Last year on February 3 my 15 year old grand daughter came down with Covid. It was severe enough it put her in bed for two days. The next day, February 4, my son came down with Covid, and it put him in bed for more days.
The Covid did not affect my wife and I so quickly, and we thought we had escaped. But on February 13 my wife came down with Covid, and it put her in bed for 3 or 4 days. And finally on February 20, I came down with Covid, it more or less made me feel as bad as the average cold. It did not put me in bed, I did not feel like being in bed, and except for the annoyance of not being 100% did not interfere with my life.
I note here that all of us were living together in less than 700 square foot apartment, with one bathroom. It was impossible not to come in contact with the infected persons. I assume my daughter and son came in contact first as they were going out on a daily basis, and my wife and I, avoiding Covid were not.
It took roughly ten days for my wife to come down with the Covid, after the Covid first appeared in my granddaughter. It took seventeen days for me to come down with the Covid after the Covid first appeared in my grand daughter. I imagine in all of these cases we were infected for at least a few days, perhaps even a week to ten days before we showed symptoms. I personally did not show any symptoms for 17 days after becoming aware of my first contact.
This suggests to me that any quarantine, in order to be effective would have had to be for at least 20 days, and a thirty day quarantine seems more likely to be necessary, if quarantines can be effective at all. Most people flying into a country and testing positive had to quarantine for about 10 days, in the countries I am aware of. It appears to me ten days would not be sufficient to stop or even hinder the spread.
I am living in Spain. My son’s wife died 7 years ago. Therefore my son and his daughter were visiting us alone. They stayed for months because I was ill, and my son thought I was dying. I had an ongoing hip infection for about 11 months that I could not eradicate with antibiotics. But strangely, since I was obviously immune compromised, the Covid did not particularly bother me. It seems different types of infections prefer one person over another.
I should also mention my grand daughter completely bounced back from the infection in two or three days. She couldn’t stand being confined. I used to take her out at night for walks, because her father couldn’t go anywhere with her, and she was probably still contagious.
It took my wife about 10 days to return to about 70% after being infected. It also took my son about ten days to get to 70%. I never was worse than 70%, but it took about ten days for me to get back to what was 100% for me at that time.
Looking Back on Covid
Last year on February 3 my 15 year old grand daughter came down with Covid. It was severe enough it put her in bed for two days. The next day, February 4, my son came down with Covid, and it put him in bed for more days.
The Covid did not affect my wife and I so quickly, and we thought we had escaped. But on February 13 my wife came down with Covid, and it put her in bed for 3 or 4 days. And finally on February 20, I came down with Covid, it more or less made me feel as bad as the average cold. It did not put me in bed, I did not feel like being in bed, and except for the annoyance of not being 100% did not interfere with my life.
I note here that all of us were living together in less than 700 square foot apartment, with one bathroom. It was impossible not to come in contact with the infected persons. I assume my daughter and son came in contact first as they were going out on a daily basis, and my wife and I, avoiding Covid were not.
It took roughly ten days for my wife to come down with the Covid, after the Covid first appeared in my granddaughter. It took seventeen days for me to come down with the Covid after the Covid first appeared in my grand daughter. I imagine in all of these cases we were infected for at least a few days, perhaps even a week to ten days before we showed symptoms. I personally did not show any symptoms for 17 days after becoming aware of my first contact.
This suggests to me that any quarantine, in order to be effective would have had to be for at least 20 days, and a thirty day quarantine seems more likely to be necessary, if quarantines can be effective at all. Most people flying into a country and testing positive had to quarantine for about 10 days, in the countries I am aware of. It appears to me ten days would not be sufficient to stop or even hinder the spread.
I am living in Spain. My son’s wife died 7 years ago. Therefore my son and his daughter were visiting us alone. They stayed for months because I was ill, and my son thought I was dying. I had an ongoing hip infection for about 11 months that I could not eradicate with antibiotics. But strangely, since I was obviously immune compromised, the Covid did not particularly bother me. It seems different types of infections prefer one person over another.
I should also mention my grand daughter completely bounced back from the infection in two or three days. She couldn’t stand being confined. I used to take her out at night for walks, because her father couldn’t go anywhere with her, and she was probably still contagious.
It took my wife about 10 days to return to about 70% after being infected. It also took my son about ten days to get to 70%. I never was worse than 70%, but it took about ten days for me to get back to what was 100% for me at that time.
None of us were or are vaccinated.