Originally Posted by
JohnO
My wife tested positive (1Hr PCR test) on Christmas morning. She had a fever, wicked sore throat, barking cough and congested sinuses. The Doc used the test he did due to her previous cancer diagnosis and because she was only a few weeks out from 25 days of radiation. It took her the entire month of January and a couple days into Feb before her sinuses finally opened up.
I did not isolate. I slept in the bed next to her. We had 5 kids in the house, 4 ours and one guest, my son and his girlfriend came from California for Christmas. A few evenings before Christmas my wife got a phone call. Her hair dresser who had done her hair the day before had tested positive and called to tell her.
Within a few days of Christmas 4 more of us in the house developed the exact same symptoms my wife had. I being the one in closest contact got tested - Negative on a rapid antigen test. My oldest daughter appeared to have a robust case. At this time getting tested was difficult the centers were overwhelmed. My neighbor had 2 home tests and he gave me one. My daughter tested positive on the home kit. Now we had 2 people in the house positive.
I found a testing center 45 minutes from home and the first opening was 4 days out and at 21:30. After registering online I saw you could add people to the appointment. I added my youngest daughter & son. Come the day of the test my daughter said, "I'm too sick to go out. It's obvious I have it. I have all the symptoms mom and sis have. There is no point in me going". My son was not as sick but had the symptoms. I had the symptoms too. I got everyone to go and we all tested NEGATIVE. I pretty much lost faith in the testing process and will not waste my time again.
My youngest son got another Covid test at his doctor's office along with a rapid strep test due to his wicked sore throat. Negative on both. He did that because he was about to ship off to Boot Camp.
The two people in my house who never developed symptoms were my son and his girlfriend from California. She shared a room with my younger daughter and my two sons slept in their old room in their bunk beds. Both my older son and his girlfriend were unvaccinated. Everyone else in the house had Pfizer X2 and were un-boosted.
I now suspect I have had Covid-19 twice. Christmas 2019 into Jan 1, 2020 I was sick as a dog with flu like symptoms. Shortly thereafter Covid was "discovered" and then determined to was probably around as early as November 2019 or earlier. Then this past Christmas the latest variant. I heard many cases of people needing three+ tests to get a positive or negative nasal swabs but a positive throat swab. Either way I don't know for sure but I do fell strongly I had it.