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I mix in society, wear masks everywhere, and have yet to contract coronavirus.

naasking 5y ago
> I mix in society, wear masks everywhere, and have yet to contract coronavirus. Or you did and were asymptomatic. Something on the order of 70% of cases are largely asymptomatic IIRC. Unless you're claiming you got a PCR test every 21 days since the beginning of the pandemic?
- zemvpferreira 5y ago
  I have not (only a few tests so far) but I'll do you one better. I have a few doctors friends who mix in society, wear masks everywhere, work in covid wards and have yet to contract coronavirus. They have to take an ungodly amount of PCRs. Point is, a lot of people have been infected so far, but not all people.
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JasonFruit 5y ago
c) get lucky
- mandmandam 5y ago
  Statistically speaking, isn't that just normal luck? Aren't 80% or so of infections mild to symptom free?
mdorazio 5y ago
You have yet to get coronavirus. There’s a pretty good chance that you will before the year is out. Omicron is extremely infectious even among the fully vaccinated. For example, among my friends group all of us are fully vaccinated and boosted, and so far 60% have gotten omicron despite wearing masks in public, washing hands frequently, etc. I expect further mutations in the future will probably happen and similarly reduce vaccine effectiveness in preventing infection.
- Jcampuzano2 5y ago
  Depending on what test people are getting, there may be a good portion of the population who have gotten Omicron but don't know it if they had very mild symptoms. Plenty of us have off days, or may feel a little sick but don't assume it is Covid because of expecting extreme reactions even when it absolutely could be due to its symptoms overlapping others and many people being affected very little or even being asymptomatic.
scatters 5y ago
How do you know that? Unless you've been taking PCR tests at least weekly, it's more likely that you've had at least one asymptomatic infection.
throwaway22032 5y ago
We're three months in to Omicron and only two years in, your situation right now is irrelevant. The only way you're getting away with this is either by having some innate immunity, or by simply not noticing you've had it. I wouldn't have realised if not for a friend saying "get a test", my only symptom was a purple line on a bit of paper. I actually felt better than normal because I went out drinking less.
DeWilde 5y ago
More likely, you've had contact with it but it did not cause any symptoms. I don't think it is possible to avoid Coronavirus at this point. Unless someone had barricaded themselves in for the past 2 years they are likely to have had contact with the virus at this point.
restingrobot 5y ago
You will get COVID at some point, and it won't be because you were careful, you forgot to wear a mask, or you encountered unvaccinated/unmasked people. It will be because this virus is endemic and at some point everyone will get it. The idea that somehow getting or not getting COVID is due to level of diligence is absurd on its face.
zdragnar 5y ago
I've been exposed to covid-positive people multiple times in my home (each time they found out they were positive after), no masking involved. I get tested after each exposure and have yet to get it either. Wearing masks and not catching covid is like wearing a bandana and not getting into a bike accident. It is an extremely contagious aerosolized virus that cloth masks simply aren't sufficient to stop. Meanwhile, the effects of perpetual masking are obvious- harmful to deaf people, harmful to the development of speech and socialization in children, asthmatics and more.
- skrbjc 5y ago
  Funnily enough, I've seen many people riding bikes in the street with no helmet, but wearing a cloth mask.
  - brimble 5y ago
    I've found myself leaving them on on the walk back to the car a whole lot more now that it's Winter. Zero extra safety, but it keeps the face warm.
    - shard 5y ago
      I was already regularly wearing masks in the winter before the pandemic for the same reason, it kept my face nice and warm. Of course it was cloth masks, not N95. But I did wear N95 when the air quality was especially bad.
  - mosdave 5y ago
    https://stanfordreview.org/stanford-bicycles-helmets-masks/ https://stanfordreview.org/stanford-bicycles-helmets-masks/
- Panther34543 5y ago
  > Meanwhile, the effects of perpetual masking are obvious- harmful to deaf people, harmful to the development of speech and socialization in children, asthmatics and more. There's a ton more. I now have tons of facial scars due to continuous breakouts over the past two years due to masks (and, yes, I've spent about $2k trying all sorts of silk and other supposedly "comfortable" masks). Another thing that hasn't been talked about is cartilage deformities in young children due to the pressure of masks on developing features. My sister is a plastic surgeon and she has talked about this quite a bit, but it hasn't gotten much media attention. The pressure caused by elastic loops around the ear is quite harmful to the correct development of the ear by permanently modifying the cartilage of the concha in growing children[0]. She also mentioned that there may be affects on the shape of the nose if a mask is worn tight enough. A "celestial" nose is a nose shape with an upturned tip, stereotypically considered a sign of attractiveness in many cultures and a common feature of celebrities. It's the most requested shape for those interested in rhinoplasties. Forcing young children to wear tight masks is quite literally deforming them. [0]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7302120 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7302120

> I mix in society, wear masks everywhere, and have yet to contract coronavirus. Or you did and were asymptomatic. Something on the order of 70% of cases are largely asymptomatic IIRC. Unless you're claiming you got a PCR test every 21 days since the beginning of the pandemic?

zemvpferreira 5y ago
I have not (only a few tests so far) but I'll do you one better. I have a few doctors friends who mix in society, wear masks everywhere, work in covid wards and have yet to contract coronavirus. They have to take an ungodly amount of PCRs. Point is, a lot of people have been infected so far, but not all people.

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JasonFruit 5y ago

c) get lucky

mandmandam 5y ago
Statistically speaking, isn't that just normal luck? Aren't 80% or so of infections mild to symptom free?

mdorazio 5y ago

You have yet to get coronavirus. There’s a pretty good chance that you will before the year is out. Omicron is extremely infectious even among the fully vaccinated. For example, among my friends group all of us are fully vaccinated and boosted, and so far 60% have gotten omicron despite wearing masks in public, washing hands frequently, etc. I expect further mutations in the future will probably happen and similarly reduce vaccine effectiveness in preventing infection.

Jcampuzano2 5y ago
Depending on what test people are getting, there may be a good portion of the population who have gotten Omicron but don't know it if they had very mild symptoms. Plenty of us have off days, or may feel a little sick but don't assume it is Covid because of expecting extreme reactions even when it absolutely could be due to its symptoms overlapping others and many people being affected very little or even being asymptomatic.

scatters 5y ago

How do you know that? Unless you've been taking PCR tests at least weekly, it's more likely that you've had at least one asymptomatic infection.

throwaway22032 5y ago

We're three months in to Omicron and only two years in, your situation right now is irrelevant. The only way you're getting away with this is either by having some innate immunity, or by simply not noticing you've had it. I wouldn't have realised if not for a friend saying "get a test", my only symptom was a purple line on a bit of paper. I actually felt better than normal because I went out drinking less.

DeWilde 5y ago

More likely, you've had contact with it but it did not cause any symptoms. I don't think it is possible to avoid Coronavirus at this point. Unless someone had barricaded themselves in for the past 2 years they are likely to have had contact with the virus at this point.

restingrobot 5y ago

You will get COVID at some point, and it won't be because you were careful, you forgot to wear a mask, or you encountered unvaccinated/unmasked people. It will be because this virus is endemic and at some point everyone will get it. The idea that somehow getting or not getting COVID is due to level of diligence is absurd on its face.

zdragnar 5y ago

I've been exposed to covid-positive people multiple times in my home (each time they found out they were positive after), no masking involved. I get tested after each exposure and have yet to get it either. Wearing masks and not catching covid is like wearing a bandana and not getting into a bike accident. It is an extremely contagious aerosolized virus that cloth masks simply aren't sufficient to stop. Meanwhile, the effects of perpetual masking are obvious- harmful to deaf people, harmful to the development of speech and socialization in children, asthmatics and more.

skrbjc 5y ago
Funnily enough, I've seen many people riding bikes in the street with no helmet, but wearing a cloth mask.
- brimble 5y ago
  I've found myself leaving them on on the walk back to the car a whole lot more now that it's Winter. Zero extra safety, but it keeps the face warm.
  - shard 5y ago
    I was already regularly wearing masks in the winter before the pandemic for the same reason, it kept my face nice and warm. Of course it was cloth masks, not N95. But I did wear N95 when the air quality was especially bad.
- mosdave 5y ago
  https://stanfordreview.org/stanford-bicycles-helmets-masks/ https://stanfordreview.org/stanford-bicycles-helmets-masks/
Panther34543 5y ago
> Meanwhile, the effects of perpetual masking are obvious- harmful to deaf people, harmful to the development of speech and socialization in children, asthmatics and more. There's a ton more. I now have tons of facial scars due to continuous breakouts over the past two years due to masks (and, yes, I've spent about $2k trying all sorts of silk and other supposedly "comfortable" masks). Another thing that hasn't been talked about is cartilage deformities in young children due to the pressure of masks on developing features. My sister is a plastic surgeon and she has talked about this quite a bit, but it hasn't gotten much media attention. The pressure caused by elastic loops around the ear is quite harmful to the correct development of the ear by permanently modifying the cartilage of the concha in growing children[0]. She also mentioned that there may be affects on the shape of the nose if a mask is worn tight enough. A "celestial" nose is a nose shape with an upturned tip, stereotypically considered a sign of attractiveness in many cultures and a common feature of celebrities. It's the most requested shape for those interested in rhinoplasties. Forcing young children to wear tight masks is quite literally deforming them. [0]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7302120 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7302120