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Covid classed as a mild illness now …not in my experience

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Candycrushgal · 07/07/2023 21:59

I have just not long got my body out of bed after 3 days of the most severe symptoms after testing positive for Covid. headache, blurry vision, hi temp, chills, aches has anyone else experienced this?
btw I have had all vaccinations and boosters
tia x

OP posts:

ASGIRC · 08/07/2023 03:41

Mumtothreegirlies · 08/07/2023 00:38

It’s pretty common for people who’ve been vaccinated to keep getting it and feeling rough.
nobody in my family has had the vaccine and we haven’t had covid since 2020.

Only one family within my family has had covid more than once and were all vaccinated... Its not more common for people who have had the vaccines to catch it than for ones who havent...

Anyway, 3 days in bed feeling horrendous is mild.

The flu is considered a mild disease, but it can lay you up for 2 weeks!

As long as youre not going into hospital, it is mild.

However, if you are unlucky enough to have long covid, it absolutely sucks! And it certainly wont feel mild in the least when you are still struggling for months afterwards!

DoughnutDreams · 08/07/2023 03:42

Are people wearing (good quality) masks to avoid getting it again, or just going to accept fate that you'll catch it several times a year, with increasing disability?

LadinLee · 08/07/2023 05:31

DoughnutDreams · 08/07/2023 03:42

Are people wearing (good quality) masks to avoid getting it again, or just going to accept fate that you'll catch it several times a year, with increasing disability?

What do you mean several times a year?
Most people I know have had covid once or twice, don't know anyone who's had it several times a year. Combination of vaccines and catching covid gives a level of immunity so surely anyone who's had covid 8 or 9 times now has a problem with their immune system?

itme · 08/07/2023 06:08

Mumtothreegirlies · 08/07/2023 00:38

It’s pretty common for people who’ve been vaccinated to keep getting it and feeling rough.
nobody in my family has had the vaccine and we haven’t had covid since 2020.

This is absolute nonsense. It is anecdotal - your family have been lucky and it is nothing to do with not being vaccinated. Stop spreading misinformation and do some research.

OP, I understand what you mean. It is classed as a mild illness because there is much less chance of death now and the majority of people don’t need to be hospitalised, but it feels anything but mild doesn’t it? I’ve had it 4 times (compromised immune system) and I’ve felt like death every time. I have noticed that it’s had a shorter duration every time though - the last time I had it I felt rotten for a week then wobbly for another week whereas I remember the second time I had it I was ill in bed for nearly 2 weeks then wobbly and coughing for another month.

LMNT · 08/07/2023 06:13

What people also fail to understand is your baseline health determines how badly you feel.

If you have hidden underlying issues like chronic inflammation, metabolic syndrome or low vitamin D you’re going to feel worse. It’s not the virus it’s the host body that determines how rough it’s gets.

drpet49 · 08/07/2023 06:15

Mumtothreegirlies · 08/07/2023 00:38

It’s pretty common for people who’ve been vaccinated to keep getting it and feeling rough.
nobody in my family has had the vaccine and we haven’t had covid since 2020.

No it isn’t. Stop spreading lies @Mumtothreegirlies

Threenow · 08/07/2023 07:19

Mumtothreegirlies · 08/07/2023 00:38

It’s pretty common for people who’ve been vaccinated to keep getting it and feeling rough.
nobody in my family has had the vaccine and we haven’t had covid since 2020.

Everybody in my family is vaccinated, some of us five times, and none of us have had covid even once. The most I've heard of anyone getting it was three times, and all very mild cases, several people have had it twice, and a few just once - all vaccinated btw. You are talking rubbish.

itsgettingweird · 08/07/2023 07:20

I've been worse than that with a non covid virus.

Covid is generally mild now.

I had to in March 2020 and struggled to breathe for 3 days and could barely stay awake for 6 weeks.

3 days of chills and fever is classed as a mild illness.

DyslexicPoster · 08/07/2023 07:22

Candycrushgal · 08/07/2023 03:35

Thanks for all your replies

yea I had it first time after first having vaccines, absolutely no symptoms and felt fine but this time, it floored me completely, I was just wondering also whether these vaccines wear off???

I think they must? AZ was 0% 3 months after 1 dose wasn't it? Not sure after two doses and then another type of vaccine.

BHF ( must be peer reviewed) seems to agree but this info must be on Google somewhere

Covid classed as a mild illness now …not in my experience

Mojitosaremyfavourite · 08/07/2023 07:25

I’ve currently got it . It’s utterly vile.

You have my sympathy op. I have had it worse this time than the first time I had it in April 2022.

It has wiped me out . Left me feeling in a very bad place mentally as well and I already have appalling mental health issues so this is really fucking shit.

Am due to have an urgent operation next week as well.

Hope you feel better ❤️‍🩹

Hugasauras · 08/07/2023 07:26

We've had Covid once, about six months ago, so did pretty well to avoid it for so long given we had a child at nursery. We've had far worst colds courtesy of said nursery child than Covid for either of us (if either child got it they were entirely non-symptomatic). In the 'olden days' it would have been the kind of low-level cold you power through at work.

The only person I know who has had Covid multiple times (four I think!) is someone we know who is an anti-vaxxer and who didn't believe in any of the restrictions during lockdown either. Otherwise I don't know anyone who has has Covid more than twice.

My mum was a stage 4 cancer sufferer when she got it but was put on IV antivirals within hours of testing positive (about eight months ago) and also had had additional vaccines prior. She said the antivirals were incredible, like they just switched Covid off!

Anyway I am rambling but I think it's probably like every bug where some people get hit harder than others, we know there are different strains or variants, etc. The worst cold we had was not Covid but some other random bug and I was unwell for weeks with it. No idea why it affected me so badly.

Mojitosaremyfavourite · 08/07/2023 07:26

And am fully vaccinated as well ☹️

Peony654 · 08/07/2023 07:27

That is mild - just normal illness like flu, bad cold, chest infection. Part of life! That’s why pointless to test for Covid anymore

Fallstar · 08/07/2023 11:58

I currently have it for the first time (had to test for various reasons).

It may be 'mild' but it doesn't feel that way right now!

Wishing everyone who has it a speedy recovery.

x2boys · 08/07/2023 11:59

Its the nature of the virus there are always going to.be people that are affected more ,I had Covid about a year ago
Felt rough for a,few days but got over it fairly quickly
My sisters friend who.is the sane age as me 49 caught it s couple of years ago she wss slim.,healthy ,vegan diet ,etc ,she's still different with long Covid it's been life changing for her
And of course all the deaths at the height of the pandemic ,thankfully vaccines were a,game changer

CrunchyCarrot · 09/07/2023 09:22

@Candycrushgal I was just wondering also whether these vaccines wear off???

Your antibody levels will decline several months after having the vaccine (or indeed being infected with the virus). However you will still have T cell memory, and that's really important. That's what will protect you against the later more serious stages of infection that would require hospitalisation.

SARS-CoV-2 is a respiratory virus (just as influenza virus is) and so it's far harder to get longer protection via a vaccine (or infection) as you would have with say measles. This is why it's more likely vaccines will be offered at intervals rather than one course of them and you're done.

SunnyDoc · 09/07/2023 19:42

Out of interest how often do you test?

SunnyDoc · 09/07/2023 19:43

SunnyDoc · 09/07/2023 19:42

Out of interest how often do you test?

Sorry that was to @Mumtothreegirlies

Diddykong · 09/07/2023 19:43

What you describe is what I would consider a mild illness. The first year of DC in nursery was spent with chills, fever, full body aches etc. Every other week.

Nat6999 · 09/07/2023 22:53

I'm ECV & absolutely crapped myself with visions of ending up in hospital when I tested positive. The first 3-4 days, I felt pretty rough, but I normally do if I catch cold, which usually goes straight to my chest.

Marmunia10667 · 19/08/2023 15:37

Mumtothreegirlies · 08/07/2023 00:38

It’s pretty common for people who’ve been vaccinated to keep getting it and feeling rough.
nobody in my family has had the vaccine and we haven’t had covid since 2020.

My experience too (all unvaccinated)! I had a mild headache for 4 days. No other symptoms. We've travelled, been in airports etc....perfectly fine!

UnmentionedElephantDildo · 19/08/2023 15:42

Mild isn't a synonym for "trivial" in this context. It means "does not require hospital admission". You can still feel rough as hell for a couple of weeks and it be officially mild

As vaccination protection is waning, and a new variant is emerging, then there could be a lot of people being really quite unwell.

And then there's the separate risk of long covid.

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