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Originally Posted by Pierre
Well I’ve been in contact with several people I know that have/had it, and as has been posted the severity of the illness is on an individual basis.
But the two elements that seem consistent ( and this is based on a handful of people I know that thankfully have not needed hospital care) is severe breathing problems, so bad that it’s hard to talk, apparently quite distressing at the time, lasting typically for around 3-4 days accompanied with severe Muscle pain in the chest, arms, neck and abdomen. Apparently words cannot get across how it hits you. This is from people my age. 45-55,
But, thankfully, they have got over it.
I’m hoping not to experience it, where I am, I’m semi-rural my the family are staying put and I’m only going out for the shop when required, so I am hopeful we can dodge it.
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Wow, I've been wondering if I had the virus late Jan/early Feb because I had a very atypical chest infection and according to Neil Ferguson, Notts/Derby could have been early hotspots. Non-productive cough, high temperature and now I read here about muscle pain in chest - I had that too, thought I'd strained my intercostal muscles coughing. I'd love to know if I actually had it, if I did, it was luckily very mild.