Health and Well-Being

Covid Virus Finally Infected Me Despite Intense Caution.

Even after receiving a complete vaccination, I suffered agonizing side effects, but I was grateful for not needing hospitalization.

Aiden (Owner of Illumination Gaming)
ILLUMINATION
Published in
6 min readJul 13, 2022

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Purpose of the Story

I briefly share my feelings and progress on a recent infection with the covid virus. It was a new experience making me more compassionate toward others.

Unexpected Infection

Since the earlier days of the pandemic, I have read a lot about the consequences of the virus and heard horror stories in the news, and read many articles about it.

Therefore, I have been highly cautious in following stringent procedures created in my country. For example, I wore masks and followed distance and isolation rules.

After two years, the virus finally found me out of nowhere. I got confused.

Recently, I only worked in my home office and met only a few friends, keeping my distance. However, none of those friends got it as they tested it the same day I got it.

The only suspect is a recent shopping experience at a grocery store. I am sure there were a few meters of…

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Aiden (Owner of Illumination Gaming)
ILLUMINATION

Specialise in Media, Design, Filmmaking, Gaming. I support Illumination as an editor and YouTube coordinator. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9DhuGQYbpI&