When was it when people started to feel better? Into my third day and still feeling absolutely awful, couldn’t have picked a worse time to test positive as I had Glasgow booked up for the weekend with my girlfriend, just curious
It hardly affected me, just very tired. Most people that I know started to feel better after the 3rd day. But some were that poleaxed it took them weeks, every case is different mate
First time I had it was about a week, rough for 3-4 days. Second and third time I had it absolutely minimal could function as normal, Mild,and I mean mild cold.
Cheers mate, I am not actually being affected by tiredness it’s just other symptoms that have been more fierce
I’ve just done my 2nd negative test after having it for the 1st time. Tested positives week gone last Tuesday felt rough for 3 days then started to feel better . My wife had it and it was on her chest constantly coughing, I didn’t have a cough mine affected my head and sinuses for a few days . Get well soon.
Affected me for maybe a day and a half but everyone is different. Some people still feel bad months after but this is rare. I'd say your probably over the worst now after 3 days. Good luck
I was flattened...literally! for 3 or 4 days then after a week was nearly back to normal. Everyone is different but it seems most people are ok after the initial first few days.
I had a bunged up nose for a day and a half. I wasn't ill and it was just annoying. My wife was in bed a few days and took a couple of weeks to get fully back to normal.
Depends on the person, my wife had it and was bad for a week, I know other people who had no symptoms what so ever
Unfortunately, I had it bad. I was in bed for three weeks and ended up in hospital, but thankfully, I was not put on a ventilator. It took me over a year to recover. As for my wife, she had mild symptoms for a day and was fine, so I guess it all depends how susceptible you are.
Ah that puts my scenario into perspective mate, I worked from home Friday and was poorly but well enough to work, but then Friday evening within the space of two hours (maybe less) I just felt worse and worse, then from then until this morning I can honestly say I’ve not been that ill in a long time, thankfully as today has gone on I’ve felt a bit better so hopefully past the peak of it, I’m glad you’re recovered mate
Hellish cold for three days, but got better after. Struggled with tiredness and other long COVID symptoms ever since. It still appears now and again, there doesn't seem to be a trigger.
Same for me. Last summer was rough, but as you say 3-4 days max. March this year, I've had worse hangovers.
My frustration in all this is that we are still talking about it and people are still testing. The media are subtly dripping stories into the papers and websites about "rising cases" and "hospitalisations on the increase" when the figures are (and always have been) fundamentally flawed. I don't understand why
One in seventeen infection rate is ridiculously high and the reason that it is still prevalent in news outlets. Too many people think it's all over when it clearly isn't and have become complacent. I'm a regular at my local gym and despite signage everywhere to sanitise the equipment after use, I am one of only a handful of people who actually do it. Me and my wife went to the local Toby Carvery today and we were the only people that used the hand sanitiser before handling the serving spoons. No wonder the infection rate is as high as it is!
Covid will be around for years and more than likely be back with a bang in winter. Also, the infection rate was always going to go through the roof once people had to pay for the tests and half of the government were proven to not give a toss about following any rules. I still use hand sanitiser but face mask has gone, so has the covid app from my phone. Fully vaccined and boosted too but don’t think I’ll be getting another shot.
Agreed. People talk about it "not being over" without understanding the context - the initial response to this virus (lockdowns, social distancing etc) was to stop people dying and stop the NHS being overwhelmed. The Government's initial plan was to allow us all to catch the virus until we achieved herd immunity - this quickly changed when they realised how fatal the virus was to so many people. The vaccine changed things and whilst people still die of covid, there is a key element missing to all of the statistics - context. The "people in hospital" numbers are made up of 2 factors - 1) Person in hospital & 2) person in hospital who tests positive for covid. The key part here being that even if someone is in hospital for a hip replacement and they test positive, they are counted in the figures. The "deaths" numbers are anyone who dies within 28 of a positive test, regardless of the cause of death (unless it was significant trauma) - so you have a 90 yo cancer patient who dies of a heart attack but recorded as a covid death because he/she had a positive test 4 weeks ago. The ONS stats are wildly speculative. They had a small sample size and simply model it upwards to provide this "1 in 17" statistic without applying any logic. Even if you look at the Govt figures, they are saying approximately 25,000 people are testing positive per day, so apply 1 in 17 to that and they are saying 25,000 out of 425,000 people tested positive - what about the other 60 odd million? Lastly, the figures that are released lack context - how do we know that 125 people a day dying of covid is high or low? How many people die of 'flu or the common cold? I'm not saying covid isn't serious and as someone who knows 2 people who died of it I know the heartache it can bring, but it's time to be realistic about this virus and what we need to do to live with it
