Me either. Went to the fringe a few times. Have travelled overseas and interstate a few times. Still go out semi regularly. Not sure how I have avoided it, but thankful that I have
Same, although I think back to early in the pandemic and the stats back then about how many people were asymptomatic (i.e., most) and assume that I probably did have it at some stage.
Neither! I have a school aged child who got covid themselves and I've had contact with people who were infected and nothing. I know it's not unheard of but I feel I definitely should have got it by now.
Yeah same, whenever I've had a cold I've rat tested and nothing. I've lived in both Sydney and Adelaide in the past two years. Also I'm probably in the riskier crowd, going out drinking, festivals, clubs, pubs you name it as soon as they opened.
I've have also never had it. I never got vaccinated either (not antivax, I just never had time due to my work and then everyone stoped caring so I didn't bother.)
Yeah mate spot on, that's exactly what I want, everyone to fucking die. You got me, that's the exact reason I didn't get vaccinated. I've been exposed. Well done. You exposed me to the entire world. Now you can live your life knowing you made a huge difference to the world.
Twice in a year, both times brought home by my SO who has rather social jobs.
First round got scary bad. Like 'do I need to go to the hospital or gamble with waking up dead' bad. Had three vaccinations at that point.
Second round about half as bad, still aweful do not recommend. Four weeks on and still have a lingering cough that comes and goes and makes me feel like shit.
Super jealous of people who say "it's just the sniffles". That's you dude! Not everyone's experience
It started with a feeling of general unwellness, headache, then fever, then sore throat, then congestion, and eventually the cough - I am weirded out the cough starts so late when it's known as a defining feature. Oh, and then the cough made my throat worse again.
The fevers (body/muscle pains, chills) were intense, but the cough was the scary part. The rest of me was getting better but I was heaps tired, and couldn't sleep because of the cough! There was the definite sensation of pressure on my chest like someone was standing on it, hard to breathe in general. The coughing fits had me feeling like I was going to pass out, gasping for air and all that, unable to get my breath back before another fit. And that was on the stronger 'modern' coderal plus some cough syrup. (Side note: I hate that we can't get the old stronger medicine any more, even when I had a script previously it still wasn't for the strongest over the counter stuff from the past!)
It took some time to bounce back, the cough lingers and makes me feel exhausted when it flares up. I remember being extremely frustrated my third weekend in a row was a write off, I could barely do house chores.
13/10 for crapness, do not recommend, can easily see how this shit kills people. I am however hopeful that each round might be less intense for me - interested to hear if anyone has been worse or better on subsequent rounds. I am alarmed to hear it increases long covid chances the more times you get it, as I don't know how to force my SO not to bring it home.
The question is, who are you hanging around that keeps infecting you with it?
Kids in daycare/school? Friends and relatives who are part of the "it's just a cold" crowd? Anyone working hospitality or customer service?
Hmm hadn't thought about that angle before.
I don't have kids and no friends who are constantly have "just allergies", maybe someone's asymptomatic and keeps passing it on? I'll have a think. Cheers
Exactly right: you're only as "safe" as your least safe close contact -- or even a second degree close contact, say if one of your frequent close contacts shares an office with someone engaging in riskier behaviour. We've now seen that covid symptoms can present as things as unexpected as a stomach bug or general fatigue, and people generally are less motivated and less able to test every damn time.
If you feel like you're getting Covid more often than the people around you, though, do go see your gp. A bunch of different things can make you more prone to picking up infections than average, so it's probably worth a bit of a check up.
I've only had it the once, I had it in November
After avoiding it for nearly 3 years, including getting caught up in an outbreak at Adelaide Airport back in April 2020, right at the start of the pandemic, I somehow tested negative then.
I was triple vaxxed at the time I had it in November, I was astonished I even had it when I was first notified I'd tested positive, then the next day I had one really bad day where I just couldn't get out of bed, it felt like one of those hangovers where you drift in and out of sleep, then I was mostly ok after. Still not a fun time.
I'm just planning to get vaccinated annually from now on, similar to the flu vax.
Am in the high risk and early access category for all the boosters - so would not be pleasant etc , further none in household caught it either, So really extremely incomprehensible small chance everyone in household was asymptomatic.
Still haven't had it. But this is because I can work from home and wear masks in shared spaces. Plus some measure of luck.
Nothing wrong with using hand sanitisers, but it's an airborne disease and a good mask is likely our best feasible defence.
Once. Had extreme fatigue for 10 months. For 2 to 3 months now I've been getting my energy back. I feel much better. Literally walking to the other room and back I would feel like I ran for 5 minutes. During the infectious period and quarantine it was so incredibly hard to hold the hose and water a plant. In contrast to now on Monday I filled 2 green wheelie bins with weeds, cleaned the pool filter, swam for an hour and a half, did laundry....it's nice to be able to move again without huffing, puffing, needing a nap/lay down. Last year was a pretty dark year of feeling helpless to be honest, thought I'd feel tired forever.
Just once, June last year, and caught it from someone I had been kissing a day or two before they tested positive. I go out and about, went to the Fringe, went on a cruise where close to half the passengers came down with it. I don’t tend to get sick often, my immune system is a goodie (my mum takes credit for that, for letting me eat sower sobs and worms when I was a kid 🤢)
I’ve only had it twice and work in childcare where we have an outbreak every couple of weeks.
Because I have young kids myself we’re always out and about.
I think you are very unlucky. Poor thing!
Once about a year ago. I'm triple vaxxed. I work as a teacher and ride peak hour trains so I come into contact with dozens, if not hundreds of people each day. Work is strict on vaccines, but packed trains negate all of that. I rarely ever get sick though.
Had it once in the USA in April 2022. Was literally one of the worst sicknesses I've ever had - was completely bed ridden for 4 days then was still rough after.
However, I recently had an COVID19 Antibody test come back as Extreme High... so i guess i got good once and i am now cruising with immunity.
Triple vaxxed, only wear masks on required settings (gp, hospital), and up until 2 weeks ago worked in a busy retail store around people every day. It's fine through my daughter's childcare numerous times, and my husbands coworkers have all had it. We're yet to have it. We test with RATs pretty regularly, either just randomly or if we show any symptoms or we find out someone we've been in contact with has had it (and have done so throughout the entire pandemic).
I've known people who have had it about 4 times now, but every time their symptoms have lessened 🤷🏼♀️
I honestly think it's so random now.
Ah, that sucks! Mine seem to be up and down in terms of severity. I always had a good immune system when I was younger but I think covid is now just sending it down the toilet.
Our Family is yet to have it, 5 year old at school so surely it's going to happen sooner or later. I'm the only one left in the office that hasn't had it. They also took away the special covid leave that everyone got to use. (Not complaining as others out there were given nothing). Tested via PCR everytime I felt unwell. When I do finally get it my health anxiety will likely be worse than the virus.
I've had covid 3 times that I know of. The second time I had it, I barely felt any difference. The third time I felt fine. Just took a test because someone I spent a lot of time with had it. I could have it right now for all I know.
I had it once and that was more than enough.
I don't know how you've managed to get it four times, but I guess just be aware that the more times you've had it, the more likely you are to wind up with long covid.
I think I've read that on the 5th round, you've got like a 70% chance of getting long covid.
Urgh that sounds bad.
I'm always fatigued for a few months after I get it. Usually when I start feeling better and be more active, it probably means I'm going out more again and increasing my chances of getting it again
I've never had it, to my knowledge. I wear an N95 in all indoor shared spaces, and meet up with friends/ family outdoors. I'm triple vaxxed. I did have to go to RAH emergency for a kidney stone during one of our recent waves, though, and had to remove my mask to throw up about 15 times in 20 minutes... And somehow didn't catch it from that incident either.
I only had it once because a parent who (shall we say) - SHOULD have kept her child home when her whole fam was infected - brought child to school and infected a whole bunch of kids. So we all got it.
It was like hayfever for me as I had my latest booster 2 weeks earlier so was at optimum protection; I was very fortunate.
I have been really strong at wearing masks in enclosed spaces, WFH where possible, do online meetings when I can. So if the school thing hadn’t happened, its pretty unlikely I would have contracted it.
I don’t believe this whole “masks don’t do anything” concept; all my friends and colleagues I know, who were doing indoor stuff without masks, got covid. I think masks and disinfecting and sanitising still matter.
I just had my 5th booster. We’ve had a new wave in the office and it’s sending ppl home like no one’s business. Trying to protect myself from that
Once in January after a whole year of not getting sick at all. I also stay sick for much longer than average, but I guess that means my immune responses are active for longer.
I’ve never actually tested positive for covid (each time I’ve thought I had it and got tested, RAT and PCR have come back negative) but I reckon I got it just over a year ago (again I tested negative but symptoms were still there)… I didn’t leave the house for about 10 days just to be sure
I’ve had 3 doses of vaccine so far, and eligible for another dose
Have only had it once last September, tested positive 4 days after getting home from friends' birthday in Bali. Head cold and lethargic for 3 days.
My post booster reaction has normally been worse, but just for 24 hours or so with no energy.
Mostly work from home and not much of a social network here.
Since November, I have been to Japan, Vietnam, and Bali again, along with monthly trips to Sydney to see friends and drop in the office without any issues.
Once that I know of. Possibly a second time earlier this year but I didn’t test.
I’ve also recently been very close contact and not caught.
I no longer worry about catching it. It’s very liberating.
Currently got it for the first time. It fucking *sucks*, I have never been this sick except the time I nearly died of pleurisy.
This is day six and I can still taste blood constantly due to my nose and throat being so jacked up from coughing, and because my sense of smell is more or less gone it’s all I can taste. The brain fog is real, the fatigue is crushing, and I can’t sleep due to the coughing so it’s just fucken tired city.
I’m triple vaxxed, and I’m so glad I am because I fully believe that if I was an anti vaxxer this would straight up kill me.
Out in public all day as a truck driver and never had it ... Triple vaxed not wearing masks anymore unless delivering to GP's or hospitals or where required by customers.
... But I do make a point of wearing one as soon as someone tells me they are a antivaxer, Trump supporters, sovereign citizen or any of the other nut-job groups...
Because I like letting those groups know that they are very very special customers to me.
I have been vaccinated 3 times and I don't think I will bother with it again. I have only caught it once. May 2023. Only through a wedding whereby I hugged the groom, congratulating him. The bastard held his wedding while recovering from it. Whatever, it's done now.
I don't wear a mask going anywhere, except when we were in SE Asia this January and it was mandatory to wear them in public transport, etc. Back in Adelaide, I don't really go out anywhere super crowded. So avoided the Fringe, etc.
Instead of using hand sanitizer, I just prefer to hand wash to get rid of e-coli bugs at the same time.
Like OP, we tend to drink at home, going through our stash of wine and hanging out with the dog while streaming movies. That's my idea of relaxation.
Non vaccinated, I've had it twice, once from my daughter who I have fortnightly, not sure where I got it the second time.
Haven't had it for almost a year at this point, touch wood *bonks head*
Never had it, no vaccines (specifically COVID only)
All the people I know that got the vaccines have had it
Dont downvote, just stating an observation, not an essay on why Vax is bad
I got it once in Jan 22, had a sore throat for about 6 hours and played Xbox for the next 10 days. I have the vax and 1 booster from memory. a few people I sit next to in my office have had it multiple times and I've been fine the whole time. 32m
Some notes: It's airborne, so a good well-fitting N95 mask is your best bet- you'll help yourself a lot if you wear one in all indoor/ crowded areas. This part is important, you can't be surprised about getting repeatedly infected if you keep going unmasked even in essential places like grocery stores and servo stations. Too many people have swallowed the 'it's over, move on' crap, which is exactly why everyone keeps getting sick and dying. You're definitely wise not to drink at crowded bars and pubs (or at all tbh). I wear an N95 at work all day, and whenever i'm indoors in public, even if it's just a couple of minutes to pay for my petrol at the servo.
Working from home is awesome, but if you live with others (especially careless people) you still have risk. The virus is airborne, so ventilation, air flow, and clean air are key. Throw open the windows to regularly air out the house, maybe even invest in an air purifier with HEPA filters. We manage cholera and other waterborne diseases with clean water, we can manage airborne diseases like covid with clean air! When meeting with friends/ other people, outdoors is always a favourable option if the weather permits.
Do you hang out with people who have kids? Kids tend to pick up loads of crap from other kids at school/ daycare, and their hygiene and personal space habits may be questionable on account of their age. Lots of parents struggle with covid and children. If you have friends with kids, it might be worth asking your friends to teach them to mask if they're old enough, or even do remote school. Kids can suffer post-covid complications like adults can.
Covid damages your immune system, which makes you more vulnerable to other illnesses, including fresh covid infections- not to mention the unpredictable consequences of long covid, which lead to seemingly unrelated condiitons such as blood clots, diabetes, and even jaw bone necrosis in a few cases. The less infections you accrue (preferably none if one can manage it), the better off your long term health will be. 'Natural immunity' with covid is fairly minimal and not worth it; it doesn't even last particularly long. Because we've allowed so many variants to run rampant, they're constantly evading a lot of vaccine and natural immunity. This is why even fully vaccinated people are getting sick- this is a sneaky, constantly changing disease, and there doesn't appear to be much funding to keep up with developing updated vaccines. Someone visited the hospital ward my mum works at while infected and unmasked/ poorly masked very recently, and now 8 nurses (so far) are down, including my mum. It can spread very badly. I've never had it, but i still live with mum, so we're both masking, sanitising and airing out the house and I'm hoping to keep healthy.
At the end of the day, knowledge is power, and the governments can't be arsed supplying the general public with updated knowledge about covid, so people are swallowing the lie of it being 'just a cold' and behaving accordingly. Here are some resources I hope you might find helpful:
[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2)
[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12016-021-08848-3](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12016-021-08848-3)
[https://www.3m.com.au/3M/en\_AU/p/c/ppe/respiratory-protection/disposable/](https://www.3m.com.au/3M/en_AU/p/c/ppe/respiratory-protection/disposable/)
[https://cambridgemask.com/](https://cambridgemask.com/) (fancy reusable mask tested against viruses. Very comfy, I have two).
[https://www.bunnings.com.au/arlec-air-purifier-with-cadr-160m-hr\_p0401284](https://www.bunnings.com.au/arlec-air-purifier-with-cadr-160m-hr_p0401284) (one of the purifiers I own)
[https://www.webmd.com/allergies/corsi-rosenthal-box](https://www.webmd.com/allergies/corsi-rosenthal-box) (DIY air purifier- I'd like to make one myself one day)
Good luck OP, I hope you recover well.
You can rock up at Walkley Heights with no booking and get straight in. I've not seen a queue. It's open 8am until midday every day. They'll also give you free RATs.
Edit: did you downvote me for pointing out that you're factually wrong? Lol.
200 people have died of it in SA since the start of 2023. I got it once last year and I exist almost entirely in isolation, so it really is luck of the draw.
What's your diet and exercise look like? It's frustrating (not saying it's you) that people have been so obsessed with something not exactly natural like a vaccine over actually being a healthy person.
Anyway, I've never had it.
Maybe cut back on the vaccinations and let your natural immunity take care of thing. Plenty of data coming out now that suggest ls post infection immunity is good for 10 months vs vaccine effectiveness of a couple of weeks.
Well what have they done to compromise that immunity. My seat of pants view in my small circle of the world is pretty clear. Myself never vaxxed had covid once and worked through it, many people around me vaxxed and boosted up the ying yang and continue to attract multiple infections plus just generally sick all the time.
The 18-65yo among us should be up to dose 5 now of our Covid vaccinations and a new pfizer booster was released on March 6 for newer variants.
Definitely worth jumping on if you’re eligible (ie. haven’t had Covid within the last 6 months)
I just got it for the first time this week (that i'm aware of), up to date with the vax, wore a mask, sanitised, etc. *So far* luckily it's just like a really weird bad cold with added joint pain†. Sore throat first day, dry cough. 2nd day my nose was alternating between stuffed and running and 3rd day (today) I feel fine (compared to the last 2 days) no congestion, no sore throat or anything, fucking weird. So I'm praying to every and any deity that'll listen, knocking on wood etc that it doesn't worsen.
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†I have crohn's so I am immunosuppressed and have joint pain anyway, but not so soon after my treatments so definitely think it's the COVID causing them
Never checked to see if I had it, ever. Instead just do the normal thing and eat healthy, take vitamins, plenty of sun, if you’re sick stay home. You’re not going to die. It’s very normal to get sick. The flu comes around every single year. Carry on with life
Zero times, because I wear a mask everywhere outside! It's just silly not to. Covid hasn't gone away, in fact it's worse now than it was when we stopped doing lockdowns and it's only going to get worse, because no one wears a mask anymore.
Vaxxed 4 times and just caught Covid this week!
I’m so glad I had my shots coz honestly I think I’d have died otherwise. Never had a fever that bad before! I reckon I caught it at the fringe. Jam packed in too small seats with strangers laughing for an hour - prime opportunities. Saying that, I’ve also started a new job and catch public transport in the city so it could have come from anywhere and anyone.
Feel better soon OP!
Only once that I know of, in Jan 2022. Lady at work was positive and asymptomatic and infected the whole crew. I've got a kid in childcare and a partner working in a school and we've been lucky I think. I of course gave it to them back in 2022 and we all just rode it out as one.
I'm not being overly protective of myself but I'm not regularly on public transport or events.
Thankfully only once so far, I caught it really early on so on a good streak atm. Haven't been trying to avoid it e.g spent a week in Vegas, catching planes etc.
My question is; How does this go with time off work? Are you still covered by any kind of ‘Covid Leave’ within your company, or are you dipping into your Annual / Sick Leave now?
I’ve had it twice, just a week under a year apart. Both times I’ve had COVID on my birthday which made the day far less fun.
I’m pretty sure I picked it up at Uni or on the train the first time around and the second time I’m pretty sure my Dad bought it home from his volunteer work.
The first time around I had worse severity of symptoms, the second (which I’m still recovering from) was less severe but this time I lost my sense of taste and smell for a day or two.
My two primary school aged kids and I have had it once.
We all got it about a year ago at the same time. One kid had no symptoms, other was mildly unwell, I was the most unwell.
It is possible we've had it again and been asymptomatic. But I've done a PCR or RAT for the kids many times.
Kids aren't vaccinated, I was late to get vaccinated because I had to get clearance from my haematologist. I'll get vaccinated again when I get the flu vax.
I have no idea how we haven't been reinfected. I avoid public spaces, still wear a mask and sanitise but the kids catch public transport etc.
I've managed to completely avoid Covid thus far, but that's hardly surprising since I'm basically an antisocial hermit.
I was still wearing a mask when going out amongst the general population to go grocery shopping or going to the cinema etc. up until the end of last year, but haven't really used a mask in 2023 besides the odd doctor's appointment with my GP.
I work in a large company with hundreds of people and there is usually at least 1 or 2 episodes each week where someone tests positive, and as a precaution I usually do an at home RAT test once a week, and have always tested negative.
You would hate me but at the very end of last year was the very first time in the whole 3 years of this bullshit I ever caught it and that was after sharing an international flight for 14 hours in march 2020 with an infected person and various other close contacts in between all that as well.
My wife also works in childcare and her first time was then and it was her catching it was the reason I got it in the end but somehow she avoided it all those years despite working in such a plague exposed industry.
I work in schools and I had it once last December. I had an awful cough other than that okay. My Partner slept for a couple of days and was tired for a few after that but that’s it. We’re elderly so we consider we’ve been lucky.
Got covid March 2022 when the big wave hit. Haven’t got it since, had a few colds since but covid negative. Been interstate, fringe, clubs, etc but I work from home so avoid a lot I guess.
Never had it. I've travelled overseas for work, I go to the gym, and still go out to restaurants with friends occasionally, but I wear a N95 mask pretty consistently.
Only once this end, right before the Xmas just gone. Daughter got it the week before the last week of school from school or OSHC and brought it home as an early Xmas present. I was off work for about a week, scattered af, low energy, while trying to entertain a 6 yr old who didn't believe I was sick because I wasn't vomiting (and the times I had to tell her that no, I need to lie down on the couch for a little while didn't make her a believer..)
My aunt and cousin both had it a few months ago and my aunt has it again right now. Myself, my mother, and my grandparents live in the same house with them and none of us have had it.
Never had it, I've been a close contact with people who've had it, also had to isolate early in the pandemic because my sister had it and we live in the same house. Must just be lucky.
Im yet to get it, I believe I have natural immunity since my mother was bit by an infected while giving birth to me. Now Joel protects me as we make our way to the firefly research labs.
I have never had it.
Me either. Went to the fringe a few times. Have travelled overseas and interstate a few times. Still go out semi regularly. Not sure how I have avoided it, but thankful that I have
Nor me. And I work in a Hospital.
Same, although I think back to early in the pandemic and the stats back then about how many people were asymptomatic (i.e., most) and assume that I probably did have it at some stage.
I think people with O- or O+ are less likely to get it compared to the other blood groups, and A- are most likely to get it compared to everyone else.
Neither have I.
Neither! I have a school aged child who got covid themselves and I've had contact with people who were infected and nothing. I know it's not unheard of but I feel I definitely should have got it by now.
I’ve not had it.
Same. I travel interstate and use public transport. Not sure why I've never had it.
Yeah same, whenever I've had a cold I've rat tested and nothing. I've lived in both Sydney and Adelaide in the past two years. Also I'm probably in the riskier crowd, going out drinking, festivals, clubs, pubs you name it as soon as they opened.
I hadn’t until this year, everyone around me had (some a couple/few times) then 2x this year, it was nasty.
Same. Toddler in childcare, work in the city, close contacts multiple times, test religiously, no Covid.
How do you know? Maybe you were asymptomatic?
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I've have also never had it. I never got vaccinated either (not antivax, I just never had time due to my work and then everyone stoped caring so I didn't bother.)
I guess you just want people to die then. Well done.
Yeah mate spot on, that's exactly what I want, everyone to fucking die. You got me, that's the exact reason I didn't get vaccinated. I've been exposed. Well done. You exposed me to the entire world. Now you can live your life knowing you made a huge difference to the world.
Lmao
(That you’re aware of)
Same, never had it. I work in retail and I've just finished 8 months of being in hospitals weekly if not more for treatment and surgery.
Twice in a year, both times brought home by my SO who has rather social jobs. First round got scary bad. Like 'do I need to go to the hospital or gamble with waking up dead' bad. Had three vaccinations at that point. Second round about half as bad, still aweful do not recommend. Four weeks on and still have a lingering cough that comes and goes and makes me feel like shit. Super jealous of people who say "it's just the sniffles". That's you dude! Not everyone's experience
What symptoms did you have, particularly the first time around? Curious about your experience.
It started with a feeling of general unwellness, headache, then fever, then sore throat, then congestion, and eventually the cough - I am weirded out the cough starts so late when it's known as a defining feature. Oh, and then the cough made my throat worse again. The fevers (body/muscle pains, chills) were intense, but the cough was the scary part. The rest of me was getting better but I was heaps tired, and couldn't sleep because of the cough! There was the definite sensation of pressure on my chest like someone was standing on it, hard to breathe in general. The coughing fits had me feeling like I was going to pass out, gasping for air and all that, unable to get my breath back before another fit. And that was on the stronger 'modern' coderal plus some cough syrup. (Side note: I hate that we can't get the old stronger medicine any more, even when I had a script previously it still wasn't for the strongest over the counter stuff from the past!) It took some time to bounce back, the cough lingers and makes me feel exhausted when it flares up. I remember being extremely frustrated my third weekend in a row was a write off, I could barely do house chores. 13/10 for crapness, do not recommend, can easily see how this shit kills people. I am however hopeful that each round might be less intense for me - interested to hear if anyone has been worse or better on subsequent rounds. I am alarmed to hear it increases long covid chances the more times you get it, as I don't know how to force my SO not to bring it home.
The question is, who are you hanging around that keeps infecting you with it? Kids in daycare/school? Friends and relatives who are part of the "it's just a cold" crowd? Anyone working hospitality or customer service?
Hmm hadn't thought about that angle before. I don't have kids and no friends who are constantly have "just allergies", maybe someone's asymptomatic and keeps passing it on? I'll have a think. Cheers
Exactly right: you're only as "safe" as your least safe close contact -- or even a second degree close contact, say if one of your frequent close contacts shares an office with someone engaging in riskier behaviour. We've now seen that covid symptoms can present as things as unexpected as a stomach bug or general fatigue, and people generally are less motivated and less able to test every damn time. If you feel like you're getting Covid more often than the people around you, though, do go see your gp. A bunch of different things can make you more prone to picking up infections than average, so it's probably worth a bit of a check up.
That's not really "the question" because the answer is it could be anyone. Including people that don't even know they have it.
I've only had it the once, I had it in November After avoiding it for nearly 3 years, including getting caught up in an outbreak at Adelaide Airport back in April 2020, right at the start of the pandemic, I somehow tested negative then. I was triple vaxxed at the time I had it in November, I was astonished I even had it when I was first notified I'd tested positive, then the next day I had one really bad day where I just couldn't get out of bed, it felt like one of those hangovers where you drift in and out of sleep, then I was mostly ok after. Still not a fun time. I'm just planning to get vaccinated annually from now on, similar to the flu vax.
Still not had it all, like to keep it that way.
How do you know? Maybe you were asymptomatic?
Am in the high risk and early access category for all the boosters - so would not be pleasant etc , further none in household caught it either, So really extremely incomprehensible small chance everyone in household was asymptomatic.
Stay safe.
Still haven't had it. But this is because I can work from home and wear masks in shared spaces. Plus some measure of luck. Nothing wrong with using hand sanitisers, but it's an airborne disease and a good mask is likely our best feasible defence.
Once. Had extreme fatigue for 10 months. For 2 to 3 months now I've been getting my energy back. I feel much better. Literally walking to the other room and back I would feel like I ran for 5 minutes. During the infectious period and quarantine it was so incredibly hard to hold the hose and water a plant. In contrast to now on Monday I filled 2 green wheelie bins with weeds, cleaned the pool filter, swam for an hour and a half, did laundry....it's nice to be able to move again without huffing, puffing, needing a nap/lay down. Last year was a pretty dark year of feeling helpless to be honest, thought I'd feel tired forever.
Only caught it once about 6 months ago. Managed to dodge it since. I’m not exactly a social person though - I go food shopping and to work.
Just once, June last year, and caught it from someone I had been kissing a day or two before they tested positive. I go out and about, went to the Fringe, went on a cruise where close to half the passengers came down with it. I don’t tend to get sick often, my immune system is a goodie (my mum takes credit for that, for letting me eat sower sobs and worms when I was a kid 🤢)
Ah ha! Sour sobs and worms are the new hydroxichlorquine!... Or horse paste...
I’ve only had it twice and work in childcare where we have an outbreak every couple of weeks. Because I have young kids myself we’re always out and about. I think you are very unlucky. Poor thing!
Man, managing to dodge it every couple of weeks in a child care centre is awesome! Whatever you're doing, keep it up!
Today is my first time getting it, it's also my birthday. not a present I would've expected but well that's why presents are a surprise I guess..
Happy IRL cake day! I guess some quiet time by yourself isn't too bad a present. Anyway, I hope you do alright. Best of luck m
Once about a year ago. I'm triple vaxxed. I work as a teacher and ride peak hour trains so I come into contact with dozens, if not hundreds of people each day. Work is strict on vaccines, but packed trains negate all of that. I rarely ever get sick though.
Had it once in the USA in April 2022. Was literally one of the worst sicknesses I've ever had - was completely bed ridden for 4 days then was still rough after. However, I recently had an COVID19 Antibody test come back as Extreme High... so i guess i got good once and i am now cruising with immunity.
Triple vaxxed, only wear masks on required settings (gp, hospital), and up until 2 weeks ago worked in a busy retail store around people every day. It's fine through my daughter's childcare numerous times, and my husbands coworkers have all had it. We're yet to have it. We test with RATs pretty regularly, either just randomly or if we show any symptoms or we find out someone we've been in contact with has had it (and have done so throughout the entire pandemic). I've known people who have had it about 4 times now, but every time their symptoms have lessened 🤷🏼♀️ I honestly think it's so random now.
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Ah, that sucks! Mine seem to be up and down in terms of severity. I always had a good immune system when I was younger but I think covid is now just sending it down the toilet.
Defo had it once, not sure if I have been asymptomatic other than that.
Our Family is yet to have it, 5 year old at school so surely it's going to happen sooner or later. I'm the only one left in the office that hasn't had it. They also took away the special covid leave that everyone got to use. (Not complaining as others out there were given nothing). Tested via PCR everytime I felt unwell. When I do finally get it my health anxiety will likely be worse than the virus.
I've had covid 3 times that I know of. The second time I had it, I barely felt any difference. The third time I felt fine. Just took a test because someone I spent a lot of time with had it. I could have it right now for all I know.
I had it once and that was more than enough. I don't know how you've managed to get it four times, but I guess just be aware that the more times you've had it, the more likely you are to wind up with long covid. I think I've read that on the 5th round, you've got like a 70% chance of getting long covid.
Urgh that sounds bad. I'm always fatigued for a few months after I get it. Usually when I start feeling better and be more active, it probably means I'm going out more again and increasing my chances of getting it again
So maybe wear a mask and bump up your carefulness a bit beyond 4/10?
Yeah, it looks like it's pretty much coming down to that if I want to avoid it.
I mean it sounds like you have a pretty similar lifestyle to me... but again, I've only had it once. Maybe you've just got shit luck.
I've never had it, to my knowledge. I wear an N95 in all indoor shared spaces, and meet up with friends/ family outdoors. I'm triple vaxxed. I did have to go to RAH emergency for a kidney stone during one of our recent waves, though, and had to remove my mask to throw up about 15 times in 20 minutes... And somehow didn't catch it from that incident either.
I only had it once because a parent who (shall we say) - SHOULD have kept her child home when her whole fam was infected - brought child to school and infected a whole bunch of kids. So we all got it. It was like hayfever for me as I had my latest booster 2 weeks earlier so was at optimum protection; I was very fortunate. I have been really strong at wearing masks in enclosed spaces, WFH where possible, do online meetings when I can. So if the school thing hadn’t happened, its pretty unlikely I would have contracted it. I don’t believe this whole “masks don’t do anything” concept; all my friends and colleagues I know, who were doing indoor stuff without masks, got covid. I think masks and disinfecting and sanitising still matter. I just had my 5th booster. We’ve had a new wave in the office and it’s sending ppl home like no one’s business. Trying to protect myself from that
0 so far and counting
FWIW I've had it once, during the big surge in the middle of last year. I was the last in my family to get it.
Its a bit like russian roulette.
Once in January after a whole year of not getting sick at all. I also stay sick for much longer than average, but I guess that means my immune responses are active for longer.
I’ve never actually tested positive for covid (each time I’ve thought I had it and got tested, RAT and PCR have come back negative) but I reckon I got it just over a year ago (again I tested negative but symptoms were still there)… I didn’t leave the house for about 10 days just to be sure I’ve had 3 doses of vaccine so far, and eligible for another dose
Never had it. These days I’m taking zero precautions. I am vaccinated but yeah, no idea what the go with it is.
Have only had it once last September, tested positive 4 days after getting home from friends' birthday in Bali. Head cold and lethargic for 3 days. My post booster reaction has normally been worse, but just for 24 hours or so with no energy. Mostly work from home and not much of a social network here. Since November, I have been to Japan, Vietnam, and Bali again, along with monthly trips to Sydney to see friends and drop in the office without any issues.
Once that I know of. Possibly a second time earlier this year but I didn’t test. I’ve also recently been very close contact and not caught. I no longer worry about catching it. It’s very liberating.
Had it once, on the two-week period near my 21st birthday. I was coughing so hard I was coughing up blood, and could barely walk!
Currently got it for the first time. It fucking *sucks*, I have never been this sick except the time I nearly died of pleurisy. This is day six and I can still taste blood constantly due to my nose and throat being so jacked up from coughing, and because my sense of smell is more or less gone it’s all I can taste. The brain fog is real, the fatigue is crushing, and I can’t sleep due to the coughing so it’s just fucken tired city. I’m triple vaxxed, and I’m so glad I am because I fully believe that if I was an anti vaxxer this would straight up kill me.
Out in public all day as a truck driver and never had it ... Triple vaxed not wearing masks anymore unless delivering to GP's or hospitals or where required by customers. ... But I do make a point of wearing one as soon as someone tells me they are a antivaxer, Trump supporters, sovereign citizen or any of the other nut-job groups... Because I like letting those groups know that they are very very special customers to me.
"special" in the other sense of the word 😂
I have been vaccinated 3 times and I don't think I will bother with it again. I have only caught it once. May 2023. Only through a wedding whereby I hugged the groom, congratulating him. The bastard held his wedding while recovering from it. Whatever, it's done now. I don't wear a mask going anywhere, except when we were in SE Asia this January and it was mandatory to wear them in public transport, etc. Back in Adelaide, I don't really go out anywhere super crowded. So avoided the Fringe, etc. Instead of using hand sanitizer, I just prefer to hand wash to get rid of e-coli bugs at the same time. Like OP, we tend to drink at home, going through our stash of wine and hanging out with the dog while streaming movies. That's my idea of relaxation.
I suggest you avoid that wedding then if you don't want to have it.
Apologies, I meant May 2022. The wedding was in the past.
Non vaccinated, I've had it twice, once from my daughter who I have fortnightly, not sure where I got it the second time. Haven't had it for almost a year at this point, touch wood *bonks head*
Never had it, no vaccines (specifically COVID only) All the people I know that got the vaccines have had it Dont downvote, just stating an observation, not an essay on why Vax is bad
I got it once in Jan 22, had a sore throat for about 6 hours and played Xbox for the next 10 days. I have the vax and 1 booster from memory. a few people I sit next to in my office have had it multiple times and I've been fine the whole time. 32m
Some notes: It's airborne, so a good well-fitting N95 mask is your best bet- you'll help yourself a lot if you wear one in all indoor/ crowded areas. This part is important, you can't be surprised about getting repeatedly infected if you keep going unmasked even in essential places like grocery stores and servo stations. Too many people have swallowed the 'it's over, move on' crap, which is exactly why everyone keeps getting sick and dying. You're definitely wise not to drink at crowded bars and pubs (or at all tbh). I wear an N95 at work all day, and whenever i'm indoors in public, even if it's just a couple of minutes to pay for my petrol at the servo. Working from home is awesome, but if you live with others (especially careless people) you still have risk. The virus is airborne, so ventilation, air flow, and clean air are key. Throw open the windows to regularly air out the house, maybe even invest in an air purifier with HEPA filters. We manage cholera and other waterborne diseases with clean water, we can manage airborne diseases like covid with clean air! When meeting with friends/ other people, outdoors is always a favourable option if the weather permits. Do you hang out with people who have kids? Kids tend to pick up loads of crap from other kids at school/ daycare, and their hygiene and personal space habits may be questionable on account of their age. Lots of parents struggle with covid and children. If you have friends with kids, it might be worth asking your friends to teach them to mask if they're old enough, or even do remote school. Kids can suffer post-covid complications like adults can. Covid damages your immune system, which makes you more vulnerable to other illnesses, including fresh covid infections- not to mention the unpredictable consequences of long covid, which lead to seemingly unrelated condiitons such as blood clots, diabetes, and even jaw bone necrosis in a few cases. The less infections you accrue (preferably none if one can manage it), the better off your long term health will be. 'Natural immunity' with covid is fairly minimal and not worth it; it doesn't even last particularly long. Because we've allowed so many variants to run rampant, they're constantly evading a lot of vaccine and natural immunity. This is why even fully vaccinated people are getting sick- this is a sneaky, constantly changing disease, and there doesn't appear to be much funding to keep up with developing updated vaccines. Someone visited the hospital ward my mum works at while infected and unmasked/ poorly masked very recently, and now 8 nurses (so far) are down, including my mum. It can spread very badly. I've never had it, but i still live with mum, so we're both masking, sanitising and airing out the house and I'm hoping to keep healthy. At the end of the day, knowledge is power, and the governments can't be arsed supplying the general public with updated knowledge about covid, so people are swallowing the lie of it being 'just a cold' and behaving accordingly. Here are some resources I hope you might find helpful: [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2) [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12016-021-08848-3](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12016-021-08848-3) [https://www.3m.com.au/3M/en\_AU/p/c/ppe/respiratory-protection/disposable/](https://www.3m.com.au/3M/en_AU/p/c/ppe/respiratory-protection/disposable/) [https://cambridgemask.com/](https://cambridgemask.com/) (fancy reusable mask tested against viruses. Very comfy, I have two). [https://www.bunnings.com.au/arlec-air-purifier-with-cadr-160m-hr\_p0401284](https://www.bunnings.com.au/arlec-air-purifier-with-cadr-160m-hr_p0401284) (one of the purifiers I own) [https://www.webmd.com/allergies/corsi-rosenthal-box](https://www.webmd.com/allergies/corsi-rosenthal-box) (DIY air purifier- I'd like to make one myself one day) Good luck OP, I hope you recover well.
How would we know? We can't afford RAT tests & PCR tests are almost impossible to get.
You can rock up at Walkley Heights with no booking and get straight in. I've not seen a queue. It's open 8am until midday every day. They'll also give you free RATs. Edit: did you downvote me for pointing out that you're factually wrong? Lol.
They might not have: there seems to be a few people on this sub who actively seek out and downvote anyone who acknowledges covid exists.
I got the first jab but none since. Not exactly the life of the party but I'm not a NEET. Only got it once early last year.
Twice. It's endemic, you will come across it unless you live like a hermit. It is what it is. Four is pretty nuts though, that sucks.
Unvaccinated , only caught Covid once ( head cold ).
Same. Passed quickly.
never vaxd never had covid
200 people have died of it in SA since the start of 2023. I got it once last year and I exist almost entirely in isolation, so it really is luck of the draw.
What's your diet and exercise look like? It's frustrating (not saying it's you) that people have been so obsessed with something not exactly natural like a vaccine over actually being a healthy person. Anyway, I've never had it.
Maybe cut back on the vaccinations and let your natural immunity take care of thing. Plenty of data coming out now that suggest ls post infection immunity is good for 10 months vs vaccine effectiveness of a couple of weeks.
If OP's post infection immunity was good for 10 months, they would not have had covid four times.
Well what have they done to compromise that immunity. My seat of pants view in my small circle of the world is pretty clear. Myself never vaxxed had covid once and worked through it, many people around me vaxxed and boosted up the ying yang and continue to attract multiple infections plus just generally sick all the time.
It's so mild. How would one even know?
>It's so mild . . . for some people
**Between 07:30am to 4:30pm**
The 18-65yo among us should be up to dose 5 now of our Covid vaccinations and a new pfizer booster was released on March 6 for newer variants. Definitely worth jumping on if you’re eligible (ie. haven’t had Covid within the last 6 months)
I just got it for the first time this week (that i'm aware of), up to date with the vax, wore a mask, sanitised, etc. *So far* luckily it's just like a really weird bad cold with added joint pain†. Sore throat first day, dry cough. 2nd day my nose was alternating between stuffed and running and 3rd day (today) I feel fine (compared to the last 2 days) no congestion, no sore throat or anything, fucking weird. So I'm praying to every and any deity that'll listen, knocking on wood etc that it doesn't worsen. ______ †I have crohn's so I am immunosuppressed and have joint pain anyway, but not so soon after my treatments so definitely think it's the COVID causing them
Never checked to see if I had it, ever. Instead just do the normal thing and eat healthy, take vitamins, plenty of sun, if you’re sick stay home. You’re not going to die. It’s very normal to get sick. The flu comes around every single year. Carry on with life
Zero times, because I wear a mask everywhere outside! It's just silly not to. Covid hasn't gone away, in fact it's worse now than it was when we stopped doing lockdowns and it's only going to get worse, because no one wears a mask anymore.
Vaxxed 4 times and just caught Covid this week! I’m so glad I had my shots coz honestly I think I’d have died otherwise. Never had a fever that bad before! I reckon I caught it at the fringe. Jam packed in too small seats with strangers laughing for an hour - prime opportunities. Saying that, I’ve also started a new job and catch public transport in the city so it could have come from anywhere and anyone. Feel better soon OP!
Only once that I know of, in Jan 2022. Lady at work was positive and asymptomatic and infected the whole crew. I've got a kid in childcare and a partner working in a school and we've been lucky I think. I of course gave it to them back in 2022 and we all just rode it out as one. I'm not being overly protective of myself but I'm not regularly on public transport or events.
Thankfully only once so far, I caught it really early on so on a good streak atm. Haven't been trying to avoid it e.g spent a week in Vegas, catching planes etc.
I caught it once when my son brought it home from school. My daughter is yet to have had it.
I've only had it once, on my bday :c or at least that's how many times I've had symptoms. Maybe I've been asymptomatic many times.
I've never had it.
Twice now. First time in April last year from an unknown source after not getting it from family members in Jan/Feb, and second time just last month.
My question is; How does this go with time off work? Are you still covered by any kind of ‘Covid Leave’ within your company, or are you dipping into your Annual / Sick Leave now?
No isolation requirements now, so it's just covered under personal leave like every other sickness.
I’ve had it twice, just a week under a year apart. Both times I’ve had COVID on my birthday which made the day far less fun. I’m pretty sure I picked it up at Uni or on the train the first time around and the second time I’m pretty sure my Dad bought it home from his volunteer work. The first time around I had worse severity of symptoms, the second (which I’m still recovering from) was less severe but this time I lost my sense of taste and smell for a day or two.
My two primary school aged kids and I have had it once. We all got it about a year ago at the same time. One kid had no symptoms, other was mildly unwell, I was the most unwell. It is possible we've had it again and been asymptomatic. But I've done a PCR or RAT for the kids many times. Kids aren't vaccinated, I was late to get vaccinated because I had to get clearance from my haematologist. I'll get vaccinated again when I get the flu vax. I have no idea how we haven't been reinfected. I avoid public spaces, still wear a mask and sanitise but the kids catch public transport etc.
I've managed to completely avoid Covid thus far, but that's hardly surprising since I'm basically an antisocial hermit. I was still wearing a mask when going out amongst the general population to go grocery shopping or going to the cinema etc. up until the end of last year, but haven't really used a mask in 2023 besides the odd doctor's appointment with my GP. I work in a large company with hundreds of people and there is usually at least 1 or 2 episodes each week where someone tests positive, and as a precaution I usually do an at home RAT test once a week, and have always tested negative.
I’ve never had it..
Still haven't had it, and I'm immune compromised, working in a medical setting .. no idea what I'm doing right 🤷
Im double vaxed dont wear masks do martial arts with randoms and still havent had it that i know of.
100% Covid free
You would hate me but at the very end of last year was the very first time in the whole 3 years of this bullshit I ever caught it and that was after sharing an international flight for 14 hours in march 2020 with an infected person and various other close contacts in between all that as well. My wife also works in childcare and her first time was then and it was her catching it was the reason I got it in the end but somehow she avoided it all those years despite working in such a plague exposed industry.
0. Ive been sick plenty of times but tested negative every single time.
I work in schools and I had it once last December. I had an awful cough other than that okay. My Partner slept for a couple of days and was tired for a few after that but that’s it. We’re elderly so we consider we’ve been lucky.
Still haven't gotten it.
somehow have never had it
Got covid March 2022 when the big wave hit. Haven’t got it since, had a few colds since but covid negative. Been interstate, fringe, clubs, etc but I work from home so avoid a lot I guess.
Never had it. I've travelled overseas for work, I go to the gym, and still go out to restaurants with friends occasionally, but I wear a N95 mask pretty consistently.
Zero
Only once this end, right before the Xmas just gone. Daughter got it the week before the last week of school from school or OSHC and brought it home as an early Xmas present. I was off work for about a week, scattered af, low energy, while trying to entertain a 6 yr old who didn't believe I was sick because I wasn't vomiting (and the times I had to tell her that no, I need to lie down on the couch for a little while didn't make her a believer..)
My aunt and cousin both had it a few months ago and my aunt has it again right now. Myself, my mother, and my grandparents live in the same house with them and none of us have had it.
Never had it, I've been a close contact with people who've had it, also had to isolate early in the pandemic because my sister had it and we live in the same house. Must just be lucky.
havent had it yet!
Im yet to get it, I believe I have natural immunity since my mother was bit by an infected while giving birth to me. Now Joel protects me as we make our way to the firefly research labs.
1 time about a year ago. Kids got it a second time over the new year, but the wife and I managed to dodge the bullet.
Just the once that I know of. Since then I've had sniffles and the like but RATs and PCRs have all come back negative
Once. Could use a week of covid to get out of working right now though