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Your implication that covid is unavoidable is false. I've avoided getting it by being purposefully covid conscious.

by ParetoOptimal 3y ago

unclad5968 3y ago
You have no way of knowing that. Some people are asymptomatic.
- CrazyStat 3y ago
  > You have no way of knowing that. You can get a antibody (blood) test that will test positive for COVID antibodies even if you were asymptomatic.
  - kube-system 3y ago
    You can. But that still doesn't tell you if you've had COVID. Antibodies wane overtime and you can also test positive for antibodies after having had a vaccine. So even if you have been taking antibody tests every couple of weeks year now, you could have contracted it before the tests were available (it was about a year before they were publicly available in much of the US), or after a vaccination.
    - dev_tty01 3y ago
      Depends on the test. The right test can tell the difference between the set of vaccine antibodies and the set from an actual infection. Vaccine only creates antibodies that target the spike protein structure. I participated in a study and got updates every six months.
  - whelp_24 3y ago
    Some variants didn't show up in tests well. And being asymptomatic was/is really common. Why would you check if you don't have symptoms?
jjulius 3y ago
>I've avoided getting it... So far, is the missing clarifier.
- nerevarthelame 3y ago
  Just because they can't be certain that they'll never get it in the future doesn't mean that all attempts to minimize cumulative infections are pointless.
  - jjulius 3y ago
    You're arguing a point that I never made. By all means, OP should keep it up!
bsder 3y ago
Or perhaps you have some immunity to it, for some reason ... Humans have high variation. It's what keeps the species alive when things like pandemics come rolling in. Your personal situation doesn't automatically apply to anybody else.
- ParetoOptimal 3y ago
  Or quaranting and masking despite being inconvenient is very effective. That would be an inconvenient truth though.
  - bsder 3y ago
    Masks and procedures are effective but not 100%. I was religious about masking and distancing and hand washing and still got Covid Original Flavour(tm). Fortunately, I did quarantine after getting back from my travel (required: had to shut a house down) before even knowing I had Covid so my elderly relatives didn't get it from me. Quarantining is very effective but is really inconvenient. You can't get every single person who wants to interact with you to quarantine for 14 days prior unless you are super important.
kelnos 3y ago
Your lack of COVID is certainly largely due to being purposeful and careful, but there's still a component of luck. The only sure-fire way to avoid it is to stay locked up and away from all other humans and things other humans have potentially breathed on. Anything less and there's always a decent chance you'll get it despite your precautions. Also, you may have gotten it, were asymptomatic, and didn't notice. COVID is fun like that.
rlt 3y ago
And I’ve avoided getting it for the last 2 years taking zero precautions
- ParetoOptimal 3y ago
  Do you believe its equally likely the reason for you and I not getting it is something genetic? Also, for all I know you could live in a hut in the mountains so I don't know your exposure. I assume its medium to high given your implication.

Your implication that covid is unavoidable is false. I've avoided getting it by being purposefully covid conscious.

unclad5968 3y ago

You have no way of knowing that. Some people are asymptomatic.

CrazyStat 3y ago
> You have no way of knowing that. You can get a antibody (blood) test that will test positive for COVID antibodies even if you were asymptomatic.
- kube-system 3y ago
  You can. But that still doesn't tell you if you've had COVID. Antibodies wane overtime and you can also test positive for antibodies after having had a vaccine. So even if you have been taking antibody tests every couple of weeks year now, you could have contracted it before the tests were available (it was about a year before they were publicly available in much of the US), or after a vaccination.
  - dev_tty01 3y ago
    Depends on the test. The right test can tell the difference between the set of vaccine antibodies and the set from an actual infection. Vaccine only creates antibodies that target the spike protein structure. I participated in a study and got updates every six months.
- whelp_24 3y ago
  Some variants didn't show up in tests well. And being asymptomatic was/is really common. Why would you check if you don't have symptoms?

jjulius 3y ago

>I've avoided getting it... So far, is the missing clarifier.

nerevarthelame 3y ago
Just because they can't be certain that they'll never get it in the future doesn't mean that all attempts to minimize cumulative infections are pointless.
- jjulius 3y ago
  You're arguing a point that I never made. By all means, OP should keep it up!

bsder 3y ago

Or perhaps you have some immunity to it, for some reason ... Humans have high variation. It's what keeps the species alive when things like pandemics come rolling in. Your personal situation doesn't automatically apply to anybody else.

ParetoOptimal 3y ago
Or quaranting and masking despite being inconvenient is very effective. That would be an inconvenient truth though.
- bsder 3y ago
  Masks and procedures are effective but not 100%. I was religious about masking and distancing and hand washing and still got Covid Original Flavour(tm). Fortunately, I did quarantine after getting back from my travel (required: had to shut a house down) before even knowing I had Covid so my elderly relatives didn't get it from me. Quarantining is very effective but is really inconvenient. You can't get every single person who wants to interact with you to quarantine for 14 days prior unless you are super important.

kelnos 3y ago

Your lack of COVID is certainly largely due to being purposeful and careful, but there's still a component of luck. The only sure-fire way to avoid it is to stay locked up and away from all other humans and things other humans have potentially breathed on. Anything less and there's always a decent chance you'll get it despite your precautions. Also, you may have gotten it, were asymptomatic, and didn't notice. COVID is fun like that.

rlt 3y ago

And I’ve avoided getting it for the last 2 years taking zero precautions

ParetoOptimal 3y ago
Do you believe its equally likely the reason for you and I not getting it is something genetic? Also, for all I know you could live in a hut in the mountains so I don't know your exposure. I assume its medium to high given your implication.