Hey, @namiks.
I hope to use as much time as possible to post. We'll see how that goes. :)
Thank you for the well-wishes. Greatly appreciate it, and I hope all is well with you, too. Health is important. My risk taking though didn't seem that much higher than normal, as I handle money quite a bit in all kinds of places so who knows what I may or may not be exposed to. Washing hands or using sanitizer has become a routine. So far, I've managed to fend things off since around Christmas, when I was last sick.
My son works for a local high school, though. Before that, he was at a middle school, and I think he was sick a lot. I know I got it from him at least twice. He's been sick for the last two weeks with something. Fortunately, no one else in our household has come down with it, and all schools in Oregon are off by governor decree until at least the end of April. So maybe I have a chance of not getting some kind of illness. :)
I've had all but two of the symptoms for over a week now, I'm 25 so definitely in the age group where it shouldn't be too much of an issue in the event that I have it, but fortunately whatever it is I do have hasn't been that bad. Most symptoms appear to be lessening in the last two days.
With others I've spoken to it certainly sounds the same, but yeah, really fortunate that whatever it is has been quite minor. I can say that whatever it is has been weaker than most colds I've had.
Hey, @namiks.
And since you're not in the that demographic where testing is allowed/permitted/encouraged—whatever the word is—we'll never know if it was the coronavirus or not.
And since it can't really be distinguished from a flu or cold without the testing (though breathing and something in the lungs is a pretty big indicator), millions could end up getting it and it won't show up in the statistics. So, I'm not even sure why they're keeping track, since it won't be an accurate reflection of who got it—just who died. That's it. Those who they count recovering from it will only be those who were counted as having it in the first place.
I hope you get better soon, though. Whatever it is, never fun to be ill.