Who hasn’t had Covid?

To the best of my knowledge I haven't had covid. Fully jabbed and circulate freely (with a degree of common sense caution). I've reverted to using public transport and attend theatres/ cinemas again. Just thinking recently how well I feel in general. Mind you, personal past experience has taught me that doesn't mean a thing.

I haven’t had it despite being in close contact with 3 different people who have tested positive the following day.

Not had it but don't go out very much, certainly not large groups.

Our younger son hadn't had it until this week, even though his wife had it a few months ago, but he tested positive this Monday.
Neither DH nor I have had it yet, but we were at a family get-together with DS2 on Sunday, so watch this space. The same applies to my mother.

Fleurpepper we were disembarked and taken to quarantine at an airport hotel. It was a river cruise. There were many others affected who also had no symptoms.

I have always tested negative , but had a horrible virus over the Jubilee weekend and was left with breathlessness , palpitations and dreadful cough. A friend’s doctor son says the LF tests don’t always pick up Omicron . Apart from being similarly ill in Jan 2020 soon after DH died, before all the testing started . So maybe I’ve had it twice or maybe not …

What happened next then Aveline?

OH is the only person close to me who has not had Covid. Double jabbed + booster.

DH got it on a holiday to Lanzarote but I have never had it . We were very caeful while he was ill to keep apart though .

Me, my husband and my youngest have not had it that we know of. We are all 3 vaccinated with a booster. My oldest had it earlier this summer. She did not get the booster. We sent her to her room for 5 days and the rest of us managed to not get it. Hers was very mild and by day 3 she was feeling fine and was mad she had to stay away.

I suspect that more of us have had it then we think. Many people are finding it after testing positive for travel or work with no symptoms.

I was interested in what the worldwide numbers look like. As of August 17th, 589,680,368 people have tested positive for Covid worldwide. There are 7.97 billion people in the world.

That is about 7.3% of the population worldwide.

While these numbers could be way off due to people not testing or reporting test results, it does lead me to believe that more people have not had it then those who have. Knowing that, I do not think it would be unusual for people to never have had it.

I haven’t, although I’m still being fairly careful as my husband is CEV. But we do have been on a few ferries, a couple of short breaks with friends, out to dinner now and then, and we provide childcare a couple of days a week, and didn’t get it when all three grandkids did, which surprised me.

Fingers crossed it stays that way, and I haven’t jinxed us both now!

Close-knit family of eight, living close together as well: two DGPs with two DDs with partners, each with two children. All have tested positive at various times, some more than once, except DGM and one DGC. One DG and his father have had symptoms, otherwise the positive testers have been pretty much asymptomatic. I, DGF, was certainly symptom-free.

Conclusion: it's all pretty random.

Me - not yet, but never say never.

I wonder if we could find anything that the "not had" people have in common, just out of interest?

I have not had it yet, neither has my partner, my daughter and Grandson have had it though.

I haven't had it so far, neither have my elderly parents. My sister recently had it (badly) and also five of my cousins..

I haven’t either but have been obsessively careful throughout the pandemic and am still being so. Had an engineer fixing something in my house today and I wore a mask. Currently at my daughters looking after her dog but I’ll leave the house before they get back. Still not going to any indoor places. Looked after my younger grandchildren the other week and worried about that but was ok.

I haven't had it despite DH having it. DD and family also had it, DD 3 times.

We have all had it, except for DS1 although his wife was laid very low with it and their children were coughing and snivelling for weeks and tested positive once or twice.

He puts it down to his blood group being O, although our other daughter-in-law also has that blood group and she did catch it.

I'm surprised not more people have mentioned blood group on this thread (only VB000 so far). This may be a myth but it is less far-fetched than some of the theories that have been bandied about since the pandemic started.

Dh nor I have had it. Dh is high risk but has had 4jabs. He has stage 4 cancer. We don’t go to cinemas or eat out anywhere but we’ve been away in motorhome. Rest of family have had it but very rarely see them as they live 300mles away.

I am sure we have been asymptomatic - touch wood-head

I haven`t had it either, but several of my family members have, maybe I`m just lucky.

I haven’t officially , as in no positive test.
Neither has DH, DD3 and her husband or youngest boy although the eldest (6) had it about a year ago.
We have all at some points been in contact with others who have then tested positive.
Talking with friends and family it seems there is little logic to it.

I our immediate family: I have had it, DH hasn’t. Our younger son and his wife had it last week, both have contact with the general public in their jobs. Our older son and his wife both work in retail and worked all through the pandemic but neither of them have had it, neither have their two daughters - 24 and 13 but their 12 year old son has. Their older daughter lives with her boyfriend and he has had it twice, they both work in retail. We have all had the recommended vaccinations. There is no rational explanation for who has and hasn’t had it.

Neither I or DH have had it in spite of regularly flying back and forth to mi Casa once regulation allowed over the last two and a half years.

We’ve both only had one cold since 2016 and have been religious with disinfecting anything we touch in public since then.

We’ve followed all the mask, distancing rules applicable since COVID arrived and I’m convinced that our daily intake of home made kefir keeps us well.

I’ve been blessed with very good health but DH has various issues so I’m determined to keep my ?!

Oh, forgot DS hasn't had it, although the his wife and children have.