Today is November, 28. One full week after my positive Covid result and a full two weeks since the day I think was my contamination date. According to one of the physicians, today should be the last day I have to isolate. Another physician told me December 1. Yet someone else told me that I am no longer contagious if I go 24 hours straight without a fever.
The closest I came to having a temperature was Monday when I had a temperature of 100 after I had the mask on. After that, my temperature was between 97-99.
I did go out earlier today. I had to go to the supermarket to get essentials since my refrigerator is not functioning properly. I masked up for the trip and avoided other shoppers, however, there were at least six people in the store not wearing a mask. This is the wake of a reported omicron variant of the virus.
Maybe I am rushing to judgment. It is quite possible the six (I am positive there were more) people I counted got their vaccine and that is why they appear to be careless. I keep my mask on when I am in public, except to eat. And I still got it.
This new variant reportedly started in southern Africa and was found in a few countries. Seems similar to the original strain that started in China almost exactly two years ago and was going through Washington State and New York by March, three months later. I expect the United States to be dealing with the omicron variant in January. And with no immediate data showing if the current vaccines will be useful, I am not optimistic.
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