cpkimber
Hey I’ve never had Covid, but suddenly have flu like symptoms and cannot taste or smell a damn thing. Should I take a Covid test?
#covid
Mar 24 at 3:21amWeb
Show threadHuskifyMar 24
@cpkimber Yes. If you can get a combo rapid antigen test for influenza and covid, that would be ideal.
Tests will be positive earlier in the symptom course for influenza, later (after day 4) for covid. Serial testing every 2 days recommended. Sometimes people have co-infections also (both positive). If you are positive, you can try to get antivirals or even metformin for covid to prevent long covid.
Show threadHuskifyMar 24
@cpkimber Preventing Long Covid with Metformin, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 82, Issue 3, 15 March 2026, Pages e433–e435, https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/82/3/e433/8444410?login=false
Show threadcpkimberMar 24
@huskify thanks! My Covid antigen test is negative. I’ll try again in a few days.
Show threadSamMar 24

@cpkimber #COVID

Note: The Omicron (BA) strains from early 2022 were identified as coming from some unidentified rodent (non rat) animal in 2022. Possibly the four stripe mouse.

It was originally from humans to them.

With BA.3.2 that pandemic continues to seed new immune evading variants in humans and is still not generally recognized as being a repeating zoonosis pandemic between them and us.

Show threadDucky 🇨🇦Mar 24

@samohTmaS @cpkimber

That sounds interesting -- where can I read more about the jump from rodents to humans?

Show threadSamMay 10

@ducky @cpkimber

apologies. I missed seeing your question. This isn't the first paper on the subject., and
I do not easily find that now. I suggest you start here:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8702434/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8690307/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12539949/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1673852721003738

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Show threadDucky 🇨🇦May 10
@samohTmaS @cpkimber Thanks!!