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!
我最近感染了新冠病毒（COVID-19），现已康复。由于不少我身边朋友的请求，希望我可以跟大家分享我的情况，所以我决定把我的染病的经历公开，让大家可以有更多的了解。
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.
首先对于新冠病毒，它比你想像的更容易被感染。我确信我是在参加一个小型家庭聚会时被感染的。当时参加的客人没有人咳嗽、打喷嚏，或者显现出任何生病的症状。结果呢？约40%参加聚会的人都被感染了！媒体上所说的要勤洗手避免跟有症状的人接触，我都照做了。我觉得没有任何方式可以避免被感染，除非你完全避免跟人群接触。这40%被感染者都是在参加聚会后三天之内就发病，他们都有着相同的症状，包含发烧。
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.
其次，这些症状因人而异，因每个人的身体状况及年龄而有所不同。大部分受感染的朋友年龄层约在40到50岁左右，而我是30几岁。对我们来说染病的初始症状是头痛，发烧（最初三天是持续高烧而后三天是间歇性高烧），身体的剧烈疼痛以及关节疼痛，而且有强烈的四肢无力与倦怠感。在我感染的第一个晚上高烧到103度，随后下降到100度、99.5度。有些朋友则有腹泻的症状。
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.
有一天我觉得想呕吐。当发烧症状消退后，鼻塞、喉咙痛的症状则持续，仅仅极少数的人感到轻微的喉头搔痒的干咳。只有几个人感到胸口郁闷感及其他的呼吸道感染征状。整个发病期约持续10-16天。
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.
问题的症结点在于很多人在没有咳嗽或呼吸困难的症状时，都倾向于不需要（或不认为必须）接受新冠肺炎测试。我是透过一个叫做西雅图流感研究的机构所做的测试。这是一个位于西雅图的研究机构，它们透过对志愿者的检测，来研究流感病毒类型与社区传播。几周前这个机构开始对志愿者提供新冠肺炎病毒随机抽样检测。它们把我的初测到的阳性样本送到国王郡的公共卫生部门去做感染病毒的确认。随后我被通知连同我在内所有阳性反应的检测人，都被确认是感染了新冠肺炎的病毒。
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.
从最初感到症状到昨天（3月9日）为止，已经过了13天，发烧症状消退已经过了72小时（3天）。国王郡的公卫部门建议感染者在有感染的症状出现后，做至少7天的自我的居家隔离。在发烧症状消退后的72小时内，也应居家隔离，避免接触公众。目前我已经度过了这两个期限，所以我不再自我居家隔离，于此同时，我还是避免过度参与公众活动与接触大批人群。我并没有住院，也不是所有感染新冠肺炎病毒的人都住进郡立医院。很多跟我一样的感染者，并没有去看医生，就自我痊愈了。对我们来说，这感觉就像一个比以往流行型感冒稍微严重一点的新型流感，与我所接种而受到保护的流感疫苗，略为不同。
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.
我确信缺乏对新冠病毒检测的机制是造成多数人相信他们只是感染风寒或一般正在传播的季节性流感而已。最糟的情况是，很多人在没有显现任何症状的情况下，仍旧正常参加集会活动或正常社交聚会，而将病毒传播出去。
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.
我知道很多人认为这款病毒不会传染到他们。我真心希望真的是如此，但是我仍旧相信整体上缺乏早期的发现与预防性检测，将会严重影响到西雅图地区公众对新冠肺炎的抵抗能力。目前已知的情况是西雅图地区已经有严重的疫情，虽然我已经痊愈，但是我真的不希望这样的病情发生在其他更多人的身上。
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.
我想我做了一个正确的选择，让我呼吸系统感染的症状不致于变得更严重，就是我按时服用Sudafed（一种不需处方的感冒退烧药），Afrin鼻腔喷剂以及使用清鼻腔咽喉分泌物的Neti Pot 。这些措施保持了我的鼻腔咽喉干净，从而防堵病毒向下蔓延到我的肺部。我不是在这里提供医疗建议，只是单纯的分享我的个人经验，因为我并没有肺部的感染。也许我所做的这些事跟避免肺部感染并无直接相关性。或许我的情况只是跟我所感染的病毒特性与病毒感染量有关。
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!
我希望我所分享的资讯，能帮助大家避免受到感染，或者推动整个公众检测系统能更快启动，让感染者能早期自我隔离，而有呼吸道症候群感染疑虑者，能早期接受治疗。洗手并无法完全避免受到感染。尤其那些没有任何征兆的带原传播者，可能正是你身边普通社交场合出现的人们。感染病毒后不一定会致死。但是你也不会想不小心传播病毒给你身边所关心的年长者，或者有免疫系统功能失调的亲友们。请大家保重！
我最近感染了新冠病毒（COVID-19），现已康复。由于不少我身边朋友的请求，希望我可以跟大家分享我的情况，所以我决定把我的染病的经历公开，让大家可以有更多的了解。
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.
首先对于新冠病毒，它比你想像的更容易被感染。我确信我是在参加一个小型家庭聚会时被感染的。当时参加的客人没有人咳嗽、打喷嚏，或者显现出任何生病的症状。结果呢？约40%参加聚会的人都被感染了！媒体上所说的要勤洗手避免跟有症状的人接触，我都照做了。我觉得没有任何方式可以避免被感染，除非你完全避免跟人群接触。这40%被感染者都是在参加聚会后三天之内就发病，他们都有着相同的症状，包含发烧。
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.
其次，这些症状因人而异，因每个人的身体状况及年龄而有所不同。大部分受感染的朋友年龄层约在40到50岁左右，而我是30几岁。对我们来说染病的初始症状是头痛，发烧（最初三天是持续高烧而后三天是间歇性高烧），身体的剧烈疼痛以及关节疼痛，而且有强烈的四肢无力与倦怠感。在我感染的第一个晚上高烧到103度，随后下降到100度、99.5度。有些朋友则有腹泻的症状。
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.
有一天我觉得想呕吐。当发烧症状消退后，鼻塞、喉咙痛的症状则持续，仅仅极少数的人感到轻微的喉头搔痒的干咳。只有几个人感到胸口郁闷感及其他的呼吸道感染征状。整个发病期约持续10-16天。
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.
问题的症结点在于很多人在没有咳嗽或呼吸困难的症状时，都倾向于不需要（或不认为必须）接受新冠肺炎测试。我是透过一个叫做西雅图流感研究的机构所做的测试。这是一个位于西雅图的研究机构，它们透过对志愿者的检测，来研究流感病毒类型与社区传播。几周前这个机构开始对志愿者提供新冠肺炎病毒随机抽样检测。它们把我的初测到的阳性样本送到国王郡的公共卫生部门去做感染病毒的确认。随后我被通知连同我在内所有阳性反应的检测人，都被确认是感染了新冠肺炎的病毒。
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.
从最初感到症状到昨天（3月9日）为止，已经过了13天，发烧症状消退已经过了72小时（3天）。国王郡的公卫部门建议感染者在有感染的症状出现后，做至少7天的自我的居家隔离。在发烧症状消退后的72小时内，也应居家隔离，避免接触公众。目前我已经度过了这两个期限，所以我不再自我居家隔离，于此同时，我还是避免过度参与公众活动与接触大批人群。我并没有住院，也不是所有感染新冠肺炎病毒的人都住进郡立医院。很多跟我一样的感染者，并没有去看医生，就自我痊愈了。对我们来说，这感觉就像一个比以往流行型感冒稍微严重一点的新型流感，与我所接种而受到保护的流感疫苗，略为不同。
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.
我确信缺乏对新冠病毒检测的机制是造成多数人相信他们只是感染风寒或一般正在传播的季节性流感而已。最糟的情况是，很多人在没有显现任何症状的情况下，仍旧正常参加集会活动或正常社交聚会，而将病毒传播出去。
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.
我知道很多人认为这款病毒不会传染到他们。我真心希望真的是如此，但是我仍旧相信整体上缺乏早期的发现与预防性检测，将会严重影响到西雅图地区公众对新冠肺炎的抵抗能力。目前已知的情况是西雅图地区已经有严重的疫情，虽然我已经痊愈，但是我真的不希望这样的病情发生在其他更多人的身上。
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.
我想我做了一个正确的选择，让我呼吸系统感染的症状不致于变得更严重，就是我按时服用Sudafed（一种不需处方的感冒退烧药），Afrin鼻腔喷剂以及使用清鼻腔咽喉分泌物的Neti Pot 。这些措施保持了我的鼻腔咽喉干净，从而防堵病毒向下蔓延到我的肺部。我不是在这里提供医疗建议，只是单纯的分享我的个人经验，因为我并没有肺部的感染。也许我所做的这些事跟避免肺部感染并无直接相关性。或许我的情况只是跟我所感染的病毒特性与病毒感染量有关。
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!
我希望我所分享的资讯，能帮助大家避免受到感染，或者推动整个公众检测系统能更快启动，让感染者能早期自我隔离，而有呼吸道症候群感染疑虑者，能早期接受治疗。洗手并无法完全避免受到感染。尤其那些没有任何征兆的带原传播者，可能正是你身边普通社交场合出现的人们。感染病毒后不一定会致死。但是你也不会想不小心传播病毒给你身边所关心的年长者，或者有免疫系统功能失调的亲友们。请大家保重！
