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Had it shortly before vaccines were available in my country. I had body aches and fatigue, runny nose and mild sore throat. No loss of taste or smell, no fever even.

The worst part was the waiting. Was this the day that the numbers on the pulse ox would start dropping? Would I get some kind of blood clot? But it ended up being fine, as far as I know anyway.

I do worry that there could have been long term damage that has yet to manifest itself. A few others that we believe were all in the same transmission chain had similar experiences, though one of us had quite a bit heavier fatigue and shortness of breath that has since resolved.

After I recovered, I started looking into reinfection rates and ever since I've been surprised to see the intense push for people like me to get vaccinated. Even from early 2021, there was published evidence that reinfections were rare. Of course, with omicron who knows now.