COVID is better than the flu

submitted by trident765 from self.nonmorons

I am recovering from COVID (I was in close contact with people who tested positive) and I must say that although I am miserable, I would say that overall it is a little less worse than the flu.

I will describe my Covid symptoms: I had a mild cough the first few 3 days. Maybe once every 30 minutes I would cough and it wasn't a bad or frustrating cough, and it wasn't one that was very noticeable to others. During this time I went about my day like normal. Then the cough went away and I thought I was better.

The cough never came back but then about a day later I started getting muscle aches and feeling sick, to the point that I left work to go home early. At home I got a bad fever. I had a sore throat too and couldn't sleep. I kept taking hot showers because this was soothing. But after the shower the sick feeling would come back. I was bedridden and could not sit up straight because I was too sick.

A day after this, I didn't feel as sick, but still had a fever and sore throat. I was able to walk around and sit in a more upright position. Still sick but much better overall. I have been in this state for the last 24 hours and it is frustrating how it will still not go away.

But overall, even though it is miserable, I would say it is not as bad as the flu, because with the flu I get congested, and this one of the worst aspects for me, but with COVID I did not get congested at all. It is nice to be able to breathe out of both my nostrils, without any pain or pressure in my sinuses.

Also, take your vitamin D and whatever other vitamins will help your immune system, because I did not get sick from the last few Covid waves, but I got sick from this one. You don't want to get sick if you can avoid it. It is not fun.

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Remove the bullshit deaths, and the same amount of unhealthy people that die from upper respiratory failure due the flu and pneumonia every year prior to 2020 is the same.

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Each of my three bouts with the flu over the years were, by far, the sickest I've ever been. My first suspected go-around with Covid in January of 2019 was bad, but not as bad as any of the times I had the flu. Like you, I was fatigued with high fever and would get into coughing-spasm at night, almost losing my breath. I did not get the normal loose congestion, but could not get rid of the gunk in my lungs for weeks. My last bout of Covid in January of this year was three days of low-grade fever and a "tickle" in my throat. Better than almost any cold I've ever had.