Post by fivechickens on Nov 19, 2023 18:08:27 GMT -5
I voted ‘I am not sure’.
However, two of kids got it after we attended my H grandfather’s funeral (pretty sure an uncle had it) and I was sick at the exact same time. Their symptoms presented differently than mine. I tested all three of us and theirs came back positive but mine was negative. My BIL fiancée tested positive for covid after attending the same funeral (I sat next to her at the luncheon) and her symptoms presented exactly like mine. So I am pretty sure I had it and either tested too early or not correctly.
Not sure. I've never tested positive but I live near where the first US cases were found and everyone was sick in late February of 2020. I've been exposed dozens of times.
Post by starburst604 on Nov 19, 2023 18:17:37 GMT -5
I’ve had it twice, once pre-vac and once post full vax. DD caught it from me the second time, and H has never had it despite not avoiding me at all when I had it.
Post by emilyinchile on Nov 19, 2023 18:18:06 GMT -5
I voted no, but my real answer when people ask is "not that I know of." I could have had a mild case that felt like a totally normal cold or even been asymptomatic. It was never the norm in Chile to test every time you had any potential symptom, so it's possible I missed it.
H and I had it in September 2022. I think we got it at our town's wine festival. DS did not get it from us (we did test him), and has not had it any other times, to our knowledge, which is kind of crazy since he was in FT daycare and now school. He is also squirmy and makes testing difficult so who knows. I don't test for every cold/sniffle anymore though, only if there are other symptoms present.
I could have sworn I have it right now but my test this morning was negative. One of my coworkers who I spent a lot of time with last week in Barcelona currently has it and I woke up feeling like a steaming pile of poo. I’ll test again maybe Tuesday if I still feel crappy.
Once January 2023. I was traveling with friends and no one else was masking. It wasn’t peer pressure per se, but more I was just looking around at everyone else being fine without a mask. And so, like the first time I took my mask off, BAM!
Yes, this past March. I had a stuffy nose and loss of smell for a few days, but the fatigue was overwhelming. I'd put my 8 hours of work in and crash on the couch for a few hours, try to eat something, and then sleep another 10 hours in bed til my alarm went off. After 2 weeks my boss at the time said that I could "take a day off if I didn't feel well."
I’ve had it twice, very mildly. I wouldn’t have tested had I not experienced vertigo. Honestly, each of the first two rounds of the vaccine were worse than both cases combined. Doesn’t mean I’m not going to get another booster next weekend, but I did change it from today to Friday, just in case.
At least two and likely 3-4 times? And we basically didn’t leave our house until we were vaccinated 😭 MH is immune suppressed and DD2 is immune compromised.
My youngest brought it home from school January 22. My oldest and I were both symptomatic and never turned a test. The immune compromised two were just fine.
In May 22, everyone but the youngest got it.
February 23- all of us got it. And got sick the day after my mom’s funeral so we contaminated sooo many people. Ugh.
My youngest had it at the beginning of this school year. I strongly suspect one of my older ones was actually patient zero, but neither was sick enough to even miss a day.
Post by staceymcgill on Nov 19, 2023 19:30:25 GMT -5
DH had it once in Sept 2021. I had it twice, once in May 2022 and once in January 2023. My daughter got it from me in May 2022. We think my son had it in December 2021, but he never turned a test. So officially he’s never had it.
Post by CrazyLucky on Nov 19, 2023 19:52:59 GMT -5
I marked no, but in reality when someone asks me now, I tell them I've never tested positive. I did test every time I got sick and was always negative. One of our friends is a doctor and he said based on the timing of me getting sick (Feb 2022), testing negative doesn't mean much because the variant at the time was often showing false negative. So who knows?
I said not sure. Only the kid has tested positive. We all had *something* way back in 2020 when there were no tests, though. H got sicker than I've ever seen him before or since.
DS and DH have had it twice. DD and I have had it once. We all had it at the same time last summer. It was an unexpected souvenir from vacation. The kids were pretty much asymptomatic. DH and I each felt really tired for about 2 weeks but really weren’t terribly sick except for 2 days of fever. But this was after vaccines and boosters for all of us. I have pretty serious asthma, and the thought of getting it before we were vaccinated terrified me.
I think I also had it right as the whole pandemic started. I got sicker than a dog, and I went to my allergy and asthma doc, who tested me for a sinus infection, which was negative. He gave me steroids and a Z pac because my lungs sounded crappy, as well as a breathing treatment in his office and a prescription for a machine so I could do breathing treatments at home. I remember telling him “I feel like I haven’t been able to take a deep breath for over a week.” This was before we knew what the symptoms were, but the first case had been detected in Seattle and I had been in Seattle for work.
My 80 year old MIL never got it. She’s incredibly healthy and rarely gets sick.
I got it in November 2022. We traveled to Thailand with a local group and half of us caught it from someone who came with us. I was the only one in my household and both my mom (who lives with us) and my DH haven't had it. Pretty much everyone else we know has.
We got it for the first time in September. DH and DS tested positive. I didn’t have anymore tests but we all had the same symptoms so I’m assuming DD and I were positive as well.
Post by plutosmoon on Nov 19, 2023 20:32:37 GMT -5
I've had it twice, Feb 2022 and August 2023. DD has had it once she brought it home from school in Feb of 2022, but I suspect she had it in August as well. She had a brief sore throat just before I was sick, but she tested negative and felt fine in less than 24 hours.
Both times were mild, it was like a weird cold. My nose ran constantly, but I wasn't stuffed up. I was definitely less sick the second time, and probably wouldn't have kept testing if my coworker hadn't been sick with COVID. I didn't even test positive until I was almost better and then tested negative the following 2 days after that.
Nobody in my household has had Covid to the best of my knowledge. My little one went to the ER in October for a high fever that wouldn’t go down. They tested her for Covid and it was negative. My oldest was constantly tested during the thick of it and it was always negative. So maybe we had it and we had zero symptoms or we truly never had it.
Post by mysteriouswife on Nov 19, 2023 21:11:13 GMT -5
I have had it twice. The rest of my house once. We suspect we had it after Christmas last year, but tested negative at home. We weren’t too sick and quarantined to be safe. We have hit the treat it like a cold phase and treat at home unless we are having significant symptoms. We still quarantine if we are not sure.
Post by basilosaurus on Nov 19, 2023 21:53:37 GMT -5
To the best of my knowledge, no. Once lockdown began in March there was only one case for 6 months and then only 3 more in one family for another 3 months.
In late Jan/early Feb 2020 I was very possibly exposed. It was already in country (first country outside of china), and infection controls were already in place. Also, most of us were masking already due to it being smoky season (aqi 300-500 was not uncommon). But I'd been in a very crowded city for cny celebrations which further increased cases and Chinese tourists. I know there was a significant increase in cases from the same places and time I was visiting.
Post by DarcyLongfellow on Nov 19, 2023 22:27:13 GMT -5
All 4 of us have had it. DH and DD1 (14) have had it twice, which checks out as they both have asthma and really bad allergies. DH didn't really feel sick either time, but DD1 felt awful both times. She's also now dealing with a chronic illness (POTS) that was likely triggered by having Covid.
All of us have had Covid shots and as many boosters as permitted.
Post by melmel4854 on Nov 19, 2023 22:41:21 GMT -5
I literally was sitting next to my dad on the couch for this year's Super Bowl. He was so sick, and I made him test. He was positive. I never got it. It is so wild to me because I work with kids and attend crowded events/travel.
I also get sick easily, so it is even more bizarre to me that I have not had it.
Me and girls have had it once, H has had it twice.
I’m surprised at how many No’s there are! Almost everyone I know has had it at this point. I can only think of 1 person left (she’s vaccinated and didn’t get it even though the rest of her house did).
We've all had it at least once. I honestly can't remember if I tested positive twice or only once. We've had all the weirdness...everyone testing positive except one person who has similar symptoms, being close together with my son who tested positive but nobody else getting it, testing positive one day and negative two days later with very mild symptoms. Our area has been very "open" for a long time and we were some of the rare "careful" ones; schools went to no masks very early; schools say you can attend with positive test as long as no fever, etc. So I wouldn't be surprised at all if we've had it even more often than we know. None of us were ever super sick with Covid, so that was fortunate. Just mild.
At this point, my parents are some of the only people I know of who haven't had it yet. My aunt just finally got it for the first time last week.
We’ve each had it twice that we know of on alternating cycles (2 of us then a few months later the other 2). No one was super sick so testing was kind of an afterthought and we were taken off guard each time. We had to cancel concerts both times!
Probably more than once. I tested positive once for sure in Dec 2021. I have been sick a few times since then but not sure if it was Covid. I just stay home for a week if I don't feel well to avoid getting anyone else sick.
I also had a false positive which was funny. I isolated for 3 days before the lab called to say my sample was compromised and I should retest. And then the next test was Negative.