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Poll: Have you tested positive for Covid-19?

5 points by jacquesm ↗ HN
Hello HN, it's a pretty informal survey, but it may show some light on how prevalent this is right now. Please vote for the situation that applies to you, and don't forget to upvote the poll itself (a vote in a poll does not count as a vote for the poll).

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xenonite
Interesting poll, thank you! Let me ask, what do you actually mean by "symptoms"? Temperature above 37.2 °C (99.9 °F)? Sore throat? Cough? Or combined? Is it possible to differentiate the list a bit, although this yields more options?
hncensorsnonpc
I am pretty sure I already beat corona. I never was at a doctor or tested for anything.

My symptoms were a bit unusual from what I read. I never taken my temp. but I do not think I had any fever, because I know what it feels like.

I had a crazy increaeed heart rate and I threw up like 6 times, tried to drink water, threw up again. I could not sit or stand up for just 5 minutes. It forced me to lay down and I felt powerless and helpless because it felt like I gonna collapse from just going 5 meters to the toilet. My head felt weird, I had no trouble breathing, no couth, nothing felt wrong with my lungs. But I had urges to take deep breaths so probably not enough oxigen in my blood. I constantly woke up because of my pumping heart, as soon as I only sit I had to lay down again. Slept about 15 hours without deducting wake up breaks. After that I recovered pretty fast.