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DD Has Covid :(

KingstonsMom — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:35:09 GMT

Our adult DD is living with us after a nasty divorce and she works in the grocery industry.

She's been double vaxxed and boosted, so it is true that you can still get Covid, although her symptoms are much milder than they probably would've been without it.

Her main symptoms have been fever and bad body aches, no cough or lung congestion thankfully.

The pathetic thing is that a customer a little over a week ago, had tons of medicines and soups in her cart at customer service and DD wished her family to start feeling better soon.

The woman pulled down her mask and angrily said, "Thanks a lot, we all have Covid!", spraying everything with her saliva.

DD immediately closed down her station and implemented their safety procedures, washing everything down with disinfectant.

I started running a fever yesterday, with headaches and sinus issues and body aches but they aren't as bad as hers.

When the Dr. called that her Covid test was positive, she didn't think to ask which variant it was, Omricon or the original Delta.

She'll find out when her paperwork arrives, I'm just curious.

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Sooner — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:39:28 GMT

@KingstonsMom So sorry to hear that. I pray it goes well for sure.

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meallen616 — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:43:38 GMT

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geezerette — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:44:32 GMT

@KingstonsMom

Sorry to hear that! I hope everyone feels better soon.

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eddyandme — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:49:20 GMT

Hopefully your DD will have a mild case which they say (who knows) will boost her immunity against covid.

There's a lot of flu and also allergies acting up at this time. A friend of mine just had herself tested, along with her son. Both were negative. She has a combo flu/allergy thing and he has a bad case of the flu. In either case, doctors can't tell whether it's the flu or covid 'cause the systoms are common.

Hoping and praying you and your family stay safe and well.

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chrystaltree — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:56:19 GMT

I hope she quarantined herself in your house. The variant is irrelevant. She should have quarantined in your home immediately upon exposure. Staying in one room, using a separate bathroom if possible, disposable eating utensils, a mask whenever she must leave the room. Those are the important tbings, not what strain she has. I assume everyone in the house is vaccinated and boosted.

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catter70 — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:56:28 GMT

Prayers for you and your daughter to be up and feeling well soon. Take care of yourselves.

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ID2 — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:05:39 GMT

It's a virus. Wishing her a speedy recovery.

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Duckncover — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:05:49 GMT

I hope your DD feels better soon. The body aches and pains sound like flu.
One of my grandsons, age 4, seems to have Omicron. Headache, which he has never complained of before, lethargic, and slight congestion, fever. Dr said he didn't want him coming in for testing since it's so traumatic for that age...just treat symptoms and stay ahead of the fever with Tylenol/ Motrin alternation. He said he probably does have the Omicron variant.The treatment is the same whether the test is negative or positive. Dr said so many false negatives with the rapid test it isn't even doing it. Am sure the siblings are next.
We have two drs in the family and I have them on speed dial! I was told that the Omicron variant usually doesn't involve the lungs...just upper respiratory. Good to know.

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NickNack — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:35:18 GMT

@KingstonsMom I'm so sorry to hear this. It's hard to believe that anyone would be as ignorant as the woman who went to the grocery store with Covid. Obviously, delivery is available everywhere.

I'm not sure your daughter will find out which variant she has. I don't think they test for that, at least not here. My niece recently had Covid. She is home with her parents for a few months. She was scheduled to get her booster the day after she came down with symptoms. She stayed as far away from her parents as possible for five days, but only had symptoms for two days. Fortunately, they (my sister and her DH) both tested negative.. I had not been over there for over a week before she came down with it.

I hope your daughter recovers quickly. I really hope your husband doesn't get it--you, too, but especially him with his health issues.

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BlueFinch — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:29:36 GMT

@KingstonsMom This story infuriates me. It looks as if the customer deliberately tried to infect DD, because of anger that she and her family were sick. Her behavior trickled down to -- who knows how many people, including you. Deliberately trying to infect someone with a dangerous illness is criminal. There have been some arrests for this type of behavior.

I have a family friend in his 40's who is very healthy. He jogs 3-5 miles every morning and has a strict, healthy diet. He takes no meds and has A+ physicals. He appeared the picture of health. Until he didn't.

He's been vaccinated and boosted, but now has the 'milder' variant Covid. He's very sick, saying the sickest of his life. He was almost hospitalized before showing some improvement. It's wiped him out.

Even for those who don't require hospitalization they still could suffer long Covid -- for weeks, or months.

This is what someone would deliberately try to infect someone else with? I'm at a loss for what I'm seeing and hearing anymore. I'm losing hope that things will ever be better again.

Best to you and daughter. I hope your DD recovers with no complications and that if you have it, that you do as well.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:32:45 GMT

@KingstonsMom I can commiserate with you as you may recall, I went through that in late October. I'm sure I picked it up the day I went to Walgreens for my booster. I was miserable about three days then felt better. The worst if it was the loss of taste and smell as it took about eight week for it to get back to normal. It was a painfully slow process. This was before the omicron variant arrived.

I hope dd is feeling better soon and that if you have it, it's a light case. Goodness, I hope your hubby doesn't get it. It's hard to believe the utter stupidity of many members of the general public, isn't it?

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RedTop — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:34:55 GMT

@NickNack

My area of southern WV has no delivery services for grocery foods or meds. All of our pharmacies have drive thru windows, and you can schedule pick up times for groceries at our 3 grocery stores. And that's as good as it gets here.

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Jersey Born — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:41:34 GMT

@Kachina624 - I do not consider it stupidity to expose others to a virus when clearly sick and infected; I consider it a callous disregard for the well-being of others. These are the same people who send their feverish child to school after dosing them with Tylenol to reduce their fever in the hope their child can stay in school, and not at home where they would need to be cared for by the parent or caregiver. Some people are completely self-centered/narcissistic, or they simply do not care in the slightest about others. This behavior is nothing new to me. I have seen it happen over and over again, long before this pandemic.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 17:12:51 GMT

@Jersey Born Lack of consideration for other people is epidemic in many areas of our society. I consider that a form of ignorance and stupidity.