Sand
Paranormal Adept
I thought I would tell the experience I had with a Covid breakthrough case.
In March I got the two Pfizer shots. In mid July I flew from Phoenix to Colorado for a Saturday night concert at the open air venue Red Rocks. I flew back Sunday night. On Monday night I started having an unusual occasional upper respiratory cough. Two days later I came down with a high fever. The fever lasted 8 days, often up over 103 (I kept knocking it lower to 100-101 with Ibuprofen). Midway through the fever I totally lost my appetite, taste and smell. Ended up losing 8 pounds. After the fever ended I felt tired and wiped out. It took another 14 days to fully return to 100%. I think most importantly. it never had any affect on my lungs, which of course can put you in the hospital and cause death. As lousy as I felt, having been vaccinated I never had any concern I would end up in the hospital. Halfway through the fever I went to the doctor where I tested positive for Covid. I asked the doctor if she had seen any cases where a person was experiencing a not too serious case of Covid, then had a downturn and ended up in the hospital. She said she had seen no such cases among the vaccinated, but had seen it among the unvaccinated. None of the friends I had been around in Colorado, all of whom had been vaccinated, caught it from me. With me wearing a mask, distancing, and sleeping in a different room, my wife who is vaccinated did not catch it.
As some pure speculation, I’ve read that even with the more potent Delta variant it takes 3-5 days from exposure to first symptoms. That would mean I had caught the virus before the concert. I was partying pretty hard at the concert. I’ve wondered if the alcohol might have somewhat impaired my immune system's response to the virus, resulting in a more severe breakthrough case. The only person I noticed during the trip that seemed sick was the person sitting next to me on the flight back who was continually clearing his throat during the 2 hour flight. But again, that was only 24 hours before my first symptoms.
In March I got the two Pfizer shots. In mid July I flew from Phoenix to Colorado for a Saturday night concert at the open air venue Red Rocks. I flew back Sunday night. On Monday night I started having an unusual occasional upper respiratory cough. Two days later I came down with a high fever. The fever lasted 8 days, often up over 103 (I kept knocking it lower to 100-101 with Ibuprofen). Midway through the fever I totally lost my appetite, taste and smell. Ended up losing 8 pounds. After the fever ended I felt tired and wiped out. It took another 14 days to fully return to 100%. I think most importantly. it never had any affect on my lungs, which of course can put you in the hospital and cause death. As lousy as I felt, having been vaccinated I never had any concern I would end up in the hospital. Halfway through the fever I went to the doctor where I tested positive for Covid. I asked the doctor if she had seen any cases where a person was experiencing a not too serious case of Covid, then had a downturn and ended up in the hospital. She said she had seen no such cases among the vaccinated, but had seen it among the unvaccinated. None of the friends I had been around in Colorado, all of whom had been vaccinated, caught it from me. With me wearing a mask, distancing, and sleeping in a different room, my wife who is vaccinated did not catch it.
As some pure speculation, I’ve read that even with the more potent Delta variant it takes 3-5 days from exposure to first symptoms. That would mean I had caught the virus before the concert. I was partying pretty hard at the concert. I’ve wondered if the alcohol might have somewhat impaired my immune system's response to the virus, resulting in a more severe breakthrough case. The only person I noticed during the trip that seemed sick was the person sitting next to me on the flight back who was continually clearing his throat during the 2 hour flight. But again, that was only 24 hours before my first symptoms.
