My relatives has been traveling up a storm nationally & internationally, going to pro football games and superbowl, and everywhere. So far, she’s never tested + for covid, even when some of her family members were +.
My daughter’s fiancé had never tested positive for covid. Works in healthcare, has seen multiples of people with covid. Works on site with others. Did not get the last booster. My daughter got covid. My husband got covid while visiting them. He did not.
His time was up last week. Came down with covid.
We were visiting, so far neither my daughter or my husband or I have tested positive. 
I think covid might become like other things. There are those who have had covid and there are those who will get covid. Some day, your number will come up. We can speculate all we want about those who haven’t yet contracted covid. But to me, you’ve been lucky. So far.
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Yes, I wonder when I will get it!
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My mom passed away in February at age 92. She got her vaccinations, was careful but still lived her life until the very end, and somehow never got COVID. Amazing, like everything else about her.
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I can’t wait until we know more about this virus. My daughter, vaxxed and boosted, just got covid for the 3rd time. Her boyfriend, who has been with her the last 2 times she’s had it and does nothing to protect himself when around her, has never tested positive. We keep joking the 2 of them should offer themselves up to researchers to find out why she seems to get it when someone with covid even looks at her and he seems immune.
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I’d like to know as well. My in-laws live with my SIL/BIL who constantly watch (practically raise) their 4 grandkids. My in-laws are in their mid to late 80s and in terrible health. Terrible is an understatement. My MIL has severe Alzheimer’s and has a BMI of 15 (as of the last time she was in the hospital). My FIL has a terrible heart, leukemia, high BP, a badly ruptured disk they won’t operate on because of his health, and now is probably 50+ pounds overweight. For the last 6-7 years they don’t move. They don’t leave the house except for doctors’ visits.
We took the in-laws to get the first 2 shots and 1st booster ASAP. SIL/BIL are not very concerned about covid though they too are in terrible health. We pushed for them to get vax’d and I think they did finally get the first 2 shots. SIL/BIL have gotten covid 3x (once before the vax). They’ve gotten it bad. The grandkids are gotten it bad. My in-laws - not at all. No infection control at any time.
Part of me wonders if maybe my in-laws always feel so bad that they didn’t notice? But you’d think they’d notice a fever or cough. But then, when H brought it home from school to me, he had barely a sniffle. I wound up with no voice for 10 days, and it took 2 months before all my systems felt normal. So maybe he inherited something from them? But then you’d think my SIL would have inherited it too. Who knows… It just seems so random.
It does! All three times my daughter has had it she has been around people prior to knowing she had it (was testing negative and didn’t know she was exposed) and no one she’s been around has tested positive. The first time she lived in a suite with 8 people, once with a roommate sleeping in the same tiny room with her and they all stayed negative. It’s like she doesn’t shed the virus.
I know a lot of people who have gotten Covid in the last month who never had it before.
My daughter was telling us her friend had Covid and worked for the VA. They wanted her back at work after 5 days but her toddler who,also had it wasn’t allowed back to daycare till 10 days.
Downy dryer sheets to reduce the apparent static cling?
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Each county has different guidelines. The LA County guidelines for education were update on 8/17/23. On page 5, it states,
Staff and Students with Symptoms of Possible COVID-19
People with symptoms of possible COVID-19 infection should wear a mask, isolate, and test for COVID-19. Refer to LACDPH’s Learn about Symptoms and What to do if You are Sick. Those who test negative using an antigen test but continue having COVID-19 symptoms should continue to isolate and retest in 2 days as recommended by the FDA. Those who test negative can resume normal activities when they have been fever-free without the help of fever reducing medications for at least 24 hours.
Staff and Students with COVID-19 (Cases)
Students and staff who test positive for COVID-19 infection (cases) must stay home away from others for a minimum of 5 days, wear a well-fitting mask if there is a need to be in the same room as others, and follow all isolation instructions. People who are at risk for getting very sick with COVID-19 who test positive should consult with a healthcare provider right away for possible treatment. Many adults and some children qualify for treatment.
• Students who meet the criteria to end isolation after Day 5 should continue to wear a well-fitting mask indoors around others through Day 10, unless they have two sequential negative COVID19 tests taken at least one day apart.
• Staff who meet the criteria to end isolation after Day 5 and are returning to work are required by Cal/OSHA to wear a well-fitting mask through Day 10. For further information about staff
isolation and return to work, refer to Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency
Regulations.
Heard a news report that the monovalent Moderna booster is effective against the highly mutated variant, BA2.86.
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Presumably you mean based on this Moderna press release:
https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2023/Moderna-Clinical-Trial-Data-Confirm-Its-Updated-Covid-19-Vaccine-Generates-Strong-Immune-Response-in-Humans-Against-BA.2.86/default.aspx
Hope the new booster comes out soon. We have travel coming up in early October and would love to have had the new booster and the flu shot a couple weeks before we leave.
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We are traveling mid October and are hoping the same!
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I’m hoping the same. Just got my RSV today. There was a guy in there fighting with the pharmacist. He was demanding the latest shot, and she was trying to explain that he’d be better off waiting two weeks because if she gave him a shot now, she wouldn’t be allowed to give him another shot in two weeks when the new ones come out. He stormed off in a huff!
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We leave for Europe trip late Sept. I did not qualify for another covid booster? Should I do flu shot now? - normally I’d wait to have coverage longer through the winter, but now thinking about it. Also qualify for RSV, could do at same CVS appt (assuming their website setup is correct).
Some recent research suggest that BA.2.86 is not as big a threat as it could have been:
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We looked at the CVS website to get flu and COVID boosters. If we wanted just the flu shot, we could have gotten it today/tomorrow. If you clicked on both simultaneously, it gave you appointment dates beginning next Wednesday. So I am assuming CVS anticipates having the updated COVID booster next week.
We travel to Europe at the end of September, so we were hoping to get both before we leave.
The Pfizer and/or Moderna XBB.1.5 boosters may become available in the US before you leave (Novavax seems to be taking longer). If not, you may be able to get the Pfizer booster in Europe, since it has been authorized already: Press corner | European Commission
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A study with a unsurprising result: the more exposure you have to someone with COVID-19, the more likely you are to get COVID-19.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02715-1
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40750-8
They studied prisoners in correctional facilities that did regular testing. The highest exposure level (sharing a cell with someone who was infected) resulted in the greatest likelihood of being infected, and the least effectiveness of vaccination and/or prior infection against infection.
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