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#2915319 17-May-2022 20:13

Handle9:

Mum and her partner both have it now. She's just turned 75 and but seems to be doing ok so fingers crossed.

Let me know if they need anything, happy to do a contactless delivery if it will help etc.

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#2915323 17-May-2022 20:18

networkn:
Handle9:

Mum and her partner both have it now. She's just turned 75 and but seems to be doing ok so fingers crossed.

Let me know if they need anything, happy to do a contactless delivery if it will help etc.

Thanks, they seem relatively fine and use supermarket deliveries etc. It’s Mums birthday today though, which is a bit shitty.

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#2915367 18-May-2022 04:39

As hard as I tried to avoid it after my wife tested positive 3 days after my daughter. I three days after my wife I now have the cough and sore throat and haven’t RAT tested yet but am sure I have it. Bugger.

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#2915388 18-May-2022 08:49

Oldmanakbar: I finally got it on Friday. Housemate had it for week prior before I came down with symptoms. Friday-Mon was basically the worst fever I have ever had over and over. Able to be a bit upwardly mobile today, but still pretty crook. Triple jabbed, so would hate to think how I would've ended up otherwise.

It's amazing how differently it affects people.

My parents (both in the 80's) got it a couple of weeks ago - dad came through with mild symptoms, while mum was absolutely hammered by it - bed ridden for a few days and with both flu and gastric symptoms.

My son (17) got it and was only symptomatic for a day or so, then back to full health.

@Oldmanakbar Hope you recover quickly from here...sounds like you've had it rough.

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#2915389 18-May-2022 08:49

Geektastic: I’m still living the life of a hermit in order to minimise the opportunity to catch it. Fingers crossed.

i was like you. only left the house to go get groceries, wore a n95 mask when i left the house and had the 3 vaccines , still got it i dont know where and i can see people saying whats the point of doing everything possible to not get it and i still get it, so why should i bother.

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#2915454 18-May-2022 10:07

vexxxboy:

Geektastic: I’m still living the life of a hermit in order to minimise the opportunity to catch it. Fingers crossed.

i was like you. only left the house to go get groceries, wore a n95 mask when i left the house and had the 3 vaccines , still got it i dont know where and i can see people saying whats the point of doing everything possible to not get it and i still get it, so why should i bother.

I understand that feeling. I've so far not got it, despite not being the strictest of mask wearers, and despite having a couple of our kids in the house catching it.

But your experience and mine are anecdotes. We simply don't have enough information to be fully informed and that is totally unacceptable to me. After all the loss of the last two years, and the years of cost that are ahead of this following COVID and its management, we should be doing better on understanding these things.

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#2915515 18-May-2022 12:02

Partner now has symptoms but blown through three boxes of negative RATS, so getting a PCR test.

If she doesn't have COVID then she's got something pretty bad that seems a lot like it.

Time to do a big shop of frozen food, ready meals and comfort carbs if we both go down with it.

Also, an update on the daycare situation: they now have a gastro bug.

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#2915524 18-May-2022 12:15

Day three of my partners positivity and I am still negative. (reported) I forgot to mention that I have had 3 shots plus the booster and my partner has had 2 shots plus the booster.

Just rang our nearby relative today to do some shopping. Tissues and ice cream. My partner is going through tissues approx 1½ large Kleenex Aloe Vera & Vitamin E Facial tissues per 24 hours. He still has sore throat and headaches with now sore chest muscles due to sneezing and coughing. So lots of paracetamol and 8hrly ibuprofen for the muscles. He doesn't like throat easement med's, hence the ice cream 😀.

Next test Saturday.

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#2915602 18-May-2022 14:47

GV27:

Partner now has symptoms but blown through three boxes of negative RATS, so getting a PCR test.

If she doesn't have COVID then she's got something pretty bad that seems a lot like it.

Time to do a big shop of frozen food, ready meals and comfort carbs if we both go down with it.

Also, an update on the daycare situation: they now have a gastro bug.

There is something very similar running around, as my daughter is PCR negative but has many of the same symptoms.

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#2915603 18-May-2022 14:57

Was also confirmed there is a fairly large cluster of influenza A in Dunedin

Tripple figure students at home off sick. (At one school)

Perhaps if the last 2+yrs of drumming in hygiene (outside controlled classroom) wasnt kicked to kerb so fast?. We'll never know now.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/flu-outbreak-%E2%80%98widespread%E2%80%99

Got my FJ 2 weeks ago. Nowhere near as bad an arm as previously. It's like all the covid jabs was good practice.

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#2915682 18-May-2022 15:51

My story...

Traveled overseas (family of three) to see in laws that we haven't seen for a long time now (pre-pandemic were going every year).

I started getting mild symptoms about three days after arrival. Was about 6 days after arrival that I noticed less respiratory capacity, and did a RAT test on myself. Came back a super strong positive.

Could have been either infected in my last couple of days in NZ, during travel, or the first day or so in Manila. No way to tell, but I passed my pre-depature test.

Dispute our best effort's it cut through the entire household of 7. (over the course of a couple of weeks).

Thankfully pretty mild amounts all the adults (some of which are senior and have co-moralities). Adults had a mix of vaccines two with 3x Pfizer, two with 2x sinovac + 1x moderna, two with 2x AZ + 1x moderna. Child (to young to be vaccinated) was very hot (39.5C underarm), but basically recovered in 24 hours.

My symptoms were: Sore throat, mild cough, noticeable loss in respiratory capacity (struggling for air after walking up two flights of stairs).

Needed to change our flights coming home. Were booked on Singapore, but they had nothing available to change two in the two weeks after we were picking to recover.

Ultimately paid $4500 for one way manila to Auckland ticked for three people. (have a $2500 refund coming in about 5 weeks time from Singapore, who thankfully waive cancellation fees if you can't fly due to covid-19.

Everybody is all recovered now, and we are back in NZ now. Child is sick with something else at the moment.

Note that people didn't through positive RAT test's, until a couple of days after they got symptoms.

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#2915690 18-May-2022 16:15

Oblivian: Was also confirmed there is a fairly large cluster of influenza A in Dunedin

Tripple figure students at home off sick. (At one school)

Perhaps if the last 2+yrs of drumming in hygiene (outside controlled classroom) wasnt kicked to kerb so fast?. We'll never know now.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/flu-outbreak-%E2%80%98widespread%E2%80%99

Got my FJ 2 weeks ago. Nowhere near as bad an arm as previously. It's like all the covid jabs was good practice.

Must get the F J done. Wife just got it, and was feeling crap that night and following day. I wonder if that is a common reaction?

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#2916490 20-May-2022 13:13

FineWine:

My partner came home Friday (13th) from work saying a fellow office worker had tested positive and another was already isolating at home and ..........

My partner tested negative on Saturday (14th) morning, then had a crap night last night (Sunday 15th) with all the classical symptoms.

He tested positive 📈 this morning (Monday 16th). I am still negative.

FineWine:

Day three (18th) of my partners positivity and I am still negative. (reported) I forgot to mention that I have had 3 shots plus the booster and my partner has had 2 shots plus the booster.

Next test Saturday.

RATS this morning (20th) as had the start of symptoms last night. Sneezing and runny nose only.

Yay ☹️ - Positive 📈.

Done all the on line forms. My GP rang me within ½ hr of reporting. Offered me the oral antiviral but we decided no at this stage as my symptoms are very mild but if they become severe I will be placed on them as I have three of the qualifying criteria. Mainly cardiac.

So, my isolation clock starts again for seven days. My generous partners, 😀, clock stops on Sunday and he may return to work Monday even if still positive. We verified all of this with the COVID help line.

More books and movies. We stopped baking as not good for us ☹️.

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#2916496 20-May-2022 13:45

FineWine:

RATS this morning (20th) as had the start of symptoms last night. Sneezing and runny nose only.

Yay ☹️ - Positive 📈.

Done all the on line forms. My GP rang me within ½ hr of reporting. Offered me the oral antiviral but we decided no at this stage as my symptoms are very mild but if they become severe I will be placed on them as I have three of the qualifying criteria. Mainly cardiac.

TBH after reading this

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/128582351/covid19-i-took-the-antiviral-pill-paxlovid-and-i-was-testing-negative-by-day-3

I would start the Paxlovid now, before the symptoms possibly get bad, that's what its designed to do.

I'm pretty sure you won't get them past day 5 post infection.

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#2916497 20-May-2022 13:47

@FineWine:

So, my isolation clock starts again for seven days. My generous partners, 😀, clock stops on Sunday and he may return to work Monday even if still positive. We verified all of this with the COVID help line.

More books and movies. We stopped baking as not good for us ☹️.

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