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Sinbad
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Posted by a member of our local community:
Ok guys, here's the deal. We all thought that only those who had travelled internationally were carrying this virus two weeks ago. Not true at all!!! Actually, it was only those people getting sick and getting tested. Because that was the criteria. And slowly we saw cases and all said they'd been outside the country.
So we felt safe. Felt brash. Went on with our lives. It was only a handful of cases and we'd certainly not been out of the country, so what's the harm?
Schools were still open, extra murals still happening. Just remember to wash your hands every now and then. We'll be ok.
I've now had to get tested. I got symptoms on saturday 14th march. I laughed them off. How could I possibly have been exposed?
As the last week wore on and I continued feeling ill, I washed my hands and did the sensible thing by staying home.
I phone the helpline at one point. Was told to continue as I was. I didn't have a direct link to someone who'd been out of the country. It was likely just seasonal flu.
One week after I got symptoms (21 March), I got a call from a friend. She hadn't been out of the country. She hadn't had contact with anyone who had been travelling. She'd consulted with her gp about flu like symptoms that she'd had from the week before, that weren't letting up, and the gp had told her that it was just seasonal flu. She decided to get tested regardless. Turns out she has covid-19. Turns out she was contagious the last few times she saw me... before the school's closed. Before we were meant to start social distancing. When it was "just people who had travelled".
When I went for testing, I had to fill out a form with everyone I had seen for a whole week before symptoms started. Because I WAS CONTAGIOUS, even then.
I don't have results yet, but as I wrote each name down and tried to wrack my brain for every normal thing I did that week, I felt horrible. I hadn't taken this seriously enough. I could be responsible for multiple deaths.
Sounds extreme, but it isn't. Every person who gets this will be contagious before they even know they have it.
Yes, I will get better, and then I'll be immune. That is not the issue. Even if the people I saw get through this, the people they saw might not... or the people that those people saw might not.
I can't know how many people I've passed this onto in the long run. I can't know how many deaths I might be responsible for.
My point? Stay the **** home. Don't think this doesn't affect you. Don't think that when the death count goes up, it has nothing to do with you. This virus is out there and you can't know whether or not you have it. You can't know if you've spread it to others already. You just can't know, so be reasonable and stay away from others.
We were already there three weeks ago. It will only get worse. You are not immune.
Follow the rules set out by the NCID.
Don't be an assehole!
Ok guys, here's the deal. We all thought that only those who had travelled internationally were carrying this virus two weeks ago. Not true at all!!! Actually, it was only those people getting sick and getting tested. Because that was the criteria. And slowly we saw cases and all said they'd been outside the country.
So we felt safe. Felt brash. Went on with our lives. It was only a handful of cases and we'd certainly not been out of the country, so what's the harm?
Schools were still open, extra murals still happening. Just remember to wash your hands every now and then. We'll be ok.
I've now had to get tested. I got symptoms on saturday 14th march. I laughed them off. How could I possibly have been exposed?
As the last week wore on and I continued feeling ill, I washed my hands and did the sensible thing by staying home.
I phone the helpline at one point. Was told to continue as I was. I didn't have a direct link to someone who'd been out of the country. It was likely just seasonal flu.
One week after I got symptoms (21 March), I got a call from a friend. She hadn't been out of the country. She hadn't had contact with anyone who had been travelling. She'd consulted with her gp about flu like symptoms that she'd had from the week before, that weren't letting up, and the gp had told her that it was just seasonal flu. She decided to get tested regardless. Turns out she has covid-19. Turns out she was contagious the last few times she saw me... before the school's closed. Before we were meant to start social distancing. When it was "just people who had travelled".
When I went for testing, I had to fill out a form with everyone I had seen for a whole week before symptoms started. Because I WAS CONTAGIOUS, even then.
I don't have results yet, but as I wrote each name down and tried to wrack my brain for every normal thing I did that week, I felt horrible. I hadn't taken this seriously enough. I could be responsible for multiple deaths.
Sounds extreme, but it isn't. Every person who gets this will be contagious before they even know they have it.
Yes, I will get better, and then I'll be immune. That is not the issue. Even if the people I saw get through this, the people they saw might not... or the people that those people saw might not.
I can't know how many people I've passed this onto in the long run. I can't know how many deaths I might be responsible for.
My point? Stay the **** home. Don't think this doesn't affect you. Don't think that when the death count goes up, it has nothing to do with you. This virus is out there and you can't know whether or not you have it. You can't know if you've spread it to others already. You just can't know, so be reasonable and stay away from others.
We were already there three weeks ago. It will only get worse. You are not immune.
Follow the rules set out by the NCID.
Don't be an assehole!
