We were still living in the "big city" when covid hit. We always tried to be careful to stay away from large crowds. We had friends who got ill and always considered ourselves to be lucky that we never got sick. In fact, we were saying that neither one of us could even remember the last time we even had the sniffles. We still only shop once a month and pretty much stay to ourselves with not a lot of visiting. Well, our luck ran out. The wife started feeling ill on the 16th. Me, a few days later. We've both been sick ever since. The wife was vaccinated with a booster, me, not so much. We had a test lying around and the wife took it, and it came back negative. We agree that neither one of us has ever been so ill in our lives. Headache, eye ache, chills, every bone in our body aches. Congested, dizzy, back ache, loss of taste, smell. For about 5 days, it felt like someone took a meat tenderizer and beat our upper legs to mush. Not much sleep at night. Both of us still sick and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere soon. The only thing we haven't had is a fever. We've both lost about 10 lbs. from not eating much. When the wife's friend got it in 2023, she had it for about 2 weeks. Her brother's wife got put in the hospital because of it in 2023. We don't know whether it's covid or a really bad flu, but we sure hope we're on the upswing soon. Wouldn't wish this $hit on my worst enemy. We're both hoping that we don't have any long-lasting effects. The symptoms sure describe/match the descriptions of covid. If you're old like us, you don't want whatever this is. Good time of year to stay away from people in general.............