Anecdotal story to do with what you will . . .
My 5 year old son got COVID, tested positive with an at home test. We are all healthy, no more COVID in the home.
Went and got the whole family tested at a drive up test site. Results came back in 72 hours ish.
None of us are vaccinated. 3 positives, 2 negatives. My wife, 8 year old, and 5 year old were positive. My 3 year old and I were negative. Symptoms/results:
POSITIVE
Wife (39)- Mild aches for 36-48 hours. Mild cold like symptoms of runny nose, sore throat. Mild fatigue for 5-7 days
8 year old- Runny nose, mild fatigue 36-48 hours.
5 year old- Fever chills 24-36 hours, runny nose 3-4 days
NEGATIVE
3 year old- No symptoms, possible runny nose congestion (came later, 7-10 days after initial symptoms for others)
Myself (45)- No symptoms, possible runny nose congestion (I have chronic sinus/asthma issues due to Samter's Triad diagnosis, hard to distinguish)
On the whole, our personal experience was a very mild sickness in our home, we have dealt with worse (and I know plenty of both vaxxed and unvaxxed who have had a much harder time)
I take recommended dosage of vitamin C, D, Zinc, Quercetin daily (have for many months)
I had regular interaction with my family, including hugs, laying by my kids at bedtime, normal everyday life stuff without masks.
This is not an arrogant post, but one of real life interactions with COVID. Some questions that come to my mind:
1. Why didn't I get the highly contagious variant of Omicron based upon the above facts? Or if I did, why no significant symptoms to speak of?
2. Should we be making claims that "the vaccine made my symptoms less?" or "my supplements made my symptoms less?" We were not vaccinated and had very minor symptoms. And yet, was it my supplements that keep me healthy? My wife wasn't taking any supplements.
It seems like a healthy does of humility would do us all good, myself included.
