We need a new group, let's call it "Virgins United". I find it funny to read articles about these miraculous situations where people never got Covid. DUH, it's because we're scrupulously careful!! Does it have a down side, of course, but I prefer good health to bad health.
We need a new group, let's call it "Virgins United". I find it funny to read articles about these miraculous situations where people never got Covid. DUH, it's because we're scrupulously careful!! Does it have a down side, of course, but I prefer good health to bad health.
My husband and I had avoided COVID got our vaxes in April 2021, and 1st boosts in Dec 2021. Masked from the get-go. I researched and found masks with pockets and found filters which would filter down to the .3 microns. Then got KN95s. Well, just before boosters became widely recommended, and I mean just weeks~we were both 62 at that time, March 2022 I had my annual checkup, our primary care doc said "no worries just wait for the BI valent booster" !!
Everything started opening up around here in late March/April. In early May my husband got it then I got it a week later. He did not get Paxlovid but I have a history of URI including a lot of bronchitis etc, so I did. It helped. He was sick longer than I was.
I discovered after doing more research that the KN95s we had been wearing might not be adequate despite my research. More likely is that my husband has a fullsome beard and everyone around us had stopped masking. I found N95s and have used them since.
We got our 2nd boosts in August 2022 just before the bivalent came out. We have worn the N95s consistently since we were both sick. Our doc said we could wait 6 months for the best B and T cell response, but we are still careful as my husband visits and cares for his 93 year old mother.
The basic idea of masking is: yes it may help prevent you from getting sick, BUT the main reason you wear them is to reduce the chance of spreading it to others.
just to add: there are many vulnerable folks who are still getting COVID and if they were in better shape might not die, but if they have underlying conditions and now those monoclonal anti bodies are not helpful anymore, well......
We need a new group, let's call it "Virgins United". I find it funny to read articles about these miraculous situations where people never got Covid. DUH, it's because we're scrupulously careful!! Does it have a down side, of course, but I prefer good health to bad health.
My husband and I had avoided COVID got our vaxes in April 2021, and 1st boosts in Dec 2021. Masked from the get-go. I researched and found masks with pockets and found filters which would filter down to the .3 microns. Then got KN95s. Well, just before boosters became widely recommended, and I mean just weeks~we were both 62 at that time, March 2022 I had my annual checkup, our primary care doc said "no worries just wait for the BI valent booster" !!
Everything started opening up around here in late March/April. In early May my husband got it then I got it a week later. He did not get Paxlovid but I have a history of URI including a lot of bronchitis etc, so I did. It helped. He was sick longer than I was.
I discovered after doing more research that the KN95s we had been wearing might not be adequate despite my research. More likely is that my husband has a fullsome beard and everyone around us had stopped masking. I found N95s and have used them since.
We got our 2nd boosts in August 2022 just before the bivalent came out. We have worn the N95s consistently since we were both sick. Our doc said we could wait 6 months for the best B and T cell response, but we are still careful as my husband visits and cares for his 93 year old mother.
The basic idea of masking is: yes it may help prevent you from getting sick, BUT the main reason you wear them is to reduce the chance of spreading it to others.
just to add: there are many vulnerable folks who are still getting COVID and if they were in better shape might not die, but if they have underlying conditions and now those monoclonal anti bodies are not helpful anymore, well......