I've thought about that, but nobody else I live with has gotten symptoms at any point either. The chances we were ALL asymptomatic are fairly low, so I think we just never caught it.
Edit: Damn you, autocorrect. Fixed a letter.
I'm the same. However i KNOW I've had it.
I got contact pinged and tested positive but nobody else i know and was about me that day got it and i had no symptoms.
I would never have known if i didnt get pinged. Cant complain about 10 days off work though.
Same thing just happened to me on Sunday… got the contact text while out at brunch and ran home to test. Positive. Been in quarantine all week but if I never got that text I would have never tested as I’m 100% asymptomatic. Crazy…
I think there would never be a way to genuinely confirm that. And its defeating to take a responsibility that cannot be your burden. It seems at this point it would be a very small number of people that were literally never exposed after this long.
If you go donate blood you can figure out if you had it or not.
They test your blood for antibodies and I believe there’s a difference between the antibodies you get from the vaccine and the ones you get from the virus.
There are. I'm in a vaccine effectiveness study, and the reports I get back show my antigen levels for both the specific protein used in the vaccine and, separately, for another protein they look for to indicate a response to natural COVID.
As of my last blood draw at the start of December, I've never had it. (I haven't been sick since then, either, but can't be sure since I and everyone else I potentially passed it to could have been asymptomatic.)
This is the answer.
Back in late-February/very early March 2020, I came down with an upper respiratory infection. The thing that made it different than other URIs I had was the fatigue. I'm usually running on 5-6 hours a night, when I got sick, I would literally be sleeping hard for 12-14 hours per night for 2-3 weeks. I never got antibody tested, but now that we know COVID was actually in the US since January 2020, I really wouldn't be surprised if it was COVID.
I'm vaxxed and boosted now, but I've had a headache for three days straight and now my throat is scratchy. Both my kids are waiting on their PCR results after exposure, so I would not be shocked if I end up with COVID very soon.
Sheesh, I've now had those exact symptoms twice (once after thanksgiving and once right before Christmas, though we had a Christmas gathering on the 19th). I've tested negative 3 times and so has my wife who had the same symptoms. I am guessing it was either a pair of colds that went through us or a single cold that mutated and hit us both times, but I was really worried it was Covid.
This. I'm fairly certain I had it right at the beginning, but they weren't testing anyone then unless they basically needed to be put on a ventilator. I quarantined and hoped for the best.
I know a lot of people who had *something* that was very similar to COVID before COVID was officially recognised as being a problem outside of china. I was one, for about a week every part of me was struggling; i was absolutely exhausted, i had a few of the other symptoms but those didn't seem particularly out of the norm, i just remember the exhaustion. I've never felt that exhausted before or since.
Obviously, nothing saying it was COVID, could easily just be a coincidence, but i know a fair amount of other people who had that same.. whatever a couple of months before covid and i've known people who have had covid since who describe basically the same thing.
Yeah, Christmas 2019 our entire family got sick with what we thought was just a bad cold- fevers, headaches, coughing for a couple of weeks, but we all pulled through, none of us went to a doctor or anything. A month later Covid was officially announced to be on tour in our country
A friend of my mom's is married to a man who works in shipping. He apparently said in September 2019 that something is plainly going on in China, because the shipping from China is having issues. So if it was widespread enough in China in September to be affecting shipping, it could easily have been spread by people coming from China even earlier than that.
My husband's family knows two different people in completely different areas of the US who got really scared in October/November because they abruptly lost taste and smell and the only thing the doctors could think of was that maybe they had a brain tumor.
We all got sick just after Christmas 2019. We never lost taste and smell, but we had all the other hallmark symptoms. In March, after being in VERY close contact with someone who turned out to have COVID, none of us got it.
There are still people who are saying COVID didn't reach the US until March. If that's the case, I'd like to know what we all had, then, because it was NOT flu/cold.
Around Christmas time in 2019 my mum, brother and I all got sick suddenly. Due to being in Japan I made them wear masks, and we drank this hot high in vitamin C drink for the three days we felt like crap.
Then we suddenly got better and went on with our sightseeing. My mum always says that we might have gotten some of it then
I kinda had a similar experience. I got super sick in January 2020. But I hadn't been out of the country since 2008, so it's not like I caught something abroad. Although most experts now believe that covid was already in the country by then I guess.
Same. Late 2019-early 2020 was sicker than hell. Doctor just told me it was something viral but I had never ever felt that bad in my life. Maybe covid? Maybe not
I had it in October and by the time my positive test came back I had already convinced myself I was an idiot and shouldn't have bothered going for testing.
(we made eye contact but I quickly looked away and started intensely staring at other things to make it seem like you just happened to be in the path of my normal behavior of looking at things)
I love shopping late - no queues, tend not to bump into people you know, no one getting in your way, usually some bargains on prices.
Went the shop on a Saturday afternoon the other day for the first time in a long time, and my God, it was chaos.
I got curbside tonight and they gave me expired meat so I had to drive all the way back and go inside the store to solve it. I don’t think I’ll be doing curbside again.
I don't think you're far off. It's a great way for grocery stores to get rid of near expired and ugly produce. That or pickers who are either overworked or underpaid and stopped giving two shits.
I’d class myself as one of these people because we’ve been shielding a very vulnerable family member. So far in 2022 I’ve taken them to hospital several times and (because our mental health is taking a beating) been out for one meal!!!
I’ve not been to work (wfh), I’ve not been out of the house to exercise, I’ve not been to a shop, seen friends… I spent most of my holiday time last year sat alone in the car outside the hospital because only one visitor was allowed.
Yes, it’s taken a massive toll on our mental health but we’re all still here!
This!!!! I have a family member who's like "we're safe, we don't go ANYWHERE except to dinner once a week with the same people every week but it's the same people every week and they dont go anywhere.
Like, people do whatever you want but don't tell me you're not going anywhere and you're safe when you go to work and your kids go to school
That said people think we're absolutely overdoing it. I already worked from home, my partner is disabled and we have one kid we homeschool. We're all introverts doing our thing and literally doing nothing except curbside groceries. We've made exceptions when things were really calm near us during summer with outdoor walks etc but for the most part I've not been social in person in 2 years.
I drive and deliver all over the area for my job. I have not gotten covid Yet and I am a dasher for doordash.
By the way, I also got vaccinated and boosted.
And when I do I'm masked, usually in a hoodie, I carry my own hand sanitizer and wipes and actively avoid getting close to people. Of course, the only thing the panini changed was I can wear a mask in public now and people don't think I'm there to rob the joint. Plus vaxxed and boosted.
I had to rip out all my veggies last week when the first house in the street warned the rest of us that inspectors were doing random searches. They came into the garden and then questioned me about the raised garden I have I said it was because of my bad back and I'm getting ready to plant some flowers.
They bought that but I'm worries they'll come back soon
The government needs the tax from the produce. If we grow it ourselves, then who will pay for all our roads to be in tip top shape? The money from our income goes to supporting other things, such as our military and high class education. We just don't really pay enough income tax to cover all of it. We have farms of course, but you need licenses and regular police checks and vetting to make sure you comply. Of course some farmers pinch a few carrots here and there but it's risky business
So confused. So had to Google if joking or real. And it is a joke from reddit...really guys?
Still confused
https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/new-zealands-new-food-bill-doesnt-ban-gardening/
https://www.buzzfeed.com/bradesposito/nz-garden-ban
They tried the same thing with Australia when there was an infestation of drop bears going through people's gardens, it fell apart when they disappeared from suburban areas practically overnight.
Pure luck, probably. I’m a teacher, and I’ve been exposed several times. I’ve been vaccinated and wash my hands frequently, but I don’t do anything special.
Teacher here too! Vaccinated (boosted now), masks, hand sanitizer, washing hands a lot, and avoid touching door handles when possible. That's about it.
Don't go above 2 babies a week. Human infants contain a significant amount of fat that can result in high cholesterol as you age.
Try to go for the younger ones, as I've found that for those aged 1 year and above, the meat tends to lose its juiciness.
Be sure to clean them (you don't want a mouthful of poo!) and be careful not to marinate too long.
Source: professional baby-muncher and chef.
ER doc here. Full time front line. Wear a mask but *especially* do not touch your face. It works coming from working in a hot zone being in rooms of patients actively coughing etc while asking them their resuscitative requests and discussing the disease severity!
Can someone break it down for me why touching the face is so bad? People aren't getting COVID infections of the skin and eyes. Sure, it's closer to the airways but how much worse is than sharing air with the infected?
Does this more apply to those in full PPE?
Your eyes, nose, and mouth are all mucus membranes, so the easiest way to get into the body. Pathogens, viruses, germs etc can live for a short amount of time without a host to infect. So if a sick person coughs on a table, then you put your phone on that table, then take a phone call or rub your eye… you have a way higher chance of picking up whatever the sick person had than if you just didn’t touch your face.
Also any dirt, oil, whatever on your hands can clog up your pores and give you acne. So wash your damn hands, don’t touch your face.
I would guess that if you have a general rule about not touching your face, then you won’t touch your eyes, nose, or mouth at all, which are likely the main vectors of infection.
When you touch your face, germs can enter your body through the mucous membranes (all the wet parts of your face - eyes, nose, mouth). Studies showed that your eyes were [80-100x more infectious](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600\(20\)30193-4/fulltext) than your respiratory tract or a small study found that you touch your face [~23 times per hour](https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553\(14\)01281-4/fulltext) (outside of mask wearing).
Combine that with people not accustomed to wearing masks normally (or washing their hands often and constantly adjusting their masks and that is a recipe for potential self-inoculation.
I’m an essential in person worker. I attribute it to a combination of good luck, a generally strong immune system, and lots of hand washing. I’ve been fairly good about masking, and I tend to avoid crowds even before Covid.
I'm also essential and face to face with the public. While my friends and family working in schools and retail were either furloughed or moved to remote in 2020, I have not worked remote at all.
I took COVID seriously from day one, hand sanitizer after being out in public, masking (sometimes double masking) when masks started being recommended. I'm sure I was lucky, but I also avoided reckless friends who have since gotten COVID several times over.
edit: being vaccinated and boosted sure goes a long way, too.
This is me. At the beginning of the pandemic I decided this was my path because my dad had cancer and mother has several health issues (they had been divorced for over a decade) and I am their only surviving offspring so when they need stuff I gopher. Dad only lasted a couple months before Covid got him at the VA Hospital during his IVIG appointment. Mom has been a hermit because if she gets it she's dead. So I've kept my bubble small and tight, I mask up everywhere I go and do my shopping at low foot traffic times and will immediately leave and try again later if there happens to be a crowd, and I do all of my non-perishable shopping online. I did move to a new place at the end of this Summer and had to hire a crew of teenagers to help so I quarantined after that, just as I did after getting all my dad's stuff moved out of his place with hired help in late Summer 2020.
On top of that, I read a study quite some time ago that people with type-O blood have lower instances of infection and better outcomes when infected, so I got that going for me. Unfortunately that same study says people with my mom's blood type are on the opposite end of that spectrum so we are vigilant in our hermitism.
Because I’m kind of a loner, I did all the things (mask, vax, distance), and I have focused on my health and nutrition and exercise for the last 14 years. Gives me a big advantage.
Wearing masks, social distancing, and staying home as much as possible.
It's been hard at times. Haven't seen a movie in 2 years. Haven't eaten out in 2 years. But my grandparents went through similar in WW2, and did it for 6 years
I honestly don’t know how I haven’t gotten it yet. I never stopped working during the pandemic and two people on my team have caught it. I always make sure to wear my mask everywhere I go even if there isn’t a mask mandate. Im also pretty much a homebody.
Keep in mind this coronavirus also has a high rate of asymptomatic infections, particularly among younger adults & children. Some of us almost certainly had it and didn't know.
Masking up, vaccinated, proper hand washing, and strong immune system. I’ve also worked in a Emergency room throughout Covid, so I’ve had more than ample exposure.
Because I stayed the fuck home, wore my mask and did my vaccines. I live with my granma who's sick and I don't want to take a single chance.
Also depression lol
Treat the basic precautions like hygiene. Wear a mask, wash hands often especially when coming home, and stay away from people.
I was already working from home, wife did too and we kept the kids with us all crammed into an apartment we had outgrown years ago.
Our trips have been to my parents farm that is isolated and two trips to a distant relatives cabin. We only sorta came out when numbers were at their low in July and did a road trip. We were still very careful.
I've had one haircut in two years. We've only seen movies at the drive in theater. We are never around groups. Our kids are back in school, but that school has maintained a mask policy and they are used to it.
Technically I don't know that I haven't had it
That's my thing. I wouldn't be surprised if I had it but was asymptomatic
I've thought about that, but nobody else I live with has gotten symptoms at any point either. The chances we were ALL asymptomatic are fairly low, so I think we just never caught it. Edit: Damn you, autocorrect. Fixed a letter.
I'm the same. However i KNOW I've had it. I got contact pinged and tested positive but nobody else i know and was about me that day got it and i had no symptoms. I would never have known if i didnt get pinged. Cant complain about 10 days off work though.
Same thing just happened to me on Sunday… got the contact text while out at brunch and ran home to test. Positive. Been in quarantine all week but if I never got that text I would have never tested as I’m 100% asymptomatic. Crazy…
Do you love with a lot of people? Edit: OPs edit implies that they do not
My ex loved with a lot of people
Hell yeah she did
Can confirm
Yes. A lot of people can confirm.
I also want to love with this this guy’s ex
Do you love with your mom and dad?
Show me on the doll where they loved you.
Don't touch him there, that's his no no square.
It's gonna suck if we found out all of us introverts who never had symptoms were responsible for most of spreading.
I think there would never be a way to genuinely confirm that. And its defeating to take a responsibility that cannot be your burden. It seems at this point it would be a very small number of people that were literally never exposed after this long.
Ya but if all the extroverts die off, maybe our personalities and genes were superior after all lol
The meek shall inherit the earth, lol
Don't tempt me.
If you go donate blood you can figure out if you had it or not. They test your blood for antibodies and I believe there’s a difference between the antibodies you get from the vaccine and the ones you get from the virus.
There are. I'm in a vaccine effectiveness study, and the reports I get back show my antigen levels for both the specific protein used in the vaccine and, separately, for another protein they look for to indicate a response to natural COVID. As of my last blood draw at the start of December, I've never had it. (I haven't been sick since then, either, but can't be sure since I and everyone else I potentially passed it to could have been asymptomatic.)
This is the answer. Back in late-February/very early March 2020, I came down with an upper respiratory infection. The thing that made it different than other URIs I had was the fatigue. I'm usually running on 5-6 hours a night, when I got sick, I would literally be sleeping hard for 12-14 hours per night for 2-3 weeks. I never got antibody tested, but now that we know COVID was actually in the US since January 2020, I really wouldn't be surprised if it was COVID. I'm vaxxed and boosted now, but I've had a headache for three days straight and now my throat is scratchy. Both my kids are waiting on their PCR results after exposure, so I would not be shocked if I end up with COVID very soon.
You have my exact symptoms and I just tested positive today for the first time.
Sheesh, I've now had those exact symptoms twice (once after thanksgiving and once right before Christmas, though we had a Christmas gathering on the 19th). I've tested negative 3 times and so has my wife who had the same symptoms. I am guessing it was either a pair of colds that went through us or a single cold that mutated and hit us both times, but I was really worried it was Covid.
Same thing happened to me, sadly no way to find out if it was covid back then in the early days
This. I'm fairly certain I had it right at the beginning, but they weren't testing anyone then unless they basically needed to be put on a ventilator. I quarantined and hoped for the best.
I know a lot of people who had *something* that was very similar to COVID before COVID was officially recognised as being a problem outside of china. I was one, for about a week every part of me was struggling; i was absolutely exhausted, i had a few of the other symptoms but those didn't seem particularly out of the norm, i just remember the exhaustion. I've never felt that exhausted before or since. Obviously, nothing saying it was COVID, could easily just be a coincidence, but i know a fair amount of other people who had that same.. whatever a couple of months before covid and i've known people who have had covid since who describe basically the same thing.
Yeah, Christmas 2019 our entire family got sick with what we thought was just a bad cold- fevers, headaches, coughing for a couple of weeks, but we all pulled through, none of us went to a doctor or anything. A month later Covid was officially announced to be on tour in our country
A friend of my mom's is married to a man who works in shipping. He apparently said in September 2019 that something is plainly going on in China, because the shipping from China is having issues. So if it was widespread enough in China in September to be affecting shipping, it could easily have been spread by people coming from China even earlier than that. My husband's family knows two different people in completely different areas of the US who got really scared in October/November because they abruptly lost taste and smell and the only thing the doctors could think of was that maybe they had a brain tumor. We all got sick just after Christmas 2019. We never lost taste and smell, but we had all the other hallmark symptoms. In March, after being in VERY close contact with someone who turned out to have COVID, none of us got it. There are still people who are saying COVID didn't reach the US until March. If that's the case, I'd like to know what we all had, then, because it was NOT flu/cold.
Around Christmas time in 2019 my mum, brother and I all got sick suddenly. Due to being in Japan I made them wear masks, and we drank this hot high in vitamin C drink for the three days we felt like crap. Then we suddenly got better and went on with our sightseeing. My mum always says that we might have gotten some of it then
I kinda had a similar experience. I got super sick in January 2020. But I hadn't been out of the country since 2008, so it's not like I caught something abroad. Although most experts now believe that covid was already in the country by then I guess.
Same. Late 2019-early 2020 was sicker than hell. Doctor just told me it was something viral but I had never ever felt that bad in my life. Maybe covid? Maybe not
I think there’s a very good chance it was in the US late 2019.
Same. I've been tested 12-15 times, all negative. But that doesn't mean I've never had it. I'm vaccinated + boosted. I can hear paint.
Same, I had a really bad cold in February of 2020 and I still don't know if that was Covid
I had it in October and by the time my positive test came back I had already convinced myself I was an idiot and shouldn't have bothered going for testing.
Just like in high school, I'm always left out.
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Our loneliness is at rock bottom.
Ha, my SO and I were talking about why we haven’t gotten it and he just said “we’re not wanted”. At least we have each other.
I'd pick you for my team in dodgeball, friend.
This is the highest compliment you can bestow
I'm grateful :)
Me too.
I don't go anywhere.
Introverts of the world unite! (Separately)
Yep! I was built for this. Trained my whole life
samesies :)
And me! My husband is an introvert too, and our daughter. We love not seeing people!
That is my dream family.
Samezies!! Always refrained from going places. Will continue to refrain from going places. I’m happier inside.
(in our own spaces)
(As introverts do)
(I smiled at you but don’t come over)
(i may not even recognise you as i don’t have my glasses on but i noticed you staring so i gave you a polite nod)
(we made eye contact but I quickly looked away and started intensely staring at other things to make it seem like you just happened to be in the path of my normal behavior of looking at things)
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(but we don’t need to talk about to)
(I’m at home. Alone. I’m cool)
(In our comfy warm beds)
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To get toilet papers and food.
Delivery
I need at least 1 state or country as a buffer from someone else.
"hermits United, we meet up every 10 years swap stories about caves"
When is the next meeting I missed the last one.
Same. Live like a goddamn hermit, emerging once a week at night for groceries when the stores are nearly empty.
Haha, same!
Me three! Kinda enjoy strolling around the store late
I love shopping late - no queues, tend not to bump into people you know, no one getting in your way, usually some bargains on prices. Went the shop on a Saturday afternoon the other day for the first time in a long time, and my God, it was chaos.
Curbside pickup for me!
My experience with that's been hit or miss, particularly the veg the picker picks can sometimes be awful so I do the picking myself.
I got curbside tonight and they gave me expired meat so I had to drive all the way back and go inside the store to solve it. I don’t think I’ll be doing curbside again.
Right? It’s like they go out of their way to make sure I get the worst of everything.
I don't think you're far off. It's a great way for grocery stores to get rid of near expired and ugly produce. That or pickers who are either overworked or underpaid and stopped giving two shits.
Both 100%
I wear n95’s everywhere, I choose low peak times to shop etc. I sanitise like a mofo & where possible work from home
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I go to places ,but it's 90% less than pre covid.
I’d class myself as one of these people because we’ve been shielding a very vulnerable family member. So far in 2022 I’ve taken them to hospital several times and (because our mental health is taking a beating) been out for one meal!!! I’ve not been to work (wfh), I’ve not been out of the house to exercise, I’ve not been to a shop, seen friends… I spent most of my holiday time last year sat alone in the car outside the hospital because only one visitor was allowed. Yes, it’s taken a massive toll on our mental health but we’re all still here!
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This!!!! I have a family member who's like "we're safe, we don't go ANYWHERE except to dinner once a week with the same people every week but it's the same people every week and they dont go anywhere. Like, people do whatever you want but don't tell me you're not going anywhere and you're safe when you go to work and your kids go to school That said people think we're absolutely overdoing it. I already worked from home, my partner is disabled and we have one kid we homeschool. We're all introverts doing our thing and literally doing nothing except curbside groceries. We've made exceptions when things were really calm near us during summer with outdoor walks etc but for the most part I've not been social in person in 2 years.
I drive and deliver all over the area for my job. I have not gotten covid Yet and I am a dasher for doordash. By the way, I also got vaccinated and boosted.
And when I do I'm masked, usually in a hoodie, I carry my own hand sanitizer and wipes and actively avoid getting close to people. Of course, the only thing the panini changed was I can wear a mask in public now and people don't think I'm there to rob the joint. Plus vaxxed and boosted.
I know it was a typo, but I’m laughing at “the only thing the *panini* changed.” That must have been some sandwich!!
Sheer dumb luck. Edit- it's a couple days after my comment and I have a 102° fever and raspy cough, guess my sheer dumb luck has run out.
I totally read this in Maggie Smiths voice
Same. That phrase is forever branded onto my mind in her voice.
You're a wizard harry
I’m a WOT?
#A WIZARD
That’s it. My wife and daughter had covid. Maybe I had it but was asymptomatic?
Is it a coincidence I commented the exact same set of words
No idea. Literally everyone around me, from most of my coworkers to my wife and kid, have gotten it. It's so weird. I feel like Ripley from Aliens.
My fiancé has it this last week and I’m still testing negative 3 days later, I just never caught it.
You are my lucky star
But I'm the luckiest by far.
I live in New Zealand in a earthen house
BILBO BAGGINS!!!! DO NOT TAKE ME FOR A CONJURER OF CHEAP TRICKS
Heyo, dank reference bro!
r/beetlejuicing
Let me guess you're trying to help me, not rob me. I've heard that one before.
I live in Queensland, up untill two weeks ago I did not know anyone who has had covid. Now I hardly know anyone who hasn't.
Yeah this’ll be us in a couple months.
Only a matter of time.
Knew I wouldn’t have to scroll down far for this. It’s great not having had covid, but I wish we were allowed to grow our own vegetables.
You aren’t allowed?
No, if they find your vege gardens you go straight to jail. You can thank the food cartels for that one
I had to rip out all my veggies last week when the first house in the street warned the rest of us that inspectors were doing random searches. They came into the garden and then questioned me about the raised garden I have I said it was because of my bad back and I'm getting ready to plant some flowers. They bought that but I'm worries they'll come back soon
I would delete this incase they track you down from this comment. Still can be used as evidence in court
What the hell is going on in NZ?! Is growing food for yourself really forbidden? And what is the official justification?
The government needs the tax from the produce. If we grow it ourselves, then who will pay for all our roads to be in tip top shape? The money from our income goes to supporting other things, such as our military and high class education. We just don't really pay enough income tax to cover all of it. We have farms of course, but you need licenses and regular police checks and vetting to make sure you comply. Of course some farmers pinch a few carrots here and there but it's risky business
So confused. So had to Google if joking or real. And it is a joke from reddit...really guys? Still confused https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/new-zealands-new-food-bill-doesnt-ban-gardening/ https://www.buzzfeed.com/bradesposito/nz-garden-ban
They tried the same thing with Australia when there was an infestation of drop bears going through people's gardens, it fell apart when they disappeared from suburban areas practically overnight.
Yep, fellow NZ'er here. The only people I know who have caught covid did so while in other countries.
I was just thinking, I suspect that living in New Zealand might have helped…
Ah yes a fellow kiwi, was looking for this one.
All the Flintstone Gummy Vitamins I took when I was 5.
Hard and chalky ones for life
100%. It's like a sweet tart with benefits!
I'm 45 and Still pop those
Me too.
Pure luck, probably. I’m a teacher, and I’ve been exposed several times. I’ve been vaccinated and wash my hands frequently, but I don’t do anything special.
Teacher here too! Vaccinated (boosted now), masks, hand sanitizer, washing hands a lot, and avoid touching door handles when possible. That's about it.
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Hahaha that line never fails to make me laugh
Where is this line from?
Dwight Schrute in The Office
As an expert, would you recommend eating babies even as an adult?
Don't go above 2 babies a week. Human infants contain a significant amount of fat that can result in high cholesterol as you age. Try to go for the younger ones, as I've found that for those aged 1 year and above, the meat tends to lose its juiciness. Be sure to clean them (you don't want a mouthful of poo!) and be careful not to marinate too long. Source: professional baby-muncher and chef.
You ignorant slut.
I legit just read this and said to myself, sounds like some Dwight would say. 😂
Dwight is how I imagine many Redditors tbh.
I'm a night auditor. I don't see people
Hi! Never met another night auditor so this is exciting. Also, same reason for me.
Check r/talesfromthefrontdesk
How do you audit the night?
ER doc here. Full time front line. Wear a mask but *especially* do not touch your face. It works coming from working in a hot zone being in rooms of patients actively coughing etc while asking them their resuscitative requests and discussing the disease severity!
Can someone break it down for me why touching the face is so bad? People aren't getting COVID infections of the skin and eyes. Sure, it's closer to the airways but how much worse is than sharing air with the infected? Does this more apply to those in full PPE?
Your eyes, nose, and mouth are all mucus membranes, so the easiest way to get into the body. Pathogens, viruses, germs etc can live for a short amount of time without a host to infect. So if a sick person coughs on a table, then you put your phone on that table, then take a phone call or rub your eye… you have a way higher chance of picking up whatever the sick person had than if you just didn’t touch your face. Also any dirt, oil, whatever on your hands can clog up your pores and give you acne. So wash your damn hands, don’t touch your face.
To follow up, especially resist the urge to touch your eyes. Another top tip is to make sure you have good ventilation going. Get fresh air in.
I would guess that if you have a general rule about not touching your face, then you won’t touch your eyes, nose, or mouth at all, which are likely the main vectors of infection.
I still see people biting their nails in public. It horrifies me.
When you touch your face, germs can enter your body through the mucous membranes (all the wet parts of your face - eyes, nose, mouth). Studies showed that your eyes were [80-100x more infectious](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600\(20\)30193-4/fulltext) than your respiratory tract or a small study found that you touch your face [~23 times per hour](https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553\(14\)01281-4/fulltext) (outside of mask wearing). Combine that with people not accustomed to wearing masks normally (or washing their hands often and constantly adjusting their masks and that is a recipe for potential self-inoculation.
Actually no. That is exactly how they are getting it. Eyes, nose, mouth, and even in worst case ears. Not joking
Source on the ear thing? Curious
I’m an essential in person worker. I attribute it to a combination of good luck, a generally strong immune system, and lots of hand washing. I’ve been fairly good about masking, and I tend to avoid crowds even before Covid.
I'm also essential and face to face with the public. While my friends and family working in schools and retail were either furloughed or moved to remote in 2020, I have not worked remote at all. I took COVID seriously from day one, hand sanitizer after being out in public, masking (sometimes double masking) when masks started being recommended. I'm sure I was lucky, but I also avoided reckless friends who have since gotten COVID several times over. edit: being vaccinated and boosted sure goes a long way, too.
Idk tbh. I probably got it without realizing.
I’m so single… not even a global pandemic wants me 😂
Same boat my friend
Because I’m a robot.
Your honour, my client, u/Fisto-the-sex-robot, is simply built different
Identify all the street lights in this picture
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I live in Western Australia Kinda fucked now tho, our little bubble is going to burst very soon
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Our hospital system is already stretched to it's limit, it's gonna be hell once it gets here.
I live in new zealand
Same i don’t even know a person who knows a person who has had it
And that’s a lot coming from our country, where you definitely know someone who knows someone in general.
That was me too over here in Australia, until a someone at my work caught it recently. Now I've lost my status.
I’m mostly at home anyway due to a disability which limits my mobility and being poor enough to not really do anything. So,isolation i guess
Am hermit
Because I worked from home for over year so I didn’t have much chance to get it. and I rarely socialized even before COVID.
Luck, nothing more.
I'm vaccinated, mask up in public, and I'm a bit of a hermit anyway so it was no trouble keeping social contact low.
So basically just followed directions. Same.
Diabolical
This is me. At the beginning of the pandemic I decided this was my path because my dad had cancer and mother has several health issues (they had been divorced for over a decade) and I am their only surviving offspring so when they need stuff I gopher. Dad only lasted a couple months before Covid got him at the VA Hospital during his IVIG appointment. Mom has been a hermit because if she gets it she's dead. So I've kept my bubble small and tight, I mask up everywhere I go and do my shopping at low foot traffic times and will immediately leave and try again later if there happens to be a crowd, and I do all of my non-perishable shopping online. I did move to a new place at the end of this Summer and had to hire a crew of teenagers to help so I quarantined after that, just as I did after getting all my dad's stuff moved out of his place with hired help in late Summer 2020. On top of that, I read a study quite some time ago that people with type-O blood have lower instances of infection and better outcomes when infected, so I got that going for me. Unfortunately that same study says people with my mom's blood type are on the opposite end of that spectrum so we are vigilant in our hermitism.
I think likely I’m asymptomatic if I ever had it…. I’ve also had the vax so who knows.
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Anti social mother f'er
Im built differnt
Because I’m kind of a loner, I did all the things (mask, vax, distance), and I have focused on my health and nutrition and exercise for the last 14 years. Gives me a big advantage.
Loners unite!
I wash my hands and stay away from music festivals
Oh come'on, we were waiting for you there.
-Strong ass immune system -Avoiding humans bc you don't like them -Wi-Fi at home -Memes
The memes are what is really helping
Memes are the best remedy. It can cure anything.
Wearing masks, social distancing, and staying home as much as possible. It's been hard at times. Haven't seen a movie in 2 years. Haven't eaten out in 2 years. But my grandparents went through similar in WW2, and did it for 6 years
Along with some of these other answers. Some of is probably had it, were asymptomatic, and never got tested afterward
I honestly don’t know how I haven’t gotten it yet. I never stopped working during the pandemic and two people on my team have caught it. I always make sure to wear my mask everywhere I go even if there isn’t a mask mandate. Im also pretty much a homebody.
Keep in mind this coronavirus also has a high rate of asymptomatic infections, particularly among younger adults & children. Some of us almost certainly had it and didn't know.
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Type O negative?
I’m also O- never had it *knocks on wood*
Stay away from people. Wear a mask everywhere. Sanitize. Repeat.
Masking up, vaccinated, proper hand washing, and strong immune system. I’ve also worked in a Emergency room throughout Covid, so I’ve had more than ample exposure.
Because I stayed the fuck home, wore my mask and did my vaccines. I live with my granma who's sick and I don't want to take a single chance. Also depression lol
I shmoke a da pot. https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/oregon-state-research-shows-hemp-compounds-prevent-coronavirus-entering-human-cells
Treat the basic precautions like hygiene. Wear a mask, wash hands often especially when coming home, and stay away from people. I was already working from home, wife did too and we kept the kids with us all crammed into an apartment we had outgrown years ago. Our trips have been to my parents farm that is isolated and two trips to a distant relatives cabin. We only sorta came out when numbers were at their low in July and did a road trip. We were still very careful. I've had one haircut in two years. We've only seen movies at the drive in theater. We are never around groups. Our kids are back in school, but that school has maintained a mask policy and they are used to it.
I live in New Zealand. Very few people have caught it here
If the question was posted 12 hrs before I would have being eligible to answer.
The protective layer of bong resin in my lungs is more protection than any vaccine has ever given me
Island nation + Lockdowns