Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   My family ChiCom virus saga Date:   1/13/2022 9:19:44 AM (updated 1/13/2022 9:51:55 AM)

So while we were dealing with my Mom's passing we were also in the throes of what we believe is Omicron.  Wanted to provide some details because how this moved around and manifested itself is interesting.  The first to get it was my youngest daughter who is double vaxxed and boosted.  We think she got it on the flight to ATL.  Her symptoms, scratchy throat, fever, drainage, cough and headache started the day after Christmas.  She went and got tested the next day and was positive so she went into isolation. She had a fever for three days and was pretty much wiped out by the virus for the better part of a week. Then my wife, double vaxxed but not boosted, started to have the same symptoms two days later so she too got tested, was positive and went into isolation. I went to the lake to stay away from her although I was around her a lot for at least one day and maybe two while she was probably contagious.  She also had a fever for several days and was pretty sick.  Also very tired all the time and didn't sleep well due to congestion and coughing.

Then my Mom was taken by ambulance to the hospital so I came home on the 1st.  Funeral was on the 8th, the day my middle daughter got her scratchy throat.  She drove back to Texas with my youngest the afternoon of the 8th after the reception.  After she got home she too was wiped out for the better part of a week like my wife and youngest daughter.  Then my son, also double vaxxed but not boosted started to have symptoms after he had returned home.  Also pretty sick with the same symptoms.  He likely got it from my daughter at the funeral or afterward.

Then there is me, the unvaxxed leper.  I started to have a scratchy throat on Monday the 10th.  Tuesday I felt pretty terrible with a 3 deg fever, headache, cough, etc.  No point in getting tested as I had the same symptoms as all the others.  However, on Tueday evening I started to take my Ivermectin and Z-pack along with all the other stuff suggested by the I-MASK protocol.  By Wednesday morning I had no fever but still had a scratchy throat, mild headache when I coughed and was feeling tired.  However, I was feeling much better and worked most of the day at my home office.  Slept pretty well.  Today I am feeling even better and the scratchy throat and headache are completely gone.  Just feeling a little tired and have a little congestion that I am managing with Advil congestion relief.  None of the others wanted to follow my lead on the treatment protocol so their symptoms were far worse and lasted much longer than mine has.  Literally the only difference between them and me was how the virus was treated and having had the vaccine.  

My conclusion is that the vaccines do not protect against infection, especially the Omicron variant, which is not exactly new news.  Second, I can't comment on whether the vaccines help with Omicron symptoms.  All four of them had the same symptoms for the same length of time so the booster doesn't seem to help with symptoms.  As for the I-MASK protocol it seemed to work very well for me to reduce the severity and length of symptoms for Omicron.  Unlike the others, I was never flat on my back and other than feeling a bit tired was able to keep working, albeit remotely.