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You had a fever and shortness of breath and you didn’t suspect coronavirus? No offense, but have you been living under a rock?

jacquesm 7y ago
A few weeks ago, in a location where the virus had not been confirmed yet, that could easily happen. The situation is changing so fast that a few weeks - or even days - can make a huge difference.
jryan49 7y ago
It might of been more than a month now. The virus was in the news on January and then kind of disappeared out of the news. The way it was being reported too was that it was contained in China and hasn't made it out. I thought maybe I had it but it I thought it was unlikely considering the news.
- toasterlovin 7y ago
  Fair enough. I guess the idea that a disease which had exploded in the way it did in China could ever possibly be contained doesn't really make sense to me, but maybe you don't live in a place with a lot of asian immigrants. I'm on the west coast of the U.S. and there are just huge numbers of asian immigrants here. There's just no feasible way a disease in China could somehow not make its way here. Way too many flights and way too many people here with connections to China.
  - jryan49 7y ago
    I'm in Philly, my wife travels through phl (intl airport) quite often for work and we have a sizable Asian population. I was just naive to think we had a handle on this thing.
rglullis 7y ago
My kids (3 year old and 6mo) and I had the exact same set of symptoms in Berlin around the 12th of February, except that we had lower fever. My wife showed no symptoms. We went to the pediatrician and it was diagnosed just as a standard flu + bronchitis. The baby was prescribed an inhaler with Salbumamol. I am already asthmatic so I just treated it as it getting temporarily out of control. We all had about rough 3-4 days but nothing that ever made us feel like an extraordinary case. When you have a 3 year old going to the Kita, you just assume that they will always bring something home. I am working from home and we already had a flight scheduled for the end of February, so even after the kid got better we didn't take her to the Kita to avoid getting anything else. Now, I still think that what we had was just a seasonal flu, but I really would like to get some test to remove all doubt.
- jryan49 7y ago
  My wife only coughed a lot for a week. I was semi bed ridden for about 3 days. It was definitely not the worst flu I've had. I did feel very tried for a week and slept a lot more than usual after those 3-4 days
  - rglullis 7y ago
    Pretty much the same. The one thing that is really making me wonder now is that I got anosmia and that never happened before. It was so novel to me that I spent a good part of an hour reading about anosmia caused by flu and commented with my wife how weird it was. I usually have a very good appetite, even when sick. The anosmia caused appetite loss and all I wanted was to drink water + vitamin C
    - jryan49 7y ago
      Yeah I've never had it before either after reading this it feels like a red flag. I also lost my appetite and lost about 5 pounds, but that just may have been from anxiety.

jacquesm 7y ago

A few weeks ago, in a location where the virus had not been confirmed yet, that could easily happen. The situation is changing so fast that a few weeks - or even days - can make a huge difference.

jryan49 7y ago

It might of been more than a month now. The virus was in the news on January and then kind of disappeared out of the news. The way it was being reported too was that it was contained in China and hasn't made it out. I thought maybe I had it but it I thought it was unlikely considering the news.

toasterlovin 7y ago
Fair enough. I guess the idea that a disease which had exploded in the way it did in China could ever possibly be contained doesn't really make sense to me, but maybe you don't live in a place with a lot of asian immigrants. I'm on the west coast of the U.S. and there are just huge numbers of asian immigrants here. There's just no feasible way a disease in China could somehow not make its way here. Way too many flights and way too many people here with connections to China.
- jryan49 7y ago
  I'm in Philly, my wife travels through phl (intl airport) quite often for work and we have a sizable Asian population. I was just naive to think we had a handle on this thing.

rglullis 7y ago

My kids (3 year old and 6mo) and I had the exact same set of symptoms in Berlin around the 12th of February, except that we had lower fever. My wife showed no symptoms. We went to the pediatrician and it was diagnosed just as a standard flu + bronchitis. The baby was prescribed an inhaler with Salbumamol. I am already asthmatic so I just treated it as it getting temporarily out of control. We all had about rough 3-4 days but nothing that ever made us feel like an extraordinary case. When you have a 3 year old going to the Kita, you just assume that they will always bring something home. I am working from home and we already had a flight scheduled for the end of February, so even after the kid got better we didn't take her to the Kita to avoid getting anything else. Now, I still think that what we had was just a seasonal flu, but I really would like to get some test to remove all doubt.

jryan49 7y ago
My wife only coughed a lot for a week. I was semi bed ridden for about 3 days. It was definitely not the worst flu I've had. I did feel very tried for a week and slept a lot more than usual after those 3-4 days
- rglullis 7y ago
  Pretty much the same. The one thing that is really making me wonder now is that I got anosmia and that never happened before. It was so novel to me that I spent a good part of an hour reading about anosmia caused by flu and commented with my wife how weird it was. I usually have a very good appetite, even when sick. The anosmia caused appetite loss and all I wanted was to drink water + vitamin C
  - jryan49 7y ago
    Yeah I've never had it before either after reading this it feels like a red flag. I also lost my appetite and lost about 5 pounds, but that just may have been from anxiety.