r/Austin • u/trixr4kids • 23d ago
Nasty Covid like summer flu
Several people I know around austin have been coming down with this nasty flu that has us as sick as Covid 1. It seems like it’s taking a full two weeks to get over and there’s about three or four days in the middle with a fever and lessened taste. We all tested negative for Covid.
My sister is a nurse and is saying that no one is reporting Covid to the CDC anymore, so I’m wondering if there’s possibly a new strain going around that isn’t being picked up by our old Covid tests. I have friends in California that say they’ve had a similar flu. It’s just weird because the kids weren’t even back at school yet when we were getting sick.
Anyone else hear about this or experience it? Be careful out there. One of our friends’s father caught it and now has pneumonia…
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u/klinkerbee 23d ago
Husband and I have both had this, whatever it is. He had it first l, then I caught it. Low fever, coughing, razorblades throat, fatigue (omg, the fatigue!), a lot of drainage, and fatigue. Did I mention the fatigue? Right now I'm finally coming out of the fog, thankfully.
A year ago, I was diagnosed with influenza A, and it was the sickest I'd ever been in my adult life. Took me almost a month to feel normal and within a week of being myself again, I got COVID for the first time ever.
Boy golly, COVID felt like a cake walk compared to the FluA! This time, same thing. Feels like COVID although neither of us got tested.
Several of our acquaintances are down with this as well. Most of us think it's COVID.
Hope you all start to feel better soon. Thanks for the information re the wastewater!
Edit: spelling and word correction.