A Covid-19 dispatch | No. 176 — December 26, 2021

I have covid-19 (and seem to have contracted it from someone who was boosted)

Dear readers,

I am on my third day of experiencing rather punishing symptoms from contracting Covid-19. I have shakes and shivers, a mild fever, congestion, severe fatigue, and hypersensitivity to touch on my torso. These are the hallmarks of the Omicron variant of the virus — and with no way to confirm that (as standard tests do not sequence the virus, …