Covid - remind me again...

When MrOops caught it, the chap he caught it from said he felt unwell on the Friday (that he met MrOops) and tested positive on the Sunday. MrOops tested positive on the Wednesday and me on the Friday.
I can’t see a pattern here though so maybe it depends on how close you get to the person? We only had a very mild dose though thanks to the jabs.
We tested after we began to feel better, I tested negative after 6 days.

PS because we were told that MrOops mate had Covid. We tested as soon as we got symptoms.

I’m surprised at smoking being allowed!
It’s not legal to smoke indoors in a public place.
I think it’s too soon for him to have contracted it at the gig.

Transmissibility, incubation period, and infectivity varies depending on the virus variants and the individual immunity. The incubation period of COVID-19 ranges from two to 14 days, with an average of five to six days for earlier strains.

My son was at a work's night out on a Saturday evening and tested positive on the Wednesday morning, but he hadn't been feeling great for a few days prior to the positive result.
He works from home, so that is the only place he could have caught it.

Smoking is allowed in lots of places in Germany. Restaurants and bars can get special licences to allow it. It also depends on which State, as the laws vary.

I thought these vaccinations were to prevent us catching the virus. If not what are they for?
I was not well just before my birthday party in the summer. I bought test kits and tested negative so the party went ahead.
I gave the extra kits to a friend who'd just returned from USA feeling ill. She tested negative, her DH positive.
They isolated themselves for a few days.

Later I discovered that the event I had attended the week before the birthday had people dropping like flies with covid
I still have catarrh 3 months later from my non covid. I've had the booster Jag.
Don't know what to believe.

It's mysterious. Back in September, four of us went out for a meal on my birthday. Three of us developed a really severe cold in the days which followed. One of us tested positive for covid, strangely. ( I tested three times, each time it was negative.)
We were really puzzled that only one of us had covid and two of us had severe colds, and one didn't have anything.
I'm not sure what the incubation period is.

I’d get a kit in anyway. They’re not expensive and usually have 5 tests in them. Then wait to see if you develop symptoms.

PS. I think the point of the vaccination is that if we do catch Covid the symptoms are much less severe than they would be if we didn't have the jabs.

henetha

It's mysterious. Back in September, four of us went out for a meal on my birthday. Three of us developed a really severe cold in the days which followed. One of us tested positive for covid, strangely. ( I tested three times, each time it was negative.)
We were really puzzled that only one of us had covid and two of us had severe colds, and one didn't have anything.
I'm not sure what the incubation period is.

We had a very similar experience. I’m convinced I’ve just had Covid again but tested -ve three times.

Yes, it is strange. I felt pretty bad and was convinced I must have covid, and yet had three negative tests.

I started feeling ill with covid whilst on holiday with friends. They tested positive five days later after having symptoms for two days. Hope you don’t get it.

A family member only got a positive result by using the throat and nose swab. The nose only swabs stayed negative.

I understood that the tests do not necessarily pick up every variant.

I would wait and see if you were unwell before deciding to test, Is there a reason that you would need to know if you had covid?

Grammaretto No vaccine is 100% effective. One of my children had measles and both had whoopinbg cough despite vaccinations but if you are vaccinated and you still catch the illness you can expect to have it far more lightly than being without the vaccination. I had measles before vaccinations and was really unwell for several weeks. DS was a bitunder the weather for 2 days.

So have the vaccine, you may still get COVID but not as badly as you would get it without the vaccine.

I still have catarrh 3 months later from my non covid. I've had the booster Jag. Don't know what to believe.

Perhaps that there are a gazillion other similar viral respiratory infections buzzing around, as usual, and it could be any one of those.
Hope it clears up soon, Gramm.

I thought these vaccinations were to prevent us catching the virus. If not what are they for?

They are to prevent you dying from it...

My own experience was that incubation was only 2 days. I knew I had caught it from granddaughter on Thursday lunchtime (just arrived at her house). Started having mild symptoms Saturday and had weak positive test that afternoon. Tested again next day - strong positive.

Second time I got it, similar incubation time. But can take longer to develop for some people.

JackieB - it's unlikely that your son caught Covid Saturday night if he was feeling quite unwell on Sunday. Probably caught a day or 2 earlier - seems to be a lot of it about.

We have not had any jabs. We both tested positive last summer, after developing a very mild cold. September, this year , my wife tested positive with a very mild cold - I tested negative four times over a ten day period. (December 2019 I was extremely ill, with most of the covid symptoms and my breathing has been compromised ever since - diagnosed as a chest infection).

Grammaretto

I thought these vaccinations were to prevent us catching the virus. If not what are they for?
I was not well just before my birthday party in the summer. I bought test kits and tested negative so the party went ahead.
I gave the extra kits to a friend who'd just returned from USA feeling ill. She tested negative, her DH positive.
They isolated themselves for a few days.

Later I discovered that the event I had attended the week before the birthday had people dropping like flies with covid
I still have catarrh 3 months later from my non covid. I've had the booster Jag.
Don't know what to believe.

It was never claimed that vaccines would prevent us getting the virus, but rather to minimise the severity of Covid if caught.

dayvidg Do you regret not having the vaccinations? Are you having them now?

Thanks everyone for the explanations.
I have had covid, last year, but it wasn't very bad so the vaccine will have helped.
I hope you avoid it Jacky