Three weeks seems to be the time it takes after Covid to return to normal. Whatever normal is after 9/11, after the Financial Crisis, after January 6, and after the pandemic’s arrival. I continue to test negative for Covid, and today I returned to the library, sitting “where the old people sit,” as I once heard a high school kid say to a friend.
After using two Covid-19 home test kits that mih gave me, I bought eight more kits for $80 and used five of them. I was about to buy more, but starting today you can order a 4-pack of free Covid-19 test kits, compliments of the federal government bureaucracy.
Two weeks ago tonight, my throat felt sore and I started to cough. The next day I tested myself for Covid and it was negative. As my conditioned worsened to include sneezing I tested myself again, and it was positive.
Depending on the brand of rapid antigen test, results are promised in 15 or 20 minutes. In my case, a positive result doesn’t even take 15-20 seconds.
Yesterday I felt as though I was getting closer to recovery, but today I feel worse. My symptoms are a reminder why there are doctors specializing in ear, nose, and throat ailments.
The coughing mostly stopped last week. My breathing was never affected, and I haven’t had a fever. But if I’m not testing negative again by next week I’ll contact my doctor.
Follow-up: I tested myself again — twice — and… it’s negative. So it seems possible that I have had a plain, old cold, in addition to Covid?
What’s spinning on the Pioneer PL-112D from 1976?
It’s 24 Laid-Back Rockin’ Easy Hits from 70’s Superstars!
I’m at that age where it doesn’t take much to awaken memories from long ago. Memories of the wonderful girls I knew that can be almost painful. One of the songs in the collection having that effect on me is “Second Avenue” by Tim Moore.
The record reached only #58 on the Billboard chart. Art Garfunkel’s cover of the song was released at the same time and was a #6 hit on Billboard. Garfunkel was the better singer, of course, but for emotional effect I give the nod to the songwriter.
States with the highest living standards
It turns out that the sultans of standards, the lords of living, are none other than … Massachusetts and Minnesota!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/02/best-states-to-live/
This blasted cold I contracted a week ago continues to incapacitate me. Or maybe it’s incarcerated me, as I’ve been confined to the house since the first symptoms appeared late Tuesday. Just in case it could be the flu, I’ll check this chart from the CDC.
Nah, not the flu. Definitely a cold, but it’s a bad one. The chart doesn’t mention an earache, but I have that, along with a sore throat. Am I actually suffering from immunity debt?
