这篇文章是我一个朋友发给我的，我做了英文的翻译，如有不妥的地方，希望各位更正。
从这篇文章里我们可以了解美国患者的患病经历，感染过程，CDC 拒绝检测，确诊后不安排住院，只能自己在家自救，很幸运的是她自愈了，恭喜她。希望美国政府能真正重视起来，避免更多的人被感染，让经济也尽快恢复起来。
原文是朋友以图片格式发给我的，为了大家方便，我全部做成了文档格式，如果出现错别字，希望各位斧正。 6park.com
我感染了COVID-19，我应朋友的要求写出我的故事。希望它能为您提供一些有用的信息，让您放心！
首先，您可能很容易就会被感染。我参加了一个小型家庭聚会，当时没有人咳嗽，打喷嚏或以其他方式表现出任何疾病症状。后来，这个聚会的参加者中有40％最终生病了。媒体告诉您要洗手，避免接触任何有症状的人。是的，除了避免接触所有其他人之外，没有其他方法可以避免被感染。参加聚会的三天内，有40％的人都患有相同/相似症状（包括发烧）的疾病。
其次，症状可能因您的体质和/或年龄而异。我的大多数朋友都是40-50岁。我现在30多岁。对我们而言，大多都是头痛，发烧（连续3天持续发烧，然后连续3天断断续续），严重的身体疼痛和关节痛以及严重的疲劳感。我发烧，第一天晚上发烧至103度，最终降至100，然后低至99.5。有些人腹泻。有一天，我感到恶心。一旦发烧消失，就会鼻塞，喉咙痛。我们中只有极少数人有轻度的喉部发痒咳嗽。很少有胸闷或其他呼吸道症状。总病程为10-16天。主要问题是，在没有报告咳嗽或呼吸困难的情况下，我们许多人被拒绝接受测试。我通过西雅图流感研究得到了测试。这是西雅图的一项研究，他们一直在测试志愿者的流感病毒株，以研究社区内部的传播情况。几周前，他们开始测试随机样本的COVID-19感染子集。他们把我的样品送到了金县公共卫生局进行确认。后来我被告知，所有在研究中测试为阳性的样品均已被公共卫生部门确认。
截至3月9日，星期一，我的症状开始已有13天了，发烧消退已经超过72小时。金县公共卫生部门建议我们在症状开始后7天或退烧后72小时保持隔离。我已经超过了两个截止日期，所以我不再隔离自己，但是我避免去参加运动区或有大批人群的地方，而且如果我在公开场合看到你，我显然不会靠近你。我没有住院。并非每个国家都会让每个感染COVID-19的人住院，就我个人而言，在许多其他情况下，我甚至没有去看医生，因为我自己康复了。我觉得这种非冠病毒就是一种让人讨厌的流感病毒，只不过和我已经打过的流感疫苗不同罢了。
我也确实相信，缺乏测试会导致人们相信他们只是普通感冒或是其他病传染给了其他人而已。而且，更糟的是没有症状的人也正在传播这种疾病，就像无症状的人参见聚会或社交聚会一样。
我知道有些人认为这不会影响他们。我希望不是，但我认为，总体而言，缺乏早期普及的测试会增加普通民众感染的风险。我所知道的是，西雅图受到了严重的影响，尽管现在情况好转了，但我也不希望这种疾病给任何人带来不适。
我认为可能使我免于变得更糟的呼吸道症状的一个事实是，我坚持服用Sudafed，使用Afrin鼻喷剂（每个鼻孔喷3次，一次3天，然后停3天），然后使用Neti-pot（上网可以搜索的到，编者注）（用纯净水）。这可以使我的鼻窦保持清洁，并防止症状扩散到我的肺部。这不是医疗建议，我只是分享我所做的事情，并将其与我没有呼吸道症状的事实联系起来。根据我自己收到的病毒株和病毒载量，两者也许完全无关。
我希望这些信息可以帮助某人避免生病或尽早而不是晚进行测试，这样您就可以在病情恶化之前隔离自己，或者在遇到呼吸窘迫时可以接受治疗。洗手并不能保证您不会生病，尤其是当没有症状的人具有感染力并且在任何给定的社会环境中都可能站在您旁边时。您很有可能不会死，但是您是否想冒险将其传播给60岁以上的亲人或有免疫问题的人？希望各位康健！

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Elizabeth Schneider 6park.com
I
had COVID-19 and here is my story. I made this post public out of several
requests from my friends who asked me to share. I hope it gives you some good
information and peace of mind! 6park.com
First
how easily you can get it. I believe I caught it when attending a small house
party at which no one was coughing, sneezing or otherwise displaying any
symptoms of illness. It appears that 40% of the attendees of this party ended
up sick. The media tells you to wash your hands and avoid anyone with symptoms.
I did. There is no way to avoid catching this except avoiding all other humans.
40% of folks were all sick within 3 days of attending the party all with the
same/similar symptoms including fever. 6park.com
Second,
the symptoms appear to be different depending on your constitution and/or age.
Most of my friends who got it were in their late 40s to early 50s. I'm in my
mid 30s. For us it was headache, fever (for first 3 days consistently and then
on and off after 3 days), severe body aches and joint pain, and severe fatigue.
I had a fever that spiked the first night to 103 degrees and eventually came
down to 100 and then low grade 99.5. Some folks had diarrhea. I felt nauseous
one day. Once the fever is gone some were left with nasal congestion, sore
throat. Only a very few of us had a mild itchy cough. Very few had chest
tightness or other respiratory symptoms. Total duration of illness was 10-16
days. The main issue is that without reporting a cough or trouble breathing
many of us were refused testing. I got tested through the Seattle Flu Study.
This is a RESEARCH study here in Seattle and they have been testing
volunteers for strains of the flu to study transmission within the community. A
few weeks ago, they started to test a
random subset of samples for COVID-19 infection. They sent my sample to the
King County Public Health Department for confirmation; however, I was told that
all of the samples that have tested positive in the research study have been confirmed
by Public Health. 6park.com
As
of Monday March 9th, it has been 13 days since my symptoms started and more
than 72 hours since my fever subsided. The King County Public Health Department
is recommending you stay isolated for 7 days after the start of symptoms or 72
hours after your fever subsides. I have surpassed both deadlines so I am no
longer isolating myself however I am avoiding strenuous activity and large
crowds and I obviously will not come near you if I see you in public. I was not
hospitalized. Not every country is hospitalizing everyone with a COVID-19
infection and in my case, and in many other cases, I didn't even go to the
doctor because I was recovering on my own and felt it was just a nasty flu
strain different from the ones I have been protected from with this season's
flu vaccine. 6park.com
I also truly believe the lack of testing is leading to folks
believing that they just have a cold or something else going out into public
and spreading it. And worse folks with no symptoms are also spreading it as in
the case of a person attending a party or social gathering who has no symptoms. 6park.com
I
know some folks are thinking that this can't/won't impact them. I hope it
doesn't but I believe that the overall lack of early and pervasive testing
damaged the public's ability to avoid the illness here in Seattle. All I know
is that Seattle has been severely impacted and although I'm better now I would
not wish this very uncomfortable illness on anyone. 6park.com
One
thing that I believe may have saved me from getting worse respiratory symptoms
is the fact that I consistently took Sudafed, used Afrin nasal spray (3 sprays
in each nostril, 3 days at a time and then 3 days off), and used a Neti-pot
(with purified water). This could have kept my sinuses clear and prevented the
symptoms from spreading to my lungs. This is not medical advice: I'm simply
sharing what I did and correlating it with the fact that I had no respiratory
symptoms. The two could be entirely unrelated based on the viral strain and
viral load that I received. 6park.com
I
hope this information helps someone avoid getting sick and/or push to get
tested sooner rather than later so you know to isolate before it gets worse or
to get medical care if you have respiratory distress. Hand washing doesn't
guarantee you won't get sick, especially when folks without symptoms are
contagious and could be standing right next to you in any given social
situation. You more likely than not will not die, but do you want to risk
spreading it to a loved one over 60 or someone with an immunity issue? Stay
healthy folks! 6park.com
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