Agreed. Friend's 98 yo grandmother got it and recovered. My wife and 2 adult kids got it - no big deal. I didn't get it or was immune/asymptomatic. The hallmark of the COVID is the change in smell. It still lingers with my wife 8 months later. And she still tested positive for the antibodies at 7 months. COVID is real, but not what it was designed to be. Nor is it any more deadly that influenza. Masks exacerbate COVID as well.
The smell thing is really interesting. I was reading up on it and it seems that particular symptom was mostly happening to younger people that tested pos for covid, and that in their research a significant number of people who ended up testing negative reported loss of smell too.
That suggests that it’s a psychosomatic symptom, considering the age group trends toward Facebook addicts.
Our experience was very different. She came down with mild cold symptoms (3 days) mid-March, long before much was known about COVID.
Outside of our house, we have a shrub that puts out flowers so strong, you can smell them 3 houses away - she couldn't smell with her nose in the bloom for 2-3 weeks.
Continuing now, she's notice - and I'm not making this up - the only lingering effect is all farts, dog and human, smell like chick peas. Dead serious.
Wife is woke, very educated, middle age, no comorbidities or underlying conditions, not a FB sheep and not susceptible to psychosomatic symptoms.
You know that sinus infections behave the same way right? I remember I had a sinus infection from a very mild cold years ago and everything tasted weird for a long time, way after my cold was gone and I had no other symptoms. I didn’t do anything about it, didn’t see a Dr, get a scrip because I read they just go away on their own and I didn’t want to take antibiotics for it.
She isn't prone to any sinus infections and had no symptoms normally associated. Her only symptoms were mile post-nasal drip, mild sore throat, and possibly a temp <100F.
Agreed. Friend's 98 yo grandmother got it and recovered. My wife and 2 adult kids got it - no big deal. I didn't get it or was immune/asymptomatic. The hallmark of the COVID is the change in smell. It still lingers with my wife 8 months later. And she still tested positive for the antibodies at 7 months. COVID is real, but not what it was designed to be. Nor is it any more deadly that influenza. Masks exacerbate COVID as well.
The smell thing is really interesting. I was reading up on it and it seems that particular symptom was mostly happening to younger people that tested pos for covid, and that in their research a significant number of people who ended up testing negative reported loss of smell too.
That suggests that it’s a psychosomatic symptom, considering the age group trends toward Facebook addicts.
Our experience was very different. She came down with mild cold symptoms (3 days) mid-March, long before much was known about COVID.
Outside of our house, we have a shrub that puts out flowers so strong, you can smell them 3 houses away - she couldn't smell with her nose in the bloom for 2-3 weeks.
Continuing now, she's notice - and I'm not making this up - the only lingering effect is all farts, dog and human, smell like chick peas. Dead serious.
Wife is woke, very educated, middle age, no comorbidities or underlying conditions, not a FB sheep and not susceptible to psychosomatic symptoms.
You know that sinus infections behave the same way right? I remember I had a sinus infection from a very mild cold years ago and everything tasted weird for a long time, way after my cold was gone and I had no other symptoms. I didn’t do anything about it, didn’t see a Dr, get a scrip because I read they just go away on their own and I didn’t want to take antibiotics for it.
She isn't prone to any sinus infections and had no symptoms normally associated. Her only symptoms were mile post-nasal drip, mild sore throat, and possibly a temp <100F.