So who has covid? Nov 2021

fits · 14-11-2021 1:55pm #1

Couldn’t find a dedicated thread for sharing symptoms and progression etc. mods feel free to merge if there is one.

Husband has had two positive antigen tests. Symptoms started Friday night but he just seems properly ill this afternoon. Has sore throat headache and achy legs.

I have symptoms too but testing negative. Mostly fatigue headache and runny nose here. Both of us waiting on pcr results.

from what I’m reading it’s not nothing. People who are double vaccinated still getting quite ill.

14-11-2021 3:08pm

I've had similar symptoms since last thursday, sore throat, headache, aching joints, fatigue. Taking paracetemol but it doesn't really help.

I had a PCR test yesterday, got a negative result today.

I hope you both feel better soon.

Yoghurt87 · 14-11-2021 3:13pm

Sorry to hear that OP and hope you and your husband are feeling better soon.

I know of quite a few people diagnosed with Covid in the past 3-4 weeks, almost all of them double-vaccinated. Most of them experiencing very unpleasant symptoms. I wonder if the current outbreak might encourage more uptake amongst the unvaccinated.

foozzybear61 · 14-11-2021 10:38pm

Got the Booster jab 10 days ago following day had a temperature spike in work went home early as per work protocols..

Thought it was just a side effect but went for a test to keep job happy

Positive result , been isolation since then apart from a sinus problem now cleared all seems fine..

Job wants me back Tuesday trying to put off return a bit longer dont want to risk spreading in a health care sertting

fits · 15-11-2021 7:08am

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I hope we get a reasonably mild dose too. I don’t think it’s hit me yet. Reckon symptoms I have are from something else I picked up from the children. Husband had temperature last night but settled down with meds. We should get our pcr results some time today.

fits · 15-11-2021 7:34am

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Fauxvid! Very similar symptoms.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118164906#Comment_118164906

I hope if this is it we don’t get bad symptoms. Twin four year olds in the house ( and a very energetic dog) and it’s full on keeping them at home when we are well.

edit. He’s just up and absolutely fatigued after 11 hours in bed. Not like him at all.

fits · 15-11-2021 3:57pm

So who has covid? Not us evidently. Husband has had 3 positive antigen tests but pcr negative.

he’s quite Ill. Dunno.

15-11-2021 4:06pm

I crawled into bed last night about 11pm which is hours before I normally would as my head was pounding quite badly. Got up for work but just not able for it today, so ended up taking the day off.

I hope you all feel better soon, whatever it is.

babyboom · 15-11-2021 4:10pm

My brother came up to help me get my very elderly mother to the gp on Thursday. Never mentioned that he felt unwell. Was coughing a bit and I asked him if he'd been tested. Said it was just a cold. Mam was admitted to hospital on Friday and while in A&E got a call from brother saying he'd tested positive on antigen test. He subsequently tested positive on pcr. Now mam is isolation and I'm stuck at home. Have taken 2 negative antigen tests so far. HSE only texted me today saying they'll be sending out tests so me. Glad I knew beforehand so I could start testing in advance. I'm rightly peed off with him for putting us on this situation but what can you do? He says he doesn't feel too bad but he sounds bad on the phone. He can't taste or smell. Hoping myself and mam continue to test negative..

Apiarist · 15-11-2021 5:02pm

Both my son (8, non-vaccinated) and I (vaccinated) had similar symptoms one week ago, one day of 38.5 degree fever, runny nose for several days. We went to get PCR tests, my son tested positive, while my test returned negative. I had an antigen test today, also got the negative result. It could be that my son and I had a seasonal cold and he got Covid without additional symptoms.

snowstorm445 · 15-11-2021 5:07pm

Tested positive last Tuesday (double vaxxed) but had some symptoms the day before as well (a tight throat sensation). I also lost some sense of taste (but not smell) at the weekend, but it's mostly back now. I've also got a pretty chesty cough. Other than that feeling fine, no more tired or achy than usual.

All going well I should be out of isolation by next weekend.

fits · 15-11-2021 7:42pm

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GP referred him for another pcr. Wonder if false negatives happen much.

ACitizenErased · 15-11-2021 8:23pm

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There's a brutal cold going around. Was dying all weekend, could barely breathe. Tested negative.

tiredcity · 15-11-2021 8:45pm

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Hey fits! Remember you from our baby thread years ago. Hope twins doing well! The usual false negative rate is approx 5% for PCR so pretty low but three antigen tests being positive and negative PCR is a bit weird, I'd be suspicious if i were your GP too. My four year old tested positive yesterday, one and half year old definitely has it too. I got my booster last week but felt a bit virally the last few days so waiting on PCR result to go back to work. Hope your husband's feeling better soon.

fits · 15-11-2021 10:04pm

hi tiredcity! The babies thread was a while ago. I hope you are all ok with the covid dose. Yeah it’s all a bit weird tbh. 3 false positives seems unlikely. We will see. The twins are great. Home for the next two days with husband sick and me trying to work - great fun.

shesty · 16-11-2021 9:27pm

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You're joking.

My niece had 3 negative tests recently while spiking temperatures and coughing terribly over a 2 week period. Her younger sister and dad tested positive.

After the whole experience I am seriously questioning all these tests.I hope you are all feeling better.

Bikerguy · 14-12-2021 1:23pm

Well...all in house...got it...

I fully vacc back in july -pfizer...i am on day 8 .....temperature 37.2 here and there and light pressure on chest.... Since day 2 lost sense of smell...nothing else but anxiety and panic attacks.

My kids 7y and 3y bad cough and low energy levels..... meanwhile wife in hospital delivering our newborn girl....and i am unable to function.....what a disaster... I hope to improve...so far its been every day the same..no worse no better...but never had anything worse then this...

GP no help at all...

odyssey06 · 14-12-2021 8:04pm

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This is worth a read... suggests if you have a cold just before covid exposure it could block infection

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56483445

wiresandmore · 14-12-2021 8:24pm

I got it in November: work trip to UK, back in Ireland then 3 days later +ve Antigen with +PCR next day. Initially felt ok, but then had an awful 11 days of fever, fatigue, aches and some headaches. No cough amazingly. Altered sense of taste/smell.

This was with J&J almost 6 months earlier - frustratingly it’s now only coming to light that it’s effectiveness is much lower than the others.

It’s not a nice thing at all. Get your boosters.

Beechwoodspark · 14-12-2021 8:34pm

neighbour had it last week - fever - head ache - cough - fatigue. She said they were the main symptoms.

fits · 14-12-2021 9:07pm

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I hope you can get some help and/ or feel better soon.

Cody montana · 15-12-2021 8:11am

As of 5 minutes ago, yes.

How long till you can mingle with people again?

Lumen · 15-12-2021 8:14am

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https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/covid19/restricted-movements/how-to-self-isolate/

mightyreds · 15-12-2021 8:21am

I'd my 3rd dose Wednesday, got it Saturday, cough light pressure on the chest and sore throat, antigen test showed it up Monday morning and I got tested Monday evening because of it.

Have had similar a few winters.

TefalBrain · 15-12-2021 8:25am

My work colleague has it, 58 and fully vaccinated plus booster and he is very very ill unfortunately. He was brought into hospital Sunday night because of it and has remained there.

Wanderer78 · 15-12-2021 8:43am

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jesus this is one nasty virus, i wish them well

fun loving criminal · 15-12-2021 9:33am

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And people think you get a mild dose while vaccinated. People need to hold off from the it's mild and I don't care attitude.

Bikerguy · 15-12-2021 9:50am

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I disagree.... government were saying get the vacc we will open up....giving 90% of mild symptoms....while i believe in it and got my shots asap and i will get any other incoming....its inevitable....

I work in retail.....exposed daily to pay bills.....

some people work to survive and they are hoping that the vaccine will save them life... We have no other choice.

So your care attitude is very disrespectful.....but kets not turn it thay way.....

Thank you for understanding

Wibbs · 15-12-2021 10:08am

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You are far more likely to get a mild dose if you're vaccinated compared to not. Only attention junkies like Prof Luke O'Neill moronically claimed "100% protection" for the vaccinated. And other than TefalBrain's poor work colleague thankfully everyone on this thread so far has mild symptoms.

Wibbs · 15-12-2021 10:13am

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I work in retail.....exposed daily to pay bills.....

Funny enough, and this has been a surprise to me anyway, covid transmission in retail settings has been remarkably low from the start. Especially as you say retail folks are exposed to all sorts of people in an indoor setting. When lockdown was in full force here and in other parts of the world and (some)retail was all that was open, there were very few examples of transmission coming to light. Sporting events, indoor concerts, religious assemblies, schools, yes, retail, oddly no.

MarkHenderson · 15-12-2021 11:25am

Unfortunately my neighbour has it and is very poorly at present was admitted to hospital last week. Only in their 40's also not sure if they have underlying condition but her husband told us she had the booster shot so im guessing so as im in my 50's and haven't been offered one yet. This thing really is a pox.

Potis 2020 · 15-12-2021 12:11pm

I have just received a negative PCR result. I have received both vaccinations and actually had COVID already in February.

I had a scratchy throat about a week ago and some congestion in my head/nose. This progressed last Wednesday to feeling breathless, which has continued since, though it doesn't seem as bad today as it has been the past few days. Feeling pretty fatigued also and the congestion in my head/nose is still there.

I have had intermittent bouts of feeling breathless since I had COVID in February so i'm not sure if it's just a lasting 'side-effect' of having the illness previously. Figured I was safer getting tested before I travel home to see family for Christmas at the weekend.

Wibbs · 15-12-2021 12:14pm

One of the most risky underlying conditions for covid is obesity and a quarter of Irish men and women are obese(BMI over 30), with over half being overweight, particularly in the over 40's. It's an underlying condition that tends to be somewhat ignored. When reports of tragic cases of younger people with "no underlying conditions" dying from this pox show up in the media remarkably few if any are normal weight and certainly not underweight. Then again what we can think of as normal has definitely shifted towards the heavier over the last few decades.

Wanderer78 · 15-12-2021 12:17pm

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do we have any actual hard data to support this, from respected sources?

Uncle Pierre · 15-12-2021 12:29pm

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Had it myself recently. Am fully vaccinated. Just got a mild dose. Very mild.

Son (aged 8) was first to get it. He woke up one morning with a temperature and cough, after we'd already been notified of a case in his class in school. We got a PCR for him the following day and were notified of a positive result the day after that, but his temperature had already gone by the first evening and the cough was gone too by the time we got the actual result. Of course he had to stay out of school and in isolation for the ten days anyway (insofar as you can isolate an 8-year-old!), but there wasn't a bother on him the rest of the time.

Four days into his ten, I had a positive antigen myself. No symptoms at that stage. Had a PCR the following day. Developed some very mild symptoms later that day - stuffy nose and a bit of a cough, but nothing worse than a very mild "ordinary" head cold. Got my positive result the following day but my symptoms never got any worse and were gone by the next day. I still saw out the full ten days of isolation, of course. At least I had the young lad for company for the first few of them!

My wife didn't get it at all.

An attitude of "it's mild, so I don't care" is still wrong....but also wrong to suggest that people are always wrong in thinking it can be only a mild dose when vaccinated. Might not be the case with everybody, but was certainly the case with me, and with several other people I know too.

Wibbs · 15-12-2021 12:34pm

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Plenty Wanderer.

Here's one. "

About 78% of people who have been hospitalized, needed a ventilator or died from Covid-19 have been overweight or obese" That's a US CDC report.

Here's another:

Being obese doubles the risk of hospital treatment from Covid-19 and increases the risk of dying by nearly 50%, a global analysis suggests. Oh and the same reoprt notes this on top: They also warn a vaccine against coronavirus could be less effective in obese people. This is based on the fact that flu vaccines don't work as well in those with a body mass index (BMI) of over 30. Now that's from last year, but I'll look for more recent links.

NY Times article:

Though these patients often have health conditions like diabetes that compound their risk, scientists have become increasingly convinced that their vulnerability has something to do with obesity itself.

One from the UK from last year:

The current evidence does not suggest that having excess weight increases people’s chances of contracting COVID-19. However, the data does show that obese people are significantly more likely to become seriously ill and be admitted to intensive care with COVID-19 compared to those with a healthy BMI.

One study found that for people with a BMI of 35 to 40, risk of death from COVID-19 increases by 40% and with a BMI over 40 by 90%, compared to those not living with obesity.

One from the WHO:

Obesity can significantly increase the chances of severe outcomes for patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

British Medical Journal.(with lots of in article links to studies):

Studies in the United States have shown that having a BMI over 30—the threshold that defines obesity—increases the risk of being admitted to hospital with covid-19 by 113%, of being admitted to intensive care by 74%, and of dying by 48%. Public Health England reported similar numbers for mortality, with the risk of death from covid-19 increasing by 90% in people with a BMI over 40.1 This is irrespective of age, as being overweight or obese is associated with worse outcomes in younger populations as well. People under 60 years old with a BMI between 30 and 34 are twice as likely to be admitted to intensive care with covid-19 than those with a lower BMI.2 A report from the World Obesity Federation published on 4 March 2021 showed further trends, emphasising that death rates from covid-19 have been ten times higher in countries where more than half of the population is obese

Basically being overweight and especially being obese is a high risk factor for more severe illness, hospitalisation and death.

Wanderer78 · 15-12-2021 12:38pm

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thank you, so we really do have serious issues in regards the psychological causes of obesity, and are dreadfully unprepared for it

Wibbs · 15-12-2021 12:52pm

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Perceptions too. When Micheal Martin got his booster jab last week(?) I noticed the guy giving him the injection was overweight, as was the woman sitting taking notes, both in their twenties I'd guess. I'd be willing to bet a fair number of people would say no way are they overweight.

That report above that noted death rates from this pox are ten times higher in countries where half the population are overweight is a sobering statistic. The possibility that the vaccines may not work as well in the overweight and obese is a concern too. And if someone is obese now and knows that covid is a bigger risk to them it's not as if they can lose all that weight in short order.

15-12-2021 12:57pm

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Just a comment on the US Data. 69% of the US population are overweight or obese. So if 78% of the serious cases are overweight or obese. That only represents a 30% increase in risk

Wibbs · 15-12-2021 1:05pm

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Yep the US data is well US data, the land where obesity is a national sport. Though Ireland isn't that much better when over half are overweight or obese. However if you read studies from elsewhere and where they've adjusted for age, obesity rates in the population etc being overweight or obese is a strong risk factor for serious illness and death from covid 19. The BMJ article expands on this and adds links to the different studies. UK stats show: This is irrespective of age, as being overweight or obese is associated with worse outcomes in younger populations as well. People under 60 years old with a BMI between 30 and 34 are twice as likely to be admitted to intensive care with covid-19 than those with a lower BMI. So of two 40 year old guys infected with covid, one fat, one skinny, the fat guy has double the risk of ending up in ICU. That's more than a little significant.

Wanderer78 · 15-12-2021 1:26pm

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the causes of obesity are very complex, but there is a deep root in individuals being unable to meet their emotional and psychological needs, our perceptions of 'normal weight', have also changed

newboard · 19-12-2021 2:50pm

A question for you please.

Got a positive result yesterday after a test on Thursday.

Very mild symptoms that started on Tuesday - just felt a little off, mildly irritated throat. Got a negative antigen but went for PCR just in case.

My chest felt a little tight yesterday so I went to bed thinking I'll be noticeably better or worse today. My chest feels fine today thankfully, very slight headache and my stomach isn't 100% but if I didn't have the positive result I'd be up and about as normal. No cough or anything.

My question is, can I be confident that my symptoms have already peaked or is there a chance things will do a 180?

Naked Lepper · 19-12-2021 3:32pm

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did it take 2 days for them to return ur PCR result?

i had a PCR today. i did not feel great on thurs so did antigen (negative) and another on friday (negative) and then another two on sat (both positive) so i went for the PCR today

i am hoping that the antigen tests were incorrect but it is probably not the case. currently isolating and waiting for PCR result. gutted - worst timing. if i am positive then this variant must be extremely contagious since i have barely left the house.

newboard · 19-12-2021 3:43pm

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It took nearly 48 hours for the result yeah.

19-12-2021 3:47pm

Double vaxxed here. Positive antigen test today. Have had symptoms for a few days.. muscular and joint aches, slight cough, very tired, bit og a headache, light sensitive, stomach not the best. No temp... more like the chills. That sounds worse than it feels really -- it's like a lot of minor, niggly symptoms. The tiredness is debilitating, but it's nothing like a serious flu or pneumonia or anything (for anyone that has had either). Booked a PCR for tomorrow.

Naked Lepper · 19-12-2021 3:47pm

thanks for info

test centre was totally empty today

either the virus is taking a break for the run up to xmas or people dont want their xmas's ruined.. they told me 24 hours max for result

mightyreds · 19-12-2021 3:48pm

Took 23hrs for my result, like you 2 negatives followed by a positive and a positive PCR

Naked Lepper · 19-12-2021 6:38pm

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sounds exactly like what i have right now

Cody montana · 19-12-2021 7:01pm

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I’m 5 days in.

Had the same as you, taste has gone now.

And zero appetite.

Throat sore, slight inconvenience.

Capra · 19-12-2021 7:38pm

Just out of interest, how many of you lads have done any treatment at home after testing positive? Are you all supplementing with zinc or vitamin D?

I have read quite a few studies that suggest there is very strong evidence that nasal irrigation /disinfecting reduces the viral load in the nose and throat before the virus spreads to the lungs. People just seem to test positive and wait to see if they get worse. There is a lot of evidence to suggest gargling/nasal hygiene works for other respiratory viruses also.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830720303128

https://www.biospace.com/article/more-data-suggests-over-the-counter-nasal-spray-is-effective-against-covid-19-virus/

Cody montana · 19-12-2021 7:41pm

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I’ve taken vitamin d and multi vitamins for the last year.

So who has covid? Nov 2021

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