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Originally Posted by Fredster
Yesterday afternoon I wasn’t feeling great. Thought it was maybe a summer cold coming on.
But a broke out the Covid self test kits, just in case, and I tested positive.
So far my symptoms are very mild, mild temp, sniffles, dry cough, breathing ok, and general malaise. I’ve had colds where I felt worse!
I had all shots and boosters, and it’s just my opinion that has moderated my symptoms.
Of course if you have a compromised health condition, if you have symptoms seek professional medical help!
This is from the link provided by the OP
“Booster shots offer necessary protection against infection, serious illness and death from all COVID variants, and are 90% effective at preventing hospitalization from Omicron.”
Almost hesitated to share my experience due to the snarky comments that come forth…
Have a super day!
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You are one of the smarter people we have living here in the Villages. You weren't feeling normal and tested for Covid. Many people are getting Covid becasue the Ba.5 variant gets right through any immunity you have vaccinated or not. The problem is people are getting up and feeling a little under the weather or have a stuffy or runny nose for example, nothing bad and they are going about their normal business thinking it's a summer cold or allergies. But most are not testing, have Covid and are spreading it everywhere. This is why we are now wearing masks pretty much everywhere we go. There are some people who have Covid with no symptoms and are out spreading it everywhere but there is nothing we can do about that. The only thing the vaccine will help you is not getting very sick or having to go to the hospital or dying. Still some who are not in good health will still get very sick and or die. The antibodies we have don't see the Ba.5 variant but once infected our T-Cells go to work immediately and fight off the virus. The antiviral Paxlovid works well and from what i understand the CVS over in Wildwood is dispensing it all day long according to someone who works in the pharmacy. To make things worse, eventhough you get Covid you can get it over and over again because there are so many variants. I don't think you can get the same variant more than once. So all this said, Covid is here to stay like the common cold unfortunately. BTW, medicare will pay for up to 8 covid tests per person per month and it's easy to order on-line or get the tests at your local pharmacy so there is no reason not to test.