So who has covid? Nov 2021

Just to update you, the doctor had a look at my ear and couldn't find any blockages that could be caused by wax so said it's most likely fluid trapped in the eustacian tube and gave me a prescription to get some ear drops that have steroids and antibiotics in them. He also told me to get some Otrivine nasal decongestant spray and said that should help a bit. I've to use them for 7-10 days and then go back to him if it hasn't cleared up in three weeks.

Just tagging @nervous_twitch @keoclassic and @Cody montana also since they all mentioned having the blocked ears, just in case the information is of any use (even though Cody's has cleared up).

Can't believe how long it took for me but I seem to have picked it up on NYE as another person at the gathering tested positive. Tbh I was surprised how bad my symptoms were as I'm a very fit 25 year old and double vaccinated.. I had nearly every symptom under the sun ...fatigue, nausea, fever, mucussy cough , body aches, chills, splitting headache. I've never had the flu but the closest I've had to this was when I developed sinuitis which was pretty bad. I suppose this is probably omicron which is supposed to be mild but so I'd say I would have been looking pretty rough if it was delta and I was unvaccinated..so cheers to that at least. I've been in bed since the 2nd Jan basically. Symptoms gradually getting better though after 3 days now. Just got my positive PCR this evening but that's hardly any surprise. I began isolating when I started getting fatigue even though my antigen was still showing negative, but antigen quickly turned strong positive when my symptoms got worse but again no surprise really with the symptoms and being a close contact.

Oddly enough my boyfriend who lives with me continued to show negative antigens(5 tests over the course of 4 days) since New Years Day, despite developing some symptoms, milder forms than me of fatigue, headache and fever. We were both wondering if he might have had some kind of immunity to it although he never had COVID before either. But I guess no surprise either that his PCR did in fact come back positive. Anyway, I found it interesting. To me now it looks like NPHET were dead right being a bit scpetical of the antigens, they serve a purpose alright but no way would I totally rely on it totally anymore if I was meeting a vulnerable person.

1 Family member in my household has covid (father) he is isolating the his room and the rest of the family have tested negative.

The rules say he can come out of isolation after 7 days if he is feeling ok etc etc, however, he still had a positive antigen test yesterday, does he still carry the virus ? Does he need a negative antigen? Maybe that is not a requirement but just trying to get the answers for everyone to be safe.

An uncle of mine displayed symptoms (a mild cough) last Tuesday week. He managed to get a PCR test on the Thursday which came back positive that evening. He had been isolating since the Tuesday. His cough disappeared very quickly and has had no symptoms since last Saturday. Yesterday was his seventh day since his PCR so we decided to give him an antigen which came up negative. Naturally he was happy with this but being a cautious man he decided to maintain his isolation today. We called to him this evening to do his second antigen and it came up positive! We thought maybe we had done something wrong so gave him another one to try. That too came up positive. What's going on here? He feels perfectly fine and thought he would be ok to go out and about tomorrow.

My dad is still having positive antigens after 13 days. I asked the contact tracer this morning if he should still be isolating and was told that he is no longer infectious after day 10. This seems to be the official guidance 🤷‍♀️

Well I just got a positive text result after having symptoms throughout the week. Husband tested negative which is strange as he hadn’t been feeling great the week before but was fine after a bit. We both did antigens and all came back negative. So it’s just me with it now! Because my antigens were negative, do I go by the first day I got symptoms and count to 10 days from there? I haven’t got the booster yet

@snowgal it’s 10days from your first day of symptoms

Hi all, what's the current average turnaround for pcrs these days? 10.30am appointment this morning in croke park (and it was unbelievably quiet there!). Will it really take 48 hours to come back?

You could still have it. My other half tested positive on the 26thdec, I didn't isolate from her and consistently was negative until

the 4 Jan. I thought I was safe but just because you are neg for so long don't think that you cannot pick it up as her infection wains..

I was doing antigen because my kid was supposed to go to school the next day. I was very surprised .