# Does anyone here know anyone personally who has been diagnosed, or has been yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 21, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941 "2020-03-21T06:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/642 "2021-12-07T15:31:15Z")
How are you doing @Rushgeekgirl ? My cousin has it, and has it bad. He’s in a coma on a ventilator at the moment. He was not vaxxed. It’s a terrible terrible situation. Lucky for him he’s 29 with no other conditions other than about 40 lbs overweight. I’m betting on him living through it but having a ton of lasting issues. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/643 "2021-12-07T15:31:24Z")
That sucks Loach. Here’s hoping for 1) mild and 2) psychosomatic! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/644 "2021-12-07T15:55:16Z")
I forgot to add we are both vaccinated but we were scheduled to get the booster next weekend. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/645 "2021-12-09T18:35:31Z")
Diagnosed on Sunday. It’s been pretty mild. I actually thought I had a cold, until a coworker mentioned that two of the people in our work unit had been diagnosed, leading me to get tested. I feel fine, but the two week quarantine is mandatory so I’m home working out and working thru my to-read pile. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/646 "2021-12-09T19:32:08Z")
I have taken a home test every day this week. All have been negative. My girlfriend is still sick but has had no fever for a day and she does not have any breathing issues. I’m having a PCR test tonight just to make sure I’m not Typhoid Mary. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/647 "2021-12-10T11:45:06Z")
Took a test this morning and it was positive. I did take the PCR test yesterday but didn’t get the results yet. I was hoping it was just the cold that also seems to be going around but no such luck. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/648 "2021-12-11T06:51:28Z")
My college roommate in Middle of Nowhere, England has what doctors are guessing is her second case of COVID (she was also sick toward the beginning of the pandemic, but no tests were available to confirm that it was COVID. It did have all the hallmarks of it, though, and she was told to presume she was positive.) She is a teacher who relies on public transportation, and in her area of England, she says hardly anyone is masking. She seems to be managing at home OK so far with her college-age son bringing her food, but is feeling pretty miserable and has lost her sense of taste. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/649 "2021-12-11T17:06:17Z")
Ok I’m pumped full of ivermectin and good to go. Just kidding, I qualify for monoclonal antibodies and I’m in the waiting room right now. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/650 "2021-12-11T17:09:33Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I qualify for monoclonal antibodies and I’m in the waiting room right now. So glad to hear this. I was hoping, ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/651 "2021-12-11T17:20:03Z")
Best wishes ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/652 "2021-12-11T18:28:49Z")
Good. If you haven’t had a booster already, you’ll have to wait 90 days due to the monoclonal antibody treatment, but getting covid is like a booster anyway. I think the antibody treatment is probably quite helpful. It helped to turn my spouse’s illness around. I hope it keeps you from ever getting very sick. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/653 "2021-12-11T23:26:58Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > Good. If you haven’t had a booster already, you’ll have to wait 90 days due to the monoclonal antibody treatment, but getting covid is like a booster anyway. > > I think the antibody treatment is probably quite helpful. It helped to turn my spouse’s illness around. > > I hope it keeps you from ever getting very sick. This was not nearly as fun as I had hoped. The nurse hooked me up and said I would have to wait an hour afterwards in case of possible reactions. She assured me that she hadn’t even heard of anyone having a reaction. About a minute after she left I started feeling flush. About two minutes later I was reasonably sure I was going to die (only a slight exaggeration). After they unhooked me it started to get better immediately. They were all looking at me like I was crazy and it was a panic attack or something. I knew it was not. Now hours later and many tests the doctor tells me that’s the most common bad reaction to the treatment. So I’m still waiting to be released. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/654 "2021-12-11T23:55:10Z")
Yikes! I’m glad you’re OK. That’s a nasty trick – already having Covid and then fearing you’re going to die from the treatment! I hope you continue to get better from everything. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/655 "2021-12-12T06:26:06Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Now hours later and many tests the doctor tells me that’s the most common bad reaction to the treatment. So I’m still waiting to be released. Any updates? Hope you’re doing okay. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/656 "2021-12-12T16:13:51Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > Now hours later and many tests the doctor tells me that’s the most common bad reaction to the treatment. So I’m still waiting to be released. > > Any updates? Hope you’re doing okay. Still have Covid. I was released from the hospital. When I got home I realized I now lost my sense of taste. That’s fun. The one and only other time I had an allergic reaction was to CAT scan contrast. It was a very similar reaction. That time the reaction was not as immediate but it didn’t go away immediately either. I wonder if they share some inert compound that I’m allergic to. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/657 "2021-12-12T20:02:35Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The one and only other time I had an allergic reaction was to CAT scan contrast. Huh. You and me both. Likely the two reactions are not related, but you’re the only other person I’ve heard with a similarly limited experience (though with me it was just my sinuses closing almost instantaneously). Anyway sorry to hear you had such a scary experience. Hope everything clears up soonish for you. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/658 "2021-12-13T04:24:13Z")
Ten days ago, birthday party with somewhere between 40-50 attendees, aged 1-70. Since then, twelve tested positive, believe others are ill but not tested (from scuttlebutt heard). Of the twelve, four are in pretty bad shape, currently at home. The other eight vary from cold like symptoms to moderate flu like cruds. The one thing known about this dozen? None vaccinated. They just decided to cancel Xmas, which has caused other (presumed unvaccinated) family members to complain. Vociferously. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/659 "2021-12-14T02:58:29Z")
Almost everybody I know has been vaccinated along with the booster. One of the few people I know who didn’t just passed away. I went to great lengths to spell out why that person’s background would not fair well if they got covid. There will be a whole lot of vaccinated people shrugging their shoulders at the funeral. Maybe we should park vaccine RV’s at funeral homes. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/660 "2021-12-14T07:08:47Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Maybe we should park vaccine RV’s at funeral homes. That actually sounds like an excellent idea. Just park halfway down the block with a discreet sign out. Don’t try to actively recruit funeralgoers, but I bet quite a few of them would be more receptive to the subtle message of “Vastly reduce your chances of ending up like the guy you just buried”. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2021, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/661 "2021-12-14T08:07:10Z")
I don’t know why we aren’t producing better PSA’s that explain the horror’s of dying alone on a ventilator. The best luck I’ve had in conversations with doubters is to get them to picture how horrible drowning is. I then ask them to imagine they were lying in a bed for days and never being able to catch their breath until finally they’re sedated and intubated en-route to Valhalla. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941.md?page=34)