WHO Here On ATS Actually Has Coronavirus?

a reply to: SJE98


Sounds about right. It's very contagious indeed. My niece got I first (2 years old, probably from kindergarten, it's a cesspool of germs). Then we all fell like dominoes one by one.

My brother and I are in the last recovery stages I think. The fact that I smoke cigars probably doesn't help my lasting cough lol. But I'm only concerned about my mother, she's vulnerable and not sounding too good.


Side note: ppl have emptied nearly all cough/cold medicine at the local target and nearby pharmacy; they're basically out of Mucinex/Tylenol/airborne. There are dozens of open packages laying about, it's shameful... Some people went into panic mode and are affecting rational people's everyday life. I think it's silly...

Anyway. That's just my opinion.


Edit: this is in reference to likely getting the influenza, not covid. Just clarifying.

a reply to: Drachenfel


To be fair: NONE of us got tested, as far as I know, the only known test kit comes directly from the CDC and they are limited; the nurse that got it can't even get a test kit


I remember someone involved in the distribution in Hawaii mentioning they never got a valid set of test kits from the CDC either, some sort of fiasco where first batch was sent to wrong state, second batch was compromised and no goodm 3rd was a few weeks late and never arrived last I checked.


So this makes me wonder about the number of confirmed cases and the death rate. These CANNOT be accurate by any means if nobody's getting tested...

All of my coworkers including my self have had all the symptoms,
it took me 2 weeks to get rid of what ever it was.
im giving credit to the high doses of vitamin C I've been taking all winter for fighting it off..
some of them stayed home longer with worse symptoms.

nearest test sight is 3 hours away.
someone will have to die before they start testing in my area.

At Wal-Mart there was over 25 people in the pharmacy lane...I got out of the crowd.

I love Chinese food but some how I've lost my appetite.

As iammrhappy86 has pointed out, you're not going to see many people testing positive for it because there are simply few test kits available until at least this next weekend.

That being said, I can 100% say that I've been exposed to the virus. I work for a large telecommunications company located in a building shared with Samsung here in San Diego that had a definitive case when one employee came home from South Korea and went to work at our campus on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I happened to work with this employee in one of our conference rooms that afternoon. On Wednesday, campus management was alerted to this employee being exposed and recommended that all employees go home for the day....over 900 employees went home and cleaning crews were sent in to give it a "deep cleaning." I was ordered to stay home and "self contain" but my friends/co-workers reported walking into the office that smelled of chemicals and on every door and common areas had postings to wash your hands and other such "liability-reducing" propaganda. I guess the company felt that it was enough and it was business as usual. I also worked from home on Friday.

Yesterday morning, I woke up with a mild fever and a mild, dry cough, and burning behind my eyes a bit. It has not gotten worse but not better and I suspect that I might have it. Gotta tell you though that if I am sick with this virus, this is far, far less than some hangovers I've had. I go to get swabbed tomorrow afternoon so I'll let you know.

a reply to: IAMTAT

We dont have covid-19........yet.

After tomorrow we will be as prepared as ever for a very long quarantine. Good luck everyone.

No corona here , not even the cheap beer thanks to minimum pricing

Scotland seems ok so far

A lot of people wont be able to tell if its a normal cold/flu / manflu or corona

a reply to: sapien82

18 cases found in Scotland so far.

A few up in Tyneside and a few more down in York seem to be the closest cases to me, as yet.

www.bbc.co.uk...

There was a lot of people really bad - including both my parents - at the back end of last year/early this year where people were displaying many of the symptoms of this coronavirus.
This has led many to believe that the virus been around a lot longer than currently acknowledged.

I'm not too sure of that but I do know my parents and quite a few friends were really, really bad.

I seem ok so far as do the wife, daughter, grandson and the rest of my family.....touch wood!

Stay safe my friend.

a reply to: Freeborn

By the looks of things it seems to be hitting the elderly , hopefully it isnt too bad and doesnt get worse.

Glad to know your auld yins are better

I've not been watching the news at all so havent been seeing the hype , but heard a few daft stories about toilet paper and hand sanitiser

You stay safe too mate

as should all of you on ATS

a reply to: IAMTAT

I'm just getting over it..

Didn't do a whole lot.

Sweats/fever, throat, earache from hell, dry cough, little difficulty breathing but not as bad as I thought it would be..

All over in virtually no time at all...!

Chock that up to having a Auto-Immune disease (RA is a hyper Immune system that attacks everything, including my own body and organs, but also every bug and virus).

I'm still having a lot of Muscle and joint pains at the tail end (but that could also be compounded by deciding not to take my immunosuppressive meds since the virus started spreading).

I'd be keen to hear from any of our Italian friends on ATS

a reply to: IAMTAT

I just posted this in a random thread, but I saw this one and thought I should post it here.


Whelp....

I was going to write a thread about this, but have decided that I don't want the flags, stars (or perceived desire to get either/both) or attention associated with such a thing.

So I will state it here- I have been exposed and am displaying symptoms. It's more like an annoying hangover at this point, and TBH, I care more about my three under four than I do myself.

Symptoms include sore throat, runny nose, and tightness in chest. Of course there is a cough, but thankfully it is a dry one, and I have a slight fever. Also, oddly, itchy eyes.

We have always been disaster prepared in my household, and in case of a lack of food, I have more guns and ammo than my liberal neighbors. (not a knock on liberals, just a fact in Maryland) I'm more annoyed than anything else, and feel bad that two days ago I took my mother-in-law to a diner for dinner during the early bird time, and having been in uniform shook too many elderly hands. That, and I have been making a bunch of Wu-flu jokes, which is irony in a nutshell.

I have never seen such a lack of information in my time, and liken it to the early days of AIDS as far as information goes. Nobody knows nearly enough about this thing, and yet everyone is either a doomsayer or naysayer. That's getting pretty old.

I've always thought the herd needs thinning, but would rather not be a part of that slaughter. BTW, no I am not quarantined. they won't test us, and therefore there isn't enough information to go on.

Please do not star this post, but do feel free to IM me on this platform.

a reply to: ThouArtGod

I'm sorry. I starred your post before I saw where you asked me not to.
The star was meant to convey my appreciation for your honesty, insight and common sense.
I wish you and yours' well.

a reply to: IAMTAT

Thank you, and I believe we will be. I just thought that if it does get worse, I want to be able to add to the discussion. TBH, it is weird that we are all at work today, IMO. Half the people are hacking up lungs.

First confirmed case in the town where I live today.

Don't know any more details as not heard anything about it from any family or friends.
Local news said the person is self-isolating so can only assume that whoever it is isn't seriously ill at present.

On Feb 26th, I went to a clinic having a sore throat, constant pain/burning in one side of my chest for the past three days (not heartburn, more of a pinching that wouldn't go away), trouble taking deep breaths, and watery, scratchy eyes. No real coughing, just a mild, dry cough if anything.

After explaining my symptoms, the doctors masked and gloved up and told me they'd do both a rapid flu and strep test. Both came back negative. I was told that I had a "mystery virus" and to go home, rest, and call a hospital if symptoms worsen. They didn't want to do any further tests.

The exact diagnosis I was handed on a sheet was acute bronchitis, respiratory infection and that "these are caused typically by viruses, therefore antibiotics will not work". I've never had bronchitis or pnuemonia before in my life.

Of note, I am also immunosuppressed, so get very nervous when I get seriously ill, as sometimes it's two whole weeks in bed. However, this was knocked out in about two days after the doctor visit naturally, so about five days from start to finish. I'd compare it to a mild to moderate cold, not nearly as bad as flu, with the worst symptom being the pinching in the chest that never goes away and makes it very hard to sleep comfortably, as you shift constantly from your back to your side, to your other side.

While I never got the test, therefore don't know what virus it was, I am in an area with confirmed cases and the symptoms match. So, if this was it, people should really calm down, unless you are a very, very ill or high-risk person. (This is coming from someone immunosuppressed who knocked this out relatively easily all things considered).

I have to dive in here to claim similar to what other people have posted. Around 2nd and 3rd week in February I was displaying typical symptoms of this virus. I’d jut come out of hospital a week before (gallbladder removal) and suspected I’d picked something up there.

By end of the first week it wouldn’t budge so visited doctors. Doc said things seemed ok apart from higher than normal temp and bit of swelling on throat. Gave me some meds and few days later I was good.

It’s probably not but I can’t help but think corona has hit (I’m in UK) already prior to the media hype

a reply to: IAMTAT


I do not have coronavirus. On top of that i dont know anyone that has it.

I sear this whole thing is a complete beat up by the media. More people in the US have died in car crashes, but i dont see media hysteria over that.

Its clear to me, the media is using this crisis as a means to blame it on the President.

I have a feva...and the only prescription, is more cowbell!

On a serious note. Imagine this was a zombie like virus outbreak?
Good to know we,d do a piss poor job at containing it.
Look how fast it jumped ship (literally) from another country across the planet to your doorsteps.

I've got flu like symptoms, minus congestion, with tight chest. I've been asked to self-isolate, and thankfully already work from home so that hasn't been a problem.

My friend, who I likely got it from, went in to the hospital with pneumonia symptoms. Haven't checked in with him again, but we're both young-ish and healthy, and will most likely be fine. What makes me worry for the elderly and vulnerable is that neither of us were offered testing...who knows how far it's gotten, if we have no data? And my friend started showing symptoms after attending a rave...who knows how many others were exposed? Certainly not our f'ing government! And my friend didn't travel, so that would imply community transmission... definitely not what we're being told in the MSM.

Canada here.

a reply to: Freeborn

two people from my work have been asked to self isolate as they returned from the far east recently
but that is it so far.

seems to be a huge grey area right now for employers of government with sending people home
without being tested and then pay issues as a result

they havent given us any specific info