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Jan 23, 2024 - 9:05 AM
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Solium
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It took almost four years, but I finally contracted COVID this week. Symptoms include sinus-pressure headache, chills, cough, post-nasal drip, and now a loss of smell and taste, so I now love the music of Marco Beltrami.
All of the above symptoms, save for loss of taste and smell, have subsided, but I'm out of work for the rest of the week.
Ah man, sorry to hear that. Hope its not to bad. I went almost four years before getting it. I find once you get over Covid the symptoms can stick around for another six months. I continued to feel very weak and had a consistent cough for months afterwards. I heard other people say the same thing.
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Haven't had it so far.
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I haven't seen anyone wear masks or be concerned about Covid-19 here for, I don't know, a couple of years?
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Some folks still wear masks in NYC, especially on subways. But I would say only a handful in any given subway car. You occasionally see people with masks on the street, but they are usually older folks like me! The greatest group of users of masks that I've noticed in the City lately are food delivery guys. I imagine that they go in and out of buildings and apartments frequently so it is probably a preventative measure. I remember that one of the first COVID fatalities recorded in the City was a young bike messenger/delivery-person. Also a few cab drivers still wear them, too.
No one talks about COVID these days in my circle of friends -- and although at work we know that COVID is still an issue amongst our workers, it is hardly considered a crisis these days if someone comes down with it. I've gotten all of the jabs thus far (the last one in late October)-- mixing Moderna with Pfizer. Those years during lockdown when I was commuting for work from Brooklyn to Manhattan and back on deserted streets and sparsely occupied subways are starting to seem like a surreal science fiction movie to me now. But there are still so many after-effects and echoes of those years that I imagine I'll never shake it off completely. I had the damn thing twice that I know of (and currently have a bad cold with home tests showing no COVID). During lockdown, as I reported with probably too much detail in some other threads, I was faced with some daunting medical problems and surgeries that gave me a real "medical cocktail" mix of worries.
I carry a mask in my backpack but I don't remember the last time I wore it.
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There was apparently a spike in NYC cases around the end of the year, but per the latest City "Recent Trends" chart the numbers of cases seem to be returning to a level that existed in November. The holidays when there are so many gatherings most probably caused a big spike that lasted for a month or so. Flu cases usually also go up during holiday seasons. When people go back to normal routines, the overall numbers again go down. It is also hard to get truly reliable numbers on cases as there is really no effort to conduct much testing now in the City. I know when I had surgery in November, a test wasn't required -- although I had made sure I got a jab in October in preparation even though the hospital did not require one. I find it hard to let my defenses down 100% for obvious reasons. I still wash my hands frequently at work, and we still provide hand disinfectant and face masks upon request to staff. We installed ultraviolet bulbs in almost all of our HVAC systems, and the bulbs are still being replaced as part of our routine maintenance. We also have a free standing air purifier in my location's conference room -- and I always make sure it is on from 9 to 5. Ah the joyous legacy of COVID!
https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page#daily
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Still Covid-free.
Me too.
… as far as you know 
Yes, and still Covid-free, Me too, now.
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