If you knew you’d survive would you willingly get corona to get it over with...

[ACautionaryTale]

Just curious.

DH had it back in March and now I have it. We’re lucky we both had it mild.

However he said something today along the lines of - I think you’ve been wanting to get it.

Made me think. I’m 44 and obese but otherwise healthy. Even given the obesity, still almost certain to survive and not get seriously ill. However I was not lining up to catch it.

Having had it though, I can’t say I’m crying buckets over it. Especially since the evidence is that there is immunity from it (I know the doom mongers like to think otherwise). I suspect by the time the immunity wears off there will be a vaccine.

So I can’t say I’m upset at having got it out of the way.

Anyone who answers yes to this is an idiot.

Even if you are completely confident that you won't die from it (which you know how?), and don't mind playing Russian roulette with your life, you need to be aware that you have also about a one in ten chance of having long term conditions from the illness.

It is not necessarily a short illness - there is increasing evidence of a large number of people who have the disease for months. No-one yet knows how long the disease can hang around.

My dh has had it for over 8 weeks now and I would not wish his symptoms on anyone.

Only if it was mild, went away quickly, left no lasting damage and I was guaranteed not to get it again. So probably not.

@ACautionaryTale If you currently 'have it' please be aware that obesity is a definite risk factor and that people who are going to get very ill do so around day 10 when they should think the worse is over.

Would I be happy getting a typical flu like illness which coughing and then be immune. Flu is awful, but yes, I'd like it out of the way. Fear is worse than that. You just have to guarantee I won't die or get seriously ill!

Have you been tested OP?

Not a chance. It was hell for me, but I'm in the protected group. I had it mild and it nearly took me out more than once. Took several weeks to get beyond the self-isolation stage, which is impossible to do fully as we all know.

And that alone wasn't worth it. I couldn't be near my own children during that time. I was terrified they would get it because even though we were doing the usual protocol, it's unknown. They were terrified this would the end for me, and I couldn't give them any comfort other than words.

They became my carers to reduce the risk, and I was confined to 3 rooms, and banned from everywhere else.

Many have said the second time was/is worse for them. Hoping I'm done with it.

I know it's a hypothetical question, and sorry if it brought some of you down. Chances are in another month or so, I will be yea too right I will. Just a bit too soon at the moment

Pretty sure my dc had it in March, I watched my dc fight for breath and go grey.
I’m privately really worried about the state of dc’s lungs even now and plan on having her fully checked over once things have calmed a bit. She still occasionally complains of breathlessness although thankfully hasn’t mentioned chest and back pain recently.
The effects of it have been very long lasting.

DC has no underlying conditions and is apparently in the age bracket of those who ‘don’t get the virus’ are ‘symptomless’.

A friends sister had it ‘mildly’ in March she was on oxygen in hospital. She’s about to be readmitted as she’s suffering breathing problems. She also had no previous underlying health conditions is young, not overweight and otherwise leads a healthy life and keeps fit.

No I wouldn’t want the virus myself and wouldn’t wish it on anyone either.

Having seen a graphic of what being on ventilation looks like, plus the accompanying descriptive text, absolutely no way!

No, DH is still working and we've got 3 kids. I had flu a couple of years ago and it was awful and I wasnt right for weeks. I'd hate to go through that again.

I got it around the time lockdown was announced and there was loads of its just the flu talk, and I was thinking oh how bad could it be. I've had really bad flu before and mild cases, so this shouldn't that bad type of thing.

Now all the other stuff that wasn't originally mentioned make sense. Fever can cause coughing, sore throats, joint pain etc. Could also explain why some people had diarrhoea and others didn't.

Have you test?

The problem is whilst surviving is obviously the most important thing in the short term we also dont know the long term implications. I got it 12 weeks ago, I had a 'moderate' case, not hospitalised, but it's been awful, I was off work for 8 weeks and am still very breathless, have a lot of chest pain and am extremely fatigued. Hopefully these things will resolve but it's going to take me a long time to fully recover. I was already really struggling with other health issues prior so the idea that I might have something else to manage long term is really upsetting for me.

Part of me thinks of covid is never going to go away I'm far better getting it now aged 39 than in a few years when I willl be older and more at risk.

And surely all those of you who say you had it "mildly" but were going grey, struggling for breath etc didn't have it mildly!

My brother had it mildly. Just a bit fluey and tired. My niece has it mildly - just a cough (both confirmed cases).

I had it. It was fine

Back when I was at my worse it was mild in comparison to what was going on.

Yes I was tested

It will be around for a very long time. The first strain is still around from however long it was ago. That’s how they had something to work on back in January in terms of the general symptoms, markers for testing etc.

Tangledyarn

I’m fairly sure if you weren’t hospitalised then you officially had a ‘mild’ case.

And surely all those of you who say you had it "mildly" but were going grey, struggling for breath etc didn't have it mildly!

You wouldn't think so but that is what is technically classed as mild, when they say for most people this is a mild illness etc. If I remember rightly the WHO classifications based on Wuhan data were that 80% of people had mild cases, about half of which were pretty bad and included pneumonia but not bad enough to need hospitalisation. Moderate was hospital but not ICU. Severe was ICU. Can't quite summon up the energy to look up the classifications but it was something like that. I remember being a bit startled that pneumonia was classed as mild, I have never had it but it sounds awful.

Yes that’s my understanding too. Our idea of mild / moderate is generally not the same as the medical definition. ‘Moderate’ illness with covid requires hospital treatment, hence the line ‘most people will have a mild illness and not require hospital’. ‘Mild’ includes some really nasty cases. Horrid stuff.

Yes, I think that line about most people having a mild illness has been quite widely misunderstood.

CrazyCat:

"I have three doctor friends who’ve each had it twice"

Agree, I think there are probably quite a few different 'strains' of vivid around.

So I recon you could get it more than once.

But I'd definitely take it if I could. I'd rather get it over with. I don't think I've had it at all. I haven't been unwell for years.

I thought we weren't supposed to avoid it? I thought we were all supposed to get it?

No because we have had it yet I haven't developed antibodies. So I think until we know a little more about this virus that's a foolish way to behave. Plus I'm still suffering from post viral symptoms 2 months later!

Yes, but there is no evidence to show that we develop immunity. I'm higher risk as I have MS. Turns out a patient I looked after the night before last was positive.

Where did you catch it OP? I'm curious where people catch it in lockdown. It appears less likely that we catch enough of a dose in passing someone at the supermarket. Work?

“ doom mongers like to think otherwise“

No one LIKES to think that people may not become immune after one bout of this. But people are worried that this may be the case. Why be nasty about that/ them?