And that's how viruses survive, they mutate and become more infectious but less fatal over time.
Had the original strain in May 2020 after a flight and it kicked my ass, took a good six weeks to get back to almost normal.
Had a whichever strain it was back in May of this year after a flight yet again, was down for a week with less serious symptoms than the first time but back to normal two weeks later.
So I'm 2-0 up against COVID with still zero jabs, immune system still works pretty damn good for an old fuck.
I had the original and it just felt like a very strong hit of bronchitis. Was enough to knock me on my ass hard for a week, and then a few months of feeling something was still a little off (my taste buds changing was the most notable). It was certainly a doozy.
The two subsequent times I got it within the same year (job where I traveled and met a lot of people) I barely even registered I had it other than coughing a little more and wouldn't have even gotten tested if not by force from work policies.
It was always going to be extremely bad at the outset, that's just how new viruses work, but their attempts to "prevent" it were always going to fail because you can't stomp it out once it breaches containment. You just ride the wave until that immunity spreads enough to render it endemic.
And that's how viruses survive, they mutate and become more infectious but less fatal over time.
Had the original strain in May 2020 after a flight and it kicked my ass, took a good six weeks to get back to almost normal.
Had a whichever strain it was back in May of this year after a flight yet again, was down for a week with less serious symptoms than the first time but back to normal two weeks later.
So I'm 2-0 up against COVID with still zero jabs, immune system still works pretty damn good for an old fuck.
I had the original and it just felt like a very strong hit of bronchitis. Was enough to knock me on my ass hard for a week, and then a few months of feeling something was still a little off (my taste buds changing was the most notable). It was certainly a doozy.
The two subsequent times I got it within the same year (job where I traveled and met a lot of people) I barely even registered I had it other than coughing a little more and wouldn't have even gotten tested if not by force from work policies.
It was always going to be extremely bad at the outset, that's just how new viruses work, but their attempts to "prevent" it were always going to fail because you can't stomp it out once it breaches containment. You just ride the wave until that immunity spreads enough to render it endemic.