I've been wearing a mask at crowded spaces but a couple of days ago the supermarket was very very busy and someone let their child run up behind me and open mouth cough right next to me.

Masks work and it took 4 years for me to catch it the first time, but they aren't miracle workers if the general public are allowed to basically come up and assault you.

I hope it's just the flu but I recognise these emerging symptoms as the same as when I first got it last April.

You might think I'm overreacting but the last time I got COVID it hit me hard. I have no memory of the week and a half it was at its worst, as It was just a haze of pain, fever dreams and confusion. It scares me to think how it might have damaged my brain (insert obvious jokes here) and I'm terrified of having it again. Especially if it does worse damage each time you get it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

First of all: meow-hug You are going to be ok!

I did the iota-carrageenan flu stop spray and antihistames (pepcid and a H1 blocker) the last time I got it and my head cold symptoms were a lot less dramatic then previously. Not sure if related though. Also took quercetin.

Electrolyte drinks from day one, really making sure you hydrate. If you get a fever, medicate with paracethamol or ibuprofen. I also drank lots of kefir and took probiotics, to keep my good guys alive.

My partner was on metformin and did a lot better than he has in the past.

And radical rest, audiobooks and hot honeyed drinks (no caffeine), try to eat something, d-vitamin and zinc might help too.

And more rest. Meditate, eat some treats, try to pamper yourself. Put on wool socks and make a blanket fort where you watch all your favourite shows. Get some ice cream.

And test a few times to see if it is covid. It took me several days to become positive the last time, cleared in five days to negative.