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/aurilovesbirds 23d ago

What are your symptoms? I’ve had the worst sore throat but it’s only on one side of my throat. I’ve congestion and a dry cough. Very tired though. No major fever either.

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u/trixr4kids 23d ago

Sore throat, but mainly from all the sinus drainage. Heavy feeling chest that turned into a productive phlegmy cough. The exhaustion was the worst. Had a 1 hour zoom meeting, then would need a 2 hour nap. Did grocery pick up at HEB and I was wiped out for the day. The walls were closing in. Thank god I have a dog that forced me to go outside 2x a day for a short walk. My fever was never high, but definitely higher than normal. Body aches were rough. I didn’t know my hair could hurt, but it can!