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Last month on an A320 flight to Queenstown, I used to be within the exit row beside a sullen, bushy confronted 20 one thing who smelt a bit like a a type of new-fangled craft beers.

He clearly was not completely happy carrying a masks and I leaned ahead and conspiratorially whispered, “I have had the ‘Rona’ isn’t this dumb!”

He lowered his masks under his nostril and mentioned, “Yeah same, F******g stupid.”

I acquired Covid for the primary time on April 7. It got here on gradual and it felt like wading by mud bodily and mentally for days. The dreaded “Zombie Fog”. It additionally gave me the s***s, actually. So, I used to be both drained or on the crapper and had no urge for food. I examined optimistic on day 4. A bona fide member of “Club Rona.”

It was a reduction to be a part of Club Rona, it meant one other layer of immunity! Yeeha!

While working, key phrases hid within the Zombie Fog, every thing was doubly exhausting. Sleep got here straightforward at night time. The “Rona” lingered, and I used to be in mattress by 7pm most nights. Nana naps at 3pm – obligatory.

I used to be coping with a posh unpopular venture for council and dropping phrases within the Zombie Fog was a superb factor contemplating what I wished to say to a few of the cowardly numpties who attacked me on social media.

Never in my life have a fallen asleep writing a report – however I did, evidenced by sticky slobber throughout my laptop at 2.30pm within the afternoon. My associate the Rock, David Hayes was criminal for days and succumbed to the Zombie Fog as effectively.

So, the journey to Queenstown six weeks later for a board assembly was a welcome deal with. Immune I used to be, I had dealt to the “Rona” and did not want to fear. Freedom.

I posted on Facebook and posed the query – “Why do you need to wear a mask if you have had Covid?”

My Facebook web page is a duplicate of society – I’ve critical anti-vaxxers and strident professional vaxxers and moderates all completely happy to duke it out with ardour.

My outdated good friend Harry Tam mentioned carrying a masks was to shield others as you might get it once more.

“Whatever – Harry,” I assumed.

Others, like me questioned that – absolutely getting it should enhance your immunity and in any case second time can also be going to milder, is not it? The debate raged for days.

On the night time of Thursday May 19 I stayed with mates who additionally had been members of Club Rona.

Friday night time was a board dinner with our JV companions. I used to be the primary to head to mattress as I used to be fairly drained. I used to be in mattress by 8pm.

I used to be a bit gradual and had a crusty throat which I put down to speaking an excessive amount of.

Sunday, I acquired again to Masterton at 3pm – coughing and drained.

Bed was my sanctuary at 7pm and by then I used to be feverish, chilly, and sweaty. By midnight I used to be awake coughing and spluttering barely ready to breathe and might hardly suck the oxygen out of the air. I contemplated calling an ambulance and observed on my Fitbit that my coronary heart was racing. My associate had vacated the home to his man cave within the shed, so he did not get my “cold”.

I attempted to textual content him, however he wasn’t awake and knew I would not make it the 100 yards to get him. I attempted not to panic and drank a number of water. It took an hour for the breathlessness to subside and was terrified. All I might suppose was: “I’m too “frikking busy to die.”

To top it off I also had diarrhoea. No one talks about that much – but it’s a thing. A real shitty thing when you are coughing.

By morning I just had one hell of a wheeze and a whoopy barking dry cough, felt like a half sucked throatie and had a pile of washing to do.

I did a RAT test at 1.30pm on Monday and it lit up. I had Covid Mk 2. I did two Zoom meetings including an extraordinary council meeting to review building a civic centre for Masterton.

Tuesday, I lolled about in bed with chills and a bad cough, but Wednesday I coughed my way through three Zoom meetings, made chicken soup, vacuumed, went for 20 minute walk to the river, did a load of washing, I had loads of energy and was very focused.

Covid Mk1 was very different to Covid Mk2.

By day six I felt like I just had a very heavy cold.

But for two hours on that Sunday night, I thought I would end my days alone gasping for sweet air strangely thinking about my mask-hating flight buddy who smelt like weird craft beer. We were wrong.

Wear your mask. You can get Covid twice and it is not some “gentle bloody cough” and Harry, my friend – you were right – you always are.

Tina Nixon is a former journalist and lives in Wairarapa where she is a Masterton District councillor and director.

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