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In the last few days of January and two weeks in early February in Manhattan, I (26M) got quite sick. The first few days were pretty bad and I had 102F fever. I
by ryanworl 6y ago
In the last few days of January and two weeks in early February in Manhattan, I (26M) got quite sick. The first few days were pretty bad and I had 102F fever. I had lots of difficulty breathing and a dry cough for around 2 weeks after. A friend/co-worker who sits next to me at work had essentially identical symptoms 12 hours before me lasting for similar amount of time. I think his breathing problems were less bad than mine.
The worst hit me on the weekend and I returned to work on Monday with the cough.
Around 1 week prior I attended a company holiday party at a large museum with (probably?) one thousand attendees from all over the world. They mostly came from the EU, but at least some from APAC as well.
I have no evidence that this was COVID-19, but in retrospect the symptoms matched reasonably well and I haven't been sick since.
- nxpnsv 6y agoGet an IgG antibody test if you want to know, should still be visible there
- throwawaysea 6y agoIt isn’t a fully reliable test though. There are both false positives and false negatives.
- nxpnsv 6y agoSure, but if you had symptoms AND test positive, it is quite likely (above 95%) the result is correct.
- shard 6y agoFor tests in the real world, there are always false positives and false negatives. No test is 100% perfect. The question is always how high those rates are, and thus how well you can rely on the results.
- rurban 6y agoThe antibody test has a failure rate of 10%, the PCR test a failure rate of <0.1%. In civilized countries the PCR test is free for critical cases (like travelling abroad or in contact with a positive), or 60 EUR if not.