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One of my buddies lost his best friend to covid really early in the pandemic, so we took precautions very seriously. Somehow I never got it, even though my wife did. We were sleeping in the same bed for the first 3 days she had it, since we didn't know that it was covid, and I still never got it. She isolated before the symptoms got really bad, but logic seems to indicate that I should have got it during those three days. Thankfully she didn't get it until 2022, and we were both double or triple vaccinated by that point. She was definitely sicker than I've ever seen her, but no long term side effects as far as we can tell.
Honestly, the long covid effects scared me more than actual death did. There’s people who now have a permanent lack of energy, brain fog, on permanent disability, etc. That was definitely my main concern in trying to avoid corona.
When I got it, it wasn’t bad - but it was definitely different than what the flu usually does. My symptoms were mostly muscle aches, things tasting off, and a mild cough. I didn’t get things like a sore throat or runny nose like the usual flu symptoms.
Yeah my wife said that it was different from the flu or a cold too. Her symptoms appeared to be a severe flu, but she said she knew immediately that it was covid when the symptoms became more serious since it was different than anything else she'd ever felt before.