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Songbird76

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Goofyernmost said:
No, for the next 10 years, minimum, everytime someone has a runny nose it will be Covid. Having a cold doesn't garner a sufficient amount of sympathy. By the time enough time has passed to reuse the words "cold" or 'mild cough" those words will have been eliminated from the dictionary.

Just for the sake of understanding, I am talking in general terms, not anything or anyone specifically. I know that there still is a strain of the virus floating around, but its symptoms, from what I heard, seem to be actually milder than a cold and more of an annoyance than a real concern. What I don't understand is how people say they have no symptoms, if they have no symptoms how do they know they have it and why would they test if they had no indication. Maybe, I'm just getting old and things have to line up with my interpretation of what makes sense. Isn't it possible to have been exposed to it, carry the virus briefly while those fascinating little white blood cell beat it into submission, but really never were infected. I carry, via blood tests, Rheumatoid arthritis that I inherited from my Father, but it is and always has been inactive, but it is detectable in my system. It never really affected him until he was in his mid-60's.
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I can only speak for myself, but my in-laws are all high risk. My BIL has a transplanted kidney, so Covid is very dangerous for him. E just had it a few weeks ago and she and I spend so much time together that I tested myself every day even though I had no symptoms. We don't want to inadvertently give it to someone who could die from it. I tested positive after a few days, but it took several days after that before I got any symptoms. So it was a good thing I tested, because if I hadn't, we might have gone to my in-laws' thinking I didn't have it. This time wasn't very bad at all... Not nearly as bad as the sinus infections I have a history of. I'd take Covid any day, except for the fact that it can be deadly to others even though it's not bad for me.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

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Goofyernmost said:
No, for the next 10 years, minimum, everytime someone has a runny nose it will be Covid. Having a cold doesn't garner a sufficient amount of sympathy. By the time enough time has passed to reuse the words "cold" or 'mild cough" those words will have been eliminated from the dictionary.

Just for the sake of understanding, I am talking in general terms, not anything or anyone specifically. I know that there still is a strain of the virus floating around, but its symptoms, from what I heard, seem to be actually milder than a cold and more of an annoyance than a real concern. What I don't understand is how people say they have no symptoms, if they have no symptoms how do they know they have it and why would they test if they had no indication. Maybe, I'm just getting old and things have to line up with my interpretation of what makes sense. Isn't it possible to have been exposed to it, carry the virus briefly while those fascinating little white blood cell beat it into submission, but really never were infected. I carry, via blood tests, Rheumatoid arthritis that I inherited from my Father, but it is and always has been inactive, but it is detectable in my system. It never really affected him until he was in his mid-60's.
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I’ve had latent TB since 1976. I was treated for 20 months at the time, but I still continue to immediately test positive with every tuberculin skin test.

Apparently it can be activated by COVID. For many, COVID is indeed no worse than a mild cold … at the time. Who knows what the long term effects of those sniffles could be?
 
Goofyernmost

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JenniferS said:
I’ve had latent TB since 1976. I was treated for 20 months at the time, but I still continue to immediately test positive with every tuberculin skin test.

Apparently it can be activated by COVID. For many, COVID is indeed no worse than a mild cold … at the time. Who knows what the long term effects of those sniffles could be?
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I understand that there are some underlying situations, as @Songbird76 stated. I also have tested for TB since shortly after I got married. My wife, as a nurse had contact and worked in a TB related ward and although she showed no signs of it. The doctor said that she likely gave it to me, I didn't dare ask how. My kids never tested positive for it. I always considered that was a question best left unanswered.,
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Goofyernmost said:
I understand that there are some underlying situations, as @Songbird76 stated. I also have tested for TB since shortly after I got married. My wife, as a nurse had contact and worked in a TB related ward and although she showed no signs of it. The doctor said that she likely gave it to me, I didn't dare ask how. My kids never tested positive for it. I always considered that was a question best left unanswered.,
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I know where I got it.

My Dida (Grandpa) was in the sanitorium for months with TB; my brother was weeks in the children’s hospital with it.
 

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