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[Mary Bailey]

@nana59   True  Thank you  We are both very concerned

 I've lost count, at the hospital 35 cases  6 deaths  I think

 he's been there about 15 years through Bird Flu  SARS

this is the worst

[Puppy Lips]

We flew back to FL from South Africa after a fabulous vacation. Got home on Jan. 31 and I was sick right away. Started with a bad headache, then body aches, then fever, then diarrhea for three days. It took well over a week to feel better. I did not have a cough though. So who knows? No everyone gets all the symptoms. This is scary stuff and I get more anxious with each passing day.

[Desertdi]

I had bronchitis in February.    Maybe it was "something else" ???

[GenXmuse]

Sometimes a cold is just a cold. 

[Cakers3]

No we do not. 

[shoekitty]

One day I felt flushed like I had a fever. And a headache.  Took temp, it was 978  not even 98   Whew.  I took Tylenol and felt better.  Cooped up.  I also have RA and can run low grade fevers.

[Shorty2U]

Yes I actually took my temp 3X this week because I had a somewhat runny nose and dry cough. My DH has asthma and allergies galore so Im always saying are you sick? I think my running nose and cough are from allergies too OR the bleach and ecessive cleaning stuff Ive been doing! Because he was still working until Friday when he now decided to take a month vacation days bc 3 people at his job have the virus and 1 is on a ventilator! So it is on my mind constantly! (PS those 3 people are not in DHs department at work)

[SurferWife]

No.  I am not going to start living my life in fear of a virus.  I'm working from home; I go out for fresh air but I'm not getting close to other people, except my husband & puppy who thinks he's a person.

[hckynut]

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@Mary Bailey 

Nope! I have a pretty good read on what my body tells me. What I hear and/or see on the news has no bearing on my knowledge of the health and fitness of my body. 

One's mind, can at times, also be their adversary.

hckynut

[JustJazzmom]

People are walking around that are asymptomatic. So those are the people I worry about who can infect the more vulnerable. 

Not everyone gets a fever or has gastro symptoms. 

It's been reported that maybe a week before showing symptoms like fever & body aches, some experience a loss of smell and/or taste. 

The only way you are going to know if you had it & recovered is getting an antibody test & those are rarer to obtain than the test to see if you have it.