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Anne#COVID Poll - Have you had COVID?
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Not had it (as far as I know)
Had it once
Had it twice
Had it 3 or more times
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Tyrone Joseph@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 :(
Innocuous In Innisfil Has Moved@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.
rationalhuman@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.
whyJoe@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.)
Steph Gunther 
💉💉💉💉@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.
Sean Macツ@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.
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.
Max@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.
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.
Aerliss@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?
NomadicNerd (StoleUrSweetroll)@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.
Patrick McLaughlin@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.
karinchu@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.
Vero@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
SONIA@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.
We should all mask and take precautions, but there's some luck involved too.
Martha Howell@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.
✨Cosmic Social Worker✨@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.
Andrew@TyJoseph @annecavicchi Not really, I didn't do anything different
Grodaeu@TyJoseph @annecavicchi it's almost entirely down to luck, I have not had it and I've taken zero precautions
Antifascist Atha Ahuluheluw@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!
Ruthanne@annecavicchi Vaxxed and boosted and masked, too. But... well, that's immunocompromised for you!
Tofu Golem@annecavicchi
I'm pretty sure I haven't had it. It's possible I and everyone in my household had it and were asymptomatic.
I'm pretty sure I haven't had it. It's possible I and everyone in my household had it and were asymptomatic.
DanielRigal@annecavicchi I voted "not had it" but it is perfectly possible that I've had it without realising. That is why it is so important that everybody wears a mask even when they think they are OK.
@annecavicchi Was good until hubs came home with it. Multiple vaxxed, masked social distanced. It just takes one contact...
richpav@annecavicchi I'd bet people who use Mastadon skew towards those who spend a lot of time indoors alone.
Naheed
Migrated to @@luana If you have had COVID or not.
Candice@annecavicchi I feel like there are probably a substantial number of people who have had it but didn't know it. Either due to lack of availability of testing or because they had such a mild case they wrote it off as allergies or a bit of a cold, etc.
Steven Bodzin@annecavicchi you have a rarefied audience holy cow
StephenC@annecavicchi sample size matters. But not as much as sample bias. 😊
E. Chang@StephenC @annecavicchi The informal surveys I've seen suggest that GenX is one of the largest age cohorts on Mastodon. Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, I've maintained that we X'ers were raised to be uniquely suited to pandemic isolation. I really wonder if we're seeing that particular bias in this poll.
@annecavicchi @StephenC I mean, we all spent our childhoods being told to get in the house, entertain ourselves, survive on limited provisions, and don't open the door for anyone. And when we weren't at home, it was because we rode our bikes to somewhere *outside.* Right? GenX has been so long in the shadows, but we were bred to thrive in a lockdown.
@knottedthreads @annecavicchi I have to admit to being a boomer 😳
toxtethogrady@annecavicchi Every time I was ever tested, I was clear. But I gave myself one of the home tests and thought I saw an ever-so-faint line on it - which the tests say is a positive reading. I felt fine thereafter and have had no symptoms, so I really don't know...
Evan Light@annecavicchi @wndxlori 53% haven't had it? Poll so far:
@annecavicchi @wndxlori Or we tooters are mostly paranoid shut-ins?
Urban Hermit@elight @annecavicchi @wndxlori I would guess that Mastodon is biased towards well educated, decent income adults who follow public safety advice - so less likely to get it than the poverty stricken or the stubborn.
@Urban_Hermit @annecavicchi @wndxlori Your interpretation aligns with my own. My response was steeped in both irony but also surprise! I've not been aware of any constituency so safe from COVID before now!
ink and yarn@annecavicchi A caveat: *to the best of my knowledge* I haven't had it; I came home from visiting my inlaws last Christmas with what felt like a very mild cold, but couldn't get my hands on a rapid test, or an appointment for a lab test, until two weeks after I felt entirely better.
Anna@annecavicchi very few people haven’t had Covid by this stage. It’s more likely they don’t know they’ve had it.
Mal 甄/kalessin/Peri@halcionandon @annecavicchi it's not accurate to say this. Some have natural immunity, some are either intentionally or unintentionally less exposed. It's hard to know and some public health policies are making it harder to be certain. But it's probably around 20% to 50% who haven't had it, globally. It is terrifying though.
Not even close. More like 10%. And Australia was in lockdown for 2 years.
@halcionandon @annecavicchi Weird to come for me a month later.
"Globally, as of 5:35pm CET, 10 February 2023, there have been 755,385,709 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,833,388 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 31 January 2023, a total of 13,168,935,724 vaccine doses have been administered."
Note: some stats are not available, so the global statistics are incomplete, and probably represent a minimum. But global population was supposed to exceed 8 billion by 2022 November so SBS's stats don't make a lot of sense.
Also note: I also haven't had COVID, and I've been immune deficient since 3/2021 (leukemia and stem cell transplant). And I've also been carefully monit on red so odds are low that I've had it and not known about it.
It hasn't been that difficult. Physical isolation, good ventilation, consistent mask wearing, and regular testing, with a sort of general infection control mindset.
@halcionandon @annecavicchi particularly focusing on Australia, population is around 25,000,000, reported cases 11,000,000 per CNN (couldn't find Australian stats on WHO via a mobile device).
Australia looks particularly hard hit at around 40% to 50% but not 90%.
@perigee @annecavicchi
I’m not coming for anyone I was showing stats our own news in Australia has provided, I’ve been very sick the past month.
You think CNN is more accurate on Australia than an Australian news outlet and local study? I live here, we aren’t particularly hard hit.
Stats are not accurate anymore because they aren’t being reported in most countries. John Hopkins will stop reporting soon. They’re wishing #Covid away.
I won’t bother, believe what you want. I don’t sit around chomping at the bit to “come for” people.
@perigee @annecavicchi I’m sorry for your illness but I’m in a different environment and Covid has been hard to avoid.
WHO isn’t reliable; they flip flop on all mitigations and stats. Remember when it was airborne and then it wasn’t? That wasn’t the truth.
Colorblind Cowboy@annecavicchi I believe I has it once in the very, very beginning, when we didn’t think it was over here. But I’ve been masking and distancing since.
But it’s impossible to tell if I’ve had asymptomatic infection.
bck1402@annecavicchi I think I read that wrong. I've had the vaccine and boosted twice - never got it (yet.)
Major traveling coming in a few weeks (first in a few years now), we'll see what happens.
Major traveling coming in a few weeks (first in a few years now), we'll see what happens.
Cecily@annecavicchi caught it first time three weeks ago from someone who decided not to stay home despite their husband having it and feeling unwell themselves - their rapid test was negative. I’m pretty upset at their total disregard for others and this year will probably not rejoin the group we are both part of because I don’t want to catch it again from people who don’t care as much as I do.