I caught a respiratory virus last Christmas week from either sister-in-law or nephew. Both had it when I got to Houston. Pretty normal 1 week recovery but I got a bacterial lung infection at the middle & had to take antibiotics for 6 days. I need to renew my pneumonia vaccine; it has been ~15 years since the last one.
Covid BA5 or 6 last summer was 3 days. Same time as President Biden. It was too similar to previous strains to hurt much. Covid Omega 12/28/21 was 18 hours, caught at the Christmas eve service. Base covid19 was 141 days fever 2020, delta was 41 days fever 2021. I was glad I rode the bike so much unpowered, I had enough lung capacity to not need a hospital. I'm age 72, type 2 diabetes, + HBP. Covid19 did slow down my commute speed about 40%. 3.7 hours 27 miles before unpowered, 5 hours after, and that with lots of electricity.
Reading posts like #142, I'm glad I didn't transfer to that job in Huntington Beach CA in 1977. Nothing much happens here. There was an EF2 tornado 2 miles from my summer property 5 years ago (named after Henryville, also hit Marysville). Nobody died; houses sheds & school busses were torn up. I was here in the city.