I used one of the test kits I got yesterday and tested negative. You know, the only long lasting and common side effect I would like to see, as a result of a Covid infection, is infertility. A drastic decline in the birth rate is just what the planet needs. Too much to hope for.
A new and "highly transmissible" Covid variant is loose in the USA and the rest of the world, and the data is sketchy as to how severe it is. The real risk seems to be long term damage to those infected, affecting blood pressure and cognition and perhaps other organs. Of course, this variant is doing a much better job of evading the immune system. It is still better to be fully vaccinated than not, and to have had ALL of the available boosters, but infection is still possible, it seems. I've ordered test kits that should be delivered today and I'll use one right away. No telling what variant I was exposed to. Still feeling fine with no symptoms. Covid is doing what ALL viral diseases do: mutate.
It's been 10 days since my Covid exposure and I have no fever, no congestion, no fatigue and no other symptoms. Senses of smell and taste unchanged. I'll do a test when I get the kits I ordered. Still very mild and moderate temperatures for the time of year. As usual, lacking rainfall. Sunny skies today. It'll be warm tomorrow! In 2019 we had a January like this, but it was even warmer.
I've had both Moderna vaccinations and two boosters, the last one was the bivalent a few months ago. But I've had a definite exposure and we'll see how it goes. I've ordered a bunch of free test kits from the postal service and will test myself at intervals. So far I feel fine and it's been over a week, going on two weeks. I have my temperature taken three days a week at my gym and it's always a bit below "normal". Probably, as some doctors are saying now, we will all get some form of the virus, and the question is: how severe it will be. Some people still refuse vaccination, and that's amazing to me. The unvaccinated, especially if they are over 65 and/or have some other health condition, play with fire.
After that wintery blast earlier, things really have settled down here. No rain likely but if we got rain we would also have hail and damaging winds to go with it, so no rain is fine. It was a bit windy yesterday and we had a little dust in the air but not much by our standards. It's going to be a bit cooler for a couple of days but nothing drastic.
