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Couple of days. Was sitting on a plane leaving Omaha, we were about a year and a half in so it was fairly safe to travel then, but we still masked everywhere. That didn't stop big boomer billy from refusing to put on a mask and coughing on my wife and I for the duration of the flight. We were both vaxxed so we pulled through, but it still sucked.
I heard something like "90% of cases will start symptoms within 5 days" or something. Still, take a test, maybe try to stay home for the next few days if you can, and if you must go out wear a mask just to be safe to try to not spread it to anyone else. My immuno-compromised family thanks you for that.
And if you did get it, as long as you're vaxxed you don't need to worry. Prepare for a bad flu, the first week be ready for a bad fever, but queue up some movies/TV and plow through it.
Haven’t had a booster in a year, so I’m a little worried. From what I’ve read, it doesn’t really do much after a year. I’ll definitely stay in for another couple days and test though!
Eh most of us haven't. New version only came out this month. Don't be worried, it'll be fine if you do. The scary thing at the beginning was that 1) it was new and doctors didn't know the best ways to handle it and 2) since so many people got it all at once it meant people who really needed doctors couldn't get the attention they needed.
Just brace for a sucky flu, and remember the warnings on if it's time to see a doctor. If it helps you feel better, knowledge is power and this article lets you know what to expect, and for me what calms me down is signs that it's time to call a doctor. (I get anxiety thinking any old symptom is an emergency, so I like to calm myself down by trying to be rational and say "okay, when is it actually an emergency").
My wife and I had fevers, really bad for 4 days (we watched all of the harry potter movies and I don't remember about half of them), cough, sinus, all the standard flu stuff, and that was about 8 months after the vaccine, but your mileage may vary of course.