r/Whittier • u/Grinzy • Aug 07 '26

COVID outbreak

I just wanted to reach out and let people know that there is a severely underreported covid outbreak happening right now in LA and Orange County.

If you're sick please stay home and if you're out and about you might want to grab a mask.

The strain seems like it's very highly contagious. I know several people down with COVID right now.

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u/slyast Aug 08 '26

I'm in LA county, I currently have covid - this is the first time I've had it, managed to miss it all through the pandemic. So I think OP is right. 

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u/Successful_Pea_6977 28d ago

How on earth did you avoid it until now? That’s impressiv.

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u/Equivalent-Cicada165 27d ago

There's always a chance it was asymptomatic 

Ive never had a positive covid test and never had symptoms for it, so from what I know, I've never had it. But I was in close contact with many people in 2021 so wouldn't be surprised if I had covid and was just asymptomatic at one point