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Thomas Hurt

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7. I had the flu over christmas. Was odd in that my oxygen level was low in this bout.

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 11:14 AM

Mar 2020

I wrote that off to me getting older but I have to wonder if it was a brush with CV considering I am almost certain I picked it up on a plane.

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It's entirely possible that COVID-19 has been circulating [View all] MineralMan Mar 2020 OP

Yeah, well - OhZone Mar 2020 #1

Colds can certainly cause fever. unblock Mar 2020 #36

Colds can cause fevers. n/t whopis01 Mar 2020 #154

Similar situation here. luvs2sing Mar 2020 #2

there was a vid posted recently from a scientist discussing distancing... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #3

Exactly. There are not enough masks for everyone. LisaL Mar 2020 #8

not enough ppe, not enough ventilators, not enough icu beds.... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #11

Mask material has bigger openings than size of virus at140 Mar 2020 #105

Was that Chris Martsnson? He's talked about that on YouTube. Sugar Smack Mar 2020 #27

yes... here is the link getagrip_already Mar 2020 #31

Thanks for putting this up! Sugar Smack Mar 2020 #34

Will you please make this it's own op? I would like to bookmark it. Thanks. SaveOurDemocracy Mar 2020 #94

Several days ago I asked the Admin mercuryblues Mar 2020 #106

I went and asked after I posted that, no reply as yet. 😷 SaveOurDemocracy Mar 2020 #150

Fascinating information, thank you! phylny Mar 2020 #156

Sounds similar Dave in VA Mar 2020 #4

The fact thay they're already finding alternatve DNA strands is kind of suspicious... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #5

AFAIK, SARS viruses can and do mutate very rapidly. n/t Laelth Mar 2020 #38

No. It doesn't - and no, he is not right. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #63

I was wondering the same thing, but no. jeffreyi Mar 2020 #85

early january, husband I were laid low by same thing babydollhead Mar 2020 #6

I had the flu over christmas. Was odd in that my oxygen level was low in this bout. Thomas Hurt Mar 2020 #7

Yep, my wife and I think that she had it as well as our 9 year old daughter. Ace Rothstein Mar 2020 #9

Maybe a test would reveal a previous infection and buildup of corresponding antibodies? DFW Mar 2020 #10

I don't know that they have a test for COVID-19 antibodies yet. Igel Mar 2020 #14

From yesterday's paper in Science: dalton99a Mar 2020 #12

Are you immune? Or... are survivors of COVID19 immune to reinfection? NurseJackie Mar 2020 #13

All questions without answers, really. MineralMan Mar 2020 #22

I read that if you become reinfected, you are more likely to die...this virus causes lung damage Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #26

People are not being reinfected -- this has been disproven obamanut2012 Mar 2020 #61

Nothing has been disproved. There are not even antibody tests yet. Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #80

My wife and I, and 3 other family members who don't live here, have had empedocles Mar 2020 #15

Thanksgiving week I got something that gor into my lungs lieraly overnight after getting ... marble falls Mar 2020 #16

Exactly what I experienced. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #49

Colds roll in, this came on like instantly - one minute feeling good, the next BANG sick, right? marble falls Mar 2020 #70

Me too MFM008 Mar 2020 #142

I had the same thing right after Thanksgiving and it lasted for about a month. smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #160

My cough lasted until after Christmas, too. Dry but racking. marble falls Apr 2020 #161

Same with me pattyloutwo Mar 2020 #17

Mr. and me.. Zoonart Mar 2020 #118

I think you are right... Phentex Mar 2020 #18

That's the problem with this. There are so many upper respiratory illnesses MineralMan Mar 2020 #25

I was sicker than I've ever been back in Nov. Fever of livetohike Mar 2020 #19

I was too...ended up in hospital...really ill and a forty something woman where my daughter worked Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #23

I read your post re. lyme disease, I was just curious if somehow, lyme disease is related to ... SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #74

Hi. We live in the woods in northwestern PA where Lyme disease livetohike Mar 2020 #104

Thanks so much. I was shocked and surprised that I too, had lyme disease, didn't even know ... SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #108

Lyme RobinA Mar 2020 #115

I've had low fever and a slight cough for a month. panader0 Mar 2020 #20

Same here. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #21

Early February, my daughter and her 3 yr old had what dr called cry baby Mar 2020 #24

Could be. Now, we're testing. Earlier, we weren't. MineralMan Mar 2020 #29

Exactly. I wonder if doctors widely knew at the time of the cry baby Mar 2020 #50

Well, they know about coronaviruses in general, since MineralMan Mar 2020 #51

Totally true! cry baby Mar 2020 #56

It was just a cold. I've had dozens of them. MineralMan Mar 2020 #58

You might be able to know if they get a covid-19 test. totodeinhere Mar 2020 #35

Hopefully they'll come up with a test that can pick up cry baby Mar 2020 #44

I was in the hospital in January. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2020 #28

Hmm... MineralMan Mar 2020 #30

I don't like to assume. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2020 #62

Yes. I live in KCMO. nt leftyladyfrommo Mar 2020 #82

If you really did get it and if you have recovered then thank God for your recovery. totodeinhere Mar 2020 #32

Well, if I'm right and it has been around for a while, MineralMan Mar 2020 #37

Week B4 Christmas Here ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #33

No conclusions here. Just questions. MineralMan Mar 2020 #41

Wasn't Accusing MM ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #48

It would be a more pleasant conclusion RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #138

Probably So ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #141

I have bronchitis too at times RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #147

No Fever ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #148

A round of something similar went around our house in January. Progressive Jones Mar 2020 #39

I had something similar back over xmas, although fever wise, it didn't fit the MO. woodsprite Mar 2020 #40

I was really sick mid January kimbutgar Mar 2020 #42

My neighbors experienced the same thing CanonRay Mar 2020 #43

There's a suspicion that there are two similiar viruses unblock Mar 2020 #45

Wondering the same thing. peacefreak2.0 Mar 2020 #46

I had the same thing and was sick marlakay Mar 2020 #47

My wife brought home something in late December. El Supremo Mar 2020 #52

I had the same mid-January Victory at Yorktown Mar 2020 #53

No, that is simply wishful thinking jberryhill Mar 2020 #54

I will say my husband had what he considered "the flu" in mid-January. BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #55

I think I may have had it. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2020 #57

That's the same theory I've been trying to quash in a right wing republican FB "friend" of mine. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #59

Interesting. MineralMan Mar 2020 #67

You can do your own resesarch, but here's a bit of explanation Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #103

Have you ever heard of the "Nobel Prize"? jberryhill Mar 2020 #119

Thanks for that information. MineralMan Mar 2020 #123

From what I've read in Wired, the first cases were noticed in China in November. BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #75

Tracing the mutations is not a guess. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #100

I'm not saying the virus didn't have origins in China. BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #113

My point isn't the exact timing - Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #121

I had the exact same thing, and it was also a very unusual "cold virus" for me to have obamanut2012 Mar 2020 #60

I have a friend with pre-existing severe respiratory ailments Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2020 #64

I was in Lombardy, Italy, in December of last year. mecherosegarden Mar 2020 #65

I wonder about the same thing Nonhlanhla Mar 2020 #66

Not likely, in my opinion. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2020 #68

Well, it first got noticed in China. MineralMan Mar 2020 #69

I think the epidemiological models also point to China as the point of origin. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2020 #71

Yes, it seems so. MineralMan Mar 2020 #78

I keep hearing this-- Lulu KC Mar 2020 #72

No. No it hasn't Amishman Mar 2020 #73

+10000000000000000 Celerity Mar 2020 #155

You may well be correct, but phylny Mar 2020 #157

flu tests have a significant false negative rate, particularly on this past winter's strains Amishman Mar 2020 #158

Thanks for this information! phylny Mar 2020 #159

I had something similar in January. Golden Raisin Mar 2020 #76

I came down with something in early February EarlG Mar 2020 #77

That's the problem, I think, with a lot of this. MineralMan Mar 2020 #83

I had a slight flu in November. LanternWaste Mar 2020 #79

.. MineralMan Mar 2020 #84

It was going around KC during the superbowl uponit7771 Mar 2020 #81

January 6 my whole front desk. 5 people myself included. We had a team of three working at our LizBeth Mar 2020 #86

Interesting... MineralMan Mar 2020 #87

I bet if you were tested for antibodies you would NOT have covid-19 antibodies Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #88

You could certainly be correct. MineralMan Mar 2020 #90

There are MANY coronavirus diseases. SARS was one of them. It means nothing in this context. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2020 #92

This message was self-deleted by its author LizBeth Mar 2020 #95

OK... MineralMan Mar 2020 #98

I suspect you're right; however, it wasn't until folks with severe cases Texin Mar 2020 #112

Agree gollygee Mar 2020 #116

I agree, the earliest known case in China has been moved to Nov 17 relayerbob Mar 2020 #89

Could be. I'm really just pointing out that we don't know, because MineralMan Mar 2020 #97

Yep, and the tests don't identify past cases, AFAIK relayerbob Mar 2020 #109

I imagine there will be a test for antibodies. MineralMan Mar 2020 #110

YEs, eventually. I just saw a report that they have isolated the antibodies relayerbob Mar 2020 #126

Good. All of those things take time. MineralMan Mar 2020 #127

Yes, the problem is far less the disease than 45's ineptness relayerbob Mar 2020 #132

I think you may be right matt819 Mar 2020 #91

That would mean we have some immunity Cary Mar 2020 #93

Several friends had it - referred to it as a "zombie" cold jmbar2 Mar 2020 #96

Out of our five we had one were she felt better and then came back too. LizBeth Mar 2020 #101

The folks I knew were also Eugene and Salem jmbar2 Mar 2020 #107

It is. I like how gov and mayor are handling the crisis. But, we are not showing any tested LizBeth Mar 2020 #114

I am assuming it's here and acting accordingly. jmbar2 Mar 2020 #120

Here is a map I am looking at. Not seeing it on the coast. LizBeth Mar 2020 #124

Thanks - I hadn't seen that yet. jmbar2 Mar 2020 #131

I had something similar, but Susan Calvin Mar 2020 #99

Thank you! Jrsygrl96 Mar 2020 #102

I have to add my own story about this PunksMom Mar 2020 #111

Interesting, because I told Mr Nay that I wondered whether I had already had COVID Nay Mar 2020 #117

The worst "flu" I have had JenniferJuniper Mar 2020 #122

Yes, it can be confusing without tests. MineralMan Mar 2020 #125

Exactly... JenniferJuniper Mar 2020 #129

My wife and I... greytdemocrat Mar 2020 #128

I Have No Idea RobinA Mar 2020 #130

China officially notified the WHO December 31. That's Hortensis Mar 2020 #133

Yeah, I remember that. MineralMan Mar 2020 #134

Among the many things we won't know is who actually Hortensis Mar 2020 #135

It was a rather mild illness. I remember it because it was different. MineralMan Mar 2020 #140

Those maps really say it, don't they? At that they're just direct Hortensis Mar 2020 #143

I agree RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #136

Elizabeth Warren put out Coronavirus plans in January. blm Mar 2020 #137

wow.... I had the same thing......... Takket Mar 2020 #139

In mid December, an art buyer came to our house WhiteTara Mar 2020 #144

Wow! MineralMan Mar 2020 #145

I think the virus has been around for at least 3 months. WhiteTara Mar 2020 #146

Interesting. MineralMan Mar 2020 #149

Wouldn't surprise me. bearsfootball516 Mar 2020 #151

Ever since hearing about this strain, I started wondering about 2naSalit Mar 2020 #152

I was hit with the same thing in Nov, last year mercuryblues Mar 2020 #153

Is this a similar situation like the Spanish Flu that lasted from January 1818 to December 1919? BlkOrchid58 Apr 2020 #162

It would be interesting to see a chart of respiratory disease deaths MineralMan Apr 2020 #163

I agree about the antibody testing. It would certainly explain a lot if we were able to get tested. BlkOrchid58 Apr 2020 #164