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How surprised would you be if you were diagnosed as having the Corona Virus, especially if you’re careful about following countermeasures?

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Posted - April 9, 2020

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  • 13395
    Hardly surprised at all because I am out and about quite a bit and riding city transit often. Could easily be I came close enough to  someone who was (unknowingly) willing to share their bugs.
    I wonder how many viruses it would require to start an infection? If I did inhale a few viruses and my system was able to destroy them would I have developed immunity? 
      April 9, 2020 6:36 AM MDT
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  • 44601
    Does the virus need a passport up there?
      April 9, 2020 10:09 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    ha ha.. I dunno. 
      April 9, 2020 10:31 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    A little surprised but since where I live is one of the hot zones, I guess not that surprised.
      April 9, 2020 6:54 AM MDT
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  • 34246
    Very surprised.  We have 8 cases in my county. (1 death and 1 recovery...6 active cases) This post was edited by my2cents at April 9, 2020 10:08 AM MDT
      April 9, 2020 7:06 AM MDT
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  • 44601
    Mildly. Even though I take many precautions, I still must go to the grocery and produce markets.
      April 9, 2020 10:11 AM MDT
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  • 2327
    I wouldn't be surprised at all. It's ridiculously contagious, easily transmissible. I have a respiratory system, it's all it needs. 
      April 9, 2020 2:01 PM MDT
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  • 551
    The last time I travelled on a train, spent any time in a large city, or took part in any form of group socialising in an enclosed space (a pub in Leeds) was March 15. 

    I don't know anyone at work who has been diagnosed with it or has been self-quarantining as a suspected case, and besides, I haven't been at my workplace since March 20. I've been avoiding crowed places like large supermarkets, and I live on my own. The incubation period, it is said, is almost always 12 days or less, so if I was ever going to develop symptoms I expect I would have done so by now. According to WHO, however, a patient can remain infectious for up to 14 days after the symptoms have departed. So if I was infected in Leeds, was asymptomatic or had symptoms so mild and fleeting I didn't notice them, then I could in theory still be infectious now. Which is all the more reason why it's important to obey the lock-down and social distancing rules. 

    So I would be truly astonished if I got sick with it now, I would be surprised but not incredulous if I tested positive for it, but would not be so surprised if I tested positive for antibodies.
      April 9, 2020 3:07 PM MDT
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