Have you had Covid?

I haven’t had it yet but it feels lately like so many much younger people (who are vaxxed and boosted once) are getting it, sometimes for the second or third time, and feeling very sick for a week or more. Of course my basic lifestyle appears to be what other people call “quarantine”. I still mask up indoors when I do go out.

I have been rarely going out. I have almost 6 acres so I can get out and work in yard, our local grocery store burnt down, and the closest place is 19 miles away, so son gets whatever is needed on his way home. i have started having lunch out with friends in the last couple months. my favorite things to do is concerts, travel and casinos, and I am not ready to do that. I was in heart failure the last two years, and only last week was told I am no longer in active failure. I have not played safe for 2 years to blow it now!

Just got over mild case last month ("allergies with the cough from hell") - that was PCR confirmed so now I am certain I have it. I'm pretty sure I had it early on in Mar 2020 but that was so early that I didn't qualify for testing - I didn't have fever or difficulty breathing -everything tasted metallic for a month. I was tested a few times with odd symptoms but alway negative. So my answer is "Yes, after vaccine became available" as that's the only time I tested positive though I suspect I had it prior...

That's amazing. I so want it to be true. I have asthma and used to suffer badly from eczema (it's been dormant for many years). The asthma is mild too.

We all got in January soon after my six year old went to school for the spring semester. I kept him out during the fall because he wasn't vaccinated. Thankfully, nothing major for any of us. I can't tell that I have any lingering symptoms. The most symptomatic of us was the kid, otherwise, I don't think either of us would have assumed we had it. The husband and I had the benefit of being boosted while the kid didn't get his booster until today. All three of us could have easily gone out and done things but we're not psychopaths so we didn't leave the house until we tested negative. The schools were closed over covid numbers exactly when the kid came down with it.

I've never been sick during this period nor have I ever tested positive. I do test when I have traveled both before and after. Usually a few times with a few days between each test. I N95 mask when in a store, air travel has been with N95, only eat outside if eating at a restaurant, luck to work from home.

I had Omicron after being boosted. Shout out to the fine folk at Moderna, all I had was a mild sore throat and a mildly runny nose.

I am curious about number stats of people with zero symptons who are tested to find they have the antibodies from a natural infection in addition to having also been vaccinated.

I came down with covid a few days after receiving my booster shot in December 2021.

It lasted about 8 days with mild physical symptoms, but I lost my sense of taste for 1-2 days.

Mentally it broke something within me, I've had mental health issues for around 20 years, but it was elevated by covid. I'm now seeing an excellent counsellor who is helping find my "anchor" again, and are making great progress where I feel closer to myself pre covid.

I had omicron before I got my booster. I felt feverish, chills and sore-ass throat.

NO. Have had indoor tea with the same two friends twice over the last couple of months, one indoor restaurant which was unintentional (too chilly for the patio) and two outdoor happy hours. Isolated myself from October to April, happily retired and embracing my inner recluse bigtime. N95 in public indoor spaces always, carry hand sanitizer and still wash hands religiously the MINUTE I get home. Glad my one planned vacation with air travel got postponed. 😷

Oh, you mean that I might be one of the 'lucky gene' types? I have the negative RH factor (A-) negative. It would be nice if that one factor would keep me protected, but I've read where that same one might be a point in getting Covid more severely.

Of course I don't take anything for granted-I live alone, work and shop masked, don't go to parties. Probably the reason I haven't gotten it yet. My neighbor is double vaxxed, but she can't get the second booster because the first made her sicker than a dog.

I just wish it were easier to live in this world.

Crazy lucky or just crazy? 😅

I'm now double vaxxed, but we never stopped masking. We never resumed going to crowded events. We only socialize with other careful, vaxxed people. And since Omicron's new variants are now in the area, I'll resume ordering groceries for curbside pickup.

Another piece of crazy luck: researchers are trying to find out why some medical folks who had high Covid exposure pre-vaccine never got sick. High on the list of possible protections are type blood O, any blood type with negative RH factor, and upper respiratory allergies. I have two out of three, so maybe the masks weren't the reason. Who knows?

I know the SAV and HCA crowds are doing our best to prevent tbe spread, and I'm proud to know of these communities.