Covid Strikes Again!
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (78761)
United States
May 11, 2022 8:14am CST
Last year of course I mentioned that I was directly exposed to Covid three times. First when my co-worker got it, then when my wife had it and I was forced to quarantine with her at home for a week. When I returned to work our warehouse worker got it.
I never got it.
My wife and my co-worker are vaccinated. Our warehouse worker was not. I am not vaccinated and have no intention of getting it.
Then on Saturday my wife and I were with my niece at the eyeglass place she works at where we were there getting new glasses. We were with her again on Sunday for our Mother's Day get together at our house. My brother-in-law's niece was also there.
My niece and his niece both tested positive for Covid yesterday. That makes 5 total direct exposures to Covid for me.
Both his niece and my niece are vaccinated.
Obviously I am monitoring the situation on my end, and knock on wood so far I am fine. I am either immune or lucky. I am not sure. But I won't say I am "out of the woods" until at least 5 days passes.
Luckily this strain of it is the mildest of all cases so far.
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18 responses
@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
11 May 22
It seems that the best way to avoid the covid are the mask, keeping social distance and washing well your hands. I have seen the results of people that were vaccinated and they can get the virus only in a milder form. I have my 4 vaccines but still use mask to go out.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
11 May 22
I don't know about all of that. It seems the CDC finally came out a while back and said the masks never worked. Part of it was because no one was really wearing one—just a piece of cloth will do...that sort of thing. The weirder thing for me is that almost everyone vaccinated I know got it and almost no one unvaccinated did.
I can't make heads nor tails out of it.
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@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
12 May 22
@porwest I only relate to people who have their vaccines. But it depends where you live, I suppose.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
12 May 22
@marguicha It seems the vaccinated ones are the most dangerous ones to be around. lol
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@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
12 May 22
@porwest I do all that. My "go to" personally was to put a few drops of lavender oil on my mask and wear clean ones every day or twice a day.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
12 May 22
@GardenGerty Maybe that helps? I think from day one everything Covid related was just a guess. At least this latest strain seems to be the mildest one ever.
@paulobraga85 (809)
• Brazil
11 May 22
A curious factor that has happened since covid spread around the world was how the virus entered the body. I know people who tested positive for covid 19 in 3 moments and currently don't have any kind of sequel.
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@sabtraversa (12936)
• Italy
11 May 22
Glad it's mild, hopefully the time we stop worrying about this virus comes soon. 
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@Marilynda1225 (79730)
• United States
11 May 22
Seems as if there's no escape whether anyone is vaccinated or not. I hear all the time both vaxxed and not are testing positive but at least it doesn't seem so bad as it was in the beginning. Hope you remain Covid negative
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@popciclecold (35103)
• United States
11 May 22
@porwest Yes, it has that affect.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
11 May 22
More like a cold now supposedly. I am starting to wonder if everything is now just Covid? I mean, when's the last time someone said, "I just have a cold."
And at the height of this no one said they had the flu. It was all Covid.
I still think we've been hoodwinked.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
11 May 22
@popciclecold I mean, nobody I know has had a cold in TWO YEARS! lol. It's always Covid. Really? Is it really?
I may have been born, but not yesterday. lol
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@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
11 May 22
I am glad you did not get it. And I pray you dont. I too have not got it.
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@MarshaMusselman (38657)
• Midland, Michigan
11 May 22
It's good that you've not contracted it as yet for whatever reason. It is odd that mainly the ones that are vaccinated are getting it. Other than the warehouse worker that is.
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@MarshaMusselman (38657)
• Midland, Michigan
12 May 22
@porwest I've been vaccinated but have to get the booster still. I've not had COVID.
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@porwest (78761)
• United States
12 May 22
@MarshaMusselman You are among the few.
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@aninditasen (15742)
• Raurkela, India
12 May 22
The virus variant that has come is leaving long time side effects, at least in India. It's better to get vaccinated and maintain distance and use disinfectant as frequently as needed.
@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
13 May 22
@porwest
I can understand you do not want to say you are immune and jinx it. I hope you do not get it at all. I can understand why you do not want to get the vaccines. I have no idea if they work or not. I still wear a mask and stay away if can from people. I hate going out but I go out when have to.
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
12 May 22
I am vaccinated, and boostered, but do not think I will take an additional booster. I have worked in close proximity of adults and children who have become ill, but I have not. I suspect that I may have had it in January before we knew it was in the states. As far as Omicron being the mildest, I would refer you to my coworkers who just recently had it and were sicker than dogs with fever, body aches, headaches, etc. For over ten days. They are still exhausted. Three co workers all from the same family..They are all vaccinated and boostered and were told that vaccines are not effective against Omicron.
@1creekgirl (40522)
• United States
12 May 22
Sure hope the others recover well and that you don't get it.
@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 May 22
I hope you continue to dodge it. We were with a positive person on Friday and Saturday but not super close.
@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
12 May 22
I hope you don't catch it. I hope that your family recovers quickly and completely.
