I had it confirmed once in January 2022. Though I suspect I had it pretty early on in 2020 before testing was widely available. I know everyone with the sniffles during that time thought they had covid - I didn’t suspect them but after my confirmed case I began to wonder because the symptoms I had presented in the exact same way.
I have not ever tested positive, despite quite a few close contacts (including my whole family whilst staying together in a hotel room). I suspect I had it at some point and never knew, but also had very strong vaccine reactions (which some suspect correlates).
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Post by mrsslocombe on Apr 22, 2024 12:57:08 GMT -5
Once confirmed, got it on vacation in 2022.
A second time I tested negative 5 times, but also tested negative for everything else and had every Covid symptom. And felt like death. Same for my husband, but both his parents tested positive at the same time (we were taking care of them). So...my doctor assumes it was Covid, has no idea why rapid AND PCR were negative.
1x confirmed, in Dec 2022-Kid #2 brought it home from the sitter's and shared the love with my husband and I. That was the the only time she's had it confirmed too, but it was round 4 for my husband (he's a restaurant GM so lots of exposure opportunities, masked or not). Kid #1 has never had it that we know of...when the rest of us had it I tested him every morning but they were always negative and he had zero symptoms.
July 2022. I was in the hospital for a different reason. Picked it up there, brought it home with me, and shared it with the whole family. It was rough.
I had it a second time Feb this year but no one else caught it.
Our household of 4 has had one bout with covid in May 2022.
Patient 0 was DS, who was not yet vaxxed and caught it from daycare. He developed symptoms + tested pos while in quarantine from a daycare exposure. H and I developed symptoms and both tested pos about 5 days later.
As far as we know, our 8 yo DD has never had it. We tested her daily while it was in the house, and she tested neg the whole time. None of us have tested pos since.
Post by lilypad1126 on Apr 22, 2024 13:51:00 GMT -5
Once in November 2022 for me. I came home from a work conference with it, but I think I actually was exposed at the airport. Regardless, it was 3 days of exhaustion, and about a week of mild cold-like symptoms.
I strongly suspect my H got it in Nov. 2023, but he didn't want to test. He's a bit of a hypochondriac and I know he would have spiraled if he'd gotten a positive test. Anyway, he had fever, congestion, and a cough that eventually moved into his chest. I suppose it could have just been a bad cold, but Covid was spiking around us then, so it fits that it could have been covid. We'll never really know, though.
Our whole household has had it once, in December 2022, via our son, who caught it at daycare. He was vaccinated then but too young to have a booster or mask. We all tested clearly positive shortly after we got a close contact notification for him.
We've done a lot of covid testing for possible symptoms (daycare requirements, plus just trying to be responsible), so I'm pretty confident that we've only gotten it the one time.
Post by litebright on Apr 22, 2024 14:17:28 GMT -5
Yes. Only once that I know of (and I test whenever I'm sick). It was two years ago and I was at a large conference in Europe -- I got stuck in Germany for an extra 10 days. This was when you still needed a negative test to fly back to the U.S. I got really good at ordering room service in German. Luckily I wasn't terribly sick, but it was still a pretty sucky experience.
The requirement for a negative test ended the same day that I started testing negative, so I was finally able to get a flight home the day after and could be assured that I was getting home no matter what.
I’ve only tested positive once. My kids have never tested positive but DD had antibodies and has been diagnosed with “post-viral syndrome, likely long Covid” so that’s something- she’s been unwell for 1.5 years. We did a lot of home and some office testing.
Post by DotAndBuzz on Apr 22, 2024 14:25:47 GMT -5
once for me 0 for H 2x each for my kids.
Each time it has been in our house, no one else has gotten it, it's been an isolated case, which is kind of amazing, considering the last time my oldest had it, she tested negative for 3 days and was SICK during those days, but not masking at home, etc. Was really close to her helping her with homework while she was coughing, the whole deal. Never so much as a sore throat for me from that. Go figure.
Post by fluffycookie on Apr 22, 2024 14:27:06 GMT -5
We had it a year and a half ago. MH had every symptom of it, but didn't test positive for covid, flu or strep. DS had the same symptoms two days late and same thing - everything was negative. Both tested multiple times for covid and was negative each time and seemed to clear their symptoms pretty quickly. Two days after DS I had the same symptoms, but tested positive for Covid. DS got sick again and tested positive two days after I tested positive and MH got sick again two days after DS. We were all sick for about 4-5 days each and felt crappy.
DS has had it twice. The first time he had it he just had a cough that we thought was allergies, but tested just in case and it popped positive within a minute.
Post by fivechickens on Apr 22, 2024 14:36:26 GMT -5
I suspected I had it but never tested positive. The reason I think I had it was two of my kids caught it after H grandfather’s funeral. I was sick as well but presented differently than they did (they had ‘typical’ covid symptoms). My BIL’s girlfriend, whom I sat next to at the luncheon, tested positive for covid and her symptoms were identical to mine. ETA: D3 has had it several times and we suspect had it in early 2020 before it was officially in my state/before it was being tested for. She was so sick, sicker than she had ever been, they tested her for the flu which was positive but she had never been that sick with the flu before (we always get her vaxxed for the flu).
Never to my knowledge (I've been sick with other things, including a bad sinus infection and strep but always negative for covid). H got it in August 2023 for the first time from work travel.
Christmas 2022 DS picked it up, likely at work. He, DH and my mom tested positive with mild symptoms. All 3 have risk factors and took Paxlovid. I had a maybe faint positive in a series of daily negatives with no symptoms. My doctor feels the "positive" was more of my immune system fighting off the virus-- she would say I didn't have it.
I had a 3-hour exposure to my hairstylist (he and his husband were both positive next morning) in Novemeber but never tested positive or had symptoms.
I have 2 friends who have never had it. One is immunodeficient and very careful the other travels and is out and about.
There's a friend of the family who has had it 6 times. She's been symptomatic-- sometimes significantly-- each time. She believes in building natural immunity. SMH.
Post by staceymcgill on Apr 22, 2024 16:43:11 GMT -5
I’ve had it three times (I work in an elementary school and I’m exposed to entire grades at a time) May 2022, January 2023 and January 2024. My husband and daughter each had it once that we know of (I gave it to my daughter unfortunately the first time I had it). My son has never tested positive but I suspect he had it once in December 2021.
Post by Velar Fricative on Apr 22, 2024 16:54:53 GMT -5
Twice, June 2022 and July 2023. Covid likes to get me in the summer somehow. And my family and I all have tended to not catch it from each other or from close family/friends that we had just seen who caught it - who we caught it from has generally been from random strangers out in the wild.