Have you or someone you know had Covid-19?

[leemond2008]

I am certain that I had it back in February.

I had a terrible fever, flu like symptoms which lasted for just 3 or 4 days, completely lost my sense of taste and smell for about 3 weeks and I couldn't go to a run for almost 3 months because my breathing was ****.

That was before the symptoms were even made official so I feel confident enough to say that yes I had it.

outside of myself, my sisters fella tested positive just the other week (he was sitting in the pub just a few days later the monumental bell end) and there is a girl that I work with who has had it as well.

[Xela]

I think I may have had it March, a mild dose. 

None of my family or friends and families have had it

In my department, 1 person out of 84 had it. Recovered

My employer in total - I have been told a 'number of people' have died. We have c30k employees. 

[Mozzavfc]

A member of my team at work had it (after the lockdown started), but she recovered. It went round her family and killed her father.

Pretty scary

Edited September 14, 2020 by Mozzavfc

[Dodgyknees]

Somebody I’ve known for 8 years died of it recently. He leaves behind a wife and daughter.

Nobody was with him when he died, which for me is the saddest part.

[fightoffyour]

I know one person who was pretty sure they had it but had a negative test, and her husband didn't have any symptoms either so perhaps not. That's it, so I voted no.

[KentVillan]

I caught it on holiday in July. I didn't have any symptoms until 5 days after I returned, so must have been right at the end of the holiday (maybe even in the airport or on the plane). I was following the quarantine rules religiously, and given the incubation period, I'm fairly sure I didn't infect anyone.

I was ill for about 2 weeks, but only 2 days of intense illness. Lost my sense of smell about a week in, and then regained it about 2-3 weeks after. No coughing or breathing difficulties. I was able to carry on working.

I still feel the after effects when I exercise, but it's not noticeable otherwise.

I'm not too bothered about it tbh, but equally wouldn't recommend catching it. It's a bit of a weird one. Closest comparison I can make is with glandular fever, which wiped me out for a while when I was 18, and it took a while for me to get back up to speed with sports and stuff.

Edit: and given I caught it at end of July, it was very easy to get a test sent out first week of August, and I tested positive. Now I guess I would have struggled to get my hands on a test.

Edited September 16, 2020 by KentVillan

[LondonLax]

On 14/09/2020 at 10:50, mjmooney said:

Yep. Or they look at it the other way by saying "Oh, but I have a 97% chance of NOT dying from it", without thinking about how many deaths that 3% actually represents. 

The chance of dying from it is a lot lower than 3% (unless you are quite elderly). 

These are recent stats for mortality rates in Stockholm: