@shuttersparks Oh man, hope you feel better soon! Quite a few people on round 2 that I know in the last month (Started around Thanksgiving... finally tailing off a bit right now, at least based on the folks I am hearing in my immediate circle).

@ai6yr I assumed it was one of the XBB variants but then looked at the data. JN.1 is off to a supersonic start, accounting for 43 percent of new cases right now. That means a big surge is coming. Models predict it to peak at the end of January. And JN.1 has a new spike protein so it gets around all the vaccines.

We shall see said the blind man.

@shuttersparks Yep, I would think so.

@ai6yr When the test came up positive, my first thought was, all righty. Finally, a chance to do radio.

But the first 2-1/2 days of symptoms included severe sinus headache so my brain wasn't willing to do anything more than keep my breathing going.

But today, the sinus headache is down, replaced by sore throat and severe body aches. So there's hope. As long as my brain is working I can do radio.

@shuttersparks @ai6yr my kid currently has it, reported severe leg aches as well. Rest up!

@darwinwoodka @ai6yr Sorry to hear that. For the first two days, resting up wasn't an option. I could only stay up for 30 to 45 minutes and had to lay down and sleep for 90 minutes. At night I slept for 12 hours straight, which is double my normal.

Today I've been up for 2-1/2 hours so far with no trouble.

@shuttersparks LOL from experience, do NOT TRY TO COPY MORSE CODE with a headache and while wearing headphones.

@ai6yr Hahaha. You know.

@ai6yr And thanks for the good wishes.

@shuttersparks @ai6yr JN1 is around 50% right now so probably

@darwinwoodka @ai6yr Yeah, skyrocketing. Rule of thumb is big surges always begin with a strong start.

Part of me is hoping that it is JN.1 because this will give me immunity through the surge yet to come.

I guess that would make me an early adopter.