{"id":7281,"date":"2026-09-30T23:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/well-i-have-covid\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T23:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:40:07","slug":"well-i-have-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/well-i-have-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Well, I have COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought it was a cold, but it turns out I’ve got COVID. So there’s that.<\/p>\n

COVID 2026 feels very mild, which I appreciate. I’ve never had COVID before, so I’m glad I didn’t get the one that makes you feel like death walking. It’s not comfortable and I don’t want it, but I don’t think it’s going to kill me at this point.<\/p>\n

I’ve been coughing up a lot of gunk and my nose was running like crazy. For a couple days there I could hear my lungs wheezing as I was laying down, but there was no chest pain or anything. It just felt like a cold. I could handle the aches and pains with half a Tylenol.<\/p>\n

It was having two periods in one month that got me worried, and that’s how I found out it’s COVID.<\/p>\n

It’s weird to think my body was like "This lining is contaminated! DUMP IT NOW!" And boom. My insides decided to do a bunch of stuff without my permission and that’s that, cracker jack.<\/p>\n

I’ve stopped coughing today. I think<\/em> I’m getting over it now, though the COVID tests still show very bright double lines, so I’m obviously packed with the virus.<\/p>\n

So anyways. I can no longer say that I’ve never had COVID. I’m no longer special. Sigh.<\/p>\n

~Harper Kingsley<\/p>\n

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I thought it was a cold, but it turns out I’ve got COVID. So there’s that. COVID 2026 feels very mild, which I appreciate. I’ve never had COVID before, so I’m glad I didn’t get the one that makes you feel like death walking. 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