GasBandit
Staff member
As bad as things are in the US and Texas in particular, I feel really lucky.
Either I've managed to not get infected or I've been an asymptomatic carrier.
My best friend's 8 year old got really sick back in late January/early Feb, and he took her to the doctor. The doctor diagnosed her with simultaneous cases of Strep and Mono, and said "it's really crazy, I've seen 10 kids with this this week." Shortly thereafter, his entire family got sick one after another. He's of the opinion it was actually an early and undiagnosed case of COVID. I am not entirely convinced, but if it was, I was hanging out with them ALL the time back then and didn't get sick.
So, yeah, I make sure to keep my mask on all the time when I'm around other people, because I figure there's a non-zero chance I'm a carrier, even though I never got sick. Especially with as much time as I have spent in places like Dallas and Magnolia (which is where the highest infection rate in Texas per capita is, and where the first confirmed diagnosis was) in the past spring and summer.
Either I've managed to not get infected or I've been an asymptomatic carrier.
My best friend's 8 year old got really sick back in late January/early Feb, and he took her to the doctor. The doctor diagnosed her with simultaneous cases of Strep and Mono, and said "it's really crazy, I've seen 10 kids with this this week." Shortly thereafter, his entire family got sick one after another. He's of the opinion it was actually an early and undiagnosed case of COVID. I am not entirely convinced, but if it was, I was hanging out with them ALL the time back then and didn't get sick.
So, yeah, I make sure to keep my mask on all the time when I'm around other people, because I figure there's a non-zero chance I'm a carrier, even though I never got sick. Especially with as much time as I have spent in places like Dallas and Magnolia (which is where the highest infection rate in Texas per capita is, and where the first confirmed diagnosis was) in the past spring and summer.