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Inspired by Frayed Knot's signature line.

just once, that I'm aware of

none that I know of. knock on wood

Thanks for putting this up.

I was just checking some news and a pattern was emerging.

𝗠𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 '𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗴' 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 - 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗲 '𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘇𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲' 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘀
— 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘭

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻?
— 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴

'𝗭𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗲' 𝗝𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻
— 𝘙𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴

𝗢𝗻𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
— 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺

Are we making some sort of tacit 𝐸𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑟'𝑠 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠-type societal agreement to not use the word "COVID" in any more headlines?

I'm opposed to COVID.

It appears that the reason the illness at the Open is "mysterious" is because they're not doing any testing. It could be flu, it could be COVID, but nobody seems to think it's worth trying to figure it out.

As for the poll question, I had COVID once, in April 2023. I didn't really feel any symptoms, I only know I had it because I tested due to close exposure to two people who were symptomatic and tested positive.

Methead wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:35 pmjust once, that I'm aware of

Same, but pretty sure I was undiagnosed and superspreading early on.

Fgirl and I never got it, despite it being in my house three times (Fwife had it twice and FBoy once). Each of the three times they were symptomatically sick, though fortunately these were all post-vaccination.

At one point my wife literally coughed in my mouth, with COVID. I did not get the virus.

Fgirl believes that her and I are too Jewish for pandemic illness, we being the more Mediterranean complexioned members of our own family.

I'm in the 'never as far as I know' category.

I've never tested positive cuz I've never been tested and I've never been tested cuz I've never felt any reason to.
I called out sick one day of work in the last five years and that was half for a mild cold and half because I simply didn't feel like going in. Now that was during the Covid era (right around this time last year) so it's possible that it was Covid but, if it was, it was the wimpiest case of Covid ever so I'm sticking with my answer of never.

Once , around this time last year

I'm twice. I had it last June and then just a few weeks ago. The second time was not nearly as bad as the first time although I was sad that I had to miss a John Cale concert.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 12:58 pm Inspired by Frayed Knot's signature line.

I still notice that too

I had it once, last year at Thanksgiving

whippoorwill wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:00 pm

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 12:58 pm Inspired by Frayed Knot's signature line.

I still notice that too

I think I started with that in April of 2020 as a joke.
Just haven't been clever enough to come up with a new one.

whippoorwill wrote: ↑Tue Sep 05, 2023 5:00 pmI had it once, last year at Thanksgiving

Right, I remembered we had it around the same time or overlapped.
Mine was first week of December. There's a thread, too lazy to hunt
it down at the present time.

Twice.

The first time in Quebec City last June. I started feeling bad in the car on the drive home, but pushed through. Got home and was running a 102 fever with a throat that hurt to swallow. Got Paxlovid the next day and was back to normal within 36 hours. Of course, Mrs Lefty, having been trapped in the car with me all that time, came down with it two days later.

The second time was probably in the Phoenix airport this March. Our flight was delayed 7 hours, and nobody was wearing masks (including us). So I came down with an extremely mild case a few days later. Just a runny nose, no temperature. I wouldn't have even tested except the missus insisted.

We're going on a trip next week and would have gotten the new booster but it won't be available until the end of the month, so our timing is bad. This time we're wearing masks at the airport and on the plane, and rolling the dice.

I got it once and had what amounted to the symptoms of a cold. My reaction to the vaccine (waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat with uncontrollable shaking) was far worse. I only tested at the time because my family had it - given my symptoms it is possible i've had it since and not even realized.

Abstaining so as not to jinx myself.

One behavioral health unit with 16 patients is on lock down at my hospital, all have covid ( Young adults )

Our heads-in-the-sandiness is blowing up in our unmasked faces.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:44 pm Abstaining so as not to jinx myself.

This. (knocking wood)
Later

metirish wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:50 pm One behavioral health unit with 16 patients is on lock down at my hospital, all have covid ( Young adults )

Wow.

metirish wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:50 pm One behavioral health unit with 16 patients is on lock down at my hospital, all have covid ( Young adults )

The majority, if not all, unvaccinated is my guess.

My grandson has had Covid twice as far as we know. He’s 8

My granddaughter, his sister, age 10, although sick many times, has not tested positive

It’s a weird weird world.

Once May 2022

Updated vaccine comes out soon and I will do that

Attended Oktoberfest in Munich last Friday. It was absolutely, completely, jammed to the point you couldn't move. Mrs Lefty came down with COVID two days later. I am (to this point) negative. Hers is a relatively mild case, like a medium-strength cold. I credit the two liters of beer I had with my escaping unharmed.