How sick are people really getting with Covid?

[MothExterminator]

I am not at all trying to be goady here. DC2 has Covid, we are on the last day of isolation.

DH and I, both double jabbed and boosted, negative PCR and no symptoms. DC1 and DC3, negative PCR and no symptoms. DC2 (family’s Covid case) had a cough and a runny nose, no temperature at any point but was Covid positive. Symptoms lasted for 2 days.

So far I have entertained 3 children at home for 9 days (all plans cancelled, replaced by TV and video games), looking at day 10 today and this is lighter than most colds and apparently not very transmissible (DC2 regularly comes to my bed in the night). Or maybe the rest of us has it earlier without symptoms?

What are other people’s experiences?

Local co-op has saved us in isolation!

DS 1 (16) just out of isolation. Was single jabbed, got a positive LFT when feeling fine, confirmed by PCR and subsequently had about 14 hours of chills and aches and a slightly scratchy throat. Was completely fine for the remainder of his isolation. The rest of us (me 49, double vaxxed and boostered, DP 53 double vaxxed and boostered and DS2, 14, single dose and underlying condition that doesn't qualify for accelerated vaccination (grr)) all dodged it.... for now!

ThatsNiiice that is awful, I am so sorry for you. This is such an awful time.

We will be out of isolation for Christmas but I am struggling to get into Christmas spirit. We lost a close family member two weeks ago due to delayed cancer treatment (doctors too busy with Covid) and we have all been crying so much. And we have been unable to support the rest of the family in person as we are isolating. I really hate this pandemic.

@MothExterminator I think you have got the message that it varies hugely.

Some people are seriously ill, others are asymptomatic.

I know young people (30-35) where they symptoms varied hugely. Some bedridden for a couple of days, others longer, others nothing. Loss of taste and smell for weeks, or not at all.

I had a 39.2 temperature and had to go to bed for part of a day or two . Bad cough and fatigue. It was more severe than a cold. I recovered quickly but don’t want it again.

My friend has long covid. Before catching the virus, she had no underlying health issues, wasn’t overweight and lead an active, busy life. The virus itself wasn’t too bad but a week later she suddenly became much worse and had to be hospitalised. It has affected her heart and lungs to the extent that she will never be able to work again. She is in her 50s so not at all ‘elderly’. There are thousands of people just like her.

dd2 and I had it in October.

dd2 (aged 14)- sore throat cough, felt rough and tired for 10-14 days. Still has not got proper taste and smell back
me - vomiting for 48 hours, slept on sofa for a week, felt run down for 2 weeks. But never at the point of needed to get help

dh and dd1 didn't get it.

Then 2 weeks ago, dh got it. runny nose and cold symptoms for 2-3 days, then fine.
dd2 got it AGAIN, and has cold symptoms hanging on for over a week.

I haven't got it and neither have dd1 (16) or ds (18)

It is highly likely that dh and dd2 had omicrom this time.

We were both triple jabbed and got Covid last week. I was fine apart from a very slight sore throat but my DH has been bedridden for 5 days, has had a terrible headache, constant cough, dizziness and vomiting. So yes everyone is different. I dread to think how bad he would have been without the booster jab. I think a lot of people have become very complacent about Covid ( and I'll admit that included me until last week.)

I also bumped into a friend.
Late 40s, she's had it twice, she now has long covid.
No previous health issues, fit (regular runner fit).

I asked her where her mask is, she told me to fuck off.😂😂

interestingly my BIL is a doctor in Holland.

they have now changed their guidelines.
After 5 days, you can come out of isolation if you have been symptom free for 24 hours.
Their analysis is those people are no longer shedding virus.
This is really helpful, as people with mild illness can get back to life, but those who are iller, will stay self isolating until they are over the symptoms.

I wish Uk would do similar.

My dh does covid ananlysis, everytime I comment on the continuing low death rate, he says - it is too soon, it will be between Christmas and New Year when we see the detah rate from omicron, and how severe it is/isn't

We all had it in October. DH and I were (at that time) double jabbed - just had the booster this week.

All of us were feeling tired for a few days, I felt achy for the first day. DS had had a tummy upset for about a week before showing positive with a LFT. Other than that no immediate symptoms. I lost my sense of smell and taste at about day 3 but it was back by the end of isolation. The cough started for DS and I at about day 7. I became breathless about a week after isolation finished but, luckily, that stopped in less than 12 hours without needing a doctor.

If I had had the symptoms I had with Covid during non-Covid times I'd have been at work from day one.

As it was October it was probably Delta variant rather than Omicron.

But, even though I felt fine (thankfully - I'm assuming due to the vaccination), I still feel the 10 days isolation is needed. It's not about me feeling well, it's about me being contagious.

apparently not very transmissible (DC2 regularly comes to my bed in the night)

The hint was also in your opening post:

DH and I, both double jabbed and boosted

My friend caught covid, she has very bad asthma. Her symptoms were a sore head and extreme tiredness.

My other friends daughter (13) caught covid, no underlying symptoms, a very healthy energetic and sporty girl. Her symptoms were bad, it affected her organs particularly her heart. She ended up in ICU for a week. Thankfully she has fully recovered.

I’m triple jabbed but caught it on the same day I was vaccinated as I developed symptoms a few days only.

I had the symptoms of a mild cold which developed into a chesty cough which took about a week to clear. If I was working I’d not have taken any time off sick.

Interesting the other 5 people I spend the infectious period with did not catch it from me. All vaccinated but 3 only double jabbed

I am/was a fit 50 year old who was, prior to covid, running 10km races. I was ill for a month, have ended up with steroids, lung scarring and still can't run. It's left me with arthritis too which i've never had before. I was double jabbed but likely got a high viral load as a year 6 teacher with a window as my only mitigation.

Nobody else in my family caught it.

There is a bucketload of evidence on this. The symptoms range from none to death, with long covid thrown in for good measure. Not sure what you want to get out of this thread?

These threads are notoriously unreliable because you have no idea who anyone is, and whether what they're saying is true.

I could tell you that since the start of the pandemic, between friends, family and work contacts, I've known close to 150 people who've had it. One person died, two were taken into hospital (briefly, in both cases) and everyone else was either laid up with a shitty flu-but-a-bit-worse type illness, had the sniffles or was totally asymptomatic. One person got long covid, although that was last year and it has since cleared up.

I could equally tell you that everyone I know who caught it died and they were all 19-year-old marathon-runners with no underlying conditions.

You would have no idea which of those statements to give more weight to because you have no idea who I am, just like everyone else who has commented here.

(The first one is true, and I know that, but no one else does.)

@NightmareSlashDelightful

You know 150 people have had it
And they’ve all updated you as to how they experienced it and whether any long term effects?

@Clearlynotmyname

There is a bucketload of evidence on this. The symptoms range from none to death, with long covid thrown in for good measure. Not sure what you want to get out of this thread?

Sometimes what people want to get out of these threads is a whole heap of 'most cases are mild therefore restrictions are not needed' posts, conveniently ignoring (or as I prefer to call it, denying) the existence of a significant number of hospitalisations.

@rrhuth

Flip it.
I see quite a few searching out the bad experiences to justify lockdown!

The woman in front of me in the booster queue a few days ago lost her 53 year old brother last week. No underlying conditions.

A local 29 year old with no conditions died last year. It made the papers.

Dp has lost 2 family members. Not elderly.

It was just like flu for us but it's very unpredictable so I don't understand why some are so complacent.

@rrhuth at some point in the future they will likely have to , do you think we will be testing like this in years to come ?

I'm on my second time of having covid (not vaccinated) and both times just had a stuffy nose. My only symptom. Tested when coming in to close contact with a positive case.

Both children were asymptomatic, Dsis felt unwell for a couple days and had a raging headache. DP had a temperature and felt tired for about 3 days. The household we mixed with (and caught it from) had a tougher time with it, no hospital admissions but laid up in bed for a few days with a fever and bad cough.

Before anyone says it I know covid is not a cold
But colds can range from mild to severe
I have had colds where just been a runny nose and sneezing , then i have colds that have caused , temps aches and sore throats and had me bed ridden
Then there is the time you have flu and that normally knocks you right out ( well it did one time i reckon i had actual flu )

@RuleWithAWoodenFoot

It's random. For every 'it was just a cold', you'll get a 'illest ive ever been response.

No there will be far more "just a cold" people than "illest I've ever been" people. Especially with omicron it is heavily weighted towards the mild end.