In late January 2020 I was on a cruise when I got very sick. Very high fever that would go away and return hours later and repeat over and over for 6 days of a 13 day cruise....sore throat, coughing, zero appetite, and I also had a very profound loss of taste. At this point in time - no one heard of covid.
About two weeks later the country closed down. Over the following months.... I took two antibody tests and both were negative. To this day I think what I had was covid - especially because of the loss of taste.....everything was sawdust. My cabin roommate on the cruise also believes I had covid based on my symptoms.
Fast forward 2.5 years.....I was covid free. Had 3 jabs....and I refused to wear masks in the vast majority of settings since mid 2021. I always wonder if I remained covid free in part because of anti-bodies that were not showing up on test results.
In October of this year - my 95 year old mom came down with covid. I rushed out to AZ to care for her and believe my intervention saved her. Had I arrived a day later I think her dehydration would have been beyond repair. It wasn't the covid alone that would have killed her. Being 95 - she just doesn't drink enough when she is healthy....let alone when she suffers from covid and a high fever. Anyway .... 2 days later....I came down with covid myself which I expected would happen. Could have been my first plane ride in 3 years that I caught it from....but it was probably mom who gave it to me.
Anyway - despite feeling 'off' with a fever for about 36 hours - I continued to test positive for a full 2 weeks.
At this point I have no plans to get a 4th jab. I might change my mind if circumstances change....but at this point I don't expect them to. I'm with you that the government - especially this administration - cannot be trusted. Too much controlling the masses through fear. It's ridiculous that vaccine requirements are imposed for foreign passengers on inbound flights to the US.....while nearly 300k unvaccinated cross the border each month with a 70% covid positivity rate.....and no additional requirements imposed to quarantine, get vaccinated, be masked, etc....