My boss, who got vaxxed and then regretted his action when side effects appeared, called to say he's got COVID again. While I'd like to say that, Ha ha, I'm benefiting from natural immunity, I'm not sure that's true: for the past day or so, I've had a wee bit of a sore throat. Nothing major, and I beat the soreness back with a hydrogen-peroxide gargle, but I remember that, when I got COVID last time, it started with a sore throat that persisted despite repeated gargling, then moved on to a mess of cold symptoms, then knocked me on my ass. I have one more COVID test kit at home; I might use it tonight just to be sure. My Korean coworker says the self-isolation protocol is now 5 days recommended, not required (here).
Since I've now been through COVID, I know the experience isn't tragic. I got through without the "vaccination," without ivermectin, and without hydroxychloroquine. If I have to self-isolate this time, I'll probably break isolation on occasion to do this or that errand; otherwise, I'll mostly stay put. But isolation this time will be much more relaxed.
I will, however, confess something that I only just confessed during a Skype exchange this past Sunday with my buddy Mike: there was one night—I think it was the second night of full-blown symptoms—when I had real trouble breathing, and my breathing seemed to stop every time I drifted off to sleep, almost as if I'd acquired some vicious form of sleep apnea. The problem was gone the following day, but that night was scary enough to keep me mostly awake because the prospect of nodding off and suffocating was terrifying. So yes, I realize COVID can be serious business, but I also know that we're all different and thus affected by the virus differently. Some people have claimed their bout with the coronavirus was like having nothing more than a mild cold. My own bout wasn't that mild, but aside from the one scary night, the whole thing was more annoying than tragic.
Getting COVID again would suck. My taste and smell are back up at around 60-70% now; I'm enjoying food again (not that I ever really stopped). I'd hate to lose those senses a second time. But maybe the upside of a second round with COVID might be that I'll come out of the experience so corona-hardened that I'll never fall prey to the virus again. Who knows?
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