The covid virgins club

The Sandbox Covid19
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I attribute my covid virginity to a few factors despite my city being a covid epicenter:

  1. not having much of a life
  2. living alone
  3. not being elderly and in need of care by covidy people
  4. some luck when i ventured a little from the above items.
  5. Having a job where either I wfh or if I go to the office where there are very few people there to give me covid, and i interact little to none with them.

how about you guys?

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How do you know if you were asymptomatic non virgin

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Afaik I’ve not gotten it. I WFH full time, got vaxxed asap, wear a mask, and try not to do as much when Covid is raging.

Im not the most careful person but I’m not Florida man. So. But I haven’t been sick with anything in years (knocks on wood), so maybe I got it and wasn’t symptomatic.

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I really don’t think I am. When I got the J&J shot, I had no reaction other than a sore arm. For the moderna booster months later, I had a bit more of a reaction, but within the realm of normal for not having had covid.

I suppose slim chance, but I doubt it.

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I’m not really counting the vaccine since everyone seems to be getting it regardless of vax status with omicron, but ya, i’m vaxxed.

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As of mid-June, I had no infection-produced antibodies. Don’t think I’ve had covid since then. Would like to take another antibody test soon to verify that, after I get through this wave, if still no confirmation of an infection by then.

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I have a feeling that I did get it before it had become a national focus. In Nov 2019, I took my wife to O’Hare for a flight; ~3 days later, I get a nasty cough (don’t recall fever, but it would’ve been a pretty low-grade fever) that would keep me up at night. I’m prone to bronchitis, but never to the extreme where I go to the doctor for relief.

My problem with confirming/refuting this is that I wasn’t eligible for the antibody testing until Mar 2020. My understanding is that after about 3 month of having COVID, these antibodies “disappear”.

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It definitely helped prevent illness w prior variants. I’ve seen some data showing that your risk of Omicron is still lower if you’re vaxxed, just not nearly as much.

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Always masked, rarely go out, fully wfh. Plus Canadian lockdowns.
Also very careful with who we group with. Mostly just family.
Not yet, but I think it’s coming. I expect my son to bring it home from work/school.

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I don’t think these antibodies disappear that fast for most people. The people I know who had covid in 2020 had antibodies for a long time after that.

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Sounds like meme with which I am not familiar.

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It’s good to be an introverted actuary!!! :+1: :nerd_face:

ETA: WFH, just got my booster this week, always masked when out, lots of hand sanitizing.

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I haven’t caught it yet. Factors in my favor:

  1. Vaxxed and boosted as soon as I could
  2. No office job
  3. I’ve masked up when in stores pretty much since this thing started, including when it was voluntary. When COVID is running wild like now, I wear a high quality mask if in a potentially exposed situation.
  4. Only had a few indoor restaurant meals since March 2020, and those were during times when community transmission was low. This was a big lifestyle change for me as I used to eat at restaurants frequently.
  5. Reduced in-person gatherings indoors with friends and family. We’ve done it some of course, but gatherings with friends in particular have been down.
  6. Some dumb luck
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That could be true; and it could be matter that different mutations persist longer.

I’m reporting what I was told when I asked for the test and explained my situation/concern. My test came back negative.

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Pretty much the same. I’ve only had one restaurant meal, and few unmasked in-person gatherings. Most of my social life has become masked, or on-line.

I have spent a lot of time with my mom, since she got covid. But i wore a tight-fitting mask, and showered when i returned home. I’m still kinda surprised i didn’t catch it from her.

I get another chance this weekend, when I visit her again. Her doctor thinks she’s probably still contagious. :cry:

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My brother owns a restaurant, and my high risk sister works there for him. I am really surprised that neither caught it since they are basically indoors with unmasked strangers eating/talking for 5 days every week.

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I’ve avoided it afaik. I also fit the Arthuritis / Lucy description pretty well. Well, technically, I’d been going to the office for a long time, but that is low risk because few other people are there. I’m a little surprised that my kid didn’t get it at school in the week before they closed down. He got 3 close-exposure notices in one week. But he’s been tested several times over the past few weeks and never got it.

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guys, anyone other than me afraid to touch the covid cooties club thread?

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They’ve probably been in this thread breathing (w/o a mask, mind you) all over the posts.

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