Health

My nephew announced that he had tested positive for Covid after we'd all spent 5 days together at Thanksgiving. He said, "But don't worry, I have no symptoms. I hardly know I even have it."

We said, "Yeah, you're 22 but we're all in our 50's and 60's. We've got a lot more to worry about than you do." I can't tell you how annoyed I was with my nephew for being so thoughtless.

So I came home with the dizziness, and felt like maybe I was getting a slight cold. I took some aspirin and some vitamin C, and waited for the worst to happen. But nothing did really happen. No temperature, no sore throat, only slightly hoarse - for the first 3 days. Then by Wednesday I discovered that I had no sense of taste or smell. That's when I knew I had the Covid, but it was a very mild case. I didn't even get a positive reading on my home testing kit. (It had to be a false negative.) But I didn't want to take any chances, I stayed home and quarantined for two weeks, including the time since I returned from the Thanksgiving visit with my family.

There was never any sickness, no fever, no cold or sore throat. It was just hoarseness for about 6 or 7 days, and loss of taste and smell for 4 days. That's it. I could have easily been walking around, obliviously infecting other people. Except I didn't do that - I stayed home and waited it out.

I'm certain that my vaccinations in 2021 prevented me from getting sicker. So thank you, Dr. Fauci and Joe Biden! Because of those vaccinations I'm here to tell the story.