NASAg03 said:
94chem said:
The Big12Ag said:
NASAg03 said:
Probably got it at the dancehall or a bar. I've been going to them regularly since everything reopened in June. Most of my friends at those places have had it. Seems like at least 50% of friends I've talked to.
Was around 7 people when I started having symptoms, including my 70 year old mom. Thought it was food poisoning at first. Isolated after the tell tell signs started showing up and tested positive a few days after that.
Wouldn't change a thing. 2 weeks feeling like **** is worth it vs living paranoid and alone for a year.
Actually I would probably go to a covid party to get it and be done ASAP if I had it to do again.
I find this a bit surprising, you felt no worry or guilt in exposing your older relatives?
I agree with not living paranoid and alone but don't get how you've presented two options - living paranoid and alone for a year OR regularly going inside with large groups of strangers. For myself, I didn't want to live paranoid and alone, and did not, but I have lots of things I enjoy that don't involve being inside with large groups of strangers on a regular basis. I do enjoy dining inside or going to movies, but dining outside and renting at home with family and close friends wasn't a big pivot to me. Both my wife and I have gone to work in person every day, all our kids do in person school and sports programs, we have other exposures as well - but prior to see older relatives we have common sense isolated where possible and even had a test or two to protect those more at risk.
I guess if dancehalls and bars are your main hobbies and only means of social enjoyment then it is your choice to be able to go there, but exposing others when you have symptoms doesn't have to be a part of your either/or scenario.
Nah, man. Do you even American, bro? There's no middle ground. You either get in the bubble, or get out in the flow and blow celebratory chunks on everyone you see.
Seriously, if I walked into a mom and pop hardware store and stole a generator, which meant I didn't have to work an extra job to buy it, but it meant the proprietor couldn't make his next loan payment, I wouldn't come on TexAgs and brag about it.
But these days, everybody has to be a coronabro or a virus hunter. Not sure how you can be proud of spreading a disease. I feel bad when my wife catches my cold.
They know how I live my life, and it's their choice if they want to hang out with me. I only hung around others when I thought I had food poisoning, not covid. When the respiratory symptoms started, that's when I isolated under the assumption I had covid. Then I got tested to confirm, and told everyone that I had it so that they could get tested / trace contacts.
My mom is 70 with no underlying conditions. She's healthy and has a great immune system, probably from being a nurse all her life. And it was her choice to spend time with me, go out in public, go to restaurants, and enjoy life. And she was caring for her aunt who is 91, who also wanted to go to Walmart in person and interact with people. Why? Because she wants to enjoy her last few years on earth.
I never said I was proud of spreading the disease. But I'm going to quarantine every time I show a single symptom out of the 15+ that are related to covid.
I'm a single man in my late 30's. My social circles involving church, sports, and outdoor groups largely shut down, and this was after I had just moved to Denver. So yeah I was lonely and depressed from March thru June, and very excited when things started to re-open. Those included bars, restaurants, and dance halls. I value living over existence, and my friends share the same mindset. I never lied or hid my lifestyle, and people weren't comfortable with my actions stopped spending time with me.. And that's something I accepted.
What I bolded is important. I don't go out to bars and dance halls (I rarely eat out, even before Covid).
But, back when things opened up, I went back to my small group fitness classes. I go to one every day, and it has 8-10 people in it. We position ourselves 6 ft apart in class, but when you're sweating and huffing and puffing, I don't think that makes a difference.
Anyway, I made it clear to people that I was going to this class. I told my parents, my friends, and my coworkers who I go to lunch with once a week. I told the parents of the kids my son carpooled to band practice with.
No one opted out of contact with me because if it, but I firmly believe being transparent and letting others make their own decisions is important.
My sister really tried to guilt me hard over this, though. She said something like "What if you caught it at exercise class, gave it to your son, he gave it to someone at school, and that person at school gave it to their elderly grandparent?"
Good grief, that's so many degrees of separation! Not to mention, he goes to school with 2000+ other kids - and they and their families are going on vacations and to football games and probably to exercise classes, too.
I am only responsible for myself, and I am only accountable to the people in my closest circle. As long as you're honest with them and give them the opportunity to opt in/out of seeing you, that's really all you can do.
Other than that, when I go to work and any stores, I wear a mask and do my best to stay 6 ft away from people. If you do all that and someone still catches this, than so be it, because, other than locking down again, there is not much more you can do to prevent it.
As a side note, on the day I first lost taste and smell, it was my turn to drive carpool. I told the mother of the other kid riding with us about my symptoms, and she was ok with the situation. And, as I said above, to my knowledge, I didn't pass it on to anyone, either before I had symptoms or while I actively had symptoms.