If you know someone in their fifties who has caught Covid in the past 2-3 weeks (so probably Omicron)...

[LilyPond2]

...how are they?
Have seen lots of posts about people with relatively mild symptoms, but conscious that many of them may be a lot younger than 50. Interested in hearing about experiences of people in their fifties who have had (probable) Omicron (and whether they are boostered/double jabbed/unvaccinated).

My mum's been quite poorly with it, like bad flu. She's double vaccinated

I'm 50.
Tripled jabbed.
Probably omicron but can't be sure.
I tested positive on 23rd Dec I'm feeling 90% better now but it was quite nasty. I had a couple of days in bed. Would have been off sick for 4 or 5 days if It wasn't Christmas. Not even close to needing a doctor or a hospital though. Lots of paracetamol and ibuprofen.

My DH, 53, double jabbed and boosted. He had a sore throat and a bit of a bunged up nose for a few days, but that was it.

2 weeks after his positive PCR, he's just done a 'fit to fly' PCR and it's come back negative. He also had negative lateral flow tests from day 7.

My BIL. 52 and type 1 diabetic. Was just a mild cold for a few days

@Mykittensmittens that’s awful. So sad.

My dh is in his 50s, he is on day 6. Slight cough, sneezing and a sniffle . Double vaxxed and boosted.

I'm 52, felt ill 14hrs after getting my booster (Moderna). Had chills, fluey feeling & head cold for 4 days, was testing daily but didn't come up positive until day 4 (LFT & PCR), felt fine by day 6. (Not able to separate out vaccine effects from cold & Covid!)
I'm overweight but very sporty, now feeling normal (apart from a bit of brain fug which might be menopausal!). No-one else in the household caught it.

I know four. My mum and her partner and my aunt and her husband. All said it was like a cold/flu and better after a week. Two fully vaccinated, two unvaccinated.

My boss is 50, was double jabbed not boosted. Felt like shite for a week and said the headache was almost unbearable for a couple of days. Recovered fine. Kids had it too and barley felt it.

Dsis. Had two doses and a booster. Was ill for a week but not too bad. Like a bad cold.

DM, 80yo 2V - v poorly, she's in hospital.
DBIL 46yo 2V - poorly, home from 2 nights in hospital.
DSIS 40yo -UV - said she'd had worse colds.

I'm almost 52 and got Omicron just before Christmas. I'm fine

My brother. He was taken to hospital after having it ten days or so. Has just been released from hospital after a week. So he’s been ill for three weeks and is still very weak.

DH 49yrs, fit & healthy was double vaccinated ,booster was booked..

In bed for 5 days then v unwell then In hospital for 48hrs on oxygen & antivirals etc. Still breathless even walking short distance and sleeping lots.

Don’t know for sure if omicron or delta though.

I’m 50s. Triple vaccinated. I’m on day 13 and currently at a and e awaiting test results. I have weakness and dizziness and apparently my heart is too fast. I didn’t have any cold or flu symptoms.

I'm 44, unvaccinated and tested LTF positive on Christmas Day evening. I smoke and I could do with losing about 3 stones.
Body aches, chills, sweats, fever, headache and fatigue. Lasted 3 days but fatigue still hanging around. Today was the first day I didn't sleep in the afternoon but I did bed rest.
Dosed up on paracetamol and lots of fluids. I've had the flu 3 times in my life before this (I was younger, slimmer and fitter) and this time around didn't feel as bad.

FIL 83, CEV double jabbed but no booster. Completely asymptomatic, picked up.as he tests twice a week due to carers coming in and confirmed by PCR. CEV MIL ( also unboosted) hasn't caught it off him.

DH, early 50's had it. Absolutely fine, barely even noticed he had symptoms (I heard him cough a few times throughout the day and insisted he got a pcr.) No temp/headache/loss of smell and the cough was very mild.

Dh, 54. He tested positive on 22nd. A heavy cold or mild flu. Was ill for first 4 days with a fever, cough, sore throat. Now just got a chesty cough and a bit congested.

I'm 44 and tested positive on a lft yesterday. Feel fine, bit of a tickly nose and tight chest but so far am fine.

DH 50, triple jabbed. Detected via lat flow (NHS worker so twice weekly tests), confirmed via PCR. Has just come out of isolation. Not a whisker of a symptom the whole time.

My parents have it now (early 60s), generally healthy though mum has some lung issues. Had their booster just over a week before testing positive. Slight temperature which only lasted a few hours (mum), and tiredness/very mild cold symptoms apart from that. Three days into it both of them felt fine.

Why are so many people getting Covid despite the booster? The vaccines are nowhere near as effective as we are being told. Yes, symptoms are milder , but they aren’t giving immunity.

I'm 51
Double jabbed, hadn't got round to booster as work shifts plus other illness was making me wait
Tested positive three days ago. ( DH just coming out the other side so it was inevitable I'd probably get it) Just feels like a bad cold. Skin itchy, can't taste much but apart from that no problem.

@LookslovelyinSpringtime no one is saying they give immunity. The point is to reduce the risk of giving it to others and ending up in hospital.

59, triple vaccination.
Fatigue and mild flu like symptoms. Still positive LFT's on day 8
Wasn't informed on PCR results however what strain it was (I don't think all PCR tests are checked for variant type, only a certain % for modelling purposes?)