Positive Covid Test Result Today - How Do I Stay Positive?

[panicperson1977]

@Catkins, yes loss of smell, and taste one of the worst bits. I have a giant cupboard full of spices I have collected, and cannot taste any of them. I tried some, and they may as well be powdered cardboard.
@Lenco. It might no longer be applicable in England (I don’t know.) However, I think it would still be wise to follow.

[Lencoboy]

A lot of people treat it as a 'rule of thumb' that risk is minimal at two metres; however, it is a proper rule in my workplace.

Which most people ignore.

You're right, PM. If I had my way, the 2-metre rule would still be mandatory.

[panicperson1977]

I am posting this ‘post-covid’ to try and help others suffering anxiety from COVID. I am now outwith my quarantine period (day 12 I believe.)

My sense of smell is returning, my cough is disappearing, though the cough was quite mild in the first place. I’ve still got some slight sinusitis, but to be honest I had far worse sinusitis years ago, and this symptom is now fading also.

I was very worried indeed when I got the first positive test results, which began to fade around day 7.

Why have I apparently got off lightly, I cannot say. However, on saying this, I would under no circumstance underestimate this virus.

[Flapj]

Why have I apparently got off lightly, I cannot say.

Because you got infected with a virus that only causes mild disease. Unfortunately the media hyped it into the stratosphere and as a result, people were terrified and injected themselves with experimental genetic serum.

[Lencoboy]

Because you got infected with a virus that only causes mild disease. Unfortunately the media hyped it into the stratosphere and as a result, people were terrified and injected themselves with experimental genetic serum.

Perhaps more so now with the Omicrons, but still not so much when this thread was first created, which was when Delta was still the foremost Covid variant in circulation the world over.

[.Poppy.]

At the risk of being drawn into a vaccine debate (and I hope this isn't against forum rules), it's worth pointing out that the risk for heart problems is also present with covid infection - in fact is much higher, especially if unvaccinated:

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2022/0...-than-vaccines

I personally would rather take my chances with the vaccine than to have covid, which thankfully I've not yet had though I am still taking precautions and probably will for quite some time. I already have health anxiety, the last thing I need is to worry about long covid or covid complications. The vaccine is also more likely to provide immune protection from future infections, more so than having covid itself (there is also some suspicion that covid harms your immune system, which would obviously be the opposite effect you'd want if trying to be protected).

But I'm not here to convince anyone - to each their own. It's just important to have the facts.

[Lencoboy]

At the risk of being drawn into a vaccine debate (and I hope this isn't against forum rules), it's worth pointing out that the risk for heart problems is also present with covid infection - in fact is much higher, especially if unvaccinated:

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2022/0...-than-vaccines

I personally would rather take my chances with the vaccine than to have covid, which thankfully I've not yet had though I am still taking precautions and probably will for quite some time. I already have health anxiety, the last thing I need is to worry about long covid or covid complications. The vaccine is also more likely to provide immune protection from future infections, more so than having covid itself (there is also some suspicion that covid harms your immune system, which would obviously be the opposite effect you'd want if trying to be protected).

But I'm not here to convince anyone - to each their own. It's just important to have the facts.

Very wise words Poppy.

But at the same time I did also explain to Peg upthread that I still fully acknowledge everyone's rights not to get jabbed if they so insist.

Unfortunately, all the conflicting information that has abounded about the Covid jabs right from the off is very much a symptom of the so-called 'post-truth' society.

Also the chances of ending up in a car crash (sorry Darlene for potentially triggering you) are indeed far greater than developing vaccine-related complications by a country mile, but most of us still travel around in motor vehicles almost everyday without giving it as much as a second thought most of the time.

[BlueIris]

I'm with you on this one, Poppy.