Covid...again!

My wife tested positive for Covid on the 1st of July...her sister and myself a few days later. None of our 3 boys showed any symptoms back then. The adults all had mild symtoms and fully recovered within 10 days...no problem nè?

Well, my middle son got sick on Monday and tested positive yesterday...my wife is sick again...going to be tested later today.

The doctor is a bit baffled but suspects it might be a different strain...but he doesn't know. 

I was kinda hoping that being recovered from Covid would almost be the same as being inoculated...it seems not.

We haven't seen the end of this virus by a long shot.

Shark, according to the doctor, there's more than just a few similar cases going around...according to him it can happen within the first 8 weeks from first infection...while you're not completely recovered yet....similar to the vaccine taking about a month to reach proper effectiveness.

"similar to the vaccine taking about a month to reach proper effectiveness"

Yep, any contracting of Covid immediately after your vaccine could still be extremely dangerous, as it takes a while to build up the capabilities to limit the damage that Covid could do to you.

I don't see this being contained...it will run it's coarse...unfortunately many will die still. 

PS...a friend of mine's wife is still quite sick with covid-like symptoms almost 2 weeks after her first jab, but tested negative.

Being sick after testing negative, might be Long Covid.

Apparently, over 1 million people in the UK are believed to have long Covid. (Even 1 year later).
Vaccines appear to help people that have long Covid, even if they are jabbed after having Covid.

Doctors and scientists aren't even close to completely understanding this disease. 

I think where the problem goes wrong  and Ccvid  could be deadly is when people already have morbidities  or in the case of the elderly where their immunity has weakened against all infections,   

I know my 80 year-old sister-in-law was infected in January 2021 and one day felt tired and depressed - but that was all she had as a result of the infection.   she was tested negative 14 days after the first test.

Draad - I hope and pray you and your family are  fine and will be fully recovered soon.   

Maaik...thanks. We are fine and get to spend some quality family time together...

A week and I have no symptoms yet, my eldest neither...wife not better, but not worse either...my tw o youngest sons are much better...only cold like symptoms now.

My two youngest boys got sent home from school on Monday because the developed sore throats while at school. The school wants negative tests before allowing them back. One tested positive, the other negative. 

Now here's the absurdity. According to current South African covid protocol, the one who tested negative can go back to school. The other have to isolate for 7 days. The eldest, who has no symptoms, must continue with school as normal. Same for me and my wife...continue working while we have no symptoms...surely we pose a risk of spreading although we don't have symptoms.

I suppose the risk of spreading a light variant is more acceptable than putting further strain on a severely damaged economy. 

A lot of these rules and regulations don't make sense

When I got Covid, I only had the symptoms 4 - 5 days after contracting it, so clearly I was a carrier, just like you and your wife could be....

I agree, i t makes no sense

I don't get it. Why is it absurd that the one who tested negative can go back to school? That seems logical. What is absurd about that?

If you can't see the relevance of the context I provided,  your critical thinking skills are even worse than your self-awareness and your perpetual miserable board mood...

If only symptomatic people and people with positive test results spread covid, there would not have been a pandemic in the first place...or is that too much for your deductive abilities to process. 

Yeah, I've never observed someone so devoid of context and tries vainly to nitpick, ie spelling attack or something minor, to derail you. You are talking and sharing details about you, your wife and your kids in what could or might be a serious matter and he churlishly ignores your sensitivities which we all have to our loved ones. A heartless creature.

Seb, the purpose of sharing about covid is to lern as much about it as we can...to make informed decisions...his mind is already made up...

Given the transmissibility of the disease and the testing variability, it is absurd to have one kid back at school and the other in quarantine. Peeper apparently is as poor at logic as he is at numbers.

It's the same thing...

you have a wife????

how?

Easy peasy Chips...want some tips attracting more than Dave's mom?...I can give you some pointers, but you'll have to leave the p-pump at the door.

Schplotttttt!