I'm not in that bad of a boat, but still a boat. I had it in November. Few symptoms. More like a very light, 36-hour cold. Nearly six months out, though, I cannot smell anything unless it's basically inside a nostril (not an awful thing, considering my dogs are 12 and 13 and fart like champions). My son got it at the same time, just before he was eligible for the vax. He wound up in the ER for a night with a breathing scare, and has, after not getting sick his first 7.5 years, basically been sick since, either with an ongoing cold or strep throat (twice in the last eight weeks). It's tough to watch that.