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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,615 posts)related to the 1918 Spanish Flu virus; it was what's called an orthomyxovirus. It was a serious pandemic (called swine flu at the time) but it's not at all related to COVID-19. Your symptoms sound more like what I got many years ago, the Hong Kong flu (H3N2), also not a coronavirus, but it was very nasty with a high fever and terrible body aches. COVID-19 typically causes a severe cough sometimes leading to pneumonia with high fever, but not always the other symptoms.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)for what they are.
JohnnyLib2
(11,211 posts)Saving this, just in case.....thanks
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)cuz double lung pneumonia is the worst of the worst.
pnwmom
(108,959 posts)your husband was in the parking lot, since you wanted to stay at the hospital?
What a nightmare! I'm so glad you survived unscathed, more or less!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,615 posts)I was afraid I was going to die and also afraid that I wouldn't. Once flu shots became available I got them every year because I don't want to go through that again (and at my age it probably would do me in). Unfortunately, flu shots are no good for COVD-19, something Trump can't seem to get through his thick head.
MrsMatt
(1,660 posts)It's my understanding that the time from exposure to having symptoms is 24 hours to 4 days.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)MrsMatt
(1,660 posts)has an incubation period of 1-14 days. At least that is my understanding.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)Response to alittlelark (Original post)
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alittlelark
(18,890 posts)F what anyone knows........................................... sertiously
Why????!>
Cuz we have a MORON pResident.
MrsMatt
(1,660 posts)alittlelark
(18,890 posts)alittlelark
(18,890 posts)JUST IGNORE ADVICE.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,615 posts)Read all about it, here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK8611/ and here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513241/
The H1N1 influenza virus is an orthomyxovirus and produces virions that are 80 to 120 nm in diameter, with an RNA genome size of approximately 13.5 kb.
Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)If it were up to me to decide, I got it from my hairdresser a month earlier. I know this contradicts what they say about the exposure time, but my hairdresser had just recovered from it when I saw her. The only one that I was exposed to that I was aware had it. Otherwise, I was exposed on my flight from Florida to Manchester. After that flight my nasal passages were completely blocked. Never experienced anything like that. And three days later I came down with it.
I think it was the Tamiflu that helped my recovery. I stayed in the living room, away from everyone else for about a week and recovered with few complications. Most thankfully, I didn't pass it on to anyone else.
BTW, for anyone who really, really wants to prepare for the Coronavirus, look up recipes for Panamanian sancocho. If you can make it while you're healthy, freeze it in small portions for when you or your family members get sick.
Remember to keep it simple. Don't bother with all the special seasonings that you find from other Central American or Caribbean areas. I suggest to make it healthier by limiting the ingredients. From the top of my head: Select three tubers: Like yucca, ñame and Oto or Yautia Morado. Cut smaller than golf ball sizes. Pick a roasting chicken -- if I want to make it especially healthy I get the biggest breasts of chicken and skip the dark meat. Plantains, corn and pumpkin and the secret ingredient is culantro - not cilantro. Of course, garlic and onion and dried oregano.
To see the order of cooking the meal, I suggest this video. Don't get discouraged because she makes an elaborate sancocho. Remember, you're just looking to see the order of things -- and specifically, when to remove things out of the soup while cooking, before returning to the pot.
And this is an even simpler Panamanian sancocho recipe, except ignore "cilantro" and get culantro. It is really the magic in the sancocho:
https://www.food.com/recipe/panamanian-sancocho-215671
Remember to freeze for later consumption.