#COVID Poll - Have you had COVID?
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Not had it (as far as I know)
46.7%
Had it once
42.4%
Had it twice
8.9%
Had it 3 or more times
2.1%
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@annecavicchi to those who've never got it, I am thankful for the diligence you've maintained. It must have taken a real effort, despite how the threat has been minimized by society. I tried hard for 2 1/2 years but let my guard down at the start of this school year, knowing it was a riskier time. Schools had few safeguards, work returned to many in-person meetings and events... caught it shortly after :(
@TyJoseph @annecavicchi My wife and I have not had it. Both of us double vaxxed and triple boosted. We're still wearing mask when shopping, and in the minority. We are lucky we live in a rural area and both retired so we can avoid crowds.
@paulbusch @TyJoseph @annecavicchi add my family to that list. We have had the trifecta of vaxxes, and boosters. We have masked in crowded areas & indoors since before masking was suggested/required here (US) will continue to do so indefinitely. Let me add we have not had any health issues related to the Vax.
@TyJoseph @annecavicchi Honesty some of us either have just been lucky, or were asymptomatic. I had a friend who got it while basically isolated, except for her interactions with delivery people. I on the other hand, have been on planes trains and automobiles of late and still haven't gotten it (altho to be fair I've lost count of how many shots I've had.)
@whyJoe @TyJoseph @annecavicchi That's the same as us. Literally went nowhere except our daily walks and caught it. Used an empty public loo while masked, in the park once and it was either that or surface transmission off the delivered groceries. We will never know.
@StephGunther @whyJoe @TyJoseph @annecavicchi
my husband and I totally stayed home for 2020 and most of 2021, only went to the grocery store where wore masks. now, we have been fully vaxxed and boosted every 6 months. but all through 2022, we've been to our local pub where we sit at the bar for hours and watch football. it is outside on a patio. but neither of have gotten covid yet and I have to wonder if we are both just asymptomatic.
@seanm4c @StephGunther @whyJoe @TyJoseph @annecavicchi I was always wondering if I had had it but when I finally did get it (the one time I truly let my guard down) I'll tell you this, you'll know it when you've got it. I didn't test positive until the morning I woke up with a 102.7 fever shivering violently and yet had felt sick for well over a week and tested every other day always negative. Widespread antibody tests among those who don't think they've ever had it would be interesting.
@Makinflipeflop
yah, and I hope I didnt jynx myself today, ugh. we were so safe in 2020 and 2021. come 2022, once we were fully vaxxed and boosted, we decided to start living again, you know? I bought test kits and prepared myself for getting sick sooner or later. but we've really been out and about, and havent gotten sick yet... so I just wonder.
@seanm4c I can relate to that. It was my partners brothers bachelor party in Arizona (we're in NH) that did it for me. There was this one woman hacking up a lung on the plane no covering mouth just letting it rip it was one day after the mask mandates for plane travel were knocked down. Ugh. Post covid I went a long time without masking and haven't gotten it again just put my Cambridge mask back on last night. Definitely time to be diligent again. Stay safe and enjoy life as much as possible.
@Makinflipeflop @seanm4c @StephGunther @whyJoe @TyJoseph @annecavicchi early on it was estimated up to 20% of people were asymptomatic, based on cruise ship cases, iirc. Though that was delta specific, I think. I've always added an extra 20% to official figures... though I don't know if they've ever come to a conclusion either way whether a/s people spread it?
@Makinflipeflop yeah there’s not even effective and accurate antibody tests that can be trusted available to hospital labs. So there’s gonna have to be a lot more work done on the development of that before that can happen. I know of people that have tested positive for Covid and were symptomatic yet AB tests were inconclusive.

@StephGunther @whyJoe @TyJoseph @annecavicchi

Since the Chinese proved multiple transmissions *out of doors* from brief exposures to a single infected jogger who came within 1m… basically even out of doors (unmasked)if there were people around within a couple meters is a risk.

And yes, I hate this timeline.

@whyJoe @TyJoseph @StephGunther @annecavicchi there is only the most remote chance you got it via a surface transfer.
@universeodon @whyJoe @TyJoseph @annecavicchi Ya, we reckon it was the public loo. I was only wearing a cloth mask. This was back in early May and the N95s were hard to come by here. A family had just left the loo before I'd gone in, so that's the most likely explanation.

@whyJoe @TyJoseph @annecavicchi anyone who left Twitter on principle, care about our fellow human beings and care about our health.

I still wear a mask if I got to a public place.

@vero @whyJoe @annecavicchi At work functions, I'm almost always the only person wearing a mask. I took this picture at a recent work event and I see no other mask in the room.
@whyJoe same. I’ve been flying for my agency contracts the past 3 yrs until recently and in a new hospital every 3 months. When they started lifting the restrictions I was thankful to go maskless when I can. Those 8-12 hr shifts constantly wearing them really starts to wear on us “essential” ppl
@TyJoseph @annecavicchi I've been careful and haven't had covid. My husband has been equally careful and caught it once (was triple vaxxed, had mild symptoms).
We should all mask and take precautions, but there's some luck involved too.
@TyJoseph @annecavicchi If it makes you feel any better, my mom is 93, her mobility is very restrictive and she leaves the house maybe every 6 weeks. She's fully vaxxed, lives with me. My adult son was living here until this fall and worked in a restaurant. I believe she has had it twice, but since she was vaxxed and tests were impossible to find and she didn't have symptoms for more than 3 days, it's a guess. Almost everyone has had it.
@TyJoseph @annecavicchi It’s seeing experiences like yours that help me continue with my mitigation strategies. So thanks? 😉

@TyJoseph @annecavicchi managed to avoid it until end of July 22. Developed symptoms 6 months to the DAY after my last jab. Then got it another two times in two months, and again two months after that... not sure what my immune system thinks it's doing. Though each bout has been less severe.

Still masking. Hardly ever go anywhere except work. BF mostly works from home, and he's only had it once.

@TyJoseph @annecavicchi Not really, I didn't do anything different
@TyJoseph @annecavicchi it's almost entirely down to luck, I have not had it and I've taken zero precautions
@TyJoseph @annecavicchi Same thing happened to me end of November. Took down my mask in church to eat something. Everybody seemed healthy, no one other than me masks up. And a couple of days later, I got so sick and still haven't recovered. So, stay safe, everybody!