I got covid. It sucked balls.
I wasn’t transfected.
I don’t regret a damn thing.
Okay, so that’s pretty dramatic start but I did spend an inordinate amount of time, like this entire last year almost, researching immunology and weighing the pros and cons of potentially getting covid-19, both the long term effects (unknown) and short-term effects against the knowns/unknowns and risks of a covid ‘vaccine’ (let’s be real these are transfections and do NOT resemble traditional vaccines. It’s apples vs eggs, not oranges, people.
Now I’ve seen enough to know there are no guarantees in life so I made a decision and will live and die with those consequences. So will everyone, whatever they choose. Again, there are no guarantees. Not from you, not from your family, your loved ones, not the CDC, not the government. Not from anyone. Anyone that promises a guarantee on this issue is an outright liar.
Everyone’s covid experience is different. Not just “vaxxed” vs “unvaxxed” but just in general. For many it’s mild, for others it’s severe. ‘Mild’ here (according to the doctor) means “you didn’t end up in the hospital”. It doesn’t mean “it isn’t gonna suck.”
Many people are interested in such experiences so I will relate mine a little. Not for sympathy (no use for that) but because I find it interesting to hear about other people’s experiences with this nasty little bug and so maybe you do, too. If you got covid and it was actually “mild” (not like the doc’s definition above) then be happy. I don’t begrudge you that. If you got it bad, you’ll recover in time. Keep up your spirits. It helps if you can find a good doc (maybe the most difficult task of all). If you have known comorbidities, do your best to research ways to minimize them. Take care of yourself.
Anyway, I do not have any comorbitidies aside from mild asthma (i tend to get things go to my chest if i do get something like the flu but it’s been a long time since I had a heavy flu). I am in my 40’s, lean fit and very active. I had been supplementing with vit D, zinc and quercetin and nigella prior to my infection and a little nasal rinse (iodine type) thrown in for good measure her and there. I had had a heavy cold a couple of weeks prior to covid so I was a little tired and run down, not too bad but I got the motherload of covid. Where I live/work, the odds of my covid-donor being masked and vaxxed person are extremely high. I don’t care. I had assumed the risk. But boy, it came fast and it came hard (a line in every adult movie…)
I woke up one evening feeling out of it, like a bad trip, but no fever. The latter came the next afternoon (a balmy 100 - 101.5 that lasted for almost 10 days, yowzers!), then the sucker went straight to my throat and chest for a solid 4 days. My throat was wickedly raw and I was coughing up dark phlegm regularly. I didn’t feel out of breath though but I did feel like a zombie and a fidgety one to boot. Previous experiences with the flu have allowed me to chill out with some 80’s flicks and chicken soup. Not with covid. I was twitchy and anxious. The ceiling got a lot of attention (i missed some spots when I painted..) As for chicken soup, nope. I couldn’t eat for a week and after that it took a lot of effort to eat more than just a few bites. I still had my taste just no appetite. That returned after 8 days when food suddenly regained its appeal. That was f’in glorious! At my weight/height, I don’t exactly have pounds to spare…
Oh, and I got a funny little rash on the back of my hands. Covid flair, I guess. Gone now.
Ironically, the heaviest days were the first 4, after which I started feeling better for a bit. A day later I started feeling out of breath even though the nasty phlegm had stopped. I had gotten bronchitis. At this point I called a doc who gave me some great meds to minimize the inflammation/effects of covid including some inhaled budesonide and NAC. Interestingly, my pulse-ox never dropped below 97 the whole time I was sick so that was good, though that didn’t make me feel better. It did reassure me that I was gonna be ‘okay’ (my spouse might disagree with that assessment :)
It’s been almost 4 weeks since I got the bug and I have some very minor lung irritation left, nothing major. I was advised to take aspirin for a while to deal with clot potential and build back up my fitness slowly due to the heavy infection so for now I’ve been taking my ebike out for some neighborhood cruises so I only have to do half the work..
I’ve spoken to others, both young and old and I have found such a variety of the severity, symptoms and the length of recovery.
BUT the best part of getting covid-19 is POST-COVID CLARITY!
I can’t speak for those who have persistent brain-fog (mine lasted 3 days and that’s it) but damn, when you get ‘post covid-clarity’…it is amazing. It can be summarized by some of the following symptoms (which now have a distinct realness compared to their hypothetical predecessor):
I’m not scared anymore of the covid mystery. I got to know the f#$%er, up close and personal. I didn’t care for it. Still don’t. My body was not a fan. Though sars-cov1 has a right to “life” (it’s a virus so that’s technically incorrect) too. It’s about diversity, right?
It’s unlikely, I’ll get it again (even with a variant) like THAT and that’s just fine by me. Getting sick is part of living. There are worse things and death isn’t one of them.
Natural immunity isn’t a myth, you covidian twats. Sure, you might have to pay for it but the same goes for these transfections and their myriad boosters. You might be paying for that if you haven’t yet…It’s YOUR choice. You don’t get to choose the outcome, only your decision. Make yours and leave others alone, you condescending, moral narcissists.
There are good doctors to be found. Ones that aren’t bought and paid for by pharmaceutical “immunomythology” (hat tip JJ Couey). It’s worth it to find one. Even if it’s only to minimize long-term symptoms. Find one now before you need ‘em.
Masks are horseshit. Let’s be honest. Many knew it, and now if you don’t know it, you’re an idiot. Stop pretending, it’s getting old. No, N-95s aren’t a whole lot better. Get a bubble, instead.
I don’t give a damn what anyone thinks about covid, the dirty “unvaxxed” or any of that. Those people can suck it. And no, to certain folks I know… I’m certainly not getting a vax now, ‘cause I had the thing, you scientifically- illiterate twits.
The medical establishment is full of malevolent morons denying useful early treatments and pushing/forcing questionable products that do NOT stop infection or transmission. What else is there to say about that? It’s beyond the pale. Ascientific and authoritarian.
Covid sucks but authoritarians suck MORE. WAY more. Even if they are like ice cream…