<div dir="ltr">Spike, I have a similar story that I shared with another list prior to any mention of CV-19 in the US. I had an extremely virulent viral respiratory infection (quick tested negative for flu) in mid January (I am exposed to NYC a lot and commute there as well from CT). After it getting worse and worse over the course of a week and a cough that resulted in a cracked rib due to its severity, I drove myself to the ER when I felt like something was wrong with my oxygen levels. It turned out I was right, and ended up on O2, nebulizers, and IV steroids. CT scan was negative for visible pneumonia, but my lymphocytes were extremely low on intake bloodwork (a calling card of CV-19, although in fairness, it's possible a different virus could do the same). I was finally able to get my O2 levels up to normal after a day in the ER after begging the doc not to admit me (he was planning on it, and only let me out after my O2 came back). After a week on oral steroids, I finally started to feel a great deal better, but it took me around 3 weeks for full recovery, and I had a chronic cough for months afterwards.<div><br></div><div>I can't remember ever getting a severe flu, and tend to not get respiratory infections at all. This was like nothing I've ever experienced.</div><div><br></div><div>I would love to get an ELISA done (or other serological test) to see if I am running an antibody titre but that possibility seems slim right now.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 3:48 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">With the recent surge in chatter here, and since there aren’t that many of us left, I propose relaxing guidelines on number of posts per day. We instituted that back in the 90s when there were a coupla hundred regular posters. Now it is down to the usual suspects, about a dozen. I propose we all just post away.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Stanford did a study which suggests there is waaaay more Covid-19 exposure than we previously thought. My doctor contacted and wants me to come in for testing when the quarantine is over.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.14.20062463v1?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=be77753b5f9c509cb865d14fbdaf97eeb78e11d5-1587139595-0-AWIUFx6wN0uXOvkl2GvKJJc-Ig8sPLjxRzO454lTi9KpWYjKbxnVGQzEHGD9bYZUKYUUOdrfRQ_wQREzNDVmpdEWVIZYt6UTI9m_LD7byikYQA-loXE677ZRO1gHfKAz7mccB9JD5q3Y8YVehLtYCxNulZzxgq75-rzgoHZ2Heyj5PDAftyTcJ9j-gS_9XvqhP1w_lcrCrvVy9EM4vDfOYSqAiDYODT4O2PXN776dtAuibDok5gMCdzZYcCoRi69cdjoFoqV7X4-dhUOTFhjUA5EzGIOpkN7fsqrkufnBv0pOXqb3nOUoVRFDs5ZdBzO9w_yicdwyhIdvht3lBZyMgA" target="_blank">https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.14.20062463v1?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=be77753b5f9c509cb865d14fbdaf97eeb78e11d5-1587139595-0-AWIUFx6wN0uXOvkl2GvKJJc-Ig8sPLjxRzO454lTi9KpWYjKbxnVGQzEHGD9bYZUKYUUOdrfRQ_wQREzNDVmpdEWVIZYt6UTI9m_LD7byikYQA-loXE677ZRO1gHfKAz7mccB9JD5q3Y8YVehLtYCxNulZzxgq75-rzgoHZ2Heyj5PDAftyTcJ9j-gS_9XvqhP1w_lcrCrvVy9EM4vDfOYSqAiDYODT4O2PXN776dtAuibDok5gMCdzZYcCoRi69cdjoFoqV7X4-dhUOTFhjUA5EzGIOpkN7fsqrkufnBv0pOXqb3nOUoVRFDs5ZdBzO9w_yicdwyhIdvht3lBZyMgA</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I was very sick in December with viral pneumonia and they didn’t know what it was. I landed in the hospital. It was most unpleasant, but afterwards I self-quarantined, a long time before anyone heard of Covid. I assumed it was the worst damn flu I have ever had by an order of magnitude. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We have a lot of regular travelers to and from China in the area. In retrospect, it is very possible that I had Covid-19. It took me four weeks to feel better, and about seven weeks before I really felt completely back to normal. If so, it would agree with what Stanford U found.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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