Prior Omicron infection protects against BA.4 and BA.5 variants
Well, we had it all - initial original covid variant, first omicron variant, and last week either of these sub-variants. All came from small kids, so it <i>really</i> didn&#x27;t matter at all what precautions and social distancing we adults did. Kids still went to kindergarten with 15 other, plus all teachers.<p>First one was by far the worst - fever, tiredness, sleeplessness, a lot of mucus in the throat, loss of smell and taste (was smelling 52% alcohol and it was like mountain air). Even few months after ie my cologne smelled foul. Smell turned OK in cca 6 months.<p>Second was only (a lot of) mucus in the throat, and resulting dry cough.<p>Third now was barely noticeable, again only mucus in the throat. The only reason we did tests were because we got clearly infected from sister-in-law&#x27;s kids visiting who upon coming home had 40 degrees celzius fever.<p>I don&#x27;t mind this level of covid for myself, much more preferable than proper flu or even intense sore throat. But others around me fared less well - some kids having very high fever where you start having concerns about spasms and Kawasaki syndrome. My wife had headaches, developed some sore points in her mouth, from which she got ear aches etc.<p>Everybody seems to push whole covid saga away from their minds (me including), but its not going anywhere, probably ever. Thanx to Ukraine invasion by russia focus of concerns shifted, it seems its too much to worry about 2 dreadful things in parallel.