r/Eugene • u/ReverbSage • 18d ago
Alright y'all who's got either the flu or COVID? jiggly
š§š„°š§āāļø
41
u/CanHackett06660 18d ago
This is the first year I forgot to get my Flu shot in years. Iām going on day 4 of barely being able to move, worst headache Iāve ever had, fever and chills. My kid and wife got their shots, they are fine. Get the flu shot.
16
u/Marlopupperfield 18d ago
For those reading this and maybe thinking itās too late to get a flu-shotā¦ ITāS NOT! Typically weāre not even at peak flu season until January, and it can go into May/June some years. Go get it!!!
3
18
u/Particular_Way980 18d ago
Two family members just got over a bad week long confirmed flu. The rest of the family got the flu + covid shots last month and are 100% ok, zero symptoms (all share the same living space). Lane county currently has the highest rate of pertussis in Oregon. Pneumonia and RSV are also rampant in town per the drs the sick ones saw.
11
u/Current_Run9540 18d ago
Be careful folks: I have my up to date vaccinations and caught some kind of respiratory bug that very quickly became pneumonia and then left me with bad inflammation in my bronchial tubes. Took me out for 5 weeks. Wasnāt ever really scary like the pneumonia cases that came out of COVID, but it was pretty rough and I was lucky to have really good short term disability coverage through my company. Take care of yourselves!
10
u/letsmakeafriendship 18d ago edited 18d ago
Sorry you're feeling sick :(
Keep getting your vaccines, washing your hands, and wearing a mask in crowded indoor areas. You can remove _most_ of your risk of getting any sort of infection by following these steps. I have been sick a total of two times since 2019, before adopting these practices due to COVID, I got sick at least once a year. These techniques work. It's not all or nothing, risk comes in degrees.
If your last covid booster was 6+ months ago it is providing basically no protection against infection or symptoms (but maintaining protection against death). If the side-effects from the MRNA vaccines were too intense, try Novavax, it didn't even give me a sore arm whereas the MRNA ones knocked me out with a 24hr fever. Novavax is just as effective. Locally, rite-aid and (I have heard) Costco carry it. You don't need a membership to use the costco pharmacy.
COVID and Flu shots are the #1 thing you can do (outside of diet and exercise) to reduce your risk of a heart attack, as heart attacks are often caused by underlying infections stressing the body.
8
u/NovelInjury3909 18d ago
I mask (N95)whenever Iām around other people, do risk reduction like getting takeaway vs eating in, and get my COVID vaccines regularly. I havenāt been sick since Spring 2020 and neither has my wife! Itās a challenge to incorporate airborne precautions into your life at first, but everytime I start to feel tired of it, I remember how grateful I am to be staying healthy. I hope more people give their bodies the protections they deserve, especially with H5N1 (bird flu) on the rise, which has an extremely high fatality rate. :(
9
u/letsmakeafriendship 18d ago edited 18d ago
Glad to see another masker :). John Snow made society realize we need clean drinking water, because re-using drinking water was dangerous. We now enjoy clean drinking water everywhere and don't even give it a second thought. Our society unfortunately has yet to learn that lesson about air, even though dirty air can literally kill you. https://johnsnowproject.org/
For those not following H5N1 news, H5N1 doesn't have sustained human-to-human transmission yet. But when it does, we will be in a world of hurt. Could be tomorrow, could be 20 years from now. Bird Flu has had pandemic potential your entire life. Right now, unless you are a farm worker or in close contact with a farm worker, or drink raw milk, your risk of getting bird flu is on par with ebola. If you drink raw milk, you very well may be lucky enough to end up being mentioned in a medical journal. And not because you are the author.
2
6
u/SheHasAPawPrint 18d ago
I had Covid in mid October for the first time. I have to say it lived up to its hype. I missed 6 days of work and it took 3 weeks to feel back to normal. I sure could have used the extra 10 days of sick leave we had available in 2020. 0/10 stars and do not recommend.
Getting my flu shot tomorrow. Hard pass on both.
5
u/letsmakeafriendship 18d ago
Same here, got my first infection this year. Did not disappoint.
5
u/SheHasAPawPrint 18d ago
Itās wild to see all the downvotes on this topic. Heaven forbid you got sick from covid
3
u/letsmakeafriendship 18d ago edited 18d ago
If it makes you feel any better, it's mostly bots. Decentralized social media is solving this problem, but it takes time for people to move to new platforms. Certain topics trigger even more bots than usual, covid is one of those topics. The US govt at one time was even running bots to spread misinformation about vaccine safety: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/
5
6
u/SproketRocket 18d ago
neither, but I got hit hard with an adenovirus (cold) sore throat for over a week, viral conjunctivitis, its been rough.
5
u/thrownalee 18d ago
I'm recovering from COVID. I was fully vaccinated but caught it anyway right about the first of December.
2
u/GullibleBathroom5616 18d ago
How long were you sick?
2
u/thrownalee 18d ago
My symptoms began on the 5th and are still not entirely gone (lingering sinus crud and a bit of cough).
3
u/GullibleBathroom5616 18d ago
Dang, mine started yesterday morning šµāš« fully vaxxed too. Oh well, at least my entire family got it so we can still get together for Christmas!
4
u/ThereMightBeDinos 18d ago
Neither, but I've been sick for a few weeks. No fever, just bad congestion in face and chest. Doc says it's going around and bad this season. Not much to do except manage symptoms and check in again if I'm still sick come new year, pretty much.
4
5
u/letsmakeafriendship 18d ago
RSV, COVID, Flu, and Noro are all high right now. Numbers and charts if you like 'em https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/up-up-and-away
4
3
u/lickem369 18d ago
Me!
2
u/ReverbSage 18d ago
Ayyy :) I haven't gotten out of bed in like 3 days haha. How about you?
4
u/lickem369 18d ago
Iām out of bed but with a sore throat weakness and headache. The Alien invasion doesnāt help much!
2
3
u/Strange-Biscuit 18d ago edited 18d ago
A good friend with cold-like symptoms tested positive for the rona.
Edit to add that we know a 5th grader with pneumonia too. Thereās some crap going around. š©
3
u/GullibleBathroom5616 18d ago
The whole fam from Douglas to Lane got covid since this last weekend we all spent together. From 8 months to 80 years old. Symptoms ranging in severity but mostly a mild sore throat with aches. Hives, congestion, scratchy voice, and light fever for the baby, who's really had it the worst. No symptoms for the 8 year old. Every single one of us vaxxed for flu and covid. Most of us are getting better already.
3
u/dumpafook 18d ago
Iām exactly 1 week out from coming down with the flu š¤ā¦ and Iām still very congested with a gnarly cough! It started as just a bit of sneezing and then a progressively increasing runny nose while I was at work last Fridayā¦ otherwise I felt fine! But I wore a mask just in case but I thought it was allergies.
By that evening I was full blown sick with a relentless fever of 101-102F and so painful with chills everywhere all night. It came on so fast and lasted on and off through much of Sunday. I had to call off sick multiple days from work this past week and been laid out since! Only now starting to feel human again.
I get my flu and Covid vaccines every year.
Stay safe and healthy out there, folks!
2
2
2
2
2
u/FloBot3000 18d ago
My 15 to just got something but I didn't take him to the Dr. A fever for 2 days including moments of shivering and lots of blankets. And a bad sore throat for a week that pain relievers barely took an edge off of. I looked down his throat and didn't see the strep pus pockets on tonsils, the pain was right down the middle. A bad sounding cough that is finally getting better after 2 weeks.
At say 3 his fever was gone and throat was slightly improved, so we decided he was getting better and to not go to doc unless it got worse again.
My roommates son had strep last week.
2
u/ferngully1114 18d ago
Kid is recovering from influenza A. Rest of us havenāt caught it so far, knock on wood. Heās wearing a mask when he leaves his room, we have HEPA filters throughout the house, and open windows when itās warm enough outside. Heās on day 6, so Iām hoping we are in the clear.
2
2
u/Impossible-Pattern28 18d ago
I think I am getting over it. I didn't do a test but did stay home and now wearing a mask when I go out. I had vaccines though, so it's like a bad cold. Maybe it's just a bad cold.
2
2
u/freyascats 17d ago
A few of us in my house have been sick all week, another got it a couple days after us. Not sure what it is but itās miserable and we all have had our flu and Covid vaccines for this season.
0
u/Puddles22 18d ago
Ate a lot of bugs as a kid, my immune system is bulletproof. Never get sick, still havenāt gotten COVID. I am fearless.
1
u/Aolflashback 18d ago
Heeyyoooo! Samsies. Well, not the bug eating part, but I was always sick as a kid so I think my white blood cells have that elephant memory or something.
1
u/Olive_Garden_Wifi 18d ago
I got Covid back in October for the first time. I donāt get out much so Iāve been fairly lucky considering Iām not up to date on my boosters.
1
1
u/Hungry_Fisherman5457 17d ago
I havenāt gotten either vaccine for years and havenāt been sick for years. Coincidence? Yes.
1
u/kiltedcoffee 17d ago
I think I might have earlier in the week because I just felt run down for about 24 hours. A ton of people are out sick from work and a few people are wearing masks (end of the year, probably used all their sick time already)
0
2
u/Salt-Scallion-8002 18d ago
My family is mainly NOVIDS - never known to have it! Are they ganna study us:)?
0
u/elementalbee 18d ago
I canāt get myself to get a flu or covid shot due to how absolutely miserable they make me feel. The Covid vaccine made me so ill I couldnāt walk more than 2-3 steps without having to sit down. I literally kept falling asleep on the floor because I didnāt have enough energy to get to my bed. It lasted THREE DAYS and I still wasnāt 100% after that. Iāve had Covid twice and it was significantly less severe than what I experienced with the vaccine (just took more days).
6
u/letsmakeafriendship 18d ago
You may want to look into novavax. I also had pretty terrible side-effects from the MRNA shots (24 hr fever, two days of feeling yuck), novavax didn't even give me a sore arm, and studies show it's not just me who gets less side effects. Just as effective. Flu shot side effects are typically very mild, so if you are having reactions like that, it may be a potential allergy and you should talk to your healthcare provider about alternatives with different ingredients.
Your next bout with covid may be equally mild, it may be horrendously worse, or you may end up with long covid or have a heart attack triggered. Long covid can last weeks, months, or years and include everything from loss of smell to loss of mental acuity to chronic exhaustion. The number of Americans who have lost their sense of smell permanentely is the population of Oregon times two!
0
0
u/sandwichmaker1243 17d ago
I have yet to get Covid. Not vaccinated. I never get sick though. I think itās all the whiskey I drink
-1
u/Proud_Cauliflower400 18d ago
Get sick, get better, die. Those are your only options. Death is kinda not an option though. You're going to die. But not you Raymond K. Hessel.
-2
-4
u/Ok-Credit-7764 18d ago
I donāt get flu or Covid vaccines anymore. I got Covid 7 times since 2020 and I nearly died. Covid got worse for me after I got the vaccine, it was bearable before surprisingly. Iām not against the flu vaccine but I had an incredibly awful reaction to the last one I got so I just gave up on vaccines. I just wash my hands a lot and sanitize my spaces. Keep a distance from people. Vaccines arenāt effective for everyone unfortunately. :(
3
18d ago
[deleted]
1
u/Ok-Credit-7764 18d ago
Iām not against vaccines, just pointing out the fact that itās not effective for everyone.
4
18d ago
[deleted]
2
u/Ok-Credit-7764 18d ago
Even the CDC states that not everyone should get certain vaccines due to certain illnesses or other factors. Iām not an idiot lol Iām all for protecting myself and others but not if they make me feel like Iām dying
-1
u/Ok-Credit-7764 18d ago
You donāt know that for a fact because youāre basing it off statistics, not my individual experience and how I respond to medication as a whole. Which I donāt need to explain to you.
-7
u/danielediabla 18d ago
News flash: itās cold and flu season. Nothing new. Ever since 2020, people make it a huge deal. People get sick and itās part of life.
3
18d ago
[deleted]
2
u/danielediabla 18d ago
Yeah thatās not true. I guarantee itās a more sedentary and stressful lifestyle and poor diet that is having that effect. All of which increased since Covid.
3
18d ago
[deleted]
-1
u/danielediabla 18d ago
Did you just use chatgpt to get your information? š
That study only had 133 covid participants. And nothing in there suggests PERMANENT damageā¦. You read ālong-term changesā and assumed āpermanent damageā???
1
1
u/Ok-Credit-7764 18d ago
That also happens as people get older. All the kids in my family that got it were still playing and having the time of their lives lol the older folks, not so much.
66
u/dangerfielder 18d ago
Nope. Vaccine has worked for me so far.