01-11-2022, 03:30 PM
(01-11-2022, 11:48 AM)baggy1 Wrote: Not wanting to play it down but I know of loads more people that have had Omicron this time and virtually everyone has had mild (cold / flu like) symptoms. The only one recently that has had more is my S-I-L who got it well before Christmas (so might be delta) and is still struggling with getting her smell and taste back. My daughter has had it last week or so and lives with us and we did keep contact down to a minimum, eating and working in different rooms, but touch wood it hasn't been passed onto any of the other 3 in the house. My B-I-L has called this morning to say he has tested positive, probably from a get together on Friday night, and this will be the intersting one because he went for brunch with my M-I-L yesterday (not knowing he had been exposed) and she is the one we are protecting (it was her birthday). I got pinged yesterday from what I guess was the Cardiff game, but no symptoms.
One thing - flu isn't "mild"; it is a killer. Last time I had it, a long time ago (Christmas 1990), I was 31, fit as a fiddle and it knocked me out flat and in delirium and coughing blood when I came to between sleep or otherwise being "out of it". After rising from my bed after 4-5 days, I was still weak as a kitten for another 3 or 4 days. No wonder older folk are at risk.