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My family has had this for a couple of weeks, but haven't bothered with a Covid test, because it's not like we'd get extra sick leave. In the US sick leave and (paid) parental leave come from the same bucket, so I've no interest in taking time off unless I can't function. We don't have fevers, so maybe it's just a very, very long cold.
Yeah, if you're not getting any benefit from a formal positive diagnosis, you're doing much the same as with a regular cold or flu, lying in bed and trying not to spread it to anyone you care about. More serious if you're ailing or old, at which point paxlovid is a good shout, but for anyone outside that, just wait it out with a cup of something hot.
In my case, I am all too familiar with COVID and I could swear blindly this was a bout, but either the lab fucked up, or it's the flu. The complete anosmia was only for half a day, whereas with COVID it lasts at least one or two for me personally.
Huh. I have a very narrow nose but sticking a swab deep in there is no big deal.
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