Antigen positive, my hanging heart finally fell to the ground.

I have a doctor friend who told me about his experience of being infected with COVID-19.

In the morning, he and his wife went to the nucleic acid spot in the community to take samples. Beijing did it at home for two weeks, and Health Bao did it for six days. At that time, there was a policy that you don't have to do nucleic acid if you don't have it at home. There was also information on the Internet that nucleic acid was the main route of infection in COVID-19, so you didn't do it. The epidemic prevention policy was adjusted that day, and some nucleic acid spots were cancelled. Without a 48-hour nucleic acid report, buses and subways are not allowed to refuse passengers, and society has begun to flow again. At the same time, the policy also restricts nucleic acids from entering office buildings, supermarkets and other public places without 48 hours.

This means that people who go to work must do nucleic acid. He quickly confirmed with the property of the company building that the property also said that he must hold nucleic acid for 48 hours. If you have any questions, you can contact the street office and give a phone number. When I call, the line is always busy. I thought there were too many people who needed to be puzzled. After I left a message asking, I hung up.

The lowest temperature in this section of Beijing is-10 degrees, and the windy morning is biting. When he and his wife walked to the nucleic acid point, they found that people lined up in an endless stream. People wrapped in cotton scarves meandered from the center of the community to the east gate, and then bent at right angles to several buildings. The cancellation of nucleic acid score and the shortening of collection time have led to crowded people who have to go to work.

Waiting in line for almost ten minutes, wearing thermal underwear and down jacket, my hands and feet are cold. There are young people in thin clothes in the team, and their bodies will shake involuntarily in the wind. Nearly an hour later, he and his wife finally came. When I was doing nucleic acid, I heard from the staff that the deadline was coming, and they were going to persuade the people in line behind.

In the evening, when he came back from a walk, his wife first felt symptoms, dry throat and difficulty swallowing. We quickly picked up the COVID-19 test kit prepared at home and dripped the mixture into the kit according to the instructions. Looking at the reagent spread out bit by bit on the progress bar, column C turned red, and column T, which showed that the virus was detected, remained silent, indicating that it was not COVID-19.

I began to feel my throat tighten before going to bed, and I didn't care when I went to work the next day.

When he woke up the next morning, he found that his throat was still tight. Not at ease, he tried to test the antigen and the result was the same as his wife's. This also made him more convinced that it may not have infected COVID-19. Feeling healthy, I decided to go to the company.

On the way to the company by taxi, I saw that although there were more cars on the road than when I was at home, it still looked bleak. The intersection of Chaoyang Joy City, which had been congested before, actually passed the green light smoothly. Most of the small shops on the street are closed, some are open, and they also park at the door with a table and only accept takeout. Ciyun Temple, where the company is located, is a gathering place for snacks and food in Beijing. However, in the past three years, especially in the last year, the restaurants downstairs have repeatedly closed down and accepted the opening of new brands. Even the convenience bees that everyone liked before have not survived. The shortest shop he and his colleagues have ever seen is Master Xi, which was well decorated, but it closed after two or three months of opening.

He bought 100 packs of masks when COVID-19 broke out, and now there are more than a dozen packs left.

Entering the company building, the security guards routinely check the nucleic acid. After scanning the code, they found that the nucleic acid made in the cold yesterday morning had no results. That's the nucleic acid that has been scanned for 7 days. The security guard took a look and let him into the office building. Wait until the office, colleagues communicate with each other, only to find that almost no one reported the nucleic acid done the day before. Soon, I saw the policy adjustment from the internet, saying that the office did not check nucleic acid. This means that the office space has been liberalized.

His company is a small cultural communication company. Two years before the epidemic, although the company's business was hit, its overall income increased. Since 202 1, it has also started a new business of book publishing, with more than 40 people at one time. By the end of this year, the large upstream companies have been in a hurry and their business has shrunk dramatically. Book sales have also lost many orders because of the epidemic in many places.

The protracted epidemic has damaged the team's mood. Some colleagues in the team have been locked up in their hometown for more than two months and cannot go to work. Many companies have started the mode of layoffs and cost reduction in business contraction. Considering that it is not easy to recruit people, the epidemic will eventually end. There were no layoffs, and the total number of staff remained at 40. But if everything continues until next year, it will be unsustainable and will inevitably be cut.

On this day, several colleagues in the company chose to stay at home, some of them were "ten mixed one" positive red code, and some were positive for family antigen testing. Everyone is whispering, this round of infection will affect most people, which is inevitable. The director of the company bought a batch of medicine boxes, antipyretics and cough medicines in advance. Have a meeting with colleagues in the afternoon, and colleagues at home will participate online. However, due to the intermittent signal, there are still some children to take care of, and the effect is average.

When he returned to his station after the meeting, he first felt an extreme cold spreading from his feet to his whole body, thinking that the temperature of the central air conditioner was low. He asked his colleagues and found that they didn't feel cold. Then, he began to sweat all over, his whole body ached like being bitten by an ant, and his forehead felt a little hot. I quickly asked for leave from the personnel to go home, but no one answered the doorbell. On entering the door, I found my wife lying in bed with a fever.

After lying for two hours, the symptoms eased a little, but my wife's condition was still quite serious. At one time, she felt sick and unbearable until she vomited twice in the bathroom. When his wife calmed down, he began to test the antigen with her, but the result was still not COVID-19 infection.

He immediately contacted his college classmates in Beijing. His mother and 3-year-old child tested positive for antigen the day before, and he and his wife also developed symptoms of COVID-19 infection. This classmate has a certain degree of fever, and his wife's symptoms are the heaviest in the whole family: fever and dry throat. The 3-year-old child is full of vigor and vitality, which makes the couple with symptoms at home tired enough. He didn't test the antigen, and his home was gone, but the infection was certain.

The only advice to him is that if the infection is diagnosed, drink more hot water, and ibuprofen can also relieve the symptoms.

After listening to his words, my friend was puzzled. Why are the symptoms almost the same? Even I am more serious. After repeated tests, there is no indication that COVID-19 is infected. Thinking of reading a news, the flu is also very popular recently, and many cities have a large number of infections. He and his wife have no runny nose and dysphagia, which are typical flu symptoms. I thought he and his wife were frozen when they were making nucleic acid, but now it seems more likely that they were infected with the flu in the crowd.

Considering that it was the flu, I didn't drink Lianhua Qingwen drugs that night, but chose Gankang to take it before going to bed. That night, when he fell asleep for the first time, he had a fever and sweated. After midnight, maybe the medicine worked. He felt his breath was smooth and his whole body relaxed. In the past three years, I have been anxious about my work. Often upset and insomnia. On the contrary, I slept most comfortably and practically this night.

Early the next morning, he was full of energy to test the antigen again, and still no infection was found. Video call with classmates. I had a fever all night, only my wife had symptoms, and the children and the elderly were all well. He saw that my face was a little red and said that I should have caught a cold and had a little tail. I will be fine soon. I'm a little envious of being comforted. I am infected like him, and my symptoms will disappear in a day or two, so I should be able to return to work soon. I got the flu first, and when COVID-19 arrived, I had to commit a second crime.

"Why don't I send some antigens to your home, maybe you will be infected, and the flu and COVID-19 will be solved once and for all." My friend joked. The classmate said stop joking.

Antigen negative, healthy, I'm in a hurry to go to work. The office building is still scanning the code, but there is no nucleic acid. Fortunately, some restaurants have slowly resumed their meals and have a place to eat at work. Colleagues are excited to discuss policy changes, but some colleagues feel uncomfortable and are taking a nap at their desks. Compared with the day before, there are fewer colleagues on duty. Some colleagues have applied to stay at home with the company's administration, fearing that they will be infected without vaccination, and the chances of getting seriously ill are even greater. People who also have flu symptoms choose to stay at home. They are afraid that they will not be able to detect COVID-19 and infect the elderly and children to other colleagues.

After work in the afternoon, he coughed a little. I searched the internet and found that it was the late stage of the flu, so I didn't care. When I got home, my wife had a fever, a cough and a hoarse voice, but she didn't have a fever or a headache. I'm thinking that after three days, this flu will probably be over.

On the morning of February 7, 65438, I woke up and received a reminder from the company that a colleague in the company was antigen-positive. I recall that I stood next to her twice the day before and exchanged jobs with my colleagues. I also found that she was in a bad state. I opened my mouth to speak, only to find that my voice was so hoarse that I couldn't make a sound at all. I quickly got out of bed to find the antigen test box.

When the reagent infiltrated into the test paper, the T strip showing COVID-19 infection turned red gradually. After waiting for 5 minutes, the C strip showing that the test was effective also appeared. I'm Yang at last. Always said that nucleic acid and antigen are inaccurate. In order to confirm the result, I quickly asked my wife who had not found the infection before. Her kit showed that the infected T-bar was light red and positive according to the instructions. Double verification can basically confirm the test results.

The friend immediately diagnosed his physical condition: the only symptom was cough, and the symptoms of fever, headache and aching bones and muscles disappeared. This means that COVID-19's symptoms are slightly milder than those during the flu two days ago. He asked his wife, she just had a sore throat. My hanging heart has finally let go.

After the test was positive, I applied to the company for a home. Soon, my college classmate called and told him that I was Yang. He told his friends not to worry. He and his family are basically asymptomatic now, and they are going to go out for a walk in the street on a cloudy day at the weekend.

I'm more worried about my wife's parents. When the two old people heard that we were positive, they looked dignified. My parents live in a small city. They are very timid. Everything is polite. In fact, since the local prevention and control in May 438+10, they rarely go out, almost in a state of active home isolation. On February 4th, 65438, my wife's grandfather passed away, and the epidemic prevention department and the community only allowed 28 people to attend, so the funeral was hastily arranged. My wife was brought up by my grandparents and wanted to go back to my hometown to see my grandfather for the last time, but my parents advised me to go back to my hometown in isolation.

Some experts on the internet said that the shock wave of the first infection will soon be ushered in. My wife's mother has a basic disease and her immunity is very weak, so she didn't get the vaccine according to the doctor's advice. In recent years, her family has paid great attention to protection so as not to infect her. With the spread of shock waves, small cities will eventually spread, which is also an imminent risk for patients with basic diseases without vaccine protection. I can understand my parents' caution. I hope that patients with basic diseases, like their mothers, can avoid a medical run in the shock wave and successfully overcome this difficulty.

Knowing that it was positive, the company colleagues organized a round of antigen self-test, all of which were negative. Many colleagues asked him about his physical condition with concern, and he told them how he felt: the fever had gone down, but his throat was a little sore. It can be seen that many colleagues are still worried about infection. Most companies are young people in their twenties. People with higher education know that COVID-19 is a self-limiting disease, and they are still inevitably afraid.

Only then did he find out why he felt relieved after testing positive: some things can only be overcome by personal experience.

At present, his and his wife's symptoms are alleviating. In this process, he thinks that the most important thing is to prepare medicine, have a good rest and have a good attitude. The toxicity of Omicron is decreasing, and the relevant epidemic prevention policies are also being adjusted rapidly. We can see that some provinces are organizing a group of 10,000 people to go abroad for business talks, and some local officials have made speeches welcoming migrant workers to return home, "Go home for the New Year if you have money". Many people around him are planning new jobs and projects, hoping to save some lost time. The anxiety of infection will eventually be diluted by people's enthusiasm for returning to normal life.

He wants to write down this experience from flu to antigen positive as a record. Personal circumstances are different and are for reference only. Interestingly, until now, the nucleic acid report that caused him and his wife to be infected with suspected flu has not come out.