Hey I’ve never had Covid, but suddenly have flu like symptoms and cannot taste or smell a damn thing.
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Hey I’ve never had Covid, but suddenly have flu like symptoms and cannot taste or smell a damn thing. Should I take a Covid test?
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Hey I’ve never had Covid, but suddenly have flu like symptoms and cannot taste or smell a damn thing. Should I take a Covid test?
#covid@cpkimber Yes. If you can get a combo rapid antigen test for influenza and covid, that would be ideal.
Tests will be positive earlier in the symptom course for influenza, later (after day 4) for covid. Serial testing every 2 days recommended. Sometimes people have co-infections also (both positive). If you are positive, you can try to get antivirals or even metformin for covid to prevent long covid. -
@cpkimber Yes. If you can get a combo rapid antigen test for influenza and covid, that would be ideal.
Tests will be positive earlier in the symptom course for influenza, later (after day 4) for covid. Serial testing every 2 days recommended. Sometimes people have co-infections also (both positive). If you are positive, you can try to get antivirals or even metformin for covid to prevent long covid.@cpkimber Preventing Long Covid with Metformin, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 82, Issue 3, 15 March 2026, Pages e433–e435, https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/82/3/e433/8444410?login=false
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@cpkimber Preventing Long Covid with Metformin, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 82, Issue 3, 15 March 2026, Pages e433–e435, https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/82/3/e433/8444410?login=false
@huskify thanks! My Covid antigen test is negative. I’ll try again in a few days.
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@Timo_Micro it was a new test that I bought today, but I didn’t look at any dates on it.
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Hey I’ve never had Covid, but suddenly have flu like symptoms and cannot taste or smell a damn thing. Should I take a Covid test?
#covidNote: The Omicron (BA) strains from early 2022 were identified as coming from some unidentified rodent (non rat) animal in 2022. Possibly the four stripe mouse.
It was originally from humans to them.
With BA.3.2 that pandemic continues to seed new immune evading variants in humans and is still not generally recognized as being a repeating zoonosis pandemic between them and us.
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Note: The Omicron (BA) strains from early 2022 were identified as coming from some unidentified rodent (non rat) animal in 2022. Possibly the four stripe mouse.
It was originally from humans to them.
With BA.3.2 that pandemic continues to seed new immune evading variants in humans and is still not generally recognized as being a repeating zoonosis pandemic between them and us.
That sounds interesting -- where can I read more about the jump from rodents to humans?
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That sounds interesting -- where can I read more about the jump from rodents to humans?
apologies. I missed seeing your question. This isn't the first paper on the subject., and
I do not easily find that now. I suggest you start here:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8702434/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8690307/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12539949/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1673852721003738
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apologies. I missed seeing your question. This isn't the first paper on the subject., and
I do not easily find that now. I suggest you start here:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8702434/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8690307/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12539949/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1673852721003738
@samohTmaS @cpkimber Thanks!!
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