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In response to "Went to urgent care this morning. It took nearly 4 years, but COVID finally got me. Could have sworn it was the flu. -- nm" by sycor

We always keep at-home tests around, so we can test whenever we have any cold or flu symptoms. When we tested positive in October, I thought it was

Posted by mara ❄️ (aka mara) Feb 13 '24, 06:47

allergies at first. Just a lot of congestion, really, which lead to a lot of coughing; plus some fatigue.

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I thought I had some but they were expired. I'll be getting more soon. -- nm - sycor Feb 13, 06:56 1
- They extended the expiration on some (by like six months I think) -- (link) - ty97 Feb 13, 07:06
I got the government freebies. -- nm - Baron the Wonder Horse Feb 13, 06:50
Yup, I always have Binax tests around. Any congestion or even weird headaches, I'll probably test. -- (edited) - ty97 Feb 13, 06:49 3
- i have such bad allergies, i can never tell. usually i first pop an antihistamine, see if that clears it, and then reassess. - colin Feb 13, 07:03 2
  - ugh, I can't imagine. I'm so thankful to not deal with allergies -- nm - ty97 Feb 13, 07:05 1
    - 2020 was the first year i had hay fever...i was so freaked out, wondering how i could have gotten covid when i hadn't left the house in 3 weeks. -- nm - colin Feb 13, 07:07

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