Tips from some folks who so far have never had COVID-19

Some US reporters are starting to track down and interview people who apparently (as confirmed by periodic test results) have never become infected with COVID-19. Here's one such news article:

www.huffpost.com...

My family and I also continue to not have symptoms so far, and occasional testing before a family gathering also has shown negative results. We avoid big gatherings, all of them. When in public, we mask w/ N95 topped with a cloth mask ... the cloth helps keep the N95 closer to the face, and softens the facial appearance (it makes us look less like visitors from mars).

a reply to: Uphill -- we also avoid most farmers' markets, because almost no one there is masking, and customers there must often stand shoulder-to-shoulder in order to buy anything.

I can't believe that there is people, at this stage, that still fall for the testing scam. In this three years, haven't you heard what Kary Mullis, the inventor of the PCR test, said about using the test to detect infection?... It's simply not designed for that.

a reply to: Uphill

Don't get vaxxed is the best tip I can offer.

Sounds like you're riding the fear train..

Double masked N 95....ok then...

Japan Airlines , starting in May will not make it mandatory to wear mask in their planes. Left up to the passengers.

a reply to: Uphill

I applaud you for going about this as careful as you wish with no regards for how it makes you appear to others, koodos.

Personally, I know people who are vaxxed, that wear masks everywhere they go (including their own car and home) and have gotten very very ill from COVID. I know people who aren't vaxxed that never wore a mask a day and have not gotten it at all (allegedly). From what I have seen it does not matter what you do to protect yourself, if you are going to get it you are going to get it no matter what.

a reply to: Uphill

I never got it and for the life of me can't tell you how.
I did not get vaxt because I was in a fairly low-risk group and saw early on that transmissions were still happening (the Yankee team for example).
I did not socially distance or mask except when a person was especially fearful/compromised.
I was exposed to covid positive family members and a student who was also positive and who did transmit it to another couple of classmates.
Tested negative a number of times. Been to concerts and packed NBA arenas too.

I am unvaxxed, i go to concerts, and since a few months after the outbreak, have been working in hundreds if not thousands of peoples houses, doing plumbing work. I wore a mask the first maybe 6 months. No covid that I know of.
I've also had no sickness of any kind besides a hangover for the past 20 years or so.
I switch up my multi vitamin but it aways has quercitin, zinc, b complex, vitamin c, vitamin d
Recently started NAC and nattokinase-serrapeptase.
Also switch it up every month with some different vitamins.
Besides taking vitamins I don't live a very healthy lifestyle for a 33 year old.
I played in a lot of dirt and swim in some nasty ponds when I was a kid and teen, coulda added a layer of muck for added immunity.
For a few years I was sharing J's with my friends daily, and Ive kissed my fair share of women in my lifetime.
Actually a few weeks ago I shared a vape pen with someone who got covid less than a week later, not I.
So that's my story of possibly why I have never got covid.

originally posted by: Uphill
When in public, we mask w/ N95 topped with a cloth mask ... the cloth helps keep the N95 closer to the face, and softens the facial appearance (it makes us look less like visitors from mars).

LOL

You should wear a foil hat too.

Have fun with masking for the rest of your life.

COVID is endemic and you've probably already been exposed without knowing it.

a reply to: Uphill

You do realize that there are over 1400 pathogens floating around - that we know of.

www.nature.com...

They just added one more to the list. You were fine before it was added.

a reply to: Uphill

Fire Walkers also walk across burning coals. Much like that. Some affected, some not, some works for, some can kill you.

"LIFE"...follows no playbook. I (EMT-Disaster Triage Spec)...comes to the vax/mask will I, won't I "get it"..or will it...

Who the hell knows? We don't...everything is the same: no presumptive "facts" with anything. Take your own preventive measures, right for you. Or not.

Good continued health to all.

EMT/ADV LIFE SUPPORT

They profile 11 people who never caught COVID. This paragraph sums up their "findings".

“The likelihood of getting infected is variable and dependent on many factors, including vaccine and natural infection history,” he said. “Some have avoided COVID and most of this has been achieved through those who practice safe behaviors, such as masking, being up to date on vaccinations, and avoiding high-risk situations when spread is likely, like crowded indoor events.”

Just the same old follow the official recommendations, except they allow for natural immunity and one of the people in the study mentioned vitamins.

a reply to: Uphill

I work in retail. Never at any point during the pandemic have I worn a mask. Even at work (management won't make us wear them) I have never worn a mask. Never had any symptoms of anything but also have never taken a test so I wouldn't know if I've had it or not apparently. No coronavirus vaccine either. So I guess my tip for not catching it is not falling for the globalist propaganda hook, line, and sinker.

originally posted by: Uphill
a reply to: Uphill -- we also avoid most farmers' markets, because almost no one there is masking, and customers there must often stand shoulder-to-shoulder in order to buy anything.

Interesting proven 100% without a doubt fact….. mask don’t do crap other than to identify conclusively that you vote democrat.

I thought I was covid-proof, but it got me last July. I wore masks when work or any other business required it, and for a few days after I felt better and went back to work. I work around thousands of people every day, sometimes side by side with covid infected, and my wife and 3 of my kids had already had it. I don't know how I avoided it for so long.

Side notes: This month marks 2 years since my first Moderna shot. No side effects, and the only time I've been sick at all since all of this started was my 3 day bout with covid last year.

Covid virgin pureblood here too. And my husband. I think I'll continue to pass on extra precautions.

We haven't done anything extra to prevent getting Covid, just basic hygiene and health practices, and we've both been exposed many times.

In fact, the weekend after Thanksgiving, half the people we celebrated with came down with Covid. Lots of hugs and group pictures. They must have been infected at the time, but we didn't even get a sniffle.

If I had to guess why, I'd say it's the daily 5,000 IUs of Vitamin D + multi-vitamins that keeps us healthy. Or maybe we had a different Corona virus previously that gave us immunity. Not sure. Not worried about it.

originally posted by: Uphill
My family and I also continue to not have symptoms so far, and occasional testing before a family gathering also has shown negative results. We avoid big gatherings, all of them. When in public, we mask w/ N95 topped with a cloth mask ... the cloth helps keep the N95 closer to the face, and softens the facial appearance (it makes us look less like visitors from mars).

Ok... so... you're all just batsnip crazy. Thanks for letting us know.

originally posted by: Uphill
Some US reporters are starting to track down and interview people who apparently (as confirmed by periodic test results) have never become infected with COVID-19. Here's one such news article:

www.huffpost.com...

My family and I also continue to not have symptoms so far, and occasional testing before a family gathering also has shown negative results. We avoid big gatherings, all of them. When in public, we mask w/ N95 topped with a cloth mask ... the cloth helps keep the N95 closer to the face, and softens the facial appearance (it makes us look less like visitors from mars).

Neither my husband nor I have had covid (and we test negative) nor has the woman that I drive for.

I mask in crowded stores (or stores I feel look crowded), shop at times when there are fewer people around, mask at medical visits, wash hands after bathroom use in public places, and if I see reports about covid rising in my area, I keep an eye on the numbers. At a certain level, I skip grocery shopping and order (so that they're shopped in store and I just pick them up and go home with them.)

I did add extra Vitamin D after reading some of the PubMed reports.

I have traveled (airports) and I double mask (cloth and N95). I do check covid levels at my destinations to see if I want to add extra protection.

We've had all the available shots plus the annual flu shots.

In attending conventions, I wear a mask in the hall (not when I'm on a panel, however) and in certain function areas. I avoid the parties and instead schedule dinners with friends. When I'm performing, I am generally far enough away from the audience that I'm comfortable not wearing a mask. When I'm teaching, I'm usually 8-15 feet away from the first row, so I don't mask.

I don't worry about masks at the swimming pool or outdoors.

So, basically, I'm back to doing what I did before the start of the pandemic, with a few precautions when I feel it's needed.

My husband and my friend are VERY high risk patients, and I don't want to risk giving them anything.

a reply to: Uphill

I had something of a 48 hour bug DEC. 2019.
Natural immunity already repaired whatever damage.

It's stupid to submit to *reinfection through a needle given number of possible strains.
Masks limit the intake of oxygen every breath we take. Irrational consequence.

I don't have kids that will hate me for not advising them better than mainstream media, which offered nothing beyond fear porn the sky is falling.

Stimulus amounted to a fraction of damage mandates brought forth.
Nor had I signed up for such minimal *illicit compensation.*

Seeking solitude to bath in isolation has it's perks.

Ephesians 6 all day every day.

Don't care.

I played the covid game the bare minimum I had to while I was still in the military.

But no testing, no distancing, didn't get sick.

I don't care if other people want to look like idiots and live in fear of a hyped up flu.

Just don't try to force your weak willed neurotic fetishes on me.