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Interesting reading that some probably had covid at the end of 2019. I also suspect it was ‘here’ at that time. A colleague of mine at work had what he thought was the worst chest infection he’d ever known in November 2019. Two courses of antibiotics barely touched it. He had breathing trouble and symptoms lingered for a couple of months. My mrs then had a weird dry cough and lost her taste for about three days during December 2019. She felt ok but said it was the weirdest cough she’d known, had half hour coughing fits at times but it cleared in a few days. She didn’t think anything more of it once it cleared up.
This was all before the publicity on symptoms to know what we were looking for. Can anyone remember the date it was supposed to have ‘arrived’ in the U.K.?
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I caught it end of October, just after turning 54. Had shivers Thursday night, felt rough Friday, compelling me to take my temperature, which was just under 38C (below what the advice was to get tested) but improved a lot on Saturday. Had a blocked nose for days after. It felt like a common cold. Then, a week after I had the shivers, a comment by my son about how garlicky our meal was made me realise that I had lost my sense of smell, but I put it down to my blocked nose. Two days later though, I lost my sense of taste (others argue I never had any) and I booked a test. Still convinced it was a cold, I was surprised to find the test came back positive. Both taste and smell returned the day my test result was sent to me.
2 notable things about my experience. Though I didn't isolate from the rest of the family, no-one else developed symptoms. And, apart from the day I felt rough, I had 15 minutes on my rowing machine everyday throughout this period, with no breathing problems.
I do feel I had it very easy.
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07-18-2021, 06:40 AM
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Me and son had it in january. I enjoyed the 2 weeks of work no real side effects other than loss of smell. My daughter and his girlfriend isolated with us but were negative.
In the last week my daughter and her boyfriend and 6 of their friends have all tested positive after watching the euro final at the pub.
Also my partners two sons who both live with her became positive while we were away on holiday so she's had to spend the last week away from her home.
Its a nightmare it seems like more people have got it than ever and it's all over apparently on Monday ala freedom day.
More like Back to Square 1 day!!
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Went to London end of December 2019.
Visited Chinatown and at the end of the day watched a cracking sunset whilst on Tower Bridge along with hundreds of others many of whom were oriental.
A week later in early January I developped a hacking, dry cough and had breathing difficulties when it went on my chest.
The cough lasted until mid February.
I'm pretty sure it was Covid given that I'd been in close proximity to Chinese people and the symptoms
