CALIFORNIANS MAY HAVE DEVELOPED SOME HERD IMMUNITY TO CORONAVIRUS LAST YEAR, STANFORD TEAM THEORIZES

[ananda]

71. Hmmmmm

A year and a half ago in November I had the cold from hell.
I never had a cold that lasted that long; it attacked my throat,
made me cough (particularly at night), and it took three full
weeks before I felt somewhat normal again. It took my
throat a good two or three months to recover.

Then, at the end of February I had a bizarre experience while
I was playing in a bridge tournament at a hotel in Houston.

In the middle of the night I started having serious symptoms
of something; coughing and blowing my nose up a storm for
hours. The next morning I went to CVS and got some
Claritin-D. I couldn't tell if it was an allergy or a cold until
I started felling sick like it was a cold. But then the next day
it was gone.

That was the strangest experience I ever had. In my lifetime,
allergic reactions have never made me sick or react that
strongly; but there's always a first time I guess.

I'm thinking of it as a temporary allergy, to play it safe, so
I will shelter in place as long as it takes.

But it was strange.