Is my boyfriend going to die from covid?

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Please read OP carefully as I don't want to repeat myself.

My boyfriend has a sore throat and he doesn't normally get a sore throat. Neither of us have had covid yet (I'd know if we did because he would have been really ill due to his health issues), so I'm worrying that a sore throat might be the onset of covid and that he will get worse after today. He seems OK at the moment.

But he has COPD, diabetes and is overweight - 3 factors that make covid deadly to a person. He is 25 years older than me, so is not the same age as me like some people here assume. He's had all 3 injections but the third one he had was June last year, about 14 months ago, so I don't know if it is effective any more, and he hasn't been invited for a forth injection at all.

Is covid still killing the vulnerable? I don't hear much about it in the news any more but apparently a woman I know who works at a hospital says there are still people coming to hospital ill with covid symptoms. I'm now worried about it, on top of all the other worries I have at the moment. I'll have to see how he is tomorrow, if he reports another symptom then I'm going to make him to straight to the hospital so that he can be treated before it gets any worse.

I'm also worrying about long covid, for both myself and my boyfriend. My aunt (no health issues) had long covid for about 6 months and seems to have just got over it now.

Facts and reassurance will be appreciated.

Do you have any test kits at hand?

I started off with a sore throat. It felt like a shard of glass when I swallowed. The back of my neck was dripping wet with sweat for about a week as well and I just felt sh***y in general.

If you can get access to a testing kit then that would probably be a best first step. I think people are still being admitted in to hospital with it but the new variants aren't as bad so less people are going into icu. If he's been vaccined then he has a better chance of fighting it as well.

My bf is older than me, he's a smoker and also had diabetes (type 2). He got it at the same time as me and he fought it off really well and has had no long covid symptoms either. In fact I don't think he was a sick as I was with it and I don't smoke or have health issues.

He'll be fine if he's been vaccinated before. Dad was sick earlier this week, a coworker who returned from vacation gave it to him. First he tested positive on the home kit, then confirmed it using a PCR.

Dad is both overweight and has asthma. He was bedridden for 2 days, with severely sore throat and no voice. Then he started to rapidly improve. Next week he's going on a work trip, he feels well enough. Today he's out fishing.

I had sore throat one morning, and had trouble swallowing the evening prior. I gargled antiseptic mouthwash and my symptoms went away and did not return.

AFAIK people don't die from COVID anyone.

I had covid about a month ago. It was nothing really. I had a fever for a day and then just slept for about 3 more days, and then I was fine. Never got a sore throat or dripping nose or anything like that.

Having a fever reducer on hand is probably a good idea.

I also agree with the above about grabbing some test kits. That way you will know.

My daughter and her BF both caught it.
He had mild symptoms, sniffles ,no fever and didn’t think it was Covid till she came down sick.She had fever and body aches , tested positive so took paxlovid right away.She said it made a big difference and she felt better.Her BF didn’t take it and has a cough that won’t go away months later.
He never smoked anything and she is a former smoker.For some weird reason it gave him a long covid cough and not her.
Like others said, get test kits and use them if you think you have it.
So far I have dodged it.

Getting him tested for COVID is a very good idea. If he tests positive there are precautions he should take.

And if he tests positive you should also get tested and take precautions.

My bride and I had COVID in June. I think we both qualify as more vulnerable than many.

We're both 67.

I have had a knack for getting respiratory infections since forever (like starting back when I had enough fingers to answer "How old are you?)...and it would take both hands to say how often I had pneumonia when I was a child. With my cardiac history I have to get antibiotics when I go to see a dentist. My aortic valve was replaced right before the Pandemic hit and there were complications so I had emergency heart surgery later that same day.

Her medical records are thick (she had a copy and it was several volumes) and I've lost track of how many surgeries she's had (fortunately mostly quality-of-life stuff). And she has respiratory issues as well.

Like I said, we had COVID in June. We both felt bad for a couple of days...not "I'm dying" kind of bad but rather "I think I'll take another nap" kind of bad. The worst part was having to isolate for so long.

Just in case, you both might want to stock up on food in case you have to stay home watching TV for a week or two.

I heard somewhere that because of the nature of viruses they become less harmful as they evolve because they want to survive.

He's tested negative. So have I.

But I'm still paranoid, because covid is still out there and there's about 1.8 million people with it in the UK right now.

But I think that if it was still as serious as it was, they would be making people have the forth injection, right?

Try to get a PCR test in addition to the home tests.

Home tests are good—but PCR tests are better.

COVID is certainly not as deadly as it previously was. I get your anxiety, Joe…but there are people, like me, who have had long-term colds, but no COVID.

I'm glad you both tested negative.

Go with the medical opinion of the experts in your area. Personally, I'd like to wait for my next booster shot until they've updated the vaccine to address the latest variants. But there could be supply chain constraints on that.

When we get boosted again we'll take whatever they give us, but I suspect my bride will be hoping for Moderna, rather than Pfizer. Our two-shot initial vaccination and first booster were Pfizer. My bride says the shots made her really tired for a week (though she would've still wanted the shots). Our second booster was Moderna and she had no side-effects at all from that. (I had no side-effects from any of them...other than the usual soreness after someone sticks you with a needle.)

I actually want to be vaccinated again because, oddly enough, I kind of enjoyed the side effects. OK I had to go home sick from work the next day but I took painkillers for the aching and just tucked myself up in bed and slept like a log for about 10 hours. I had flu-like symptoms but no stuffed nose. If all colds, flus and covids didn't include a stuffed nose then I probably would endure getting these viruses better.

With covid I worry about my loved ones more than myself.

I've had the 4th dose of the vaccine a week ago. Kind of coincided with dad getting sick, it probably compounded into his symptoms, making them worse.

I'm glad you're both okay.

I don’t know. My boyfriend died last month in motorcycle accident.

Yikes! Very sorry to hear this!

That was at least 10 days ago. I would urge you to get tested again, if you haven't done so already within the past few days, given what you said in another recent thread here about how tired you are.

As for words of comfort .... the recent strains of COVID are not nearly as deadly as the original one, especially if you've been vaccinated. My BF and I are recovering from COVID now, and I'm in my sixties.