I think about 24 days self isolation. I think the 2 negative lft after 7 days should be fine for most folk. We've another 2 days to go and self isolation will be up. That's been the worse bit for me, not getting out. So I just eat
I've finally got it too. Presumably from visit to parent in laws, where 4 out of the 5 who visited tested positive within a couple of days. The only one who didn't test positive had it just before Christmas.
Cold like symptoms mainly with fatigue, assuming original vaccine plus booster has helped to keep it mild. Feel as though we're on the mend now although still testing positive on Day 6.
My belief is most folk have it for a similar amount of time I.e around 10 days. I think the time of testing is what makes the difference. We tested very quickly, from the day we caught it as our grandson tested positive on the evening we had him ( he started complaining of a sore throat) so we could pinpoint exactly where and when so it seems like we've had it longer. Others might not have reason to test, especially if they are asymptomatic so end up testing only after they've had it for some days so it seems like they are testing negative sooner.
I had to do a PCR test as well as a lateral flow test as I had signed up for a trial. Didn't know anyone had it until I started to feel a bit unwell. It was only once I had tested positive and let people know that I found out that one of the parents in law had what they thought was a cold but hadn't told anyone!
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Glad to hear you folks haven't been hit too badly by the bug. Despite seeing both grandsons on a weekly basis I haven't caught it yet and am keeping my fingers crossed that if I do, it won't be too severe as I'm double jabbed and boosted. Your comments are reassuring!
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It’s times like this that I am very glad I am not teaching in schools anymore. It’s a lot easier to socially distance from university students than it is from children. I do think my university has taken things a bit far as they have installed these massive Perspex screens in the lecture spaces and we have to stand behind them when lecturing but at least I have been covid free so far!
Hope everyone infected is soon back to full health.
I do wonder how it will all pan out long term. We're being told we need to live alongside covid, and I do agree we will. But I worry for those who will never let down their guard and who will forever live in fear, missing out on special memories. I didnt want it and don't want it again but I also don't want to avoid hugging my grandkids or having them for sleepovers. They need us as much as we need them. and I don't mean for care, I mean emotionally.
Valid point. We must get used to having Covid around, like flu, which also kills many people every year. We’ll get used to having our annual flu jag in one arm & the Covid one in the other, which is what happened hereabouts.
But some people have indeed become very cautious. I know someone who will never hug her friends again & that’s really sad. Life’s for living, this is not a rehearsal.
Funnily though I expected to catch it from grandchildren not those at the other end of the spectrum (parent in law is 92).
Still testing positive this morning although most symptoms apart from fatigue have faded. Taking the bin out for collection was a big treat!
I totally agree with the comments above, we need to get on with it! I will be hugging my grandkids, kids and friends, and carrying on with life as normal from now, I have done everything asked of me. I don’t go to crowded places anyway, living in rural Devon on the edge of Dartmoor, I guess I am conditioned to dislike crowds, so no loss for us
As already been said………Life is for living! Past generations, my parents included, have had to live through, far, far worse.
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