• BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    My workplace just went back to masking because it’s already kicking off to be a banger of a respiratory illness season. I’ll use whatever I can to remind people it’s not just about your comfort.

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      1 year ago

      Be sure to get the new booster. I delayed getting it by a week and tested positive Saturday morning. Sinus + Upper Respiratory infection has been a fun thing to experience lmao.

      Worst part so far was last night when I couldn’t tell I was eating expired kimchi until I took a closer look. Lack of smell or taste can be tricky lol.

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        1 year ago

        Oh wow that would have sucked!

        I can’t get another booster until November because of the timing of my last shot but definitely will. Getting my flu shot tomorrow though. The amount of plain old non-COVID respiratory illness in the hospitals around here is absolutely wild, like just plain old pneumonia.

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          1 year ago

          Definitely need to get my flu shot too so thanks for that reminder. When I test negative again I will try and get both.

          Also just learned if I try blowing through my right nostril hard enough, I can blow air out of my left eye sinus passage. Covid has been a gift that keeps on giving.

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            1 year ago

            I hope you feel better soon! I had the mildest possible case of COVID thankfully thanks to five vaccines. It’s worth all the sore arms, because even boosted people are getting bad cases of it!

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              1 year ago

              Thanks! I’m doing better since Saturday for sure. Only really have a sinus infection still but two more days of antibiotics will clear everything up for sure.

              Definitely would take another sore arm over a week of this.

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        1 year ago

        I did the same thing when I last had covid, ate a salad which was expired by 10 days…

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        1 year ago

        I am fully vaxed (booster not available here yet) and had COVID before. Just got it again recently and it really got me good. Still dealing with respiratory problems two weeks later.

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        1 year ago

        I was going to get the booster last weekend but tested positive Friday. D: seems to be a fairly mild case, just an extremely terrible sore throat, and I’m doing Paxlovid - I’d call the taste similar to orange juice + toothpaste.

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        1 year ago

        I mean I couldn’t really tell you whether kimchi is expired, covid or no.

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          1 year ago

          You can tell when there are black marks across all the kimchi that weren’t there a week ago.

          Still going to go buy a new jar whenever I test negative. I’ve been craving it badly.

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      1 year ago

      Yep. My work just went work from home for all non essential personnel for the foreseeable future because a few covid cases in my office.

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      1 year ago

      I’m so glad my last two jobs have been fully remote. I can’t imagine working in an office again and I’m grateful I don’t have to. Most of my friends are still working remotely too which is kinda cool.