Covid-19 poll

[EricHiggin]

SvennoJ said:

wohufana said:

Why not undergo antibody test? It is cheap and and you can get the results fast. If all of you have developed antibodies, at least it can you  a sense of security.

You can't get an antibody test in Ontario and it's probably too late now anyway.

I voted no, but I might have had it in Februari. My wife got really sick with a severe double pneumonia. Her lung function was down to 20%, her whole arms would turn blue from lack of oxygen. She felt like she wouldn't make it through the night for weeks due to trouble breathing. She also had loss of smell and taste and when she went to the ER they found signs of blood clots (but they couldn't pinpoint them). Later we found out those are all classic signs of covid-19 and that it was likely spreading here as early as Januari.

She finally recovered yet was quickly out of breath for months after and is still not feeling 100%. always tired. Her sense of smell came back but she says it feels off. I remember having a lingering weird throat ache for a month which I never have. (If I get sick I'm usually over it in a couple days). I also felt more tired but nothing serious. We normally don't interact a lot with people, so little chance of spreading it on. But that also means smaller chance of having caught it in the first place.

I tried getting anti body tests 3 months later but it's only here for study purpose, not available on demand. By now the regular anti bodies are long gone, no clue if there's a t-cell test. So no idea whether we might have had it or if we can get it again, thus still isolating. Since if it was just a regular pneumonia, my wife won't stand a chance with covid-19.

Our kids have 'enjoyed' online schooling since the summer (Schools closed from March break before that) and the positive of that is, no further illnesses since March. Normally the kids always bring some cold or flu home and my wife always catches it. Not this time, no more sniffles, no more regular pneumonia (my wife gets that pretty much every fall) so there are some positives to this pandemic.

Well you would think with our envious healthcare system it wouldn't be a problem, but just because it's 'universally free' doesn't mean it's an all day buffet. Aside from that, nobody in the family has anything to really worry about in terms of health. Mom was getting radiation treatment about a month after covid hit, so we were extra careful then (even though she may have been immune already), but she's been back to normal for quite some time now. None of us are all that worried about ourselves. If the illness was much more deadly or if any of us had considerable ongoing health concerns that would be different.

It's one thing to worry about yourself, and another to worry about others. Protecting the old, weak, and those with underlying conditions certainly has to be done within reason. When it comes to those who are likely to fight it off with little worry, I don't see the point in trying to blanket protect them. If they feel they need extra protection, they can do so to the best of their abilities. The system just needs to make sure products and options are available to them. If you're afraid of flying, you can take a vehicle or boat instead, but you don't force everyone else who's comfortable with flying to drive or sail as well. There's no guarantee that plane full of comfortable passengers won't crash either, as unlikely as it might be. Even more unlikely to crash into the vehicle or boat the flight phobic individual is traveling on instead.