Did anybody of you guys have Covid?

Thanks man. Well to be honest, I am driving only in my town, I don't think I'd be able to go on a highway or on some trip which would demand from me to drive for several hours. I really hope it will stop, but it's been a month and the symptoms are not getting better. And then you go online and read that these symptoms can be had for 3-6 months... That's not good, I was hoping that somebody will say it is going to last for only a few weeks

Doubt you'd still be contagious, but I would be interested to know if they still give the vaccine to those having had the virus and are still experiencing longer term after effects.

If I'm offered it, I'll take it. Not gonna ask for it though.

I haven't had it (AFAIK) but it seems like it either feels like nothing or it hits really hard if it doesn't kill you. I know lots of people who had it, mostly coworkers. They've all felt seriously ill and some had to be hospitalized. It has also killed relatives of people around me too.

My sister got the Astra Zeneca vaccine last Friday. She had a fever for a whole day (most people apparently do, yet they only told her one day later she should have had paracetamol before AND after the shot), but hopefully she'll be mostly fine for the time being and while the pandemic lasts. Maybe.

There are more side effects though:

- I just learned that one of my friends recently had appendicitis, only for the doctors to send him home and put him on waiting list because the public health system needs to breathe a little and can't afford to perform surgery like it used to.

- A coworker had a bacterial lung infection that couldn't be treated so that "it wouldn't interfere with PCR tests" in case she had the virus (she didn't). She pointlessly spent 10 shitty days in bed.

- A closer one: I have had a hernia since at least January/February 2020. I remember feeling occasional back pain and a slight limp for a couple days, thought it was nothing. I started feeling intense pain like two weeks after lockdown began and by mid April I couldn't deal with it anymore, so I went to emergency care. I went to the doctor at least 5 times over the next few months, they always said it was just some inflammatory process ("You're not sick", "Take these vitamins", etc.). Fast forward to mid October, I am finally told: "This is a TEXTBOOK hernia, you're most likely gonna have to undergo surgery". Why, thank you for the prompt diagnosis of my crippling lesion! On the bright side, it looks like I've gotten better since then and probably won't need surgery for the time being, but I took so much stuff and dealt with so much pain in the meantime that I feel robbed by the system.


If you get sick, you may find yourself unable to get treated or downright ignored for whatever reason. Take COVID-19 seriously.

I don't really understand anybody that doesn't want to get vaccinated, apart from on medical grounds. Why would you not want to protect yourself, your family, and your friends?

I also believe that in time to come we will all require vaccination certificates (of some description) to enable us to attend certain events such as concerts, sports events, etc. I, for one, would welcome that, as it would make me feel much safer if I knew that everybody in the vicinity that I was in, had been vaccinated. Whether they could possibly bring in testing requirements before the events, is perhaps another matter, but I think that would be much more complicated.

People should be fined if they refuse the vaccine.

I also struggle with understanding vaccine refusal, but I don't think we should enforce it. Not getting it will marginalise people enough

I wonder if there might come a point where certain groups who have refused the vaccine for non-medical reasons will start to be stigmatised?  If a member of one of those groups was, say, a doctor or a dentist, could a patient refuse treatment from an unvaccinated practitioner?  If we do get to the point where we have some sort of vaccine certification system, things could get very interesting for those that refuse it on non-medical grounds.

Your arse will be on fire after a phaal!

If a high enough proportion are vaccinated and/or immune having had it, then the minority passing it around won't have the same impact - the R rate can't go up enough to be problematic because the chains of transmission get broken, and the absolute number of symptomatic cases will be low enough to be controlled without overwhelming health provision.

The old "herd immunity" principle didn't need 100% coverage, and neither does vaccination.

Good man.

Good for you!  I just had my second dose of Pfizer and I don't regret it for a second.  If it becomes a yearly booster like the flu shot, fine by me, sign me up.

It's good to hear these different experiences. Glad you came through it relatively OK.