I noticed this in my own family of four. We've been in isolation for 2 months and we've all had colds for a
week. You'd expect after 4 weeks for it to stop but nope. We've been social distancing and only one person goes out to pick up groceries curb side. We've been wiping stuff down too. I think this is one reason they say sars-cov-2 aka covid-19 is inevitable..
The simplest answer is often the correct one: somebody is cheating. Going out to see a friend; visiting a neighbor for 'just a minute'; chatting with the mailman.
I heard a recent podcast (which, I cannot remember) where a family went through a similar scenario. They consulted with an expert, who, after eliminating common forgotten vectors, said that this can happen with bacterial infections dormant in the body which are then activated due to stress-induced lowered immune function. Theirs did not seem to transmit to others in the family, however.
Same here, two weeks in 3 of 4 in our family had mild fevers (99<100) this was end of March. Last week the wife had another bout of 99+ (but less than 100) for a few days. Drive through windows and me going to the store have been our only exposures.
I also discovered my temp is generally 96-97, rarely goes up to "normal".
>Drive through windows and me going to the store have been our only exposures.
Let me reword this for you: "interacting with a teenager who deals with about a thousand people a day, and going to a facility that is frequented by tens of thousands of people a week, has been my only exposure."
Seriously, how is this not comprehensible to people? If you or your family members are going outside, you HAVE NOT been in isolation. You've been interacting with people outside and bringing in germs from your visits.
I'm avoiding Covid conversations as my self-esteem is too fragile to tolerate downvotes. ;) But, if I were opining on the subject, I'd say that masks, social distancing, lock-downs, etc. are absolutely and utterly worthless and unecessary. But, if it makes some people feel virtuous to wear their placebo masks while cowering in the apartments, so be it. As for me, I'll be at the river this weekend tubing with several hundred others, drinking a Corona, and thinking of you all.
I think the issue is that we are wearing masks and gloves so despite those protections you still can get sick while maintaining 6 foot social distance and even strictly limiting the time in a store (if ever)... Also the vector is one adult here max.
short of N95 masks, masks don't help you at all. In fact, they make it worse from the standpoint that as you touch it, you are applying various yuck on it to inhale.
Average body temperature seems to have been dropping for a long time now.
Also, validate that yours give consistent readings. There's been some evidence of a bunch of them going out un or poorly calibrated recently and being off by a couple of degrees, and we're not talking about low end models, either.
