Do we want a thread for people who haven’t had covid?

[2hats]

Maybe they actually know as I do because they have done antibody tests?

Maybe they don't know whether they've been infected, because there is a seronegative third option (transient/abortive infection).

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Maybe they don't know whether they've been infected, because there is a seronegative third option (transient/abortive infection).

I imagine medical staff have pretty hardcore immune systems given how much lurgy they must deal with day to day.

 

[Funky_monks]

I worked at a public facing job all the way through lockdowns, went to a few gigs after lockdowns and have been travelling for the last 5 months. I've been on every type of public land, sea and air transport imaginable in those 5 months, waited in various ports and terminals for all of them, eaten out every day of those 5 months, stayed in all sorts of accommodation and I still haven't had it. Food poisoning and various colds, yes (negative covid tests for each) and still nothing. I've either been absurdly lucky or asymptomatic.

I've been testing when people around me have had it, mostly to convince them that I'm not a superspreader....

 

[kalidarkone]

I imagine medical staff have pretty hardcore immune systems given how much lurgy they must deal with day to day.

Not necessarily- I think having a hard-core immune system is also about genetics, diet and wellbeing.
I say this because I have colleagues that catch everything going...some have had covid 4 tines and interestingly they are the ones that also suffered with swine flu years back.

 

[kalidarkone]

Facemasks when patient facing are no longer mandatory......
However I'm choosing to still wear them when facing a patient.

 

[gentlegreen]

The last viral infection I had was in Nov 2019 when a post-grad scientist sneezed in my face.
Earlier in the year I'd been off work for over a month with some sort of crazy post-viral thing.
After going down a low testosterone rabbit-hole and eliminating anaemia, they spotted raised blood sugar and labelled me "diabetic", but in retrospect it probably a red herring - though I had bonked a few times on bike rides and it clearly didn't help ...
I immediately started eliminating that and I'm 2 1/2 years and 23 kilos away from that - even allowing that I no longer burn off excess sugar twice daily on my bike ...

The infection that floored me was the most intense several days of fever I can imagine and it followed a debilitating bout of flu the previous year coinciding with anaemia...and a moderate one that same year...I had only been back at work a week... And I seem to recall limping back to work and having to cycle home ( luckily downhill) via the surgery to arrange a sick note...

Anyway after living in isolation for 2 1/2 years, I have something of that weakness again for the most trivial of secondary symptoms. (I sneezed a couple of times about a week ago - that was my norm for respiratory viruses, stiff neck, slightly snotty nose, lower back aches - and massively elevated blood pressure - though my machine may have gone rogue after 2 years - given the latter two symptoms I immediately set about eliminating a UTI / kidney infection ...
I will hopefully make it to the surgery on Friday to give blood samples to hopefully eliminate physiological aspects.. but DAMN.

Did my immune system get overactive in 2018 ? After nearly 40 years of bouncing back from "freshers' flu" ?
Has living virus-free for several years made me so vulnerable I caught something in spite of vaccination and continued mask-wearing ?

It doesn't bode well for my ability to fight off COVID - or perhaps this is a mild dose of that or flu thanks to autumn vaccination..or perhaps it shows that those have waned...

 

[weltweit]

Haven't had it yet.

I did avoid people and wear a mask when it was at its height, but mostly I put it down to luck.

 

[gentlegreen]

A year ago I would be cancelling my Friday GP appointment because of my light symptoms, but I will be wearing a mask and there are no covid-specific symptoms.
I have never had any need to own any tests.
If it's an issue with the GP it mostly resembles sinusitis ...
It could be bacterial in any case die to poor hygiene ...

I suppose my riskiest exposure is walking through the crowded bus stop, but I always wait until it isn't crazy and hold my breath and I'll walk on the road side if available ...

 

[gentlegreen]

Finally started sneezing.
What the hell is it ?
Did I catch it nose-picking or walking though a crowded bus stop ?