Friend's entire family got it in Seattle when that are was blowing up awhile back. 8 year old daughter barely had fever and didn't hardly know she was sick. Husband was basically asymptomatic and the wife had fever, fatigue, coughing/shortness of breath that took about a month to fully recover from. Her biggest thing was it took forever to shake it and so fatigued it was hard to do much of anything. All are good now.
If you've had it, or know someone who has, please keep us informed
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I would argue farming for Texags anecdotes is a great source for misleading, politicized, and partial information, candidly. We've had doctors come here and talk about the things they've seen at their hospital on the ground.
I don't know all the details on all my family members, we're relying on family gossip. Candidly, part of the family with 2 cases is super pro-conspiracy (InfoWars, OANN fans) and was pretty vocal about this all being a hoax, so it's not surprising to me that they have been less than transparent about what's going on. I assume they're fine, they're 30's-40's. My first cousin on the other side of the family was hospitalized and is recovering, he's in his 40s and lives in Toronto. One of my grandmother's sisters have it, which is concerning due to her age, although she's very healthy otherwise. She lives in NYC. The big concern there is that her husband is a recovering cancer patient and they've also had issue getting food.
I don't know all the details on all my family members, we're relying on family gossip. Candidly, part of the family with 2 cases is super pro-conspiracy (InfoWars, OANN fans) and was pretty vocal about this all being a hoax, so it's not surprising to me that they have been less than transparent about what's going on. I assume they're fine, they're 30's-40's. My first cousin on the other side of the family was hospitalized and is recovering, he's in his 40s and lives in Toronto. One of my grandmother's sisters have it, which is concerning due to her age, although she's very healthy otherwise. She lives in NYC. The big concern there is that her husband is a recovering cancer patient and they've also had issue getting food.
We all know the disease can range from asymptomatic to dying. So I don't see the harm in hearing more about people's actual experiences. No one is doing any math or publishing a study based on it. But to hear Ags first and second hand experiences with this disease can still provide some insight into the range of what we might ourselves go through at some point.
Doctors are busy. Some have rules. All are only seeing people while hoapitalized. There are serious limits on what you can glean from their input.HotardAg07 said:
I would argue farming for Texags anecdotes is a great source for misleading, politicized, and partial information, candidly. We've had doctors come here and talk about the things they've seen at their hospital on the ground.
I don't know all the details on all my family members, we're relying on family gossip. Candidly, part of the family with 2 cases is super pro-conspiracy (InfoWars, OANN fans) and was pretty vocal about this all being a hoax, so it's not surprising to me that they have been less than transparent about what's going on. I assume they're fine, they're 30's-40's. My first cousin on the other side of the family was hospitalized and is recovering, he's in his 40s and lives in Toronto. One of my grandmother's sisters have it, which is concerning due to her age, although she's very healthy otherwise. She lives in NYC. The big concern there is that her husband is a recovering cancer patient and they've also had issue getting food.
People with symptoms have valuable personal info about their symptoms and recoveries in ways even their doctors wont post.
I fail to see why someone would lie about their illness here.
I know this is alarmist but everything I've read of first or second hand accounts on here is that symptomatic cases are not generally fun
mild being awful and no guarantee of a mild case based on being youth and healthy
mild being awful and no guarantee of a mild case based on being youth and healthy
Thats what is so crazy about it. It seems to randomly absolutely kick peoples asses.cone said:
I know this is alarmist but everything I've read of first or second hand accounts on here is that symptomatic cases are not generally fun
mild being awful and no guarantee of a mild case based on being youth and healthy
My dad is 61 but he is very healthy and in very good shape. He said that every day was the worst he had ever been sick, and he was sick for 13 days. Yet my mother and sister never showed any real symptoms at all.
I have heard the same thing from other people.
I cannot think of another common sickness that does that.
I don’t say this in a braggedocious way. But it’s true. I’ve been right about everything.
-Donald J Trump
-9/22/2025
-Donald J Trump
-9/22/2025
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What amazes me about it is the varying degrees or levels of sickness across the same demographics.
I had some younger acquaintances, two couples, that got it after Spring Break. 3 had very run of the mill symptoms and recovered fairly quickly. The 4th had to stay in the hospital for 3 days due to the breathing issue.
All are up and running and living their normal lives again.
My extended family has 43 persons - no cases.
My company has 18,000 employees across the US and Canada - 9 cases but no fatalities.
My friendship network has about 75 people - no cases.
No impact to this point.
My company has 18,000 employees across the US and Canada - 9 cases but no fatalities.
My friendship network has about 75 people - no cases.
No impact to this point.
Have any friend openings? Your company hiring?
If you know this guy or work with him you are 5 times less likely to be infected than the average American!
My friend and family stats are the same, 0-fer as far as I know, and I think my company has roughly 25 out of 25K in north america - so actually I am about the same, but not quite as good.
I think it just depends on where the hot spots were vs where your family/friends/company offices are located.
If you know this guy or work with him you are 5 times less likely to be infected than the average American!
My friend and family stats are the same, 0-fer as far as I know, and I think my company has roughly 25 out of 25K in north america - so actually I am about the same, but not quite as good.
I think it just depends on where the hot spots were vs where your family/friends/company offices are located.
I do not know a single person that I have met in person that has COVID-19. I am beginning to think that I will not know anyone.
It is like hunting a Sasquatch.
Correction: My capital punishment professor at Georgetown Law, John Bessler, had it and recovered. He is married to Amy Klobuchar.
So I know 1.
It is like hunting a Sasquatch.
Correction: My capital punishment professor at Georgetown Law, John Bessler, had it and recovered. He is married to Amy Klobuchar.
So I know 1.
My old lady was on the USS Theodore Roosevelt and was sick with it. He was sent to Guam early. He noted shortness of breath and chest pain in the second week. He's recovering.
I'm a physician in a small town between Abilene and Lubbock. I have seen 2 cases confirmed and evaluated numerous suspected cases that tested negative. One was hospitalized, the other just miserable.
I'm a physician in a small town between Abilene and Lubbock. I have seen 2 cases confirmed and evaluated numerous suspected cases that tested negative. One was hospitalized, the other just miserable.
Ok I have some pronoun confusion here. Is it me or you?
I don’t say this in a braggedocious way. But it’s true. I’ve been right about everything.
-Donald J Trump
-9/22/2025
-Donald J Trump
-9/22/2025
agsalaska said:
Ok I have some pronoun confusion here. Is it me or you?
Don't ask... Don't tell
You have an Ag Tag and don't the term old lady?
New Army
New Army
Thank you to all that hav contributed. Please keep this info coming. Reports like riley290's incredible post only highlight how important real information is to all of us.
Complete Idiot said:They were able to get tested in Texas even with mild symptoms? That's good to hear, I had been reading most got turned away without serious symptoms - which never made sense to me.BigRobSA said:
Had two employees out of hundreds, frontline essential jobs.
One older (mid50s), one young (23). Both said it wasn't even bad enough to call off of work, normally, but we made them sit out for 14 days. Both said the flu was way worse when they had that.
I can't speak to anyone else's experience, but I had to have an emergency appendectomy over the weekend. I received a coronavirus virus test simply because I had a fever. I had no other symptoms of a respiratory disease. The hospital said the only reason for the test was the fever, not the surgery. So I don't know how hard it is to get a test if I didn't want one, didn't have symptoms, and still got it anyways. My experience is probably unique though.
Damn, that doesn't sound fun - no gangrene yet I hope? Happened to my mom when I was young and I recall them saying if gangrene forms around a ruptured appendix (her reason for emergency surgery, maybe not yours) then it can be life threatening.SirLurksALot said:Complete Idiot said:They were able to get tested in Texas even with mild symptoms? That's good to hear, I had been reading most got turned away without serious symptoms - which never made sense to me.BigRobSA said:
Had two employees out of hundreds, frontline essential jobs.
One older (mid50s), one young (23). Both said it wasn't even bad enough to call off of work, normally, but we made them sit out for 14 days. Both said the flu was way worse when they had that.
I can't speak to anyone else's experience, but I had to have an emergency appendectomy over the weekend. I received a coronavirus virus test simply because I had a fever. I had no other symptoms of a respiratory disease. The hospital said the only reason for the test was the fever, not the surgery. So I don't know how hard it is to get a test if I didn't want one, didn't have symptoms, and still got it anyways. My experience is probably unique though.
I am sure it has changed week to week, if not day to day, as far as testing philosophies - maybe more test kits, maybe fewer patients than anticipated - but I recall some folks saying back in March they couldnt get tested even with symptoms (mild or moderate). However, I see testing in Texas has always been running roughly 8-10% positives - meaning if 100K tests performed, there were around 10K positives. SO, that doesn't add up to only those with sever symptoms getting tested, unless 90K people with sever Covid like symptoms have something else causing those symptoms, not Covid. Just my crude way of looking at it.
I am sure many tests were given to people like yourself - testing needed to protect others, yourself - as well as testing to asymptomatic travelers or people who had been in contact with confirmed cases.
From another post - illustrating the need for information here -
Please post your first hand or reliable second hand info here to help us all make the best health and economic decisions.Quote:Reveille said:Quote:
I am sceptical of the recovered numbers. A youngish ( late 40 something) man from one of my hometowns was hospitalized in critical condition with this for a couple of weeks. He now tests negative so would be considered recoverd. He is being moved to a long term care facitliy because although he is now negative for the virus he has lost substantial lung function, has had to have a trache, and his wife is now on facebook asking for prayers for recovery of his lung function so he can resume life has it was before the virus. So I am not sure he will ever really recover.
Yes unfortunately he would be considered recovered but that is something that is not being said. Many people who have "recovered" or a better word survived are not and likely will not ever be the same. They are being lost in the coverage. I mentioned it a month or so ago and will probably touch on it again soon.
While people survive the disease they are sometimes left with a significant decrease in lung, heart, kidney and even liver functions. Only time will tell but I would venture to guess most of these will permanently disabled.
Two teachers at my kids school got it in their 40s. They both said it was like having the worst day of a standard cold except for 14 straight days. The losing taste for food lasted a longer time than media says and they lost weight. They probably got exposed at same time to same strain, so i'm not sure what that means.
Had daily teledoc calls with their primary, took temp and O2sat throughout, one of them was shipped a blood pressure thing.
Both seem fine now. They will go in for blood work I believe today/tomorrow? Honestly once it was clear they weren't going to die they quit providing detailed updates.
Had daily teledoc calls with their primary, took temp and O2sat throughout, one of them was shipped a blood pressure thing.
Both seem fine now. They will go in for blood work I believe today/tomorrow? Honestly once it was clear they weren't going to die they quit providing detailed updates.
Have an Uncle in his early 60s early onset dementia at Waterford here in College Station has been tested twice and tested positive twice good health except memory and no bad symptoms had a light fever and little cough for a couple of days.
Didn't one of the Drs on this board say that blood type is looking like a big factor in the "randomness" of this? Like your Mom and Dad likely don't have the same blood type, but much more likely your Mom and sister do, who weren't affected?agsalaska said:Thats what is so crazy about it. It seems to randomly absolutely kick peoples asses.cone said:
I know this is alarmist but everything I've read of first or second hand accounts on here is that symptomatic cases are not generally fun
mild being awful and no guarantee of a mild case based on being youth and healthy
My dad is 61 but he is very healthy and in very good shape. He said that every day was the worst he had ever been sick, and he was sick for 13 days. Yet my mother and sister never showed any real symptoms at all.
I have heard the same thing from other people.
I cannot think of another common sickness that does that.
cbr said:
Btw - zerohedge is admittedly a doom and gloom and 'sky is falling' market site.
Reddit is full of wierd people.
But zeroheadge is so much more credible and informative, and credibly sourced, than any of the major news networks are anymore it is just stunning.
So i guess that leads to request # 2. If you know of a decently credible news source, let us know. Because i know of none anymore.
Zero hedge is a Russian propaganda outlet. Look into its origins and it is clear. I also have other information that I won't share on this site but I'm confident it is backed by Moscow.
It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is he knows everything.
i think you're confusing them with cnn.Gumby said:cbr said:
Btw - zerohedge is admittedly a doom and gloom and 'sky is falling' market site.
Reddit is full of wierd people.
But zeroheadge is so much more credible and informative, and credibly sourced, than any of the major news networks are anymore it is just stunning.
So i guess that leads to request # 2. If you know of a decently credible news source, let us know. Because i know of none anymore.
Zero hedge is a Russian propaganda outlet. Look into its origins and it is clear. I also have other information that I won't share on this site but I'm confident it is backed by Moscow.
cbr said:i think you're confusing them with cnn.Gumby said:cbr said:
Btw - zerohedge is admittedly a doom and gloom and 'sky is falling' market site.
Reddit is full of wierd people.
But zeroheadge is so much more credible and informative, and credibly sourced, than any of the major news networks are anymore it is just stunning.
So i guess that leads to request # 2. If you know of a decently credible news source, let us know. Because i know of none anymore.
Zero hedge is a Russian propaganda outlet. Look into its origins and it is clear. I also have other information that I won't share on this site but I'm confident it is backed by Moscow.
Zerohedge won't even tell you the name of who writes the article. All the stories are written under a pseudonym using the name of a fictional character That was created during a psychological break and proceeded to convince the main character to become a terrorist.
My 96 yr old grandmother was tested positive this morning. She is one of the many that have contracted it at the Brenham Rest Home. So far she is showing no symptoms.
http://www.brenhambanner.com/news/kolkhorst-secures-critical-state-support-for-local-nursing-home/article_2373a3a1-7eda-5662-a062-f44814149e8f.html
http://www.brenhambanner.com/news/kolkhorst-secures-critical-state-support-for-local-nursing-home/article_2373a3a1-7eda-5662-a062-f44814149e8f.html
NYC seems to be holding level, that's pretty much worst case scenario i guess, but i would have though it would have started peaking by now. One in 660 people in NYC has now died of this virus, and one in 400 has 'recovered', whatever that means. One in 53 is a confirmed case.
That tells me that it can be pretty freaking serious in a crowded urban unprotected environment.
I still dont trust these stats, and still really appreciate all of you who have shared information here. I have had my office working from home, some are now coming in on a limited basis. I am still not letting this really change my life, but for the benefit of all my family and employees, I am basing decisions on the information you people here are sharing as much or more than 'news'.
I just find so much conflicting or untrustworthy information out there from other sources.
Again, prayers are with each of you who have shared experience, and thanks.
That tells me that it can be pretty freaking serious in a crowded urban unprotected environment.
I still dont trust these stats, and still really appreciate all of you who have shared information here. I have had my office working from home, some are now coming in on a limited basis. I am still not letting this really change my life, but for the benefit of all my family and employees, I am basing decisions on the information you people here are sharing as much or more than 'news'.
I just find so much conflicting or untrustworthy information out there from other sources.
Again, prayers are with each of you who have shared experience, and thanks.
i find about 30% of zerohedge to be useful, interesting, and possibly informative/credible. I find about 50% of local news to be that way, on local topics. I find less than 10% of what comes off a major news network to be useful or credible at all... so as i said, zerohedge has its issues, but is much more credible than CNN, NBC, etc.SirLurksALot said:cbr said:i think you're confusing them with cnn.Gumby said:cbr said:
Btw - zerohedge is admittedly a doom and gloom and 'sky is falling' market site.
Reddit is full of wierd people.
But zeroheadge is so much more credible and informative, and credibly sourced, than any of the major news networks are anymore it is just stunning.
So i guess that leads to request # 2. If you know of a decently credible news source, let us know. Because i know of none anymore.
Zero hedge is a Russian propaganda outlet. Look into its origins and it is clear. I also have other information that I won't share on this site but I'm confident it is backed by Moscow.
Zerohedge won't even tell you the name of who writes the article. All the stories are written under a pseudonym using the name of a fictional character That was created during a psychological break and proceeded to convince the main character to become a terrorist.
I'm no fan of the mainstream media but zero hedge is straight out of Moscow. Not saying it is always wrong but it is like RT news. They get some stories right and it isn't pure propaganda but it's influenced by Moscow. So they will put out stories that are damaging to the US or prop up their favored US politicians. They are really good at making it look like they are independent and masking the fact that Moscow is calling the shots.cbr said:i think you're confusing them with cnn.Gumby said:cbr said:
Btw - zerohedge is admittedly a doom and gloom and 'sky is falling' market site.
Reddit is full of wierd people.
But zeroheadge is so much more credible and informative, and credibly sourced, than any of the major news networks are anymore it is just stunning.
So i guess that leads to request # 2. If you know of a decently credible news source, let us know. Because i know of none anymore.
Zero hedge is a Russian propaganda outlet. Look into its origins and it is clear. I also have other information that I won't share on this site but I'm confident it is backed by Moscow.
It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is he knows everything.
I'll consider that info but absolutely nothing is as damaging to the us as main stream media bull*****
My husband and I both have been dealing with COVID-19, and it has been very tough.
I became sick first and unfortunately ended up with a pretty severe case, especially considering age (Class of '00) - had pretty much all of the symptoms (fever for two weeks getting over 103 at times, body aches, fatigue, insomnia, loss of taste, loss of appetite, stomach issues, dry mouth, chest pain, cough, shortness of breath, etc). I was sent to the ER around 10 days into the illness as my symptoms were continuing to get worse and I had gotten back positive COVID test results. I was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs in the ER and, due to the severity, was admitted to the hospital for several days. My oxygen levels stayed high enough that I didn't have to go into ICU. Pneumonia is expected to take 4-6 weeks to fully recover from, and I am regularly doing breathing exercises and checking oxygen levels at home until I get another chest x-ray. I finally received two negative COVID tests last week after 3+ weeks of testing positive.
My husband (Class of '99) had a much milder case with body aches and headache, stomach issues, and low grade fever. He had symptoms for about 10 days and the symptoms basically disappeared overnight one night.
Kids have not had any symptoms. We are taking them for antibody testing tomorrow.
I became sick first and unfortunately ended up with a pretty severe case, especially considering age (Class of '00) - had pretty much all of the symptoms (fever for two weeks getting over 103 at times, body aches, fatigue, insomnia, loss of taste, loss of appetite, stomach issues, dry mouth, chest pain, cough, shortness of breath, etc). I was sent to the ER around 10 days into the illness as my symptoms were continuing to get worse and I had gotten back positive COVID test results. I was diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs in the ER and, due to the severity, was admitted to the hospital for several days. My oxygen levels stayed high enough that I didn't have to go into ICU. Pneumonia is expected to take 4-6 weeks to fully recover from, and I am regularly doing breathing exercises and checking oxygen levels at home until I get another chest x-ray. I finally received two negative COVID tests last week after 3+ weeks of testing positive.
My husband (Class of '99) had a much milder case with body aches and headache, stomach issues, and low grade fever. He had symptoms for about 10 days and the symptoms basically disappeared overnight one night.
Kids have not had any symptoms. We are taking them for antibody testing tomorrow.
Glad to hear y'all are on the right side of it now. As others have mentioned, any differences in you and your husband's blood types? Or initial exposure?
We have different blood types. We believe we were infected on a short trip we took to New Orleans in early March before all the closures happened. He got sick about 10 days after me, so could be that I was the only one initially infected and he then got it from me, or he may have just had a longer incubation period than I did.
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