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In reply to the discussion: It's entirely possible that COVID-19 has been circulating [View all]JenniferJuniper
(4,517 posts)129. Exactly...
part of the problem with Lyme is that the tests only show positive within a small window. There was no doubt in my case, so I will always know exactly what caused that devastating illness that is still affecting me to this day.
Right now, the lack of tests is causing insanity. My sister is an RN in an urban hospital. She has been working on a floor with a large number of "flu" patients. She has convinced herself she has Corona. I think she has my niece's cold.
But we can't know. She has no access to testing. She doesn't even have a properly fitted mask.
And that orange imbecile continues to congratulate himself.
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there was a vid posted recently from a scientist discussing distancing...
getagrip_already
Mar 2020
#3
Will you please make this it's own op? I would like to bookmark it. Thanks.
SaveOurDemocracy
Mar 2020
#94
The fact thay they're already finding alternatve DNA strands is kind of suspicious...
Wounded Bear
Mar 2020
#5
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 read that if you become reinfected, you are more likely to die...this virus causes lung damage
Demsrule86
Mar 2020
#26
Thanksgiving week I got something that gor into my lungs lieraly overnight after getting ...
marble falls
Mar 2020
#16
Colds roll in, this came on like instantly - one minute feeling good, the next BANG sick, right?
marble falls
Mar 2020
#70
I had the same thing right after Thanksgiving and it lasted for about a month.
smirkymonkey
Apr 2020
#160
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
Thanks so much. I was shocked and surprised that I too, had lyme disease, didn't even know ...
SWBTATTReg
Mar 2020
#108
If you really did get it and if you have recovered then thank God for your recovery.
totodeinhere
Mar 2020
#32
I had something similar back over xmas, although fever wise, it didn't fit the MO.
woodsprite
Mar 2020
#40
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
From what I've read in Wired, the first cases were noticed in China in November.
BusyBeingBest
Mar 2020
#75
I had the exact same thing, and it was also a very unusual "cold virus" for me to have
obamanut2012
Mar 2020
#60
I think the epidemiological models also point to China as the point of origin.
Act_of_Reparation
Mar 2020
#71
flu tests have a significant false negative rate, particularly on this past winter's strains
Amishman
Mar 2020
#158
January 6 my whole front desk. 5 people myself included. We had a team of three working at our
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#86
I bet if you were tested for antibodies you would NOT have covid-19 antibodies
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#88
There are MANY coronavirus diseases. SARS was one of them. It means nothing in this context. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#92
YEs, eventually. I just saw a report that they have isolated the antibodies
relayerbob
Mar 2020
#126
It is. I like how gov and mayor are handling the crisis. But, we are not showing any tested
LizBeth
Mar 2020
#114
Interesting, because I told Mr Nay that I wondered whether I had already had COVID
Nay
Mar 2020
#117
Is this a similar situation like the Spanish Flu that lasted from January 1818 to December 1919?
BlkOrchid58
Apr 2020
#162
I agree about the antibody testing. It would certainly explain a lot if we were able to get tested.
BlkOrchid58
Apr 2020
#164