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Anonymous wrote:Are people getting COVID multiple times in a year? Is this our new normal (even for fully vaccinated, new variants seem to escape natural and vaccine-based immunity)? A bunch of my coworkers have it now; I do mask at work but take it off for lunch/snacks (yes I know counterintuitive but sometime we humans are).

If you have had it multiple times, could you please say how many vax/boosters you have had (not sure what “fully vaxxed” means anymore) or if you are unvaxxed?

I posted that my DH just had it for the second time. 5 shots, but of course not the current one because he got Covid right before the new vax was available.

I still haven't had it (that I know of), have had all the vax/boosters. I know people who have had it twice but none who have had it more than that (who have shared with me).

False positives are a real thing. That was the case for us when DD tested positive several weeks after she had COVID. We decided to confirm with PCR. Two successive PCRs were negative.

Using summary results for symptomatic people tested during the first week after symptoms began, if 1000 people with symptoms had the antigen test, and 50 (5%) of them really had COVID-19:

• 45 people would test positive for COVID-19. Of these, 5 people (11%) would not have COVID-19 (false positive result).

• 955 people would test negative for COVID-19. Of these, 10 people (1.0%) would actually have COVID-19 (false negative result).

https://www.cochrane.org/CD013705/INFECTN_how-accurate-are-rapid-antigen-tests-diagnosing-covid-19#:~:text=At%205%25%20prevalence%20using%20summary,5%20cases%20will%20be%20missed.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid had it 3 times in 5 month span. However, the first time he was the most symptomatic with a fever. The second two times I only ever caught light positives for a day for runny noses.

Hmm, isn’t that technically considered Long Covid?

No. What a weird question.

No, it’s not….When Covid is diagnosed that closely together Many docs would diagnose that as the same case. It’s very rare to get Covid three SEPARATE times in five months. That would mean that your body never posed any kind of immune response and therefore you should be getting lab work to make sure you don’t have any other underlying conditions / weakened immune system.

My family member tested positive twice within four months and at the hospital they said it was all the same case of long Covid.

That’s not what long covid means. It’s not an active covid infection that lasts a long time. It’s a syndrome of symptoms that some people are left with after a covid infection.

I got it once on a plane while masked Jan 2023. Gave it to my husband. Kid never got it. Husband and I haven’t gotten it again and I do not mask any more. He sometimes does. We are all vaxed including the latest except my kid, who just had the primary series.

Prior to getting it my husband was always masking and I did most of the times. I know I got it on a plane while wearing a Kn94 but did remove mask to sip water etc.

I think the masks are kindof pointless at this time unless it’s a fitted n95 that you never take off. It’s everywhere. I also think some people are more susceptible than others.

Anonymous wrote:Some people develop long Covid and will continue to test positive for months. Some people wear down their immune system having multiple independent cases of Covid. And others don't seem to catch Covid at all or have mild cases.

About ten years from now we will figure out what happens to each of these groups.

Most people with long COVID do not continue testing positive for months.

Some people develop long Covid and will continue to test positive for months. Some people wear down their immune system having multiple independent cases of Covid. And others don't seem to catch Covid at all or have mild cases.

About ten years from now we will figure out what happens to each of these groups.

I live in DC but am from a red state.

My anecdotal observation - most of my friends in DC area have gotten it zero to one times. Most of my friends in red states (who are pro vax etc) have gotten it one to four times. Multiple cases seem to happen more in areas with lower vax rates. I do think being surrounded by a population that is more likely to be vaxxed and boosted etc may protect somewhat.

I just got it for the second time. I haven’t been sick since a year ago in August. We had to cancel our trip to Iceland as a result.

We are now waiting to see if DH or DC gets it.

I wish they had okayed the new vaccine a month earlier since it was clear that we were building up to another wave.

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Anonymous wrote:Are people getting COVID multiple times in a year? Is this our new normal (even for fully vaccinated, new variants seem to escape natural and vaccine-based immunity)? A bunch of my coworkers have it now; I do mask at work but take it off for lunch/snacks (yes I know counterintuitive but sometime we humans are).

If you have had it multiple times, could you please say how many vax/boosters you have had (not sure what “fully vaxxed” means anymore) or if you are unvaxxed?

Original 2 shot dose, then booster, then booster in 2022. Just got fall 2023 shot last week but of course that one hasn't kicked in yet.