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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Were you always like this? I think some people are just born with a robust immune system and some aren’t. I also think that working in a Petrie dish like elementary school (I do as well) helps build up immunity with micro exposures.[/quote]
NP +1 for robust immune system.

I'm 55 and really haven't ever been sick. Ever since I was a kid, I would barely catch whatever was going around school, but then my mother who had a compromised immune system as a breast cancer survivor would be horribly sick for a week. I keep up with recommended vaccines. I've never had the flu, never strep, never any of the common things that go around. Barfing flu that went around in 2010ish? Everyone in the house one by one, but I only had one night of not feeling quite right. I'm a teacher and haven't worn a mask for two years. It wasn't until a few weeks ago that JN.1 finally caught up to me and I had Covid for the first time. Had a drippy nose on Saturday and then was stuffed up on Sunday. Thought I actually had a cold for the first time since the before times. Took a Covid test so I could tell people on Monday that I just had a cold, but whoops! nope - Covid. I was pretty cleared up the next day (day 3), but my college kid caught it for the first time, and then my husband for the first time. Both were mostly just cold symptoms, but they were sick for 10 days.

I'm generally healthy besides being overweight and not super active. My husband is pretty healthy too, and my kids (in their 20s now) really never get sick. So yes - good immune system, probably with some genetic influence. [/quote]

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