So who has covid? Nov 2021

I saw this chart circulated by a local councillor a few days ago, issued by the hspc.

I am on Day 3 now and I feel almost better. Around 95% now, 85% this morning.

Headaches gone, sore throat barely there and the fatigue has lifted. I never had a temp/fever. My peak was really on Day 1. Eating like a horse and getting loads of light exercise. I reckon I will be right as rain tomorrow. My brother had the same over Xmas and was out running again on Day 4.

PCR test tomorrow to confirm but I will be working otherwise.

No flu cold symptoms. But extremely tired last two days. Should I do an antigen test? Or is that a bit OTT at this stage?

Hopefully it will pass soon, there's nothing worse than when your child is sick.

Update today - pretty much symptom free, but had a positive (but light) antigen test. Should hopefully be clear in the next few days!

Double vaxxed since late August, ironically had set today aside to get my booster jab 😂😂😂

Started feeling sick on Saturday around maybe 10pm, did an antigen which came back negative. Rapidly developed into what felt like a head cold with a fever, all before bed on Saturday night.

Escalated quite badly on Sunday night with the mother of all fevers (proper "you could be sitting on top of a bonfire and your body would still be telling you you're too cold" type fever), barely slept that night with the fever. wasn't coughing or anything though. did another antigen yesterday morning which came back positive - a very, very faint line in the positive row, but it appeared literally seconds after the control line rather than the usual 15 minutes or so, which I reckon is a sure sign I've got a fairly strong dose. Yesterday was baaaad, had that kind of cough in which you can't fully breath in without it catching in your throat and unleashing a coughing fit - was a chesty cough all day yesterday but settled into a dry one by night  time.

Another rough night last night (and woke up drenched which is so ridiculously unpleasant!) but feel I'm definitely on the mend - have a horribly sore throat but the headaches are more or less gone, haven't felt feverish all day and coughing far, far less than yesterday. 

Will do my third antigen test tomorrow morning. Unfortunately can't get PCR tested as all the nearest centres are a nightmare to get to if you don't drive, and honestly the idea of going out with this is about as appealing as going to the gym with a broken leg. I'm happy to treat my positive antigen test from yesterday as confirmation of infection, but I'm somewhat worried that without getting a PCR it'll never get recorded into the statistics or activate the contact tracing system - anyone know of a way to do this without having to get a PCR, as I genuinely can't think how I'd get to any of the nearest centres at the moment? I don't drive alas, and I certainly don't want to get public transport under these circumstances and risk infecting the whole bus!

I always tend to recover from being sick at lightning speed compared to most of my friends, but I must admit I'm surprised at how quickly this is clearing up. Assuming it is covid, and not just a false positive yesterday, I can't help wondering if my rather controversial "let it burn" attitude towards fevers might be helping me out - on the basis that fevers are a naturally evolved defence mechanism and being blessed with a high pain threshold, I tend not to take anti-inflammatories or paracetamol unless it's reached a temperature that's actually considered dangerous.

Not of course recommending this to anyone, I really do have a pain threshold that's orders of magnitude higher than most because of a very nasty brain condition I suffered with as a teenager for two years while being continuously misdiagnosed! For that reason I also can't feel hangovers and am always up for doing something the next morning,, much to my friends' and family's annoyance 😂 But it does seem there's some science behind the idea of letting a covid-related fever do its thing particularly during the first couple of days so as your body can get a handle on the virus before it gets a chance to dig its claws in. Obviously that's predicated on being able to take your own temperature often enough to know you're not going into the danger zone at which point it's harming you as much as it harms the virus, but I've always allowed them to play out and I always seem to be sick for only a few days where others with the same bug are knocked out for a week.

Either way, I'll sure as f*ck be glad when this is over!

Internet is unclear, as always - are there any general rules of thumb for telling whether one has been infected with Omicron or Delta? My parents both had Delta before Christmas and lost their senses of smell and taste, I've had no issues with that and the presence of head-cold symptoms (congestion, sore throat, etc) suggests to me that Omicron is the likely culprit?

I got a positive PCR test result today as expected. Took about 30 hours for the result.

Just as I thought - we couldn’t get our kids tested Monday when we (myself and husband got tested). Based on my positive antigen my isolation period ends Sunday. I’m pretty sure my kids have it and had it from same time - one has bad gastro issues (common sign in kids). Although he’s ok today- ease of symptoms like myself. Like my husband their antigens are negative - my husbands pcr was positive though. So now my kids have to get a pcr meaning if they’re positive their isolation is going to be another ten days from today ? Has there been any mention of changes in isolation period for kids

My wife got a negative PCR. I thought she might have been asymptomatic. Not sure how she avoided it because we were both vaxxed at same time.

Yes - myself and husband got tested Monday first thing and results back Tuesday evening. My kids got tested Wednesday at 2pm and results back 20 hours later.

Re 7 days isolation. I'm on day 7 now and antigen still showing a second line. If I still show positive tomorrow what then? Does it mean I'm still contagious or is it likely to linger in my system for some time?

See website below.

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/health/covid19/contact_tracing.html

Felt ropey on Sunday morning. Sunday night had a bad night's sleep - sore throat, body aches (esp in lower back and shins), cold sweats. Spent yesterday in bed like a zombie, no appetite, dry cough, thumping headache. 7up and paracetamol helped somewhat, especially the cold 7up. Was testing negative on antigens until this morning, came up positive.

I'm not yet boosted as I had shingles before christmas and wanted to give that a wide berth before getting boosted but double-jabbed in July. This is not like a headcold for me. I thought it was flu I felt that rough yesterday but the lower back pain was not something I experienced with flu so suspected covid.

Good news is I'm 50% better today so hopefully will be back to normal in a few days :)

Got booster on 20th Dec. I think I got exposed on a Saturday around 3 weeks later. I was out for dinner and drinks for several hours with some friends. Some of the friends out that day were recently recovered(Before Christmas). One guy hadn't had it and interestingly didn't get it that day.

Symptoms started on the Wednesday 3/4 days later and that was the worst day. Woke up and initially it felt like a sinus infection which I regularly suffer from, a stinging kind of pain in my nasal cavity just above the throat. Also fatigue, aches and light headiness. Took an antigen test on Wednesday afternoon which came back negative so I was convinced it was a sinus infection. 

Thursday the pain around my sinus spread down to my throat proper, developed a cough and the other symptoms abated a bit. Still thinking I had a mild sinus infection as this is how it progresses in my past experience.

Friday morning feeling a good bit better but still quite a sore throat and sinus. Decided to try and get a doctors appointment because I figured I would need antibiotics if it was actually an infection. Did an antigen test before I rang the doctor and it came back positive. Booked a pcr that same day(and didn't go to the doctor obviously).

Saturday I would say feeling 90% better, slight sore throat and little bit of a cough. PCR came back positive. 

Sunday feeling 95% better, only symptom still remaining was a barely noticeable sore throat.

Monday onwards feeling normal, just a little bit of lingering sinus stuffiness in the morning but this is the norm for me in the winter months.

Wife and 3 kids all seem to have not gotten it from me. They followed close contact protocol and tested with antigen tests regularly. When I got my first positive antigen I started wearing proper ffp2 type mask around the house and in the same room as them. I have my suspicions that they had it before xmas because they all had covid like symptoms for a few days, although they did do antigen and pcr tests then and all came back negative so who knows!?

Curious if anyone has experienced similar. Child A experienced an allergic type reaction (face swelling, huge hives etc). Took 3 days to go down. On day 2 her younger sister child B tested positive for covid. Child A still showing negative. The allergic reaction cannot be explained and yet is completely not something experienced before

Both kids had 1st vaccination gotten. Could a child show a reaction to fighting covid but not show positive?