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I had both vaccines shots and prob got covid last week. Had no nasal congestion, 100F low fever coming and going, little fatigue, night sweats. After I felt more normal, developed a little cough that I still have.

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Those symptoms are consistent with the dozens of common cold viruses that haven't diseappeared. Consider that many people get COVID tests because they are symptomatic, yet most of them are negative.

According to https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/flu..., there has been pretty much no flu season this year compared to ~any other year (which in itself is highly suspect).

Last week of January reported 55 vs 23,972 on average any other season.

I’m missing your angle - why is it suspect that there are so few cases?

Because the symptoms are so similar, it's possible it's still spreading but to the same people getting covid and people are only being diagnosed with covid.

You might want to check how they count flu in normal years.

Influenza is not the same as the common cold, which is also sometimes referred to as "the flu". Besides influenza-types, there are a couple of viruses that cause the common cold, among them the aptly named rhinoviruses but also other coronaviruses.

Indeed there's a suspicious drop in influenza-type cases, likely caused by all the social distancing and perhaps by SarS-COV-2 simply out-competing influenza-types in knocking people out.

I've never had a cold without some level of nasal congestion. That's the only reason that I think it was most likely covid.

I believe I remember hearing some time ago that the most common and reliable symptom was loss of smell and/or taste.

How soon after the immunisation did you get those symptoms? If it was just a day or two, it might be that.

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/...

Sounds close to my symptoms. Different than a cold because I had no nasal congestion, pain in my throat/neck, cough or the usual weird effects on my ears (sometimes one or the other feels "covered", an imbalance in hearing, when I have a cold).

Shouldn't the vaccine have helped, though? I don't know.

Yeah, I suspect it could've been a variant (I was traveling in Costa Rica just prior) and I had a lessened episode.

Exactly the same about the lack of congestion. That's something I've never had in my life, cold symptoms without congestion. That's the reason why I think it was covid. Plus a little fatigue and muscle soreness.

Overall it was light, medium at most. But def something.

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