Those who refer to Covid as a 'cold' - have you actually had it?

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This is genuinely not goady. I'm just trying to distract myself (spiking fever with Covid).

There have been a few people in real life who have referred to Covid like this. One was back in Summer 20 and when I told him I'd been hospitalised with I due to breathlessness he suggested I was just having a panic attack!! Everyone who has referred to it as a cold (to me irl) has not actually had it. It seems a lot on here too refering to it as a cold or 'mild' illness have not actually had it. Mild means you don't need to be hospitalised afaik - not actually mild like a cold. They often seem to believe they have had it with no symptoms (maybe that helps them not be anxious about catching it) - not that that stops you catching it again of course!

I have to say it can feel a very lonely place when you see your DC so unwell and you are feeling dreadful yourself and people (who appear to have no experience of actually having the disease) are going on about how mild it is and we put up with colds we should be able to put up with this!

However 'mild' someone might have this I would not wish it on anyone.

Yes.
It was like a very mild cold for me
I was lucky (Well not lucky, I had my jabs...)

Yes, I had it very early on and although it lasted about a month I've honestly had worse colds.
My sister, partner and niece all experienced it as a cold too.
I've got friends who were really ill with it too though so would never dismiss other people's experiences.
I'm sorry you and your daughter are feeling so unwell though.

Yes I’ve had it - delta and so has my husband, all the kids, elderly parents, sisters, cousins, neices and nephews and most of my friends. I would say at least 40-50 people I know have had delta or omicron.
For all except 3 it was a mild or heavy cold.
2 of those 3 had the kent varient and had a flu type illness.
1 had delta and was ill at home for 3 weeks.
So sorry you are feeling ill but yes for most of us it’s been a cold.

I had it in early 2020 - it was horrendous and our whole family ended up with pneumonias and I couldnt run after my kid till late summer. It got into our lungs and was awful. All of us including our pre-schooler spent a month and a half staying up most night coughing our guts out. Got omicron and so far it has been much better.

I haven't had Covid (yet...) but my DS has and he just coughed a bit for a few days.

I had Covid three weeks ago.
I’ve only had one vaccination (March)
I thought I did have a cold for three days as I was testing negative on lfts. Only on day four did I get a positive then a positive pcr.
By the time I knew I had it I was much better. If I didn’t know any different I’d have said I had a cold.

I had flu once in my late twenties which was a hundred times worse. I couldn’t even walk I was ill. Flu is brutal. But I accept that Covid can be brutal for some.

I had it in January and was fine apart from
Sinus pain, I had it again this month and whilst I was worse this time around it was similar to a cold/flue type illness IMO

I had it and it was like a reasonably bad cold. Mild in that I wasn't hospitalised, and that cold remedies were able to take the edge off of it. I was pretty much able to continue working anyway. (I work from home). Child also had it and barely noticed it.

I know people who had had it (positive PCRs) who have had nothing more than a runny nose, I know someone who had it and felt fine apart from a loss of taste, I’ve known people who had it and said “I’ve had worse colds”, I’ve known people who’ve had it and said it was the worst they’ve ever felt, I’ve known someone who had it and had to go to hospital for oxygen therapy, I’ve known someone who had it and it caused his death.

Everyone’s experience of it is their own experience. No one is wrong.

I just wish everyone who gets it well. I’ve been very lucky so far but do feel that it is inevitable at some point.

I had it when double vaccinated. Before I tested positive I had a cold, it c I'll have been the start of Covid, I don't know. I tested when I lost my sense of taste and smell. I felt absolutely fine. Then the fatigue hit. Severe fatigue. Nothing me a cold. No cough, norunny nose, no headache. Just needing to lye down, and being exhausted again after popping to the loo.

DS had Covid unvaccinated and it was rough. Very high temp, horrible headache for several days, vomiting, cough. Nothing like a cold, but as he's young he bounced back very quickly, and deficit didn't need any medical assistance.

I would say a cold
And Covid are two very different things.

If someone told me Covid was just a cold I would say "You're lucky not was just a cold for you." and add that the vaccines are obviously doing their job.

I've only met two people who had Covid unvaccinated and it was just a cold, but obviously for some
It is. And for others it's life threatening.

I have not gone about referring to covid as a 'cold' for everyone, but my experience of it was certainly at the very mild end of the cold symptom spectrum. My dh was a bit more unwell, as he had a temperature, but neither of us had any breathing difficulties.

I had it in March 2020, very badly. Was scared. Never been ill like that before. And breathless for months afterwards.

But many people are asmptomatic or have v mild symptoms, so I'm sure for them it is 'like a cold'.

I should say, we had delta and were double jabbed (me with Pfizer and him with AZ). Who knows what we would have been like if we hadn't been? I think must be a genetic component to how we respond - I have heard of whole families, with the same sort of age and health profile as us, really poorly with it and we sailed through it (including my mum, in her 70's).

''Genuine question- if you’re double vaccinated and you’ve just had covid why would you bother with a booster? (FYI - I’m vaccinated with booster and got omicron afterwards)''

@Nomoreporridge872 that's what I mean, I'm not running out the door for a booster........huge push on boosters in ROI and starting children now and they will still push it on post positive cases. I don't feel the risk/benefit is convincing me since it doesn't stop transmission or getting it. I think its wise to booster if older or vulnerable but I'm not convinced in mass population vaccination anymore. (I was skeptical about it anyway but did it). However I keep an open mind and keep looking at information so in that regard I've not made a final decision so I'm on the fence as such.

I've had it and would describe it as a weird cold. I was a bit ill and spent a few days on and off in bed. The worst symptom was a really bad headache. I got the loss of smell and taste thing too which lasted for a while.

A friend said her whole house got it in August. She had it the worst and she described it as like a summer cold.

First time was an awful cough, I slept for almost 48 hours solidly, and had chest pains for a couple of months after. Second time after I had been double jabbed, just a bad headache for about 24 hours.

I had what I consider was mild covid over the summer (so probably delta). Never felt compromised from a breathing point of view and never felt I needed medical support but I was very unwell and all in, it was a good 3 weeks before zi would have worked again (I’m a teacher so was fortunately off work).

I've had worse hay-fever.

I had covid after my first vaccination. Probably the delta variant. My whole family got it that time.

I've had worse colds. I think the vaccination must have helped?

My worst experience of it was the room spinning like it does when you've had too much too drink. That went on constantly for around 3 days. I was working on an important application for work and kept feeling like I was going to fall off my chair!

Hope you and your family recover soon OP.

I haven't, but my severely immunosuppressed mum had it and had light sniffles and body aches for a few days.

I've had it twice now, pre vaccines. I have had worse colds. So has everyone I know who has had it, from my late 70s mum to my vulnerable husband.

Yes I'm on my second infection. July 2021 I would describe as a moderate cold and the loss of smell and taste was awful. WFH throughout, no sick days. Oct/Nov time I had a horrendous cold, a full week off work. Now I have covid again and it's barely noticeable in the day, irritating cough at night so I'm a bit tired but haven't needed a paracetamol so far.

Very anecdotally I think the first infection is more severe for people, my early 20's niece is more poorly than me with this strain, her first covid bout.

We had it at the beginning of the pandemic and it was just a mild cold for me. DH had a moderate cold for the first 5 days or so but then it moved to pneumonia and he was quite poorly. Think it was the pneumonia rather than the Covid tho when we look back.

Some people do not notice much - some are gravely affected.
I had flu - about the worst 10 days of my life - I recovered but I could have died or ended up with a heart condition.
I had cancer - I survived, but I could have ended up dead like my DM.
A neighbour one winter stepped out of his front door and was killed by falling ice.
These are the normal risks of being alive. There are no guarantees and hiding won't help.

I had covid a few weeks ago. I had a stuffy nose, one day of chills and a headache. I have had worse colds. However, I understand that it is not like this for all people.