Have you had the Corona virus?

Here are a few first hand accounts:

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/coronavirus-patient-from-diamo... (video)

https://www.adn.com/opinions/national-opinions/2020/03/01/i-...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/don-t-panic-says-us-woman-...

All three of these cases were very mild, didn't require hospitalization, and the people made a full recovery in a few days without any treatments.

I had a 100 to 104.5 F fevers, chills, sore throat and upper respiratory track infection over the course of 4 days with symptoms persisting for over two weeks back in the last part of January. I was tested for flu and strep, and they came back negative. My wife had similar, slightly less severe symptoms. My four year old daughter had the same symptoms as me that developed into pneumonia. Her fevers were up to 102.5 to 103 F The pediatrician prescribed antibiotics for my daugther who was already recovering. She was not tested for flu or strep, since I already had been, or that is why I think tests were not done on her. They were not diagnosing or looking for corona virus at the time in New York/New Jersey. It felt worse than the flu I had had two years earlier. I was very tired and weak as was my daughter. We are all OK now, but I keep thinking we may have had it. We spend a lot of time in Asian markets in NY/NJ, and there were a lot of people visiting the US from Hong Kong and China for the upcoming Chinese New Year/post Christmas season that we talked with at the markets in the weeks before getting sick.

Hard to tell, this damn Virus couldn't have exploded at a worse time. Flu season, Pollen count is high, and Corona is around.

Is there a test to tell if you've had the virus? (i.e. you have the anti bodies)? I think that would calm a lot of people. Still can't find an easy to test place in the US. We are lacking with testing so much... If people could get tested to determine if they already had it, it would help to return those folks back to the work-force quicker.

80% of cases show mild to no symptoms, so basically I could have had it, but I don't know cuz there's no damn test!

I had about a week of alarming, severe back and joint pain and shortness of breath/elevated pulse that I thought was a pulled muscle in my back just making a bunch of stuff act up. After hearing the account of the nurse in Colorado I now feel I may have been suffering from the Coronavirus, but now that I feel healthy the direction is not to get tested as far as I can tell. I guess I'll find out once a test is developed for antibodies.

34 year old healthy male, non smoker and no relevant medical conditions. Not tested [govt policy] but it's a completely unfamiliar infection of the lungs picked up in London where it's very much present, with mild breathing-related symptoms associated with COVID-19 and no regular flu/cold symptoms.

No proper fever [temperature may have very slightly elevated, but not noticeably so, and sleep fitful but I've had much more pronounced fevers before], I've coughed only a literal handful of times and not painfully, so clearly sufficiently mild to miss those characteristic immune responses, no headache or body ache either and only occasional feelings of fatigue and a bit more sleep than usual. Just inflamed lungs which were more uncomfortable than painful or restrictive, and this seems to have largely subsided exactly in line with the reported fifth day in which Coronavirus symptoms usually start to clear or occasionally turn for the worse.

Back when I felt completely healthy last Wednesday and went for a 3k outdoor run (no more uncomfortable or slower than I'd have expected considering I haven't run much this year) I obviously felt like I was breathing a bit too shallowly and breathing deoxygenated air at the end. The infection felt like basically that same feeling coming back the following day, except with a normal breathing rate [and heart rate]; most noticeable when lying down. No actual difficulties taking deeper breaths when I wanted [rapid breathing might have been difficult], but just breathing just felt a little uncomfortable and I can imagine how it can cause much more serious problems for people with more severe symptoms, pre-existing lung conditions or immune system issues.

Steady from last Thursday through to Monday evening, at which point breathing became much easier but I felt what was like surges of adrenalin which I assume was an immune response kicking in. Made sleep difficult but feel better today regardless.

My wife was telling me of a post from her friend in the Philippines. A doctor in the heart center just passed away from the virus. He was treating someone who had the virus.

I really wish there were some clear demographic stats on people. Are they old? young?

IMHO I think better information would help calm the panic.

Keep in mind there are going to be a lot of instances where people are infected but are not confirmed. I know a couple of people who were / are sick, had C19 symptoms but were not tested because they weren’t considered high risk enough.

Not to my knowledge. I live 3 miles from the Life Care Center epicenter, and I have not met anyone who has it, nor have any of my friends told me that they have it.

It's basically impossible to find confirmed cases in the UK as little to no testing has been done. I and many others believe we had it. But it's just speculation

i've yet to meet a single person with it either first hand or through friends and family. even coworkers, not one.