So last night I was feeling kind of lousy, temp 98.6 as normal though. This morning I awoke with this strange headache- like my head is a fish bowl or something. I was also getting chills and goosebumps, so I took my temp again- 100.3. A few hours later, I'm at 100.8. Besides the weird headachey feeling and the chills, I'm totally fine- no cough, no nasal issues, stomach is fine, I can breathe normally, etc.. But there's definitely something up, I do not get ill often and usually when I do, it's bad but short-lived with a quick recovery. I'm not totally sure why I'm sharing this... I don't believe covid is what we were told, if it exists at all. A few days ago, I assisted in setting up my community's annual "community day". I spent a few hours with a few dozen people, mostly older (45+) and all but one or two of them have gotten the clot-shot. So here I am, wondering if I picked something up from being around all of the shot NPCs for a few hours. I also got bit by mosquitoes, one was enormous and left half-an-egg lump on my shin. I just don't want this to interfere with my work. Wouldn't it be some shit if "covid" took me out after I've talked so much shit? These are the thoughts floating around in my feverish mind. Also- cortisol, the stress hormone: released whenever you are under stress. Prolonged stress weakens your immune system. And here I am stressing over what I may or may not have, which probably isn't helping me. I'm just going to stay calm, and deal with this like any other sickness: stay in bed, eat chicken soup, take naproxen salts to lower my fever if it gets too high, nice hot baths. No reason to become hysterical, right? It's hard not to, because your employer's policy is "become hysterical and panic if an employee shows *any* sign of illness"; hysteria/panic is more contagious than most viruses. Any thoughts, people? Suggestions? I'm not going to get a covid test unless I am forced to, because **I know my own body pretty well** and I'm not exhibiting enough symptoms of "covid" to worry me.