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Hi Devin,

We dodged it until February. I contracted Covid first and promptly shared it with my wife. Exhaustion was my key problem. It lasted 5 days and then it was gone - sorry to hear that you, Gail, and your son joined the club.

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I'm feeling a bit better tonight. Gail is still virtually symptom free. I hope that persists. Thanks for your kind note!

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Yes Devin, join the bulk of the country!

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Haha!

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Hi Devin! Rest up and feel better soon! I will say -- when I finally got Covid the first time, I kind of felt like I had joined a very big club! We all are thinking of you, Gail and your son! Best, Jackie

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Thanks, Jackie! I kinda feel like I've left one club to join a new one. It is comforting to know that you're in my new club.

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Wishing you all a steady and strong recovery!

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Thank you so much! You're very kind. I'm feeling a bit better today. Gail is still symptom free. Dayton is getting better, too.

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Sorry to hear that and hope your not too bad, and better soon Devin.

PS

"Coincidentally, our son, who lives 2500 miles away, tested positive at the same time!"

Spooky! You're clearly properly 'entangled' at a very deep level ;-)

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Thanks, Barry. Spooky is a great word for that! Thankfully, I'm feeling a bit better today. If they trend continues I'll be back to full life by the weekend--wearing a mask!

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Sorry to hear this Devin. Our household also avoided COVID for all these years and it caught up with us a few months ago. My son came home from college for a weekend and by Saturday was feeling cold-like symptoms and by Sunday full flu symptoms (headache, 103 F fever, general malaise) so we had him test with a home test and bingo: positive. It took him a week of quarantine in our guest bedroom to recover with the fever and headaches being the primary symptoms.

Despite our best efforts to stay separated, my wife got it almost exactly a week later. Same symptoms, but add loss of taste and smell. She took slightly longer to recover (about 1-1/2 weeks).

I never got any symptoms and never tested positive using home tests. For what it's worth, both my wife and son somehow never got around to the latest booster, but I did. Maybe that made the difference, but obviously that's anecdotal.

All the best in your recovery!

-Karl

PS: We just got back from 2,200 miles of trailering my Zero Motorcycle using our Tesla and getting just over 2 miles/kWh. I had to think of you two every time we charged at awkward angles relative to the poorly designed charging stations. Once we also had to detach the trailer to get a charge.

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Karl, it sounds like you've lived what we're experiencing. Gail is a bit frail, so she and I have both been thrilled that she has had virtually no symptoms. I awoke much less miserable today and hope to be productive. My son encouraged me to get on paxlovid and I now am. It is hard to know how much it helps v. the disease just runs its course.

Wow! It sounds like you had a great trip! Congratulations! You only had to detach the trailer once! That amazing! When we're towing, we average about 50% of the time. It sounds like Tesla has inadvertently made trailering easier than Electrify America has.

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