Notice Have You Ever Had COVID?

[yankeesince59]

Which “THE SCIENCE” are you referring to? It has evolved constantly since 2019 and continues to do so. Was there a certain year you liked best? I thought the 2020 science was the most exciting personally.

You have such a great user name...what does it mean?

 

[Phatguysrule]

I Ubered a girl a couple years ago who had been homeless during Fall of 2019 and posited that COVID ravaged the unhoused community during that timeframe, but nobody in the mainstream knew about it (or cared).

There was a horrible flu going around at that time. I knew dozens of people who had it, and tested positive for it at hospitals. Like half of the players in our basketball program. They were as sick as they've ever been for a solid week or more.

I think virtually everyone who thinks they had covid before it was actually confirmed to be here likely had this flu.

Honestly, I think this helped lend legs to the "it's just the flu" rumor...

 

[yankeesince59]

 

[tlongII]

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Yep, that's why I got the shots. I don't know how you can dismiss this data. I'm guessing they think it's fake data something...

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Got it in the Dominican Republic and had to send my pregnant wife home on a flight with our 1 year old while I stayed and recovered.

Got it again 11 months later.

Tripe vaccinated, had no symptoms the first time and sick one day then fine the second time.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Had it twice. Once in February 2020 (before it was “allegedly” in the US, which we know it was here well before March 2020 closures) and once in February 2022.

First time sucked, couldn’t lift my head off a pillow for 3-4 days. Exhausted for a week or two and needed a nap or two every day for a month. Second time (after vax), I was in Hawaii and just felt super tired for a day. Tested positive for 15 days so they wouldn’t let me fly home. First test I took, the positive line was bright pink in 2 seconds, well before the control line even turned pink.

I’ve had three boosters, but haven’t boosted in a long time. Wife and group of friends recently had COVID when I went back to Oregon to visit them, but I never had any symptoms so I never tested.

Suspected me and my wife may have got it in San Diego in February 2020 as she had this odd cough that lasted a super long time. Didn't really think of it possibly being COVID until many months later.

 

[barfo]

I Ubered a girl a couple years ago

Well, you should really be doing that more often.

Regular ubering is important for a number of reasons, and the girls like it too.

barfo

 

[Phatguysrule]

Well, you should really be doing that more often.

Regular ubering is important for a number of reasons, and the girls like it too.

barfo

 

[bigbailes]

There was a horrible flu going around at that time. I knew dozens of people who had it, and tested positive for it at hospitals. Like half of the players in our basketball program. They were as sick as they've ever been for a solid week or more.

I think virtually everyone who thinks they had covid before it was actually confirmed to be here likely had this flu.

Honestly, I think this helped lend legs to the "it's just the flu" rumor...

The cousin had every symptom of early COVID-19, including losing all sense of taste and smell ... that shit was here whether people want to admit it or not.

 

[Phatguysrule]

The cousin had every symptom of early COVID-19, including losing all sense of taste and smell ... that shit was here whether people want to admit it or not.

That can happen with the flu as well. Pretty much every symptom of COVID can present as a result of the flu.

Have you ever experienced a loss of taste and smell with the flu? If so, you’re not alone. It’s a common symptom of the flu and can be quite frustrating.

https://www.raleighcapitolent.com/blog/lost-sense-of-smell#locations

 

[Shaboid]

Had it twice. Vaccinated and one boost. My brother and his family tested positive, apparently, so here I am, taking a test. Thought we were done with this.

 

[bigbailes]

That can happen with the flu as well. Pretty much every symptom of COVID can present as a result of the flu.



https://www.raleighcapitolent.com/blog/lost-sense-of-smell#locations

Sounds good, he had a flu like he said he's never experienced with all the hallmarks of C19. Wife was the same way in January of 20, a 'flu' ran through a rival dance team at the competition they were at. Wife is physically fit, came home and it was like she'd be run over by a truck, couldn't get up the stairs without stopping, was on the couch feeling like she'd never felt before. We chalked it up to stress of competing at nationals and at the same time going for her doctorates, but looking back, pretty obvious she had C19 as well.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Sounds good ... you keep thinking C19 came on shore March of 2020 ... come on man.

I've seen no evidence to suggest otherwise that doesn't also have a reasonable explanation.

I'm not opposed to it being here sooner, either. But until I see evidence to suggest otherwise it doesn't make sense to doubt the official story.

 

[jonnyboy]

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The age groups mean something. If I have a 0% chance of succumbing to an illness I am not going to take an experimental vaccine for it that has known side effects. If someone falls into the riskier age group categories, that is their decision to weigh out and they absolutely have the right to choose either way.
Now that we know the vaccine has essentially no effect whatsoever on inhibiting the spread of the disease and its variants, the arguments for forcing or shaming young people to take the vaccine “for the greater good” hold no water.
If you’re at risk, go get the juice. If you aren’t, I would strongly suggest weighing the options.

 

[jonnyboy]

IMO questioning the trustworthiness of certified expertise is among the biggest problems with our country, and one of the biggest tools the elites use to rob quality of life from the average person.

I respect your opinion and your right to assess your own health and make your own decisions around that. It’s your choice to make.

I do find the statement above to be contradictory though, simply based on my own worldview. The simplest explanation I can give is that I believe the policy making and opinions of the ‘certified experts’ is absolutely shaped and molded by the power and coercion of the elites you mentioned. I don’t find those two groups to be at odds with each other, but more so working hand in hand. My example would be a cutthroat capitalist with zero credentials like Bill Gates emerging during a pandemic, camouflaging himself as an expert to reshape the public discourse, then slithering back into the weeds after being rewarded handsomely through hedging and investments.

 

[yankeesince59]

The age groups mean something. If I have a 0% chance of succumbing to an illness I am not going to take an experimental vaccine for it that has known side effects. If someone falls into the riskier age group categories, that is their decision to weigh out and they absolutely have the right to choose either way.
Now that we know the vaccine has essentially no effect whatsoever on inhibiting the spread of the disease and its variants, the arguments for forcing or shaming young people to take the vaccine “for the greater good” hold no water.
If you’re at risk, go get the juice. If you aren’t, I would strongly suggest weighing the options.

Not sure where you get your info from but your claims are both broad and inaccurate assumptions;

1. No one has "0 chance" of succumbing to covid.

2. Claiming the vaccines have no effect on inhibiting the spread of covid is patently false and laughable.




And how do know that you had covid as you claimed instead of the flu?

 

[THE HCP]

Had it twice. Vaccinated and one boost. My brother and his family tested positive, apparently, so here I am, taking a test. Thought we were done with this.

The reason I created this thread was just to see how people are still dealing with it. In another thread one of our peeps said they tested positive.
So I’m curious why did you take a covid test? What do you do if it comes back positive. I had read that people aren’t isolating for 2 weeks anymore, so just wondering what next if you get it?

 

[Shaboid]

The reason I created this thread was just to see how people are still dealing with it. In another thread one of our peeps said they tested positive.
So I’m curious why did you take a covid test? What do you do if it comes back positive. I had read that people aren’t isolating for 2 weeks anymore, so just wondering what next if you get it?

I have a newborn in the house, so I wanted to be safe since I saw my brother the other day. Whether others are isolating or not, I'm sure there are hundreds walking around that are positive right now. People are back to normal and most aren't testing if they have symptoms. I think protocol is 5 days though? https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/isolation.html

 

[THE HCP]

There was a horrible flu going around at that time. I knew dozens of people who had it, and tested positive for it at hospitals. Like half of the players in our basketball program. They were as sick as they've ever been for a solid week or more.

I think virtually everyone who thinks they had covid before it was actually confirmed to be here likely had this flu.

Honestly, I think this helped lend legs to the "it's just the flu" rumor...

Last week of February 2020, flying from Miami to Toronto…..5 feet away from me Gary Trent Jr. And CJ McCollum are sneezing and coughing the whole time. (When a player gets sick, protocol is to move them away from the other players and back with us)
I woke up the next day sicker than I’ve been in YEARS! They sent me to the team doctors and gave me a mask. Tested positive for Influenza 2. Sick for a week and then back at it.
So when COVID broke out, a few months later they brought us in to get a blood test to see if we had ever got it and I swore I had, they said nope. I think that’s what confused me the most. All of the symptoms sound like a really bad flu.

 

[THE HCP]

I have a newborn in the house, so I wanted to be safe since I saw my brother the other day. Whether others are isolating or not, I'm sure there are hundreds walking around that are positive right now. People are back to normal and most aren't testing if they have symptoms. I think protocol is 5 days though? https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/isolation.html

I’m quite sure there are HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS walking around with it in my opinion.

 

[jonnyboy]

Not sure where you get your info from but your claims are both broad and inaccurate assumptions;

1. No one has "0 chance" of succumbing to covid.

2. Claiming the vaccines have no effect on inhibiting the spread of covid is patently false and laughable.




And how do know that you had covid as you claimed instead of the flu?

Decimal percentages in the tenths and hundredths of zero are as good as zero to me. You are using technicalities to make a weak point.
Also, you’re engaging in a discussion with a forum full of vaccinated people who’ve had Covid. The effectiveness of the vaccine in reducing symptoms is up for debate but the idea it prevents infection or transmission isn’t really being touted anymore.
We took Covid tests to determine we were positive.

 

[Shaboid]

I’m quite sure there are HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS walking around with it in my opinion.

Sure.

 

[Phatguysrule]

I respect your opinion and your right to assess your own health and make your own decisions around that. It’s your choice to make.

I do find the statement above to be contradictory though, simply based on my own worldview. The simplest explanation I can give is that I believe the policy making and opinions of the ‘certified experts’ is absolutely shaped and molded by the power and coercion of the elites you mentioned. I don’t find those two groups to be at odds with each other, but more so working hand in hand. My example would be a cutthroat capitalist with zero credentials like Bill Gates emerging during a pandemic, camouflaging himself as an expert to reshape the public discourse, then slithering back into the weeds after being rewarded handsomely through hedging and investments.

Bill Gates is simply a funding mechanism. Same as Elon Musk.

They aren't expert professionals, IMO. When their considerable influence supports things actual expert professionals think need supported I appreciate them. SpaceX, nuclear energy development, vaccination, etc...

When they make selfish moves that hurt the greater good like Twitter/X or the funding used as leverage that has screwed up many schools I don't appreciate them.

Expert professionals are certified as such and bring forth actual data with the only real motivation being the use of said data to make better choices moving forward. Regardless of which direction that data supports.

 

[THE HCP]

Sure.

Sure?

 

[THE HCP]

Decimal percentages in the tenths and hundredths of zero are as good as zero to me. You are using technicalities to make a weak point.
Also, you’re engaging in a discussion with a forum full of vaccinated people who’ve had Covid. The effectiveness of the vaccine in reducing symptoms is up for debate but the idea it prevents infection or transmission isn’t really being touted anymore.
We took Covid tests to determine we were positive.

Were you one of those people who actually thought the vaccine kept you from getting it? Or actually thought people who got the vaccine thought that? I can’t believe I’m asking somebody this after everything we went thru.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Decimal percentages in the tenths and hundredths of zero are as good as zero to me. You are using technicalities to make a weak point.
Also, you’re engaging in a discussion with a forum full of vaccinated people who’ve had Covid. The effectiveness of the vaccine in reducing symptoms is up for debate but the idea it prevents infection or transmission isn’t really being touted anymore.
We took Covid tests to determine we were positive.

The benefits of the vaccine are you are not as sick as long or as severe. If you are not as sick as long you are not spreading it as much. Not spreading it as much means it fewer people getting ill.

This is how the flu vaccine also works.

Every year they try to predict the flu variants that will spread around the world. They make a vaccine for them. The vaccine doesn't prevent infection and transmission, but it does reduce the severity and transmission.

 

[crandc]

And if you are vaccinated and have a lighter case, you are not using limited space and personnel at hospitals.

 

[Shaboid]

Sure?

There could be hundreds or hundreds of thousands, so sure. Not something we will ever know.

 

[yankeesince59]

Decimal percentages in the tenths and hundredths of zero are as good as zero to me. You are using technicalities to make a weak point.
Also, you’re engaging in a discussion with a forum full of vaccinated people who’ve had Covid. The effectiveness of the vaccine in reducing symptoms is up for debate but the idea it prevents infection or transmission isn’t really being touted anymore.
We took Covid tests to determine we were positive.

lol...you're the one who use the term "zero" ...and you're the one try to make a point based on "technicalities"... thanks for the comedic relief.

How do you think the parents of the youngsters who died from covid feel?

And the effectiveness of the vaccines are not "up for debate"... they are a fact. But you already knew that, right?

I kinda figured you got tested, just wanted to hear you say it. So lemme get this straight, you believe in the science used to make a test to show whether someone has covid or not but you somehow don't believe in the science that clearly shows the vaccines both slow the spread of covid but also saves lives.



Again, thanx for the comedic relief.

 

[RR7]

The benefits of the vaccine are you are not as sick as long or as severe. If you are not as sick as long you are not spreading it as much. Not spreading it as much means it fewer people getting ill.

This is how the flu vaccine also works.

Every year they try to predict the flu variants that will spread around the world. They make a vaccine for them. The vaccine doesn't prevent infection and transmission, but it does reduce the severity and transmission.

It's sad that it's been what, 3 years since the vaccine? And it STILL needs to be explained to people how a vaccine works. I guess it's easy to not trust science if, instead of listening to the science, you filter it through a talking head telling you what to think about the science.