Where are the mild cases? :(

[Jrobhatch29]

We live in a town that has over 100 confirmed hospital cases and a fair amount of deaths. They say for every death theres alot of cases in the community. But nobody on facebook/parent groups/community groups seems to be reporting being ill (and i hope it stays that way) . Is there even mild cases out there?

I'm in the West Midlands and DH and I have more than likely had it. We both had aching joints, severe headaches and exhaustion, and also lost our sense of smell and taste, which is only just coming back 3 weeks later.

We both thought we'd caught colds at first, but then got worse after about a week. Didn't eat much for several days and DH got a secondary infection which needed two lots of antibiotics (he has asthma).

The exhaustion has been horrendous, neither of could sleep properly but we're knackered to the point of falling asleep during the day. Coming out of the worst of it we've been sleeping 10-11 hours straight through.

I'm aware that if it is COVID-19 we've had, we've got away lightly but we won't know until the antibody test is sorted.

The Department of Health said as of 9am, 84,279 people have tested positive for Covid-19.

Some 19,945 have been admitted to hospital with symptoms of coronavirus. Of those, 10,612 have died.

That means around half of all patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus symptoms have died.

Surely this cannot be right?

It is right unfortunately. People aren’t admitted to hospital until they have significant difficulty in breathing.

No I think he delivered it badly I think 20000 are currently in hospital and 10000 have currently died

That would make more sense, since we are mainly testing hospital cases? that would suggest 75% of those who tested positive never hospitalised otherwise

Maybe 25 people in my town that I'm 'friends' with on SM. There's no reason why they would be among the same 25 in a town of... I dunno what town OP is in, a town of 60,000 population, say? -- that were mild cases.

So if 100 confirmed, presumably all hospitalised, that implies 400 total had it mildly. 400 people are easily lost or not known in a town of 60k.

I'm wondering if having it mildly??? Means that I'm immune to the "real' version of Covid?? I 'm feeling myself after 3 weeks of a bad heavy cold\cough without the sense of smell or taste .

Any version of it is the ‘real’ version, some people just display more symptoms than others.

If that’s what you had of course.

Well exactly Hoffi I really don't know. I was in close contact with my family nearly a month ago and none of them have any signs of what I had. or anything else, so apart from being tested which won't happen for a long time I expect , I can only guess!

It’s tough isn’t it? We’ve all had symptoms as a family but no way of knowing if that’s what we’ve had!

It seems all mention that you can have it mildly and manage at home has vanished from the media. Its all about icu

Well the media aren’t really going to dedicate space to stories about people who have managed their mild symptoms at home are they? For a start, those people won’t have been tested so the media won’t actually know they’ve had it.

You can have -
No symptoms.
Mild.
Moderate.
Severe.
Critical.

I have had moderate, to be managed at home, I was advised to call an ambulance by my G.P if my breathing got worse.

I have had symptoms for 3.5 weeks now.
Severe headache that was going across my face, runny nose, chest pain, metallic taste in mouth (only 2 days), breathless on exertion, wheezing, sore throat, ringing in ears, nausea, dizzy at times.

Burning in chest, wheezing &
the worst compression feeling across chest along with a really sore chest to touch and pain in shoulder blades, I cant lay flat due to pain.

I still cant make a full flight of stairs in one go & I will talk to my G.P again tomorrow. Fatigue wears off around 16.30pm til.18.30pm.

I think it might be Pleurisy now.

I am a lone parent with no family for hundreds of miles, my neighbours have got my food.

It really is the worst thing I have ever had.

But everyday I think of those who have been so so much worse

Its horrible for everyone, because it stops you doing your usual routine.

I had a few weird symptoms after a night out in a 'hotspot'. I never post on Facebook that I am ill for a start, I wasn't tested either. I will never know. So I can't say 'I had a mild case' because I don't know. I doubt it but it would be nice to know I got it out of the way.

I suspect I had a mild case - I've no way of knowing.

I know at least 6 people who suspect they have had it. No one has been tested or received any medical treatment so how do we know?

We need testing.

I think my dad had it at the start of March, he was very very poorly and the doctor came out and said he possibly had a chest infection. I stayed for a few days with him. His temp was so high I had ice towels on him and he said to me he felt so bad he was going to die. Wonderfully the antibiotics worked and he recovers but it took a couple of weeks (he's 70, type 2 diabetes and had a quadruple bypass four years ago).

A few days after that I began to feel yucky, a sniffle which wouldn't go away and then three weeks ago I lost all sense of taste and smell and the 'sniffle' got a bit worse, I'm tired a lot of the time but working from home so I've not taken any time off, I know I'm run down but I think my taste is coming back a little.

I am 100% convinced my dad and I both have had this.

My mum currently has what we suspect is a moderate version. It's very likely that it is Covid-19 as she is a frontline NHS worker and sees patients.

She's had symptoms for a week - fever, cough, fatigue, body aches, headaches, shortness of breath. Her fever has gone now but she's still exhausted.

My stepdad living in the same house has had absolutely no symptoms at all. He may develop them at some point or he may already have it and be asymptomatic, but it's too early to tell.

My mother's GP believes that Mum has the virus, based on a telephone consultation. She has the hacking cough, has lost her sense of smell and taste, and was feverish for a day or two last week. Despite being in her mid 70s and quite severely asthmatic she hasn't had any breathing problems, thank heavens. We're all hoping and praying that she improves from here on.

OP if you want to find mild cases take a look at the 'Lungs' threads in here.
There have been thousands and thousands of posts from worried people with symptoms of CV including myself. Some have had minor symptoms and some have felt quite poorly. Very few have needed medical intervention and most have required nothing more than friendly reassurance from others feeling the same way.

It seems all mention that you can have it mildly and manage at home has vanished from the media. Its all about icu

@Jrobhatch29 I believe this is because if public heard that thousands (probably more) people, many in the low risk group, are at home struggling with breathing difficulties and chest pain with minimum medical care and no testing, it would be extremely bad press and cause more panic.

Also, the media will always report more on the bad news than the good, rightly or wrongly.

Does anyone know the answer to this question?
Is the 80% mild/moderate
15% severe
5% critical
Based on confirmed cases? In reality, if untested cases were accounted for, would these percentages be smaller?

I dont think the above includes asymptomatic no in which case yes I think they are smaller.

If the number tested is mainly the severe does that mean 6000000 have been affected or am I wrong

This is what imperial college suggest based on 40-50% cases are not reported/asymptomatic. Half of cases missed seems alot x

I meant 600,000

They are missing more than 1/2 cases - we are only testing those in hospital or key workers so pretty much everyone else is being missed.