I have been exposed to the virus and had to cancel a party for today, and a gig on Monday at Irish Brigade in Lake Worth. The last thing I want to do is expose somebody else who might be susceptible to serious illness.
My little family and I have been thoroughly vaccinated along with the booster but my girlfriend Vicky was on a cruise and got infected. Vicky has had cold symptoms for about 5 days. We have 4 rapid tests from the government and Vicky tested positive with the first one. If you get a positive reading with these tests you can be sure that you have the virus, they are very accurate if the test is positive. If you get a negative result it is a lot less accurate. There are many false negatives, so you have to test twice. And you have to wait 3 days from the time you were exposed before testing, so I was exposed on Saturday and will test on Tuesday. If I am positive I will have to cancel all gigs over the next 10 days. If I test negative on Tuesday, then I will test again on Thursday and go from there.
Meanwhile, Vicky is resting, drinking fluids, and enduring being constantly nagged to drink more fluids and take more vitamins. There is a lot of evidence that certain vitamins and minerals strengthen the body's immune system against viruses and prevents viral replication.
I am taking: 7 grams of vitamin C, vitamin B1, 50mg of zinc, quercetin, magnesium and 7500 IU of vitamin D.
Vicky is doing okay but we are basically quarrantined for the duration.
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