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Definitely had it and tested

0 (0%)

Might have but not tested

5 (23.8%)

Got it now

0 (0%)

As far as I know never had it

12 (57.1%)

Probably had it

4 (19%)

Total Members Voted: 21

Voting closed: 21 May 2020, 11:20:14

[ronnyd]

Mrs Browns Boys = shit. Father Ted = genius.

[BazaJT]

Never seen Father Ted nor Mrs Browns Boys,neither interested me enough to bother judging by the trailers I used to see.As for the virus I don't know but doubt it.Had a strange feeling in my stomach,up the centre of my chest and into my throat for a two or three weeks in early March,no temperature rise as far as I could tell.A cough yes-but not a dry one-but I've had that for a lot longer than the virus has been known about and is par for the course for a long time smoker like me.

[Viral_Jim]

Newsflash, some people had nasty flu in the winter... 

Therein lies the problem, way back in November, I had a cough that lasted for 2-3 weeks, to the point where it was difficult to breathe and or made me sick, I felt like hell and could barely string a sentence together without hacking when it was at its worst. It also gave me a temperature for a few days in the middle of it. Clearly this had sod all to do with Covid-19, despite matching a number of the symptoms.

I don't believe I've had it at all (yet).

[Varche]

Newsflash, some people had nasty flu in the winter... 

Therein lies the problem, way back in November, I had a cough that lasted for 2-3 weeks, to the point where it was difficult to breathe and or made me sick, I felt like hell and could barely string a sentence together without hacking when it was at its worst. It also gave me a temperature for a few days in the middle of it. Clearly this had sod all to do with Covid-19, despite matching a number of the symptoms.

I don't believe I've had it at all (yet).

Was that straight after your Wuhan trip?!

[Doctor Gollum]

Newsflash, some people had nasty flu in the winter... 

Therein lies the problem, way back in November, I had a cough that lasted for 2-3 weeks, to the point where it was difficult to breathe and or made me sick, I felt like hell and could barely string a sentence together without hacking when it was at its worst. It also gave me a temperature for a few days in the middle of it. Clearly this had sod all to do with Covid-19, despite matching a number of the symptoms.

I don't believe I've had it at all (yet).

Was that your Emirates flight?

[STEMO]

Apparently, young people are relatively unaffected by Covid, so now we know why Donald doesn't have to wear a mask

[dave the builder]

 
plus , he was recently embalmed with Dettol 

which kills the Chinese virus in a minute 

[Viral_Jim]

Was that your Emirates flight?

No, about 5 weeks before my Emirates jaunt to Shanghai, so unconnected... I didn't bring anything back with me apart from a mild case of jetlag. Unless of course I was completely asymptomatic, in which case I'll probably never know.

But as I said before, it's very clear with hindsight that the Chinese were worried when I went out there, several thermal scanner 'gates' at PVG to look for fever in passengers and those collecting them. At the time (jet lagged and tbh half cut) I didn't think much about it, just the Chinese doing their big brother thing. 

[STEMO]

Newsflash, some people had nasty flu in the winter... 

Yes. I've had a really bad chest since early March. No temperature and a cough morning and evening. Windpipe felt like sandpaper. Just feeling better the last couple of days, but doubt it was covid. Other viruses are available.

Cough has come back, so....do I die slowly of this cough, or go to hospital and die more quickly from a proper cough?

[Sir Tigger KC]

Newsflash, some people had nasty flu in the winter... 

Yes. I've had a really bad chest since early March. No temperature and a cough morning and evening. Windpipe felt like sandpaper. Just feeling better the last couple of days, but doubt it was covid. Other viruses are available.

Cough has come back, so....do I die slowly of this cough, or go to hospital and die more quickly from a proper cough?

Die slowly at home and then you can blog it all on here for us! 

[Doctor Gollum]

Joking aside, Dad ignored a 'chesty cough' lingering from Easter. By September he was in hospital for a month and by mid November he couldn't breathe, and two days later was dead, lungs riddled with tumours.

Your choice, I guess... Not getting checked because of Batflu, would be a bit like not getting your prostrate checked because you think you might have piles

For want of a much better analogy

[Shackeng]

I actually may have had it, come to think of it. They say one of the symptoms is a lack of taste, and I watched Mrs Browns Boys all the way through on Saturday.

Certainly lack of taste. Get yourself tested. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Joking aside, Dad ignored a 'chesty cough' lingering from Easter. By September he was in hospital for a month and by mid November he couldn't breathe, and two days later was dead, lungs riddled with tumours.

Your choice, I guess... Not getting checked because of Batflu, would be a bit like not getting your prostrate checked because you think you might have piles

For want of a much better analogy

Similar thing happened to my Mum a few years ago.  She developed a chesty cough in the February which was dismissed as a seasonal viral infection.  The cough got worse and in a few weeks she started to have breathing difficulties. They insisted it was nothing to worry about and sent her home with an inhaler, but by the beginning of April her neck had swollen up.  I took her to hospital mid April for a scan and an appointment with a specialist and she never came home. 

It turned out that she had a small but very aggressive tumour in one of her lungs and the cancer had spread to the lymph nodes in her neck, by which time there wasn't much they could do other than make her comfortable.  She passed away on 30th April.     I wonder if it had happened now, would she get written off as a Covid-19 victim. 

Go get yourself checked out Uncle STEMO. 

[STEMO]

Thank you both, you've cheered me up no end.

[Doctor Gollum]

It's the least we can do