Have you resigned yourself to getting covid?

[konapoppy]

How are you feeling about your chances of getting covid now that omicron is here? I know my grammar isn’t perfect I’m the poll, but I think you get the idea…

The poll isn’t saying “just stop wearing masks and start coughing on everyone”. It is getting at resigning yourself to it even if you are being cautious, however you define that.

[ohgillian]

H and I just talked about this last night. I assume we will both get it at some point, but we aren't exactly "resigned" to it in that we continue to practice multiple mitigation measures.

ETA: I voted "no but resigned."

[flygirl]

Yes, I am and I am worried how sick I will get (though I’m boosted). I know 2 people now (both fully vaccinated but not boosted) that have gotten sick, one was down for the count for 5 days and one still in the hospital.

[krystee]

I’ve resigned myself to getting it eventually, but I’d prefer not to get it while hospitals are full, so I’ll continue to take steps to avoid it.

[konapoppy]

Dec 22, 2021 11:15:48 GMT -5 melmaria said:

Dec 22, 2021 11:10:49 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

H and I just talked about this last night. I assume we will both get it at some point, but we aren't exactly "resigned" to it in that we continue to practice multiple mitigation measures.

Not sure how the poll was intended, but I view “resigned to it” as accepting its inevitability regardless of mitigation measures, not as throwing up ones arms and YOLOing all over the place.

You got it

[Velar Fricative]

Yes I have. CityMD has been NYC's hottest club for the last week and there are four people who live in our house so I feel like the chances are pretty high that one of us will bring it home. And once it's in the house I chuckle at the thought of the rest of us not getting it. That's with doing normal school and work activities and holiday gathering with a few extended family members (if it happens).

But as far as I recall, I've never had the flu so maybe I will somehow be lucky and never catch any variant with covid. But I highly doubt that since omicron is more contagious than the flu.

[FastHands]

I'm sure I'll get it but I don't think it's imminent (like at some point before I die I'm sure i will have had it, but I'm not expecting it will necessarily be this year). Not that I would be shocked to get it this year either, but not resigned to it.

[winecat]

I’m guessing that I will get it at some point but hope it’s not until the medical system is overwhelmed and the scientists know more about long covid and can predict severity more, especially with co-morbidities.

[lilypad1126]

Yes, I'm sure one or both of us will get it at some point. I feel like we've been super lucky not to have had it yet. We're vaxxed and boosted, so I'm hoping that will help us, but we live in the land of COVID deniers and anti-maskers, so it's really just a matter of time.

We'll continue to mask up and do what we can to mitigate our risk, but that only goes so far, especially with omicron.

[eddy]

Yes absolutely

I work in a very public job. My kids go to school. We aren't restricting our movements any longer.

Besides the annoyance of dealing with an illness and quarantine I am honestly not even dreading it any longer. I know it is inevitable. We shall see when it happens.

If it is as contagious as it seems, I feel there is no way to avoid it. Especially with four people in our household.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Yes. I'm still holding out a bit of hope that we will make it through the holidays and this Omicron surge, but I do feel like we will all get it at some point despite our best efforts. I'm now looking at the vaccine/booster as a measure to prevent it from being serious/life threatening, not to prevent getting it at all.

[HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan]

Dec 22, 2021 11:15:48 GMT -5 melmaria said:

Dec 22, 2021 11:10:49 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

H and I just talked about this last night. I assume we will both get it at some point, but we aren't exactly "resigned" to it in that we continue to practice multiple mitigation measures.

Not sure how the poll was intended, but I view “resigned to it” as accepting its inevitability regardless of mitigation measures, not as throwing up ones arms and YOLOing all over the place.

I never ever This but I'm This-ing this. 🤜🤛

[devonpow]

Yep. We are super cautious and have already cancelled everything we had planned for Christmas (Boston pops concert, small get togethers, a trip to CA for New Years). We never stopped masking indoors and my area has always had mask mandates etc. But, I know SO MANY people that are testing positive in the last week or so. All vaxxed/booster. All mask wearers who don’t go anywhere, like us. It seems the old rules for how to avoid don’t apply as much anymore. So we continue to be super cautious but I’m guessing we will get it anyway. I’m just hoping vaccines do their job and keep us from getting super sick.

[devonpow]

Yep. We are super cautious and have already cancelled everything we had planned for Christmas (Boston pops concert, small get togethers, a trip to CA for New Years). We never stopped masking indoors and my area has always had mask mandates etc. But, I know SO MANY people that are testing positive in the last week or so. All vaxxed/booster. All mask wearers who don’t go anywhere, like us. It seems the old rules for how to avoid don’t apply as much anymore. So we continue to be super cautious but I’m guessing we will get it anyway. I’m just hoping vaccines do their job and keep us from getting super sick.

[Susie]

Eventually yes.  But in the near term I wouldn't say I'm resigned.  We live in an area with mask mandates, random in-school testing, no test-to-stay in school option, 10 day daycare quarantines for every contact, etc., and I have a child with no vaccine timeline on the horizon.

I don't feel like I can afford any casualness until that eases up.  Being a working parent in our area still feels so impossible.

[redheadk]

Yes. We are vaxxed/boostered as much as we are allowed and have thus far avoided Covid. I think it’s inevitable at this point; we are pretty much living life with some simple modifications. So long as we don’t get sick enough to go to the hospital and don’t get long Covid, I’ll take it as a win.

Beyond avoiding serious illness for ourselves, our goal all along was to reduce strain on our hospitals. At this point, I’ve done every major thing I can to that end. We won’t stay home and avoid activities/life for dd any longer; so few precautions are taken by many in my area that doing that just feels like spitting in the wind.

[mae0111]

I'm fairly certain that we all had it right before everything shut down. DH was down for the count, which has happened one other time in the 17 years I've known him and we all got norovirus. At that point, no one was testing for COVID, so we all assumed it was flu. But DH needed to get a chest x-ray because he couldn't catch his breath and his lungs sounded awful. But no pneumonia. We were sick for weeks. I don't remember a taste or smell issue, but I wasn't really eating, so who knows... Antibody testing wasn't readily available until many months later, and I showed no immunity, which is not uncommon when tested many months after getting it...

So maybe we had it, maybe we didn't, but I've had flu before and this was way worse.

So I'm assuming that we will get it again. We are vaxxed, boosters schedule for next week, DD2 is getting her first next week as well. But it's everywhere. Most people that I know that are testing positive have been vaccinated, and many have had the booster.

[Poppy]

Dec 22, 2021 11:16:44 GMT -5 krystee said:

I’ve resigned myself to getting it eventually, but I’d prefer not to get it while hospitals are full, so I’ll continue to take steps to avoid it.

Me too. I am back in the flatten the curve mindset for this omicron wave. But I'm not so afraid of it anymore that we'll hunker down indefinitely.

ETA - the lack of testing is also scary. I want to be able to take a rapid test before doing things where I could potentially spread covid to someone vulnerable.

[Deleted]

No, I haven't resigned to get it. Just like I haven't resigned to get the flu (I can't tell you the last time I had the flu - maybe 20 years ago???)

[eddy]

Dec 22, 2021 11:35:10 GMT -5 melmaria said:

Part of my resignation is personally knowing at least 10 unrelated people that are all vaccinated/boosted and are even more Covid cautious than I am - who have all tested positive in the last week or so.

Anecdotes, blah blah, but to me it’s like, if they are getting covid, eventually I sure damn am as well.

Yeah I feel like I have been operating on borrowed time for awhile. Like our check has to got to come due soon.

[rebneen]

I think “prevention” isn’t really feasible any more. I was on a friend’s FB and was really surprised at the mindset that this is a preventable illness and those of us who were vaxxed, boosted, and mask should go back to isolating so as not to get it and spread it. Fuck that. We are so far past that point now that it’s probably delusional to keep telling ourselves that we’re not going to get it if we do xyz. That also sets us and others up to look at getting COVID as a moral failing - “if we had only not…” Sorry - this is too big and bad for individual responsibility. It’s now a shift to mitigation - keep doing the best practices of masking indoors in public, testing, avoid crowds indoors, etc in hopes of keeping it from overwhelming hospitals.

[cjcouple]

I'm just getting over it. I think its this omicron variant. I'm hopeful that between my Vax and now some antibodies, it will help me fight it off next time. Perhaps I'm naive. lol.

[af1212]

Yesterday I would have answered differently 🤣 but here I am with my two rapid positives and awaiting my PCR so I have changed my response

[lilac05]

Yes, but not in a defeatist way. We’re pulling back right now as we wait to hear about Omicron, but I’m cautiously optimistic that the virus is mutating in a way that it will become endemic. For those without other major health issues, will hopefully become like the flu. Worse than a cold, still need a vaccine to provide protection, and still unfortunately takes the lives of people you wouldn’t expect, but just part of life. I accept that at some point in my life, I will get the flu (though I’ve never had it), and at some point in my life, I will get Covid again.

I just hope that my next time will be once we’re past long quarantines and long isolation periods. I’m optimistic that will happen.

[sakoro]

I am hopeful I can hold off catching this until it’s mutated into a low impact variant.

My family in South Africa and London are resigned to getting Omicron, since it’s everywhere.

I have some factors working in my favor that isn’t true for everyone— fully remote work, family close by so no need to get on airplanes/ go to airports, online workouts, year round outdoor climate, no small children or school aged children. I’m still able to get out to do things and see people (thank you SoCal weather) so I don’t feel the need to increase my risk by going to indoor concerts or restaurants just yet.

[cap]

I think that much like influenza, we're all going to get it at some point. I'm definitely still taking precautions while things are so bad and I hope that when I do, it's not severe.

[noodleoo]

Dec 22, 2021 11:15:48 GMT -5 melmaria said:

Dec 22, 2021 11:10:49 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

H and I just talked about this last night. I assume we will both get it at some point, but we aren't exactly "resigned" to it in that we continue to practice multiple mitigation measures.

Not sure how the poll was intended, but I view “resigned to it” as accepting its inevitability regardless of mitigation measures, not as throwing up ones arms and YOLOing all over the place.

THIS.  I didn't think we'd get it before omicron, but now I do.  We are extremely Covid cautious, never really opened up, especially compared to other people.  But the outbreak in MA is bad, it's spreading like crazy in DD1's school.  We're not pulling her since they are doing test and stay and she's vaccinated, but now I think she will probably get it and bring it home.  I know so many vaccinated people getting it that I believe it is inevitable now even with mitigation.  We have canceled most of our plans except school and swim lessons.  Now I'm just hoping that our vaccinations keep it mild when we eventually test positive.

Dec 22, 2021 11:28:54 GMT -5 devonpow said:

Yep. We are super cautious and have already cancelled everything we had planned for Christmas (Boston pops concert, small get togethers, a trip to CA for New Years). We never stopped masking indoors and my area has always had mask mandates etc. But, I know SO MANY people that are testing positive in the last week or so. All vaxxed/booster. All mask wearers who don’t go anywhere, like us. It seems the old rules for how to avoid don’t apply as much anymore. So we continue to be super cautious but I’m guessing we will get it anyway. I’m just hoping vaccines do their job and keep us from getting super sick.

Same.  I know omicron is in MA and I think that's what's driving the outbreak in our school/community.  

[ChillyMcFreeze]

It's an absolute miracle I haven't had it yet. I work at a fully-open college, DH teaches high school, and while are vaxxed and boosted and wear masks, we don't restrict our movements anymore. Omicron makes it feel inevitable and likely to happen in the near future. We'll continue being super diligent about symptoms and test whenever needed. The start of the semester is going to be an explosion of infection.

[Deleted]

Dec 22, 2021 11:42:14 GMT -5 melmaria said:

Dec 22, 2021 11:35:28 GMT -5 @heyitsme said:

No, I haven't resigned to get it. Just like I haven't resigned to get the flu (I can't tell you the last time I had the flu - maybe 20 years ago???)

Isn’t Covid (especially Omicron) generally understood to be way more contagious than the flu? I’m not sure this is that apt of a comparison.

No, but the flu has been around way longer then Omicron so I would say getting the flu in the last 20+ years is equal to getting Omicron over the next 6 or so months.  Not to mention, during the last 20 years I, like everyone, wasn't wearing masks, was traveling everywhere, etc. so the chances of getting the flu over the past 20 years seems fairly possible.  

Right now I'm WFH, no kids and live alone. Not to mention live in an area where people are great about wearing masks - so even though the Omicron is contagious, I don't do much of anything that exposes me to a point of being resigned to get it.

So you might not agree with the comparison, but when you take in all factors (and not just how contagious it is), I think it's an apt comparison.  Feel free to disagree.

[fivechickens]

Dec 22, 2021 11:23:48 GMT -5 FastHands said:

I'm sure I'll get it but I don't think it's imminent (like at some point before I die I'm sure i will have had it, but I'm not expecting it will necessarily be this year). Not that I would be shocked to get it this year either, but not resigned to it.

I voted for the first option but thus ^^ is how I feel.