Can’t help wondering how many people had COVID before it was a major Thung

Major Thing!

Yes, there was a bug that went around my school in Switzerland very early in January. About 1/2 of the staff had it. Even the super fit were badly hit. One girl, a mountain runner, was out of action for almost 3 weeks. No one ever suggested at the time it was the virus being reported in the news from China. But certainly, none of the staff that had the bug in January went on later to get covid. I avoided everyone in school, as much as I could, at the time, because I didn't want to be too ill to go home over half term therefore didn't catch it.

Antigen tests were available there in May. I had one and surprise, I had no antigens. I think the others who had been ill should have have the antigen test to see.

Too many commas! Apologies.

I hope this links. It refers to the world military games held in Wuhan 2019.

www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094347/world-military-games-illness-covid-19https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094347/world-military-games-illness-covid-19

I saw that Petra and it made me think ........

I'm convinced as I can be that I had the virus in Nov/ Dec 2019. I'm also convinced of who I caught it from.
I lost my taste and smell then and they haven't returned ?

Just tried that link Petra it’s giving article not found ... wonder if it’s been removed to stop this train of thought.

Another here who's absolutely certain that I had it last January/February. All the symptoms now recognised as COVID and it took me 6 weeks to just be able to walk a short distance without needing to sit and rest from the coughing. I've had flu before, but nothing ever like that.

There were a few posters on here, distressed at not being able to get over what they had initially thought was the flu.

petra

I hope this links. It refers to the world military games held in Wuhan 2019.

www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094347/world-military-games-illness-covid-19https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094347/world-military-games-illness-covid-19

What was the gist of the article Petra? It has been removed from the site.

I think I might have had it in January. I think I'll never know for sure though.

A pity antigen tests aren't available.

Try this link instead: www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094347/world-military-games-illness-covid-19

Its made me think wether the following respiratory illneses have mutated into Covid

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was first reported in 2012 in Saudi Arabia and spread to more than 25 other countries. MERS originated in camels and emerged to infect people. Symptoms usually include fever, cough, and shortness of breath, and often progress to pneumonia. About 3 or 4 out of every 10 patients reported with MERS have died. MERS cases continue to occur, primarily in the Arabian Peninsula; however, as of 2019, there have been only two confirmed cases of MERS in the US, both in 2014.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) originated in small mammal and emerged to infect people. SARS was first reported in Southern China in 2002 and the illness spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Symptoms include fever, chills, and body aches, and may progress to pneumonia. Infection with the SARS virus causes acute respiratory distress (severe breathing difficulty), with a mortality rate of about 10 percent. No human cases of SARS have been reported anywhere in the world since 2004.

In 2012 I had something wicked. I was so scared about breathing I was on the cusp of calling an ambulance. I had a terrible fever, palpitations and it was so hard to breathe at times. I just didn't get out of bed at all. Lucky my children brought me water and whatever I needed. Obviously I got over it but it was scary. I wish I had gone for help now because then I'd know what it was.

@Gagajo, as you say, being super fit is no guarantee of protection, or mildness if you do get it.,

The whole family of friends of a dd tested positive, children asymptomatic, mother quite ill, but the dad was bad enough to need hospital for a few days. And he was the super fit one - swimming 1k every day, among other things - and is back to his 1k daily swim even though saying he’s not yet back to normal.

I’m convinced that there’s a genetic factor involved.

This is what I posted on a thread in December 2019:

"In our case, other symptoms included it starting like a cold, thinking we were improving after a couple of days, then really taking a down-turn."
"Loss of appetite and dulled taste-buds lasted ages. Fatigue, weakness, and several other things!"

What I didn't know at the time was that I would go on to have repeated bouts of respiratory illness over the next two or three months.

Was it Covid? I often wonder, but will never know.

My Ex partner in late january,had chest pains,taken to hospital,released again had been unwell for few days dry cough for a week or so,diagnosed with pnemonia,he slept solidly for a week ,then weeks of tiredness and fatigue.

That link worked gardenermum, thank you. I have a vague memory of that at the time but obviously, no one thought anything of it then.

Yes, Witzen, actually, all the people I know who have had it have been under 40 (other than my brother) and young and fit. One, a 35 year old father, with another baby on the way, died in May from it. 2 teacher friends, both young and fit, were wiped out by it for weeks. My brother is older, 50s, but was also seriously knocked back by it.

The only person I know who seems to have had it mildly, IF she did actually have it (no tests available), was my daughter.

It hasn't been removed.
The link address is accidentally given twice, in Petra's post.

www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1094347/world-military-games-illness-covid-19

I've posted before about this but yes, I was ill last Christmas and, never having been prone to chest coughs, I can still hear a squeak in my URT when all is quiet and my joints are still achey. I can smell things again now. When I looked for an antigen test, the only ones were private, expensive and the waiting list was very long.
It just started with a very sore throat, headache, shivers but developed into the worst cough I've ever had.

We were in Hong Kong, just for a short while, when the SARS virus was around but didn't get ill.

From that article:

However, Swedish pentathlete Melina Westerberg said that many of her compatriots were sick at the Games, but none tested positive for the virus claiming: "It was just a coincidence, we all felt safe."

That is a stupid statement - of course no-one tested positive for Covid as it had not been identified in October 2019. Or, if it had, no-one had publicised that.

Thank you Gardenermum That was the article.

I doubt that we will ever know and I am assuming nothing.

When offered the vaccine I will have it.