Sincere question.

Covid in all of its variants has been running around for two years. Is it possible that if someone has not gotten it by now that they won't ever get it? I'm not asking about avoiding contact with the virus, but do some people have a native protection that others within the population do not have?

I'm curious if this has been discussed or is being studied.

Also interested. I have worked closely for over 5 days with two positive people, that I know of, during the alpha and delta variant. No masks and several car rides together. If not asymptotic, which I haven't been tested for, what gives?

Edit to add: did get rapid tested after second exposure. Doctor said test were ~90% accurate.

I have been sick four times in the last 24 months with what I would characterize as Covid like symptoms (except for the fever and loss of taste / smell) yet no antibodies, no positive tests. Same thing, people around me came down with Covid, so it has me wondering.

I also don't do really anything outside of what was considered normal when out and about. Not disinfecting shopping cart handles, masking in my car, or anything of the sort.

Does the virus have a 100% infection rate when exposed to a target?

FJB said:

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I have been sick four times in the last 24 months with what I would characterize as Covid like symptoms (except for the fever and loss of taste / smell) yet no antibodies, no positive tests. Same thing, people around me came down with Covid, so it has me wondering.

I also don't do really anything outside of what was considered normal when out and about. Not disinfecting shopping cart handles, masking in my car, or anything of the sort.

Does the virus have a 100% infection rate when exposed to a target?

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I don't get sick really. Get a slight cold (or something) every now and again...2 kids in school, wife teaching at another school.

A bit over a month ago, when covid was running rampant at my work, I got sick...probably mentioned it here at some point. Turns out a girl I work with daily, in and out of each other's offices multiple times a day, was positive (along with others I interact with, but not as frequently).

Day 1 of symptoms: chills, fever (+3)
Day 2: chills, headache, fever (up to +4), stomach issues. Rapid test negative
Day 3-4: same fever, chills. Lethargic. Day 4 got negative lab test
Day 5-11: same fever, dead tired, weak. Negative antibody test on about day 10.
Day 12-14: fever went away, still tired, weak...about day 14/15 I was back to normal (- 6 lbs though!...all come back though)

Never once coughed or had sore throat.

Yes, my mom got it and dad did not. I got it and my wife and kids did not.

My 10 year old had a classmate who was diagnosed with covid, after being at school all day, for several days. They have been maskless the whole year. Not one other kid in the class got it, so definitely possible. Her school does not quarantine if exposed. They just go on like normal.

I will also say that I am a nurse who does not get the flu shot and am required to get wear a mask because of that, when I am at work. A few years ago my daughter got the flu and no one else in the house got it. She laid on the couch for a week, slept in our bedroom and exposed everybody. Obviously I don't wear a mask a home, just thought it was interesting. Several of the kids in her class had the flu at the same time.

I take ZERO precautions and have not popped yet. Probable exposure and close contact. I get tested enough that i would have come up hot by now. I recall there being some speculation about people with certain blood types not being as susceptible in the early days. Did anything ever come of that?

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I take ZERO precautions and have not popped yet. Probable exposure and close contact. I get tested enough that i would have come up hot by now. I recall there being some speculation about people with certain blood types not being as susceptible in the early days. Did anything ever come of that?

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I'm A+ and have had more than the normal course of immunizations for traveling, etc. I thought the speculation was around O-, but never saw anything conclusive one way or the other.

Lol you are asking if anyone analyzed patients and data to see if there are trends or higher risk groups other than old and comorbidities??? Lol.

lol. the type o- blood type thing mentioned in the post before yours is what i was talking about. i recall very early on people were talking about that but imagine nothing came of it seeing as i have not seen it mentioned in some time. i was simply asking if there were any studies done in that regard, since this board has a study or a report for everything. lol.

No I get it but seems that science only wants vaccine ($$$) as the answer. Any other ways that prove beneficial against COVID that is natural is not investigated or analyzed.

I really thought I was going to be in this category until I tested positive about six weeks ago. I have had multiple exposures and took very few, if any precautions. My case was not severe thankfully.

FJB said:

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Sincere question.

Covid in all of its variants has been running around for two years. Is it possible that if someone has not gotten it by now that they won't ever get it? I'm not asking about avoiding contact with the virus, but do some people have a native protection that others within the population do not have?

I'm curious if this has been discussed or is being studied.

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My dad owns a business and had face to face meetings with no mask no vax with probably a dozen of people the last two years within 24 hours of testing positive for COVID and has never gotten it. (Tested negative for antibodies) and hasn't been vaxxed

I've been going to client sites and traveling since June 2020 after a short break. Been in all kinds of hot spots.

I never had a positive direct COVID test after the a fair number of exposures, but I did apparently get it over the summer and was asymptomatic. Gave blood in June and had a negative Antibody test. Did the Texas Cares study at the beginning of Sept. and was positive for natural antibodies.

My older brother had similar, asymptomatic, but popped positive for antibodies giving blood in August after being negative for antibodies (he donates pretty regularly).

I was around 7 people with close contact when I first started displaying symptoms of covid: digestive problems, headache, and the start of a cough. I thought it was allergies and/or food poisoning.

Then the other symptoms arrived: fatigue and horrible cough. That's when I isolated.

No one in those groups (including my 70 year old mom that I shared 4hrs in the car with) got it.

My mom has since got covid 13 months later and survived.

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FJB said:

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Sincere question.

Covid in all of its variants has been running around for two years. Is it possible that if someone has not gotten it by now that they won't ever get it? I'm not asking about avoiding contact with the virus, but do some people have a native protection that others within the population do not have?

I'm curious if this has been discussed or is being studied.

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My dad owns a business and had face to face meetings with no mask no vax with probably a dozen of people the last two years within 24 hours of testing positive for COVID and has never gotten it. (Tested negative for antibodies) and hasn't been vaxxed

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i've had multiple direct exposures that didn't lead to covid. one was 18 hours in the car with a teenager that tested positive 14 hours after i got out of the car with them.

at Pine Cove our devo counselor and every other person we spent time with tested positive. even with vaccines.

2 weeks later i did come down with some RSV like stuff but 4 tests and a pcr all said negative.

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This is common with all respiratory viruses. You can get exposed but your mucosal immunity defeats it at the door (nose) so you don't get ill.

Not shocking at all, totally normal.

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So what you're saying is some of us have badass boogers?

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KidDoc said:

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This is common with all respiratory viruses. You can get exposed but your mucosal immunity defeats it at the door (nose) so you don't get ill.

Not shocking at all, totally normal.

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So what you're saying is some of us have badass boogers?

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Yup. And that is likely the reason why toddlers have almost no symptoms with COVID. They likely have chronic non-COVID coronavirus antigen in their noses.

My boss and I never tested positive and we each had family members that had it. He was exposed to a total of 8 different people and me 7, not one positive test but a lot of freaking QTips being wasted.

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SkiMo said:

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KidDoc said:

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This is common with all respiratory viruses. You can get exposed but your mucosal immunity defeats it at the door (nose) so you don't get ill.

Not shocking at all, totally normal.

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So what you're saying is some of us have badass boogers?

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Yup. And that is likely the reason why toddlers have almost no symptoms with COVID. They likely have chronic non-COVID coronavirus antigen in their noses.

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Maybe my chronic allergies and stuffy nose has finally paid off

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Unless your chronic stuffy nose is due to recurrent viral infection probably not. Allergies are a dysregulation of the immune system and are not protective against any infection. In fact they increase the risk because your confused immune system decided to attack dust mite poop or pollen or whatnot.

70% of kids with chronic runny nose are recurrent viral infections, I'm not sure of the exact number in adults but I would expect it to be flipped where a low percentage of adults get recurrent viral infections and are instead allergy mediated congestion.

Yes, it is possible. The day before I tested positive, I had dinner with two of my cousins, both in their 70s. At dinner I coughed a total of about 3 times. When I got home, I started coughing enough that I knew I had something. The next day I went to get tested, and tested positive.

Neither one of my cousins got COVID. I ended up being hospitalized with COVID pneumonia for 16 days.

I quarantined with my wife for 10 days while positive. An antibody test months later confirmed I did not spread it to her.

My viral loads must never have gotten very high.