I just got back late Sunday night from a river cruise in France with a pre cruise extension in Paris and a post cruise extension in England. Monday morning I tested and found out that what I thought was a cold is actually covid. Dang, I'm a two timer, this is the second time. And I've been vaccinated as much as one can be. And both times on vacation. Anyway, the doctor told me that I'm an old hand at it, rest, watch tv, keep hydrated take Tylenol and stay home. Don't let the grand kids come over. I'm good.
So it all started the day I left the cruise for the post cruise extension. We were packed in a bus and there was a lot of coughing. And then we took a train under the channel and there was more coughing. Then we started taking bus tours of manor houses, even more coughing. People were talking about the cold going around, lots of people borrowing throat lozenges from each other for sore throats. I guess maybe it wasn't a cold. Anyway, it was the end of the cruise for us. We went home. But for many that England extension was their pre cruise extension and not a post cruise. I can't help but think some of them picked up the bug. I can not imagine the misery of a week on that boat locked in a stateroom. My thought and prayers go out to them. But I'm also thinking about all those with the "cold", like me, who hopped on busses, trains, planes, and in automobiles to head home. Honestly, like I said, I've been vaccinated four times and had it already. I was quite sure it was just a cold, how could it be anything else. We were laughing about it, end a great two weeks with a cold.
Anyway, thoughts and prayers. I apologize to anyone who picked it up from me, I didn't know. This covid is just crazy. Will we ever get past it? I pray we do.
So it all started the day I left the cruise for the post cruise extension. We were packed in a bus and there was a lot of coughing. And then we took a train under the channel and there was more coughing. Then we started taking bus tours of manor houses, even more coughing. People were talking about the cold going around, lots of people borrowing throat lozenges from each other for sore throats. I guess maybe it wasn't a cold. Anyway, it was the end of the cruise for us. We went home. But for many that England extension was their pre cruise extension and not a post cruise. I can't help but think some of them picked up the bug. I can not imagine the misery of a week on that boat locked in a stateroom. My thought and prayers go out to them. But I'm also thinking about all those with the "cold", like me, who hopped on busses, trains, planes, and in automobiles to head home. Honestly, like I said, I've been vaccinated four times and had it already. I was quite sure it was just a cold, how could it be anything else. We were laughing about it, end a great two weeks with a cold.
Anyway, thoughts and prayers. I apologize to anyone who picked it up from me, I didn't know. This covid is just crazy. Will we ever get past it? I pray we do.
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They don't prevent or deter transmition, just ease the symptoms to a mild 1-2 day flu, at best. Not even previous positive case "immunity" does that. About the only thing left to fear w/ Covid is passing it on to someone w/ a preexisting condition who is not vaxxed. This likely won't ever fully go away. Neither has polio, or even the bubonic plague. We'll just keep getting better at treating it. (To the dismay of nature's way of handling overpopulation! 
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