Covid19 Recovery

[+ keroscenefire]

I think they strongly suspect that initial viral load is a key determinant of severity, as that's true of a lot of similar viruses. They just can't TEST it because it would be unethical to give someone a disease. Getting it at a concert would seem to be likely to be a lower "dose" than, say, getting it from someone you live with.

 

I suspect it from a Lyft passenger. I used to drive rideshare and I picked her up and drover her home for about 25 minutes or so. She was in my passenger seat and was coughing the whole time. I did open up the windows to try to get more airflow and sanitized immediately after she exited my car, but this was before masks were really a thing (mid-March) and there isn't much I think you can do if someone with COVID basically coughs on you.

[MiamiLooker]

To those that have taken an antibody test that confirmed you had the virus, have you taken the test again to determine the level of antibodies?

Coronavirus: Antibodies fall rapidly after COVID infection, dashing hopes of herd immunity - study

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-herd-immunity-hopes-dashed-as-study-shows-covid-19-antibodies-fall-rapidly-after-recovery-12115510

[+ sniper]

That is a misleading article. Not having antibodies does not necessarily mean you aren't immune.

[+ Pensant]

I had it in mid-March with the initial breakout. I likely caught it at a concert on March 10, days before our local lockdown began.

 

For me it was the equivalent of moderate allergies, less than a bad cold and no fever. I was surprised I was able to get tested (the test was in late April after I no longer had any symptoms at all). For what it’s worth I’m in my late 40’s, 30lbs overweight, and type O-.

 

However, two colleagues of mine also had it at the same time. A fit looking 50yo man who’s life it took, and a fit 32yo runner who said it was the sickest he’s been in his life, with two weeks of severe fatigue and body aches.

 

More recently, family members of a couple friends have had it. Fortunately, as of this posting, and knock on wood, no one has been hospitalized.

It may have been the Type O blood. This hasn’t been researched enough.

[tanman4u]

To those that have taken an antibody test that confirmed you had the virus, have you taken the test again to determine the level of antibodies?

Coronavirus: Antibodies fall rapidly after COVID infection, dashing hopes of herd immunity - study

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-herd-immunity-hopes-dashed-as-study-shows-covid-19-antibodies-fall-rapidly-after-recovery-12115510

Yep. I tested positive for the antibodies in May. (One of the few medical tests where positive is a good thing) I’d had a very easy cold in January. Easy because it went from sore throat to cough without any nasal congestion. Remembering it caused to get the antibody test. Took it again a couple of weeks ago and it was negative. Just travelled for a week and got the normal rapid test before and after and both neg.