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ElwoodBlues · M
Through the roof. I live in the northeast US, and the infection count is the highest since the pandemic began. So far, hospitalization rates aren't setting records though.
On a personal note, I can now report that myself, my wife, and our two kids all got infected with Covid, but with such mild symptoms that at first we were sure it was a cold not Covid. BTW, my wife & I are vaxxed & boostered; our sons vaxxed only. It's only because my wife is super cautious that we did a rapid test and then 2 more. And then two of us got PCR tests.
Assuming this is omicron, it's insidious because our symptoms didn't include any Covid red flags - no loss of taste or smell, no measurable fever, only 1 headache in 4. Our symptoms did include scratchy or sore throats, coughing, runny nose, and a day of real tiredness / lethargy; plus I had some chills on my lethargic day. Most of that is consistent with a bad cold or a mild flu - no Covid red flags. My symptoms started on the night of the 27th and as of the morning of the 30th I feel like I'm at the tail end of a cold with mild sniffles and a bit of cough. And, TBH, if this - vaccines + boosters + four days of cold symptoms - is the price I pay to have super-resistance, for me personally it's wholly worth the cost.
Back to the original question: I can see why Omicron is running wild. If you're vaccinated then it probably won't behave like Covid, which means if you're not careful, you can easily become a spreader. So far the high vaccination rates around here are helping hold down hospitalization rates, but with another doubling or tripling of infection rates, hospitals might start to overflow anyway.
On a personal note, I can now report that myself, my wife, and our two kids all got infected with Covid, but with such mild symptoms that at first we were sure it was a cold not Covid. BTW, my wife & I are vaxxed & boostered; our sons vaxxed only. It's only because my wife is super cautious that we did a rapid test and then 2 more. And then two of us got PCR tests.
Assuming this is omicron, it's insidious because our symptoms didn't include any Covid red flags - no loss of taste or smell, no measurable fever, only 1 headache in 4. Our symptoms did include scratchy or sore throats, coughing, runny nose, and a day of real tiredness / lethargy; plus I had some chills on my lethargic day. Most of that is consistent with a bad cold or a mild flu - no Covid red flags. My symptoms started on the night of the 27th and as of the morning of the 30th I feel like I'm at the tail end of a cold with mild sniffles and a bit of cough. And, TBH, if this - vaccines + boosters + four days of cold symptoms - is the price I pay to have super-resistance, for me personally it's wholly worth the cost.
Back to the original question: I can see why Omicron is running wild. If you're vaccinated then it probably won't behave like Covid, which means if you're not careful, you can easily become a spreader. So far the high vaccination rates around here are helping hold down hospitalization rates, but with another doubling or tripling of infection rates, hospitals might start to overflow anyway.
Elessar · 26-30, M
@ElwoodBlues Nice to hear the two doses are holding up; I don't think I'll personally be able to be eligible for my booster prior coming in contact with omicron, judging by the daily numbers we're reporting. Hopefully 2 Pfizers + likely undiagnosed infection with the wild type in Feb 2020 + omicron exposure will at least "boost" me enough for whatever variant has yet to come.
RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M
@ElwoodBlues The wife and I are treble jabbed too , and very careful. Thanks for the very useful information.