So, Omicron pretty much sucks

[Jet_Engine1]

Sore throat, cough, terrible body aches, tired, but the aches make sleep difficult. No real fever but woke up this morning drenched in sweat. Spent the last 2 days in bed. What a way to end a terrible year.  

 

But I'm fine with finally getting the Corona Light instead of full-blown Covid. 

[Anthony Jet]

3 days all my symptoms subsided 

Much shorter then the alpha covid I had 

[T0mShane]

2 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

Sore throat, cough, terrible body aches, tired, but the aches make sleep difficult. No real fever but woke up this morning drenched in sweat. Spent the last 2 days in bed. What a way to end a terrible year.  

 

But I'm fine with finally getting the Corona Light instead of full-blown Covid. 

Damn, bro. Feel better. Sorry you’re going through this. 

[Beerfish]

They had to cancel the World junior hockey championships due to omicron.  It's going wild here in Alberta.  Sooner or later most people are going to get it, just a matter of the effects on a person.

Hope all who have had it or get it get well soon.

[Jet_Engine1]

4 minutes ago, T0mShane said:

Damn, bro. Feel better. Sorry you’re going through this. 

I was long overdue.  

 

Sucks but not complaining. It's wreaking havoc on the whole Department right now. 

 

7 minutes ago, Anthony Jet said:

3 days all my symptoms subsided 

Much shorter then the alpha covid I had 

That's been the experience other guys have passed along. Hopefully feel better tomorrow. 

 

[Lith]

Hope you are feelling better soon, JE.

[Anthony Jet]

Just now, Jet_Engine1 said:

I was long overdue.  

 

Sucks but not complaining. It's wreaking havoc on the whole Department right now. 

 

That's been the experience other guys have passed along. Hopefully feel better tomorrow. 

 

Hope so. Unfortunately up here I can rattle off, no exaggeration 40 people with it, and probably heard of another 100, only know of 1 serious cases and maybe 2 rough cases. Almost all have been mild and quick 

Good luck buddy 

[Mogglez]

Hope you feel better man.  That’s awful.  I’m walking on eggshells myself right now.  @Jet Nut came up to visit me, my brothers, and our extended family Sunday.  Unfortunately someone at our gathering tested positive.  Now other people are following suit, I haven’t seen dad since Sunday, and I am immunocompromised so I’m battling my own anxiety even though I know it’s supposed to be mild.  I have a few at home tests and am going to take my first one today under the recommendation of a doctor I used to work with.  So far so good physically.  Mentally?  Not great.

[Anthony Jet]

3 minutes ago, Mogglez said:

Hope you feel better man.  That’s awful.  I’m walking on eggshells myself right now.  @Jet Nut came up to visit me, my brothers, and our extended family Sunday.  Unfortunately someone at our gathering tested positive.  Now other people are following suit, I haven’t seen dad since Sunday, and I am immunocompromised so I’m battling my own anxiety even though I know it’s supposed to be mild.  I have a few at home tests and am going to take my first one today under the recommendation of a doctor I used to work with.  So far so good physically.  Mentally?  Not great.

Hang tight. Don’t know your testing situation where you are but tests are hard to come by over here. I probably wouldn’t test until a symptom and just assume you have for 5 days if still no symptoms then I’d burn a test 

Don’t let the mental part get you right now. Can’t change the past, if your gonna get it your gonna get it, fretting over it gonna make it worse. Stress is terrible for the body to begin with 

Godspeed buddy 

[T0mShane]

3 minutes ago, Mogglez said:

Hope you feel better man.  That’s awful.  I’m walking on eggshells myself right now.  @Jet Nut came up to visit me, my brothers, and our extended family Sunday.  Unfortunately someone at our gathering tested positive.  Now other people are following suit, I haven’t seen dad since Sunday, and I am immunocompromised so I’m battling my own anxiety even though I know it’s supposed to be mild.  I have a few at home tests and am going to take my first one today under the recommendation of a doctor I used to work with.  So far so good physically.  Mentally?  Not great.

Thinking good thoughts, man. Good luck to you and @Jet Nut. Zach Wilson sucks.

[DoubleDown]

I tested positive 5 days ago. Symptoms have been mild, but it's a bummer that I've had to spend my Christmas holiday quarantined at home.

Omicron is spreading like wildfire. I know many people that have tested positive within the past week. Stay safe out there.

[Jet_Engine1]

6 minutes ago, Mogglez said:

Hope you feel better man.  That’s awful.  I’m walking on eggshells myself right now.  @Jet Nut came up to visit me, my brothers, and our extended family Sunday.  Unfortunately someone at our gathering tested positive.  Now other people are following suit, I haven’t seen dad since Sunday, and I am immunocompromised so I’m battling my own anxiety even though I know it’s supposed to be mild.  I have a few at home tests and am going to take my first one today under the recommendation of a doctor I used to work with.  So far so good physically.  Mentally?  Not great.

Damn, well best wishes to all of you up there. Hope everyone avoids it, especially JN. He got it bad last year if I recall correctly. 

 

Hydrate and rest!!

[Gibby]

Me and my family have it too…. Not feeling great, same symptoms but very manageable.

[tfine]

I have it right now as well. Fever, nasal congestion, fatigue, the headache is the worst….it’s like the worst hangover you’ve ever had.


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[Larz]

But, "Viruses are multiplication problems." 

"A virus that's 60 percent milder yet 300 percent more infectious is going to create more severe cases, overall,” wrote The Atlantic's Derek Thompson. “With an ongoing delta wave that is already killing more than 10,000 people a week in the United States, any coincident variant — even one that is much milder — could risk overloading a healthcare system that is already worn down."

yes it does 

[Matt39]

4 minutes ago, tfine said:

I have it right now as well. Fever, nasal congestion, fatigue, the headache is the worst….it’s like the worst hangover you’ve ever had.


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I mean. It’s being sick. It sucks.

[Mogglez]

16 minutes ago, Anthony Jet said:

Hang tight. Don’t know your testing situation where you are but tests are hard to come by over here. I probably wouldn’t test until a symptom and just assume you have for 5 days if still no symptoms then I’d burn a test 

Don’t let the mental part get you right now. Can’t change the past, if your gonna get it your gonna get it, fretting over it gonna make it worse. Stress is terrible for the body to begin with 

Godspeed buddy 

 

16 minutes ago, T0mShane said:

Thinking good thoughts, man. Good luck to you and @Jet Nut. Zach Wilson sucks.

 

12 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

Damn, well best wishes to all of you up there. Hope everyone avoids it, especially JN. He got it bad last year if I recall correctly. 

 

Hydrate and rest!!

Thank you all.  Not seeing Dad sucks the most.

[rangerous]

34 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

Sore throat, cough, terrible body aches, tired, but the aches make sleep difficult. No real fever but woke up this morning drenched in sweat. Spent the last 2 days in bed. What a way to end a terrible year.  

 

But I'm fine with finally getting the Corona Light instead of full-blown Covid. 

i guess you never had the flu.  same thing.  but, in spite of all the negativity coming from fauci, you're alive and most likely didn't have to go to a hospital or er.

[DetroitRed]

Its a bad cold fellas.  You’ll be ok

[Jet_Engine1]

1 minute ago, rangerous said:

i guess you never had the flu.  same thing.  but, in spite of all the negativity coming from fauci, you're alive and most likely didn't have to go to a hospital or er.

Thanks for missing the point of my post, and trying to derail a thread about something many are dealing with.

 

As for your comment about the flu, yes I've had the flu. As a matter of fact, over a 20 year career as a FF/Paramedic in South Florida,  I've been directly exposed to almost everything possible, from TB, HIV, Hep-C, and more.

 

Doesn't change the fact that this Omicron crap sucks. 

[Warfish]

Was convinced I finally had it, along with the Fam.  Exposed to known recent-positive-COVID family (dedicated muh' freeeeedoms! antivaxers in every Fam it seems), on cougher-ridden-planes twice, another (fully vaxed) family member (exposed at work) whom we were in contact with, and literally everyone in the extended Fam got sick (cough, horrible chest rattle, wheeze, fatigue, the usual)  at Christmas, myself included.  

But no fever, and no loss of taste.  And home tests, for what they're worth, so far say nope, Negative.  

Crazy world right now.  Hope everyone testing positive gets better soon and quick.  Hope this sh*t-show comes to an end soon too.

[Warfish]

6 minutes ago, DetroitRed said:

Its a bad cold fellas.  You’ll be ok

~820,000 folks (in the US) weren't ok so far.

[DetroitRed]

Just now, Warfish said:

~820,000 folks weren't ok, and counting.

From Omicron?

[Jet_Engine1]

Just now, Warfish said:

Was convinced I finally had it, along with the Fam.  Exposed to known recent-positive-COVID family (dedicated muh' freeeeedoms! antivaxers in every Fam it seems), on cougher-ridden-planes twice, another (fully vaxed) family member (exposed at work) whom we were in contact with, and literally everyone in the extended Fam got sick (cough, horrible chest rattle, wheeze, fatigue, the usual)  at Christmas, myself included.  

But no fever, and no loss of taste.  And home tests, for what they're worth, so far say nope, Negative.  

Crazy world right now.  Hope everyone testing positive gets better soon and quick.  Hope this sh*t-show comes to an end soon too.

The at home tests are legitimately 50/50 at best. We have access to direct PCR tests through the Health Care District, and they are also subject to false results. 

[Matt39]

2 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

The at home tests are legitimately 50/50 at best. We have access to direct PCR tests through the Health Care District, and they are also subject to false results. 

Just got back from NY. People were testing nonstop to get to a positive to get out of seeing people lol.  No one tests in FL. The constant testing is either super neurotic or a way to get out of stuff.

[Jet_Engine1]

Just now, Matt39 said:

Just got back from NY. People were testing nonstop to get to a positive to get out of seeing people lol.  No one tests in FL. The constant testing is either super neurotic or a way to get out of stuff.

That's darkly humorous..

 

[Matt39]

1 minute ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

That's darkly humorous..

 

It got me out of seeing the in-laws so test away. 

[Warfish]

6 minutes ago, DetroitRed said:

From Omicron?

From COVID.  That's alot of dead Americans to be blasé about.

6 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

The at home tests are legitimately 50/50 at best. We have access to direct PCR tests through the Health Care District, and they are also subject to false results. 

Aye, so it seems.  I have a more legit one set up this weekend (earliest I could get) to be safe.  Happily my own symptoms were alot more mild than yours were, whatever it was that got my whole family (wasn't at all like the flu, nothing like a normal cold we get either, hence why I thought it might finally be the 'Rona).  Whatever it was/is, I've personally never seen something nail almost an entire family all in one go and all at the same time like that at a family gathering.  Usually at least a few folks miss a flu (or have the right flu shot) or a cold.  

[TuscanyTile2]

4 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

The at home tests are legitimately 50/50 at best. We have access to direct PCR tests through the Health Care District, and they are also subject to false results. 

It's interesting because I've had similar symptoms the past couple of days (headache, bodyache, cough, probably a very mild fever, and I've slept a ton the past couple of days.  Last night it turned into a bad stomach but I feel like I'm over it now). 

How do you know that you had Covid (as opposed to just general sickness) if the tests are 50/50 at best?  And how do they know that the tests are 50/50 if even the PCR tests are subject to false results?  

[munchmemory]

Sending along my best wishes for a speedy recovery, JE1.

[munchmemory]

1 minute ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

It's interesting because I've had similar symptoms the past couple of days (headache, bodyache, cough, probably a very mild fever, and I've slept a ton the past couple of days.  Last night it turned into a bad stomach but I feel like I'm over it now). 

How do you know that you had Covid (as opposed to just general sickness) if the tests are 50/50 at best?  And how do they know that the tests are 50/50 if even the PCR tests are subject to false results?  

Go get a PCR test.

[Jet_Engine1]

2 minutes ago, TuscanyTile2 said:

It's interesting because I've had similar symptoms the past couple of days (headache, bodyache, cough, probably a very mild fever, and I've slept a ton the past couple of days.  Last night it turned into a bad stomach but I feel like I'm over it now). 

How do you know that you had Covid (as opposed to just general sickness) if the tests are 50/50 at best?  And how do they know that the tests are 50/50 if even the PCR tests are subject to false results?  

My Sister in Laws family all also tested positive (Went to her house Christmas Eve),  I have the same symptoms as her family and other FFs that have tested positive, and I tested + on both at home and PCR. 

 

The holes in the error model would be very small given this set of circumstances. 

 

[jeremy2020]

56 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

Sore throat, cough, terrible body aches, tired, but the aches make sleep difficult. No real fever but woke up this morning drenched in sweat. Spent the last 2 days in bed. What a way to end a terrible year.  

 

But I'm fine with finally getting the Corona Light instead of full-blown Covid. 

How do you tell the difference between that and watching a Jets game? 

Get well soon.

[defensedoesntgetyoulaid]

55 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

No real fever but woke up this morning drenched in sweat. Spent the last 2 days in bed.

Sounds like my honeymoon

[Jet_Engine1]

1 minute ago, jeremy2020 said:

How do you tell the difference between that and watching a Jets game?