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I'm in the same boat I think. I never had COVID, even after taking PCR tests when I was feeling ill. (I have CF, so respiratory infections are common, so entire

I'm in the same boat I think. I never had COVID, even after taking PCR tests when I was feeling ill. (I have CF, so respiratory infections are common, so entirely possible it was something else) Best one was the day my wife was diagnosed just before a minor surgical procedure. That day we went and received 15-minute PCR tests (the kind you'd get if you were traveling): I was negative and she was confirmed as positive. I can only assume I had it at one point and still had "natural" immunity. (We were both previously vaccinated, and her COVID case was very mild)

kylebenzle 3y ago
Every single human on earth has had COVID, multiple times. Its just that 90% of the people who "have COVID" never even know they have it, it's THAT MILD of a disease. I wonder how many years/generations it will take for people to accept the truth around COVID.
- LeafItAlone 3y ago
  What are your sources for this?
  - dilyevsky 3y ago
    This paper[0] suggests 94% at the end of 2022. At this point it’s probably closer to a 100%. Technically it’s “at least once” though not “multiple times”. Other papers only cite 25-50% asymptomatic cases since Omicron so not quite 90% but still quite high [0] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.19.22282525v3 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.19.22282525v...
    - LeafItAlone 3y ago
      Thanks for sharing. I’m admittedly very bad at reading papers like this, but I can’t determine how they are getting to that figure. I’ve never tested positive, despite having been repeatedly tested (at home and PCR), due to the nature of my situation. I do believe, though, that I have probably had it, even if the tests never showed it, because how could I not have?
      - dilyevsky 3y ago
        They modeled it mathematically using something called “Bayesian evidence synthesis”. It’s a popular method assessing disease rates, war casualties, etc when there’s limited “hard data” available
- seattle_spring 3y ago
  The whole reason it was such a difficult disease to contain was because so many people were asymptomatic. That doesn't mean it's a "mild" illness overall. Plenty of people with tuberculosis don't have symptoms, would you call that a mild disease?

kylebenzle 3y ago

Every single human on earth has had COVID, multiple times. Its just that 90% of the people who "have COVID" never even know they have it, it's THAT MILD of a disease. I wonder how many years/generations it will take for people to accept the truth around COVID.

LeafItAlone 3y ago
What are your sources for this?
- dilyevsky 3y ago
  This paper[0] suggests 94% at the end of 2022. At this point it’s probably closer to a 100%. Technically it’s “at least once” though not “multiple times”. Other papers only cite 25-50% asymptomatic cases since Omicron so not quite 90% but still quite high [0] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.19.22282525v3 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.19.22282525v...
  - LeafItAlone 3y ago
    Thanks for sharing. I’m admittedly very bad at reading papers like this, but I can’t determine how they are getting to that figure. I’ve never tested positive, despite having been repeatedly tested (at home and PCR), due to the nature of my situation. I do believe, though, that I have probably had it, even if the tests never showed it, because how could I not have?
    - dilyevsky 3y ago
      They modeled it mathematically using something called “Bayesian evidence synthesis”. It’s a popular method assessing disease rates, war casualties, etc when there’s limited “hard data” available
seattle_spring 3y ago
The whole reason it was such a difficult disease to contain was because so many people were asymptomatic. That doesn't mean it's a "mild" illness overall. Plenty of people with tuberculosis don't have symptoms, would you call that a mild disease?