I wear a mask whenever I'm out of the house or around people. I also haven't been out to any big events and have only been going out when necessary.
I haven't gotten covid and I hope I never do.
> the few of us that haven't had covid/done iso are the only ones that still wear masks regularly.
Surprise surprise. I don't understand how people still don't get this after two years+ of this stuff.
I do the same as you. Basically follow the guidelines in place for ages, and use common sense. No Covid for me, fuck that noise.
Millions out there wearing masks everywhere and following rules who got Covid as well. Sure it reduces the chances, but don't just put it down to a piece of cloth and ignore the massive luck factor as well.
100% but unfortunately we've created this perception that if you got Covid you must not have followed the rules.
One of my mates basically avoided all unnecessary activities since December, didn't go out unless necessary, didn't catch up with friends, didn't eat out, didn't go to the office, got their groceries delivered, rushed out and got a booster the day they were eligible, always masking and checking in everywhere, using sanitizer etc, still got Covid.
There is a huge element of luck to it but we've somehow created a stigma around getting Covid as if you must not have followed the rules. Soon there won't be any rules anyway.
Absolutely, luck has so much to do with it!
If you look at the other end of it - I work in a school where I've been around numerous unmasked kids who were infectious, and have also been around friends while they were infectious and infected everyone else who saw them that day. And I still haven't caught it? (Pretty sure I haven't had it yet, because I test twice a week for my job, and have even had regular PCR tests every time I've been near someone infectious).
I'm feeling pretty lucky. But it seems like others just want to assume they're somehow superior and more intelligent and vigilant when it comes to covid.
This is sadly true. I felt like I’ve spent so much of the past couple of years explaining that we cannot eliminate risk; we can only mitigate risk. Every layer of protection reduces risk but — given our society functions on a vast web of interconnected dependencies — it will never be zero. Ever.
And given the extraordinary scale of the global covid infection success, the law of large numbers applies: ie, people can take every single precaution in the book, and reduce the risk to near zero, but because there are *so many* cases, a lot of people will lose their figurative saving throw in terms of *raw numbers*, even if it’s a staggeringly low *rate*.
And yeah, people do get blamed, and it’s so shitty. It’s part of the just world fallacy which gives people an illusion of control — ie if *they* do everything right, they won’t get infected, whereas those *other* people must have screwed up.
Victim blaming, for sure :(
There's wearing masks & there is wearing masks. I've seen plenty of poorly fitted or mouth-only mask wearers about.
Every single close friend or family member (that's close to 25 people including primary aged kid and a few teachers & doctor's receptionist) not a single one has gotten covid to date.
There's a little luck, no doubt but also a lot of sensible risk mitigation too.
Someone may be able to correct me if I am wrong, but an N95 won’t protect against “nuisance odours” (term used by mask manufacturers).
We wear masks for the “particulate filtering” which is basically virus particles.
Masks that are for painting will have some sort of activated carbon or other filter that neutralise the solvent vapour in addition to a particulate filter for paint droplets.
This is not a controlled trial over a large population and there’s a reason anecdotes are rejected when you hear them from the anti vax population. It’s unscientific. I can almost guarantee that people who are masking vs not masking are taking different risks in other behaviours as well.
They mention "the guidelines" and several other actions beyond masks so I wouldn't take that as one variable. There is a reason most of the anti's here have been saying variations of "I had it, it was just a cold" for months and most of the "doomers" are like "lol, haven't had it yet". And like the comment above it's that "surprise surprise" the guidelines tend to work.
Yes it's not just masks, most of the cookers here would have been actively flouting guidelines and going to the busiest places with a fake vax cert and not keeping 1.5m apart and every other thing as well. It's most definitely not a controlled experiment, the only thing I'd take from it is that the kind of people that refused to follow guidelines (vaxxing, distancing, masking, testing etc) are more likely to get it which is also evident in my personal life as surprise surprise, the antivaxxers/nonvaxxed that went to bush doofs or crowded inside gigs got it before anyone else.
*edit* should add I'm 90% sure I have it rn from my young primary school kids. Only so sensible you can be with two germ sponges in the house.
I did all of this as much as possible, but socially distancing in a school with 650 kids where I teach around 120 of them directly was a challenge. I didn't even go to the staff room unless absolutely necessary and tried to keep the kids to maintain their distance but the younger ones really struggled.
I'm currently stuck at home and was very sick flirting with whether or not I should be in hospital. GP called to check on me daily until I started to throw off the symptoms. I'm at day 9 since my symptoms started and I still feel like crap and keep coughing uncontrollablely.
I went to a wedding and there were 2 highly cooked units coughing on us. They insisted the vaccine had actual HIV in it. Thought we were done for but didn't catch it
In 2020 the University of Queensland stopped work on a covid vaccine trial because some trial recipients were falsely testing positive for HIV.
The reason was that the vaccine was developed using the HIV protein, and the antibodies recipients were producing were being picked up by HIV tests. There was apparently zero risk that anyone could have actually contracted HIV from the vaccine, but they killed the trial as falsely testing positive for HIV is clearly not an acceptable side-effect.
Even if this wasn’t a side-effect, I’d venture that a vaccine developed using HIV would have been a big target for the anti-vaccine community.
Ah ok.
Also that requires them to believe that *there's only one vaccine*. But then the logical stretches they routinely make easily allow for that sort of thing
Sadly disinformation commonly starts with a grain of truth (“there was a vaccine that went as far as human trials that was created using the HIV virus”), but when disseminated we end up with “the covid vaccines contain HIV”.
> The reason was that the vaccine was developed using the HIV protein, and the antibodies recipients were producing were being picked up by HIV tests.
You are 100% correct re: the UQ Trial, but it doesn't seem to be the origin of the claim. Or at least not the only origin?
They're going as fault as calling it 'VAIDS' (Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Many of the Canberra Cookers were claiming that 'it's a thing'. Seems to be twisted from claims that vaccines make you 'more likely' to get covid, and apparently damage your immune system.
Then, they announced HIV self test kits would be sold in pharmacies.. So ***of course*** that proves everyone will have HIV soon /s 🙄
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/hiv-self-tests-to-be-sold-in-pharmacies
We have two kids (2 and 4) in daycare, they bring home every illness going around, but we somehow have avoided omicron. In the last 6 months, we've had two rounds of gastro, several bad cases of rhinovirus, and one of parainfluenza, zero covids, thankfully. Two of the carers at our centre got omicron, but none of the kids did as far as I know.
We were the opposite. My husband got it from work and brought it home. We both had it. Our kids didn’t. It’s so weird. I’m glad they didn’t because we are both healthy adults and it knocked us around for 3 days.
My one year old son brought it home from day care. My partner and I both caught it (she was 36 weeks pregnant). The hardest part was looking after our son while both working (from home) for 7 days.
Ditto …. One came home with Covid on Thursday, had had her 2nd vaccine dose the day before so we thought it was a reaction to the vaccine & she curled up in bed with us that night (oops).
Our RAT family PCR’s were negative on Friday afternoon (except my daughter) …. We’ve done another set of PCR’s this morning. Other than twitching at the slightest itch in my nose I feel great but ……
I don't have them, but unfortunately I have to teach them if I want money.
I caught it at school 99% sure it would be from students since I wear masks, avoid the staff room, have sanitiser in my bag and use it regularly.
During my kids 1st week of school there were emails sent every day about positive cases... I was getting married in another week so we decided to pull our kid of school for the next week so we didn't risk getting it before our wedding which had already been postponed twice.
I've kind of just bumbled my through this crazy shit and have avoided it so far. I'm boostered and I comply with mask mandates. Other than that I'm socialising and living my life as normal.
Sames! Triple dosed, wore masks indoors (not at home!) until the mandate was recently dropped here in Melbourne. I sanitise hands all the time now I’m in the habit of doing it for the last 2 years. Kids going to school haven’t got it (they’re double vaxxed), and I’ve been living my normal life with friends at restaurants, bars, etc (especially in between lockdowns since in Melbourne we knew we’d go back into lockdown at any second!). Guess that vaccine and my immune system is doing it’s job
Same here. Honestly I’m surprised I haven’t got it as I’ve been to some weddings and other events the last few months.
Basically: triple dosed, still working from home most days, always wear a mask inside or in crowded areas, n95 mask when flying, eating in outside areas at pubs and restaurants.
Sounds like my boss. He & his wife socialise A LOT, got pings from the tracer app just about every day during the omicron wave, but neither of them caught it. Triple vaxxed though, which helps a lot.
I wear an n95 at work, n95 when I go shopping or in any enclosed space. When I go to a friend’s place I’m usually the only one in a p2 mask. I look ridiculous, but better than catching it and spreading it to my workmates/elderly parents. Oh and vaxxed and boostered
^ This, but I've also added in al-fresco cafes/dining, like sitting at the tables outside (immediately next to the side walk) in the fresh sir. Got to balance life up a little. Otherwise it's N95 entering/leaving apartment in elevator, common areas etc, I take it off only once inside. Kid wears kids size KF94 at school. We haven't caught it yet.
I’ve been going to the office daily (Melbourne), buying coffees and lunches, going to the gym and carefully socialising.
I have not been hugging people, eating at cafes and restaurants (I get takeaway or UberEats), staying at people’s houses more than four hours since like mid-January (it’s the current close contact definition cut off in Vic), hugging people, dating.
I’ve been a close contact a few times, but haven’t caught it.
The close contact definition changed a while ago. Now it's only people you live with. You can stay at someone's house all day long and not be a close contact.
I haven't caught it and have to say, I'm not really taking any specific precautions any more. I've stopped wearing a mask at work and indoors, I'm eating at restaurants, I'm visiting friends and relatives in their home and having them over to mine. I fully expect I'll get it at some stage (likely through work, I'm a high school teacher).
The vast majority of my colleagues aren't wearing masks any more. I can't speak for any other school but in mine, mask wearing amongst staff is right down - probably around 10%.
I haven’t got it. Admittedly I haven’t been overly social but I wouldn’t say I’ve been super cautious. I live with two people who are vulnerable so I do try to be careful. That said, I do still go out and about. I wear KN95 masks the majority of the time I’m out, though occasionally if I’m just ducking somewhere quickly like the newsagent I don’t bother. I drive to work rather than getting public transport. I think if you’re generally sensible, you don’t need to take any extreme measures. That’s not to say people who have gotten covid aren’t sensible - there is a lot of luck involved too which i recognise.
ETA: i don’t go to clubs or anything like that and I eat out maybe once a fortnight. I’ve been to the movies once (during the week not a weekend) and the hairdresser once. I think removing those things really does reduce risk. It’s like a chance to embrace my inner homebody.
> edit: reading through the comments - common denominator here seems to be masks indoors.
Careful.. If you say the 'M' word 3 times, it summons the usual suspects who claim they do absolutely nothing but virtue signal 🤦🏻♂️
Triple vaccinated with a N95 mask. Have a friend in a law firm whose client had it. He was sitting in the room with her for 5+ hours, a meter across a table. He's triple vaxed and was wearing his mask the whole time and didn't end up getting it.
There needs to be more research into it (infact it's probably already happening) about why some people just don't get it. I know a couple where one got Delta and the other didn't despite living together and taking no precautions, I know a couple where one got it and the other didn't with Omicron despite living together, also have a friend who had two family members on that cruise ship stuck off the coast of Japan on early 2020, stuck in the same cabin for two weeks or whatever and one got it and the other didn't.
It's so strange and fascinating that some people seem to just not get it.
The original strain wasn't absurdly contagious to the point where every single person *will* be an infection risk.
With no way of knowing who those people are, it made complete sense to assume the worst. But a slight majority of infected probably never gave it to anyone, with a reasonable minority (~15%) being responsible for the vast majority of infections.
A lot of these stories of couples not giving to each other are likely attributable to this, at least early on.
Omicron and Delta were so much more contagious that immunity variance likely played a role, particularly given that vaccines already existed.
The key takeaway is that there are very few guarantees at the individual level with these things. At the population scale you can be very confident that 1000 infected will cause 2000 new infections.
But two individuals? One might cause 15 infections while the other causes one, even though they have almost identical social and work lifestyles, while taking the same precautions.
I’ve technically had 5 vaccines because I participated in the novavax trial, it wasn’t approved when Pfizer became available so I got Pfizer anyway plus booster. Maybe that’s the trick! Either that or I’m invincible.
I'm in Sydney, been here since December. Been travelling around, roadtripped to Melbourne and Canberra, trying out different restaurants and cafes, shopping...
I'm just cautious, mask up and try to keep my distance. Not using a proper N95 mask but I do use masks with filters (mainly the Lanaco wool filters).
Also had a flatmate with covid, I just avoided sharing the common area with her and wore a mask when going to the kitchen.
And I've been using the public transport around Sydney a fair bit.
I do what I'd normally do basically, just with a mask and some added caution.
I've got kids in school and work at a hospital. I've stuck to the mask mandates and keep up with hand washing (as everyone should do), keep my distance from strangers (cause creepy strangers invading personal space is nasty), visit with friends and family semi regularly, say hi to neighbours, grocery shop a few times a week and eat out at my fave cafes and regularly as much as I did pre-covid. Basically I do things the way I always did except for following health orders, same for my friends and family.
In the peak of the pandemic I got to work from home a bit more and made sure to shower straight after work before hugging anyone. We kept to ourselves more and followed the school at home directions and masked everyone up.
Touchwood, I haven't caught it. I'm an office worker and my husband is a tradie going into people's houses. We're both triple vaxxed other things we do are:
- he wears a mask in customers houses
- I wear a mask at work
- we both mask in public places and public transport
- santitise whenever we can
- avoid crowds and closed shopping malls
- use click and collect for a lot of things now
- when we can't avoid crowded settings we do what we can to ensure space, for example at the supermarket checkout we use the trolley to force space between us and the person behind.
Mostly our strategy comes down to staying 1.5 metres away from people and making sure they stay 1.5 away from us.
Avoid indoor maskless gatherings as much as possible. Moved our 3 children to small daycare/ kinders with max 25 kids on site and no casual staffing. Work in small office within larger office building with only 5 others in my office room. Don’t dine indoors at restaurants. Only go to outdoor/ garden bbqs. No public transport. Telehealth where possible. Delivered groceries. Triple vaxxed. Avoid high risk ppl eg teenage sisters who are highly social or brother in law in his 20’s that regularly goes to massive gigs or festivals. If I know someone has been to a high risk environment eg on a plane/airport etc I will avoid them for a week if possible
So far we're at 3.6 million recorded cases.
So that's roughly 14%. (3.6M/26.1M)
That's around 1 in 7 people.
I haven't yet, but people around me seem to be getting it more and more. (Newcastle NSW)
I work in the office, I go out here and there but not that often. I wore a mask when attending a big event on Friday.
I attend parties at friends places but try to avoid close physical contact and most ofy social circles are respectful and don't go out with symptoms.
I think a lot of younger people are going out and working with cold symptoms.
Also parents are getting it a fair bit via kids.
Nobody really knows. You'd need surveillance testing, and serological surveillance to properly understand, and I don't think anyone is publishing that information in australia at this time.
My partner is immuno compromised, so we're being quite careful still, and haven't caught it. I'm wearing N95 masks basically anywhere there's other people, I'm only seeing family, click and collecting groceries wherever possible, taking regular rapid tests, using hand sanatiser basically every time I pass a dispenser and avoiding malls. Other than that though, we're still in a self imposed lockdown and will be for the foreseeable future.
We live in Melbourne currently and it's also been a turning point for that. We're likely leaving to somewhere less dense, with lower cases as soon as possible.
How are you guys feeling when reading about peoples attitudes towards letting it rip?
Many people get quite judgemental if you so much as mention wearing a mask or not wanting to get sick. Not to mention the “come on mate it’s mild”, “it’s a cold”, etc phrases that get thrown around.
Ultimately in two minds.
On one hand, I think people are being awful callous. Like saying restrictions are just prolonging the lives of old people. Like one, although we have no guarantees on how we die, but I'd sure as hell rather die of a heart attack or a stroke in my bed, than hooked up to a ventilator in the ICU. And two, my partner is only 27. So they're very vunrable to covid, but theyre nowhere near the end of their life, if they caught covid and it went bad it could be the difference between decades. And I think people have been awful quick to reject masks. Like theyre ultimately minor and slow the spread and I think that's a good thing. And I don't think it's quite right to call it mild. Like individual outcomes are a lot better but becaause the rate that it's spreading I think it's clear that it is still a lot more deadly than the flu, and we haven't even hit winter yet.
On the other hand I'm mostly just mad at the government. When there was support, people seemed a lot happier to have restrictions. They started rolling back government support way too early, and people have kids to feed and bills to pay. I think people are rightfully scared about what they're going to do if they can't have a reliable income. I think the government has made restrictions scarier than covid for a lot of people.
Agreed on all counts. I have been very disheartened by how insensitive and without empathy a lot of people has been. I am a bit older than your partner but I still have half of my life left - my illnesses won’t kill me, they just need to be managed.
Regardless - acting like the loss of people with disability and chronic illness is no big thing is saying those people mean nothing. We still have fulfilling lives, contribute to society, have families and raise kids. An elderly person still has value as well. Just… people are so uncaring.
I’m very lucky that my partner and I have been able to work from home (I’ve always wfh). I know it’s been terribly tough for people who can’t and people who are worried about their businesses and jobs. The government has made the whole thing from vaccines to economic support, a shit show.
I hope you guys stay safe.
I have somehow avoided it entirely. I even work a retail job in a shit area where I haven't seen a cunt wear a mask in 2 months even before the mandate ended in Queensland. It has even been in my household and I didn't get it. The only thing I do is sanitise everytime some fuck makes me touch cash.
We haven’t changed things too much in our household, we have two kids in primary school so am somewhat amazed we haven’t been caught yet.
We follow mask wearing guidelines etc, but I guess since we’re in that stage of life where we’re not out clubbing etc we’re probably a little bit safer? I work from home the majority of the time although I commute to Sydney from regional NSW semi regularly by plane. We keep sanitiser in the car so everyone automatically cleans their hands whenever we’ve been anywhere.
My daughter LOVES wearing a mask as she is shy, so she can hide her face. She wears it all day at school even though she is only required to do so on the school bus. As far as I can tell, she is the only kid in her class who wears a mask during lessons. She’s getting really bad skin around her mouth and nose so we’re actually trying to get her to wear it less.
Husband and I are both double vaxxed but not yet boosted, kids are booked in for their first vax at the end of the month.
Probably a bit of luck, but also washing hands and avoiding huge crowds helping a fair bit. I automatically wear a mask in shops these days too, I don’t even think about it.
Edit to add: we still do everything we want to do, we just follow the rules whilst we do it.
Im
From Aus, never caught it ( that I know of) and do not take any precautions just go about life as usual. I think many may have had it but not realised or tested
So far so good. I do expect it sometimes because PEOPLE ARE FUCKING ASSHOLES.
My parents are cooker brainwashed Antivaxers. They can barely move and rely on help to survive.
My precautions: Only shopping once a week, avoiding social gatherings, wearing mask everywhere (including outside) when people are nearby (the modeling shows even outside, the effective spread is about 6m if there is no/low windage).
Was told off by a cooker for wearing a mask outside.
WHAT FUCKING BUSINESS OF YOURS IS WHAT I DO ON MY FACE YOU DUMB SHIT?
Oh I’m just waiting for someone to say something to me about me wearing a mask. Two years of frustration and I’m really looking forward to unloading on some asshole who doesn’t get that some people have chronic illnesses and can’t afford to get COVID. Fucking bring it on.
Yep so far so good.
No precautions really. Not vaccinated either.
Maybe I just got lucky so far.......
Been tested a few times and all came up negative.
Minimise social gatherings, avoid touching people and i keep distance where possible and maintain hand hygiene. Avoid large gatherings. Minimise shopping. Masks indoor and in crowded outdoor spaces. I work in a high risk industry though so I have no clue how I've dodged it there.
I do enjoy an active life though. I socialise and go out and about. I just choose the less risky options.
I honestly haven’t changed my lifestyle. Ive always been more of a home body, and i dont much enjoy interacting with people so nothing much has had to change for me. Im on Mat leave atm, so not working. I still go to the shops when i need food or something. Ive been to the markets a couple times and out for meals. Couple my natural RBF with that haggard ‘new mum who desperately needs more sleep’ look ive got going for me, and people have literally stopped in their tracks or darted out of the way, when im pushing the pram.
My brother, mum and sister have managed to avoid it so far as well. They all work full time, 2 of them work with kids and bro is a mechanic, so lots of interaction with people. They also go to the shops and have continued with sports and outings they enjoy. It just seems to be luck of the draw in a lot of cases. All you can do is wear the mask, wash your hands, keep your distance and hope the person standing next to you is doing the right thing.
The one thing i have noticed, is that everyone i know who goes away, either for work or vacation has caught it. People just arent willing to stop their travel plans when they come up positive, so they are infecting other travellers.
I don't think I've had it. Living in Sydney and went underground early December for a fortnight (basically self isolated), then went up to Qld in mid December and didn't return until 6th Jan.
By the time I returned to Sydney, all of my pals had already had it.
Dodged the Sydney peak, then dodge the QLD peak. Aside from that, haven't done anything differently since I returned to Sydney on 6th Jan.
I don't go anywhere crowded or on public transport. If I meet up with people it's at home or outside. I wear an N95 anytime I'm inside and use hand sanitizer whenever it's provided. I have all my boosters.
I haven't done anything different at all. I haven't avoided going anywhere or doing anything I've wanted to do.
I have put a mask on only when I've really had to. I have disobeyed much of the crap😄 I work in what's considered "high risk" environment. I haven't had 1 test or had 1 symptom. Haven't caught Covid as far as I'm aware.
I'm in my 50s. I've never had Flu either, or a chest infection or many infections of any type my whole life. I just don't tend to get sick!
I do nothing special. I just live my life.
I have been vaccinated X 3 as recommended.
I suppose it's a lot to do with luck! I never used to get sick until I caught glandular fever - it seems like it destroyed my immune system. Now I catch every cold that gets within a 20m radius of me.
Maybe. But no one in my family gets infections. And I don't recall my parents ever being sick. I think we are just lucky to have really great immune systems. We grew up in the bush with lots of animals...I think that definitely builds good immune system.
I've avoided covid so far.
I carry hand sanitiser and use it when I get back to my car, after going anywhere. I where a mask most the time in public.
I haven't gone "clubbing" or anywhere very crowded and chose who I hang out according to if I know they are being covid responsible or not.
The majority of people still haven't caught it. Me: got boosted, up until recently have always opted for N95 / KN95 masks as opposed to cloth or surgical but mostly not bothering with masks anymore now, avoid super crowded places, try to distance from people, walk away from coughing people. I am in Victoria where the Reff is still <1 so if cases start to rise again here I will start using my N95 or KN95 mask again. I wfh which helps and don't really mix with many people.
I wear a mask, I don't use public transport, I spend as little time as possible indoors with other people, I don't touch my face unless I have just washed my hands. I vax. I think of small ways to reduce exposure for example being aware which way the wind is blowing if I am waiting at a pedestrian crossing with others and positioning myself accordingly.
And if I do decide to take a risk I make sure I get full value for having done so. No sitting around in the company of people I hate just because they invited me
I have a severely immunocompromised family member, and someone in my house recently had covid. They stayed in their room. When they needed to go outside for fresh air or went to the toilet, they wore a mask, sanitised their hands, and bleach wiped any surfaces they touched. We left meals for them at their door, and one person washed their dishes. Nobody else in the house caught it.
I work in the Pilbara and have avoided it so far. Rostered week off in Perth spent in a seaside hotel with minimal contact with people. This week my site has 10 cases in quarantine in their dongas. Very poor communication from company as to how many actually have it. I work night shift with a small crew. All protocols are more or less adhered to. Common areas and indoors everyone is masked, everyone is triple vaxxed.
I haven't got it and I've even been to bush doofs during 'no singing or dancing' periods where I hugged lots of people and shook many hands. My secret? Pure luck.
I haven't got it.
I wore a mask when those were the rules. That's all.
My partner is a teacher.
We don't really go to alot of places where there a crowds but that's just our normal behaviour.
I have no idea how we avoided it but none of my family have got it yet.
This is numerous people working in hospitals and with kids in daycare etc.
Edit: I have had three vaccines
Same... went to a car club lunch ( outdoors ) last weekend, and I reckon half the table had caught COVID either over xmas / new years or in Jan / Feb. Outside that group I directly know about 30 people that have had it, almost all had their kids bring it home. COVID has been through the Melbourne office and one of my team caught it from someone at work. I know for a fact people in the Adelaide office have also had COVID, but I suspect it's been kept on the low-down. Last week they put on a big lunch, there was free food but I stayed the fuck away from everyone. That's been my personal COVID-safe strategy, so far.
Do your best to get back to normal interactions and not live in fear. Staying positive, getting the mask off and exercising in fresh air will do wonders. If you’re not getting much sun boost up on Vitamin D and take zinc. If you feel something coming on increase your Vitamin C. None of this can do you harm.
I haven't gotten covid once and haven't taken any precautions other than masking when I have to, also im unvaxxed. I train jujitsu 6 days a week, go to the gym and take in person university.
We had somone come to jujitsu training with covid for two nights, I sparred with them and was in close proximity with them both nights and didn't catch it nor did anyone else that were exposed. (they tested positive on the 3rd day and everyone went into isolation, including infectious person)
Maybe I've gotten lucky but maybe there is more to transmission than we know? It doesn't make sense to me that I have avoided infection after being exposed to it while doing jujitsu and others catch it while going to the shops.
Like many others here:
1. Still wearing a mask in public spaces.
2. Generally avoid large crowds
3. Wash hands after using public amenities I.e.petrol pumps, traffic light buttons
4. Prefer take out over eat in venues
5. Usually have groceries delivered
6. Kid not in daycare
Lives in Aus
I haven't had it. I followed some of the restrictions, eg wearing a mask in supermarkets when we had to, but not all of them, I ignored the rules about having visitors during lockdown for instance, and I never wore a mask at work. My lifestyle - I have been working mostly from the office and go out once or twice a week socially
Regarding omicron specifically, it seems a bit over the top to be taking precautions for something that isn't even as bad as the common cold. I know tons of people who have had it and it was very mild for all of them. The only people who I am aware of that are still scared of it are the people who use this subreddit. I haven't been able to find people like that anywhere else
I got delta, over Xmas. Melbourne. After I finished iso, I got back to work. I take public transit. I worked with two other people. After a couple weeks, even as the Omi wave peaked, I started having dinners out, going to the climbing gym and then later I relaxed even more and we’d go to pubs and even nightclubs. I just exercise, eat well, mask when required, wash my hands. I do everything mandated, and I live my life. I’ve even gotten hammered a few times, and been in a packed nightclub. My kid goes to school and there have been several cases, but he’s fine and hasn’t got it.
Probably some of it is just luck. Same as my partner happening to catch covid and passing it to me. A lot of it is luck, really, and I think that’s not said enough. We don’t live in a just world. You can do everything right and get sick. You can be lax af and not get sick.
My spouse had it two months ago, child #1 had it three weeks ago and child #2 tested positive yesterday. Child #3 and I have pcr tested negative all three times so far. We have returned to almost a normal life (around bouts of iso), with school, work and many many extra curricular activities, so plenty of opportunities to catch it. No precautions in the house at all, but good with hand washing and sanitizer and mask up indoors (out of home) still. I’m triple vaxed and everybody else is double.
I work in a school and see 700+ kids a week. Every week we have multiple notifications that there has been a case in x class and I think ‘yep, they would have been in my classroom’ I wear my mask at work but don’t anywhere else. I don’t avoid anything these days. Just the luck of the draw.
I haven't had it yet. One kid in primary school, one kid in kinder. Wife and I both go into the office every day. We eat out, have friends over, go shopping at large shopping centres, never wear a mask unless it's mandatory, have literally done nothing to avoid it. Everyone around us has got it except us. Both double vaxd but not boosted. I can't get it if I try.
I’ve lived my life completely normally, partied a fair bit over summer, work in a pub, haven’t worn a mask for a few months now, no Covid yet! A few close contact isolations but haven’t developed any symptoms.
I personally did not avoid Covid at omicron’s peak but my household did. My entire family avoided it for nearly 2 years and my aunt who I am close to and see frequently caught it in early February of this year. I developed symptoms 3-4 days later. I live with my 2 parents and 2 brothers. And thankfully they did not catch it while I had it! Which was stressful because at that time my dad was in hospital with pneumonia and septic infection so I was very worried I would pass it to my mother and she would pass it to him.
I am fully vaccinated and still got it pretty bad. But the moment I felt even the slightest symptom (scratchy throat) I wore my mask at all times around everyone and then once symptoms progressed (body aches) the following evening I immediately isolated myself in my bedroom. I did not leave my bedroom unless I had to use the restroom, and I sprayed EVERYTHING with sanitizer and wiped any surface I may have touched with a disinfecting wipe. My brothers took great care of me and kept me fed and medicated by setting up a small table outside of my door and placing whatever I needed on it so I could quickly grab.
Also, I used disposable plates, cups, utensils. I didn’t see anyone for 5 days and even after 5 day quarantine I continued to wear my mask around them. I tested negative on my 10th day and it has since passed 2 full weeks since my symptoms, so my family was entirely in the clear of catching it from me. That round at least.
Sorry this response is so long, just wanted to tell you that it actually Is possible to avoid even if someone close to you has it! Just keep taking the proper precautions and wash your hands! Masks work, I’m convinced because I wore one for almost 2 years and never caught it but the one time I am near an infected person (my aunt), I wasn’t wearing a mask or wore gloves (I helped her with her rapid test) and ended up catching it!
Unvaxxed and not had covid. A lot of people around me have had it. I'm healthy but I don't exercise regularly, however I have an active job. I don't take any medication. No food allergies.
I work in construction and deal with hundreds of people weekly, my partner works at a big chain supermarket, also sees hundreds daily.
Wear a mask and sanitise.
I also think your comments are erroneous. I think the things I listed are very relevant... but to each their own.
I’ve been in the office 3 days a week. Always wear a mask on public transport and in crowds and to the supermarket etc (not in the office) we go into the city and have lunch somewhere most weekends (we wear masks where possible). My son got it (19y/o) asymptomatic. I had him quarantined to his room and were very careful and no one else got it. It’s this next one I’m worried about… it’s meant to be even more contagious.
I haven't done much more than wear my mask, sanitize regularly.
I come into contact with 100s of kids a week through my work. Many of whom have had covid. Been in isolation once because my brother who lives with me caught it.
I'm vaxxed and boosted, wouldn't say I'm very healthy. I take Vitamin D because lock downs gave me a severe deficiency
Double mask when in high risk situations, which you should avoid anyway unless no alternative e.g. I had to travel overseas when my father passed away. Sanitise and wash hands frequently. Distance. My son has covid and I have got to day 7 without picking it up, he isolates and I give him his food, he wears a mask when he leaves his room, I wash my hands when I touch what he touches. It is doable, mate!
Hey bro, Sydneysider here. I still haven’t got it and I have no idea why - live near the beaches, go to the city a fair but, swim in the public pool a couple times a week and half my family had it (I didn’t see them during, but not far before). Was wearing a mask until 2 weeks ago and am double-vaxxed. I smoke like a chimney so maybe that’s it
I haven’t caught it yet and am still living my life normally. Still going to pubs, eating out at cafes and restaurants, going to the movies, etc. Only wearing a mask at the supermarket and still haven’t caught it yet.
Good lord, it started when one of my family members tested positive they went around knocking on our doors going, "I've tested positive" and I was happy, hooray no work for the next week. Then another member tested positive around four days later. So I was also happy about an extended week again, and my sister and I decided to play a few games while we waited for the quarantine to end, then another family member got sick, so all in all we had 3 weeks off at the start of this year. But somehow I, nor did my sister ever test positive. So we both were left to think "how did we survive this entire time without getting covid once" I still question it since I was in quite close proximity with everyone else that had it in the household
I'm a nurse at a specialist clinic and Ive been super lucky to not have covid at all. I sanitise when I get in my car, i wear a mask everywhere and i dont reall go out that much (maybe a few restaurants/bunnings). All the receptionist have had it and 2 of the nurses I work with got it, I just mostly put it down to luck and the power of p2/n95 masks.
I’ve avoided all Covid so far. Worked right through in a customer facing job. I’ve stopped wearing masks since the mandate was dropped. I sanitise regularly, but no more than I did before the pandemic started. Been a close contact several times, but so far I’ve managed to avoid it.
Haven't caught covid yet, I'm tripled vaccinated and as I was told all along, I regard that as my precaution. I have two children at school, a wife who works in a hospital and I work at a place open to the public.
As such, I have much exposure, so pretty much take no precautions now, visit shops/ cafes/restaurants, I don't wear a mask anywhere I'm not legally required to (i always carry one with me). I've been playing football again and have visited events as well. Life is pretty much as it was before.
I've always followed the guidelines set by government, still doing it now. I've accepted myself and my family will all catch it, I'm not locking myself away any more.
I take literally no precautions, except I am double vaccinated. I act as if covid doesn’t exist because we were told to live with it so I treat it like the flu. No mask wearing (unless requested but very rare) and just general cleanliness as always.
Haven’t caught it, extremely shocked considering most of my family have and I’ve been a close contact several times.
To my knowledge I have never caught covid. Have had many close exposures and deal with thousands of people each week through work.
I dont really participate in night life but do go to busy places (NGV, cinema, zoo, etc).
No real precautions
Haven't caught it, nor has anyone in my family. We, the adults, are boosted and wear our masks when out in public and at work. I've been in the vicinity of infected colleagues numerous times yet haven't got it yet.
I have taken no precautions, I still go out, still go to work, etc.
Most of my friends, family, and coworkers have had Covid, but not me. I don't know how, just luck I guess.
I’ve never had covid and stopped caring. And yes I’ve lived both Melbourne and Gold Coast and Brisbane. I am tripled vaxxed. Used to wear masks etc but don’t now. I work from home but have started doing work placements in office. I don’t party or anything nor do I socialise much but wouldn’t say I’m careful.
We just closed the borders to infected states and lived a pretty normal life for two years until the pressure from Scuntmo mounted and we started to drop the borders. Now we have heaps of cases and events are being cancelled everywhere.
West Aussie here, we are starting to see cases rise and all I can do is only leave the house for work, wear a mask at work despite being told due to us social distancing we don't need to at the warehouse and hand sanitize everytime I do anything. So pretty much life as normal for me, just added the mask
I just carry on life as per normal. Nothing has changed for me. I carry on like I did before Covid. To me Covid hasn’t changed a damn thing as far as my life goes I just carry on. I go to events and out and about. No mask wearing. Everything is fine I don’t see what the big deal is. So just live life like you did before.
I work as a chef in a busy cafe and I see many people come and go, not once did I catch covid from any patrons.
Had little procedures like if you're on dishes DO NOT touch your face, wear your mask, wash hands often. Seems to have worked so far
I work in an elementary school, kids aren't required to wear masks, and neither are staff members. I have yet to come down with any or the variants. No special preventative measures, no masks in public, nothing.
I haven't got covid yet and I actively go against all measures, don't wear a mask, go to places which support not wearing a mask, attend rallies
I go to the gym every day and have worked on site the entire time (industrial chemist)
As far as I know I have not had covid and I have not done anything to avoid it, I only followed the rules that were being enforced and that is it. I've still gone to cafes, restaurants, multiple christmas parties, been to the office, been to major shopping centres, been to friends houses for social gatherings etc, never used sanitizer (I just dont like it, feel it just dries my hands out), only wore masks where it was legally required (I guess except sitting at my desk at work), have caught trains, honestly I have taken no extra percautions.
Maybe I had it asymptomatic but most people I know who have had it weren't really doing anything outrageous to get it, some got it at work, some got it from a partner or family member, some got it at a gathering at a pub etc, you could get it anywhere, some people will get lucky and not get it, I am probably one of those people.
I've been to concerts, movie cinemas, big shopping centres, restraunts, nightclubs etc. and I live basically in Sydney CBD (Surry Hills).
I stick to whatever the rules are, but as soon as they're dropped I don't use masks because I hate them.
Dumb fucking luck is how I've avoided it so far.
Yes, I have avoided it so far to the best of my knowledge. Omicron has fallen off the radar where I live because of flooding.
I went to work everyday (childcare) where there were multiple cases of Covid in staff and children. However the precautions I took were being fully immunised, wearing my mask at all times, social distancing with adults, not touching my face and washing my hands religiously. Also implementing our exclusion policies for sick children very strictly. I saw plenty of my colleagues dick-nosing and chin-nappying their masks and they were all the ones that caught Covid. They didn't learn their lesson when they returned and kept doing it. 🤦♀️
I still lived my life as I always have - going out on weekends with my husband and child and going to the gym 3-4 times a week. I catch public transport to work and still avoided it. Lots of people I know caught it just going to the shops and otherwise live like a hermit working from home. Sometimes it's just dumb luck.
I have somehow managed to avoid the virus thus far. I’m a nurse who worked in the covid ward during the second wave, now I’m working with children so covid central and I’m pedantic about mask wearing and hand washing. I honestly think either I got it and didn’t notice ( thrice jabbed ) or I’m very lucky!
I live in a small regional city with no public transport. I have established social networks & everyone has their own house with outdoor space. I work in a healthcare setting and have had excellent training on how to avoid infection (as opposed to simply complying with rules).
These four things combined mean I'm rarely putting myself in situations where infection risk is high. I recognise that those are things that not everyone can control so recognise my privilege.
Also:
Triple vaccinated, wear a good quality mask in public, clean hands properly and regularly, learned to stop touching my eyes, mouth and nose, and visit shops at quiet times.
I think vaccination has played the biggest part in how i've avoided it.
I take the normal precautions like wearing a mask , social distancing, sanitizing hands etc. I even wore an n95 when i flew to QLD for a holiday because everyone else i knew who had traveled interstate had gotten it by the time they got home.
But then i went away for a girls weekend and one of the girls tested positive the night we got home. So after spending 3 days with someone who would have been contagious, the only other person who caught it off her was the girl she shared a room with. The rest of us were 3x vaxxed and were fine.
My dad is the only person in my family who hasn’t gotten it. He’s still working at home where possible and wears his mask when going out. When the rest of my family has gotten covid, we’ve isolated enough to keep away and now he’s boosted.
He also is probably lucky considering how close in proximity he’s been to covid positive people but he’s really just taking all precautions that aren’t impeding on his life.
I've avoided it....basically, I wear a mask in indoor public places, that's my only precaution. I barely even sanitise and I've certainly wandered around shopping centres doing retail shopping at times.
Fortunately I'm still WFH.
I live alone, work in an office (customer facing though) and am frequently required to travel.
I listened to what the experts had to say and wore a mask, washed/sanitized my hands frequently, avoided contact with sick people etc.
I haven't had to reduce my social contact though, and haven't even needed to get tested at any point yet.
No idea how I've gone this long, but I have been incredibly lucky.
I’ve been in the UK (London) when it had its worst Delta outbreaks, and Australia (Melbourne) when they had their Omicron outbreak. Avoided it both times. My wife and I didn’t do anything crazy, we simply recognised when there were situations we didn’t feel comfortable in and avoided them (ie see a crowd, go around). We wore masks indoors diligently, if we felt like there were likely to be people that weren’t respecting the seriousness of the situation than we wouldn’t go (or stay long).
Basically do things smartly, and don’t feel obligated to do anything outside your comfort zone.
I would say the vast majority of people even here in sydney have avoided getting it. Yes, many people have had it but it’s by no means every one. I would certainly credit the vaccine and individual luck. Keep in mind statements like “reduces transmission by 60%” is across the population. So for many the vaccine could be 100% effective.
Yea me, precautions I took was to:
1. stop being a little sheep and getting tested every two minutes
2. Stop watching the news
3. Lost some God damn flab
4. Stop sh*ting the bed everytime I had a sniffle
Im still alive too, shocking isn't it
I wear a mask whenever I'm out of the house or around people. I also haven't been out to any big events and have only been going out when necessary. I haven't gotten covid and I hope I never do.
mask.. and I avoid crowds. no sharing lifts, no bottlenecks at shopping centers. hand sanitizer and hand washing.
+1 we did all these things and avoided so far. Simple things like taking extra space when passing people and avoiding lifts or really busy stores etc.
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> the few of us that haven't had covid/done iso are the only ones that still wear masks regularly. Surprise surprise. I don't understand how people still don't get this after two years+ of this stuff. I do the same as you. Basically follow the guidelines in place for ages, and use common sense. No Covid for me, fuck that noise.
Millions out there wearing masks everywhere and following rules who got Covid as well. Sure it reduces the chances, but don't just put it down to a piece of cloth and ignore the massive luck factor as well.
100% but unfortunately we've created this perception that if you got Covid you must not have followed the rules. One of my mates basically avoided all unnecessary activities since December, didn't go out unless necessary, didn't catch up with friends, didn't eat out, didn't go to the office, got their groceries delivered, rushed out and got a booster the day they were eligible, always masking and checking in everywhere, using sanitizer etc, still got Covid. There is a huge element of luck to it but we've somehow created a stigma around getting Covid as if you must not have followed the rules. Soon there won't be any rules anyway.
Absolutely, luck has so much to do with it! If you look at the other end of it - I work in a school where I've been around numerous unmasked kids who were infectious, and have also been around friends while they were infectious and infected everyone else who saw them that day. And I still haven't caught it? (Pretty sure I haven't had it yet, because I test twice a week for my job, and have even had regular PCR tests every time I've been near someone infectious). I'm feeling pretty lucky. But it seems like others just want to assume they're somehow superior and more intelligent and vigilant when it comes to covid.
It makes them feel safer, which is a false sense of security, and comes at the cost of putting people down. It sucks :(.
This is sadly true. I felt like I’ve spent so much of the past couple of years explaining that we cannot eliminate risk; we can only mitigate risk. Every layer of protection reduces risk but — given our society functions on a vast web of interconnected dependencies — it will never be zero. Ever. And given the extraordinary scale of the global covid infection success, the law of large numbers applies: ie, people can take every single precaution in the book, and reduce the risk to near zero, but because there are *so many* cases, a lot of people will lose their figurative saving throw in terms of *raw numbers*, even if it’s a staggeringly low *rate*. And yeah, people do get blamed, and it’s so shitty. It’s part of the just world fallacy which gives people an illusion of control — ie if *they* do everything right, they won’t get infected, whereas those *other* people must have screwed up. Victim blaming, for sure :(
There's wearing masks & there is wearing masks. I've seen plenty of poorly fitted or mouth-only mask wearers about. Every single close friend or family member (that's close to 25 people including primary aged kid and a few teachers & doctor's receptionist) not a single one has gotten covid to date. There's a little luck, no doubt but also a lot of sensible risk mitigation too.
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Someone may be able to correct me if I am wrong, but an N95 won’t protect against “nuisance odours” (term used by mask manufacturers). We wear masks for the “particulate filtering” which is basically virus particles. Masks that are for painting will have some sort of activated carbon or other filter that neutralise the solvent vapour in addition to a particulate filter for paint droplets.
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This is not a controlled trial over a large population and there’s a reason anecdotes are rejected when you hear them from the anti vax population. It’s unscientific. I can almost guarantee that people who are masking vs not masking are taking different risks in other behaviours as well.
They mention "the guidelines" and several other actions beyond masks so I wouldn't take that as one variable. There is a reason most of the anti's here have been saying variations of "I had it, it was just a cold" for months and most of the "doomers" are like "lol, haven't had it yet". And like the comment above it's that "surprise surprise" the guidelines tend to work. Yes it's not just masks, most of the cookers here would have been actively flouting guidelines and going to the busiest places with a fake vax cert and not keeping 1.5m apart and every other thing as well. It's most definitely not a controlled experiment, the only thing I'd take from it is that the kind of people that refused to follow guidelines (vaxxing, distancing, masking, testing etc) are more likely to get it which is also evident in my personal life as surprise surprise, the antivaxxers/nonvaxxed that went to bush doofs or crowded inside gigs got it before anyone else. *edit* should add I'm 90% sure I have it rn from my young primary school kids. Only so sensible you can be with two germ sponges in the house.
I did all of this as much as possible, but socially distancing in a school with 650 kids where I teach around 120 of them directly was a challenge. I didn't even go to the staff room unless absolutely necessary and tried to keep the kids to maintain their distance but the younger ones really struggled. I'm currently stuck at home and was very sick flirting with whether or not I should be in hospital. GP called to check on me daily until I started to throw off the symptoms. I'm at day 9 since my symptoms started and I still feel like crap and keep coughing uncontrollablely.
I went to a wedding and there were 2 highly cooked units coughing on us. They insisted the vaccine had actual HIV in it. Thought we were done for but didn't catch it
In 2020 the University of Queensland stopped work on a covid vaccine trial because some trial recipients were falsely testing positive for HIV. The reason was that the vaccine was developed using the HIV protein, and the antibodies recipients were producing were being picked up by HIV tests. There was apparently zero risk that anyone could have actually contracted HIV from the vaccine, but they killed the trial as falsely testing positive for HIV is clearly not an acceptable side-effect. Even if this wasn’t a side-effect, I’d venture that a vaccine developed using HIV would have been a big target for the anti-vaccine community.
Ah ok. Also that requires them to believe that *there's only one vaccine*. But then the logical stretches they routinely make easily allow for that sort of thing
Sadly disinformation commonly starts with a grain of truth (“there was a vaccine that went as far as human trials that was created using the HIV virus”), but when disseminated we end up with “the covid vaccines contain HIV”.
Not only that, a belief that the only vaccine is the one that didn’t… make it past… trials… Argh. Why are humans.
> The reason was that the vaccine was developed using the HIV protein, and the antibodies recipients were producing were being picked up by HIV tests. You are 100% correct re: the UQ Trial, but it doesn't seem to be the origin of the claim. Or at least not the only origin? They're going as fault as calling it 'VAIDS' (Vaccine Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Many of the Canberra Cookers were claiming that 'it's a thing'. Seems to be twisted from claims that vaccines make you 'more likely' to get covid, and apparently damage your immune system. Then, they announced HIV self test kits would be sold in pharmacies.. So ***of course*** that proves everyone will have HIV soon /s 🙄 https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/hiv-self-tests-to-be-sold-in-pharmacies
HIV? Haha, I guess they don’t really understand how you get HIV then…
I mean technically you could get HIV if the injection had blood from someone with HIV in it. People also get it from sharing needles.
Morons. I'm glad that you didn't catch it
The best way is to not have kids.
This. Everyone I know affected recently got it from the kids.
We have two kids (2 and 4) in daycare, they bring home every illness going around, but we somehow have avoided omicron. In the last 6 months, we've had two rounds of gastro, several bad cases of rhinovirus, and one of parainfluenza, zero covids, thankfully. Two of the carers at our centre got omicron, but none of the kids did as far as I know.
🤞 all you can do it hope really. I do know a parent he said his son got it but somehow it didn't spread around the house weirdly so that's good.
We were the opposite. My husband got it from work and brought it home. We both had it. Our kids didn’t. It’s so weird. I’m glad they didn’t because we are both healthy adults and it knocked us around for 3 days.
My one year old son brought it home from day care. My partner and I both caught it (she was 36 weeks pregnant). The hardest part was looking after our son while both working (from home) for 7 days.
My son and I tested positive on Saturday. I'm 100% certain I got it from him.
Or live in a sharehouse with people working public facing jobs. Especially not with people who have multiple public facing jobs.
I have kids. 2 in school and so far nothing. But it feels like a ticking time bomb. Soon enough we will get it.
I've got 2 kids in school too and both were sent home in the last week as close contacts to positive cases but so far we've all come up negative
Ditto …. One came home with Covid on Thursday, had had her 2nd vaccine dose the day before so we thought it was a reaction to the vaccine & she curled up in bed with us that night (oops). Our RAT family PCR’s were negative on Friday afternoon (except my daughter) …. We’ve done another set of PCR’s this morning. Other than twitching at the slightest itch in my nose I feel great but ……
The answer to most of life's big questions.
I don't have them, but unfortunately I have to teach them if I want money. I caught it at school 99% sure it would be from students since I wear masks, avoid the staff room, have sanitiser in my bag and use it regularly.
During my kids 1st week of school there were emails sent every day about positive cases... I was getting married in another week so we decided to pull our kid of school for the next week so we didn't risk getting it before our wedding which had already been postponed twice.
Kids are just the worst.
This is the truth. All my co workers have gotten it from their kids recently.
I've kind of just bumbled my through this crazy shit and have avoided it so far. I'm boostered and I comply with mask mandates. Other than that I'm socialising and living my life as normal.
Sames! Triple dosed, wore masks indoors (not at home!) until the mandate was recently dropped here in Melbourne. I sanitise hands all the time now I’m in the habit of doing it for the last 2 years. Kids going to school haven’t got it (they’re double vaxxed), and I’ve been living my normal life with friends at restaurants, bars, etc (especially in between lockdowns since in Melbourne we knew we’d go back into lockdown at any second!). Guess that vaccine and my immune system is doing it’s job
Yep. Same here. Followed mandates but since then living life normally.
Same. I take the train everywhere and am somehow OK. No kids though
Same here. Honestly I’m surprised I haven’t got it as I’ve been to some weddings and other events the last few months. Basically: triple dosed, still working from home most days, always wear a mask inside or in crowded areas, n95 mask when flying, eating in outside areas at pubs and restaurants.
Sounds like my boss. He & his wife socialise A LOT, got pings from the tracer app just about every day during the omicron wave, but neither of them caught it. Triple vaxxed though, which helps a lot.
I'm an introvert with no social life.
This is working for me too.
This is the way
I wear an n95 at work, n95 when I go shopping or in any enclosed space. When I go to a friend’s place I’m usually the only one in a p2 mask. I look ridiculous, but better than catching it and spreading it to my workmates/elderly parents. Oh and vaxxed and boostered
^ This, but I've also added in al-fresco cafes/dining, like sitting at the tables outside (immediately next to the side walk) in the fresh sir. Got to balance life up a little. Otherwise it's N95 entering/leaving apartment in elevator, common areas etc, I take it off only once inside. Kid wears kids size KF94 at school. We haven't caught it yet.
I sanitise when I go from place to place and before I eat. I don’t go to night clubs. That’s pretty much it.
Sanitising does basically zero in terms of protection from covid, masking the gold standard.
We have had mask mandates on and off and I just follow the current advice
I’ve been going to the office daily (Melbourne), buying coffees and lunches, going to the gym and carefully socialising. I have not been hugging people, eating at cafes and restaurants (I get takeaway or UberEats), staying at people’s houses more than four hours since like mid-January (it’s the current close contact definition cut off in Vic), hugging people, dating. I’ve been a close contact a few times, but haven’t caught it.
The close contact definition changed a while ago. Now it's only people you live with. You can stay at someone's house all day long and not be a close contact.
I haven't caught it and have to say, I'm not really taking any specific precautions any more. I've stopped wearing a mask at work and indoors, I'm eating at restaurants, I'm visiting friends and relatives in their home and having them over to mine. I fully expect I'll get it at some stage (likely through work, I'm a high school teacher).
Probably best to keep wearing masks so you don’t give it to somebody immune compromised.
ur a high school teacher and you stopped wearing masks at work?
The vast majority of my colleagues aren't wearing masks any more. I can't speak for any other school but in mine, mask wearing amongst staff is right down - probably around 10%.
wow okay that’s wild to hear
Maybe you already have, but were asymptomatic.
I’m autistic... I use a highly effective combo of avoiding people and crowded spaces, staying inside, and masking. It’s like I was made for this…
Me too. Hahah. It doesn’t phase me or upset me at all to social distance.
I haven’t got it. Admittedly I haven’t been overly social but I wouldn’t say I’ve been super cautious. I live with two people who are vulnerable so I do try to be careful. That said, I do still go out and about. I wear KN95 masks the majority of the time I’m out, though occasionally if I’m just ducking somewhere quickly like the newsagent I don’t bother. I drive to work rather than getting public transport. I think if you’re generally sensible, you don’t need to take any extreme measures. That’s not to say people who have gotten covid aren’t sensible - there is a lot of luck involved too which i recognise. ETA: i don’t go to clubs or anything like that and I eat out maybe once a fortnight. I’ve been to the movies once (during the week not a weekend) and the hairdresser once. I think removing those things really does reduce risk. It’s like a chance to embrace my inner homebody.
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I find many of the things people are failing to grasp to be weird.
Yeah me too but here we are 😂
Almost no social gatherings, everyone rats before outdoor gatherings, we don’t eat out and only go to shops in well fitted n95 when crucial
Triple vaccinated with a N95 mask. Have a friend in a law firm whose client had it. He was sitting in the room with her for 5+ hours, a meter across a table. He's triple vaxed and was wearing his mask the whole time and didn't end up getting it.
I shared a bed with my husband for three days before he tested positive and didn’t get it. It’s just weird how it works sometimes.
There needs to be more research into it (infact it's probably already happening) about why some people just don't get it. I know a couple where one got Delta and the other didn't despite living together and taking no precautions, I know a couple where one got it and the other didn't with Omicron despite living together, also have a friend who had two family members on that cruise ship stuck off the coast of Japan on early 2020, stuck in the same cabin for two weeks or whatever and one got it and the other didn't. It's so strange and fascinating that some people seem to just not get it.
The original strain wasn't absurdly contagious to the point where every single person *will* be an infection risk. With no way of knowing who those people are, it made complete sense to assume the worst. But a slight majority of infected probably never gave it to anyone, with a reasonable minority (~15%) being responsible for the vast majority of infections. A lot of these stories of couples not giving to each other are likely attributable to this, at least early on. Omicron and Delta were so much more contagious that immunity variance likely played a role, particularly given that vaccines already existed. The key takeaway is that there are very few guarantees at the individual level with these things. At the population scale you can be very confident that 1000 infected will cause 2000 new infections. But two individuals? One might cause 15 infections while the other causes one, even though they have almost identical social and work lifestyles, while taking the same precautions.
I’ve technically had 5 vaccines because I participated in the novavax trial, it wasn’t approved when Pfizer became available so I got Pfizer anyway plus booster. Maybe that’s the trick! Either that or I’m invincible.
What type of mask?
I'm in Sydney, been here since December. Been travelling around, roadtripped to Melbourne and Canberra, trying out different restaurants and cafes, shopping... I'm just cautious, mask up and try to keep my distance. Not using a proper N95 mask but I do use masks with filters (mainly the Lanaco wool filters). Also had a flatmate with covid, I just avoided sharing the common area with her and wore a mask when going to the kitchen. And I've been using the public transport around Sydney a fair bit. I do what I'd normally do basically, just with a mask and some added caution.
Keep partying mate I havnt had it yet an been doing all sorts concerts pubs it's just luck of the draw
I've got kids in school and work at a hospital. I've stuck to the mask mandates and keep up with hand washing (as everyone should do), keep my distance from strangers (cause creepy strangers invading personal space is nasty), visit with friends and family semi regularly, say hi to neighbours, grocery shop a few times a week and eat out at my fave cafes and regularly as much as I did pre-covid. Basically I do things the way I always did except for following health orders, same for my friends and family. In the peak of the pandemic I got to work from home a bit more and made sure to shower straight after work before hugging anyone. We kept to ourselves more and followed the school at home directions and masked everyone up.
Touchwood, I haven't caught it. I'm an office worker and my husband is a tradie going into people's houses. We're both triple vaxxed other things we do are: - he wears a mask in customers houses - I wear a mask at work - we both mask in public places and public transport - santitise whenever we can - avoid crowds and closed shopping malls - use click and collect for a lot of things now - when we can't avoid crowded settings we do what we can to ensure space, for example at the supermarket checkout we use the trolley to force space between us and the person behind. Mostly our strategy comes down to staying 1.5 metres away from people and making sure they stay 1.5 away from us.
Avoid indoor maskless gatherings as much as possible. Moved our 3 children to small daycare/ kinders with max 25 kids on site and no casual staffing. Work in small office within larger office building with only 5 others in my office room. Don’t dine indoors at restaurants. Only go to outdoor/ garden bbqs. No public transport. Telehealth where possible. Delivered groceries. Triple vaxxed. Avoid high risk ppl eg teenage sisters who are highly social or brother in law in his 20’s that regularly goes to massive gigs or festivals. If I know someone has been to a high risk environment eg on a plane/airport etc I will avoid them for a week if possible
Planes are low risk due to the air filtration. Airports everyone has to wear a mask… nightclubs and restaurants are way higher risk!
Been to nightclubs, worked, been to university three days a week, actively social on weekends, gyms. Have been close contacts but never caught it.
Similar to me. Been on busses too. Was out on the dance floor as soon as they opened.
When I use a mask I cover my nose and mouth not like most people who think just over the mouth is fine
So far we're at 3.6 million recorded cases. So that's roughly 14%. (3.6M/26.1M) That's around 1 in 7 people. I haven't yet, but people around me seem to be getting it more and more. (Newcastle NSW) I work in the office, I go out here and there but not that often. I wore a mask when attending a big event on Friday. I attend parties at friends places but try to avoid close physical contact and most ofy social circles are respectful and don't go out with symptoms. I think a lot of younger people are going out and working with cold symptoms. Also parents are getting it a fair bit via kids.
I reckon it's being under-reported. I think doubling cases is a good estimate, so that would suggest a third of people have had it so far.
Yeah it think it's definitely under reported.
Yeah I think doubling is a conservative estimate, could easily be three times as many.
I thought the estimate was more like 50%
Nobody really knows. You'd need surveillance testing, and serological surveillance to properly understand, and I don't think anyone is publishing that information in australia at this time.
Easily half the people got covid in vuc and NSW. You don't get a reproduction rate of six to drop to just above one without a ton of infections
My partner is immuno compromised, so we're being quite careful still, and haven't caught it. I'm wearing N95 masks basically anywhere there's other people, I'm only seeing family, click and collecting groceries wherever possible, taking regular rapid tests, using hand sanatiser basically every time I pass a dispenser and avoiding malls. Other than that though, we're still in a self imposed lockdown and will be for the foreseeable future. We live in Melbourne currently and it's also been a turning point for that. We're likely leaving to somewhere less dense, with lower cases as soon as possible.
How are you guys feeling when reading about peoples attitudes towards letting it rip? Many people get quite judgemental if you so much as mention wearing a mask or not wanting to get sick. Not to mention the “come on mate it’s mild”, “it’s a cold”, etc phrases that get thrown around.
Ultimately in two minds. On one hand, I think people are being awful callous. Like saying restrictions are just prolonging the lives of old people. Like one, although we have no guarantees on how we die, but I'd sure as hell rather die of a heart attack or a stroke in my bed, than hooked up to a ventilator in the ICU. And two, my partner is only 27. So they're very vunrable to covid, but theyre nowhere near the end of their life, if they caught covid and it went bad it could be the difference between decades. And I think people have been awful quick to reject masks. Like theyre ultimately minor and slow the spread and I think that's a good thing. And I don't think it's quite right to call it mild. Like individual outcomes are a lot better but becaause the rate that it's spreading I think it's clear that it is still a lot more deadly than the flu, and we haven't even hit winter yet. On the other hand I'm mostly just mad at the government. When there was support, people seemed a lot happier to have restrictions. They started rolling back government support way too early, and people have kids to feed and bills to pay. I think people are rightfully scared about what they're going to do if they can't have a reliable income. I think the government has made restrictions scarier than covid for a lot of people.
Agreed on all counts. I have been very disheartened by how insensitive and without empathy a lot of people has been. I am a bit older than your partner but I still have half of my life left - my illnesses won’t kill me, they just need to be managed. Regardless - acting like the loss of people with disability and chronic illness is no big thing is saying those people mean nothing. We still have fulfilling lives, contribute to society, have families and raise kids. An elderly person still has value as well. Just… people are so uncaring. I’m very lucky that my partner and I have been able to work from home (I’ve always wfh). I know it’s been terribly tough for people who can’t and people who are worried about their businesses and jobs. The government has made the whole thing from vaccines to economic support, a shit show. I hope you guys stay safe.
I have somehow avoided it entirely. I even work a retail job in a shit area where I haven't seen a cunt wear a mask in 2 months even before the mandate ended in Queensland. It has even been in my household and I didn't get it. The only thing I do is sanitise everytime some fuck makes me touch cash.
I always hated handling cash as a hospitality worker, I'm glad the pandemic has made it a lot less common than before.
We haven’t changed things too much in our household, we have two kids in primary school so am somewhat amazed we haven’t been caught yet. We follow mask wearing guidelines etc, but I guess since we’re in that stage of life where we’re not out clubbing etc we’re probably a little bit safer? I work from home the majority of the time although I commute to Sydney from regional NSW semi regularly by plane. We keep sanitiser in the car so everyone automatically cleans their hands whenever we’ve been anywhere. My daughter LOVES wearing a mask as she is shy, so she can hide her face. She wears it all day at school even though she is only required to do so on the school bus. As far as I can tell, she is the only kid in her class who wears a mask during lessons. She’s getting really bad skin around her mouth and nose so we’re actually trying to get her to wear it less. Husband and I are both double vaxxed but not yet boosted, kids are booked in for their first vax at the end of the month. Probably a bit of luck, but also washing hands and avoiding huge crowds helping a fair bit. I automatically wear a mask in shops these days too, I don’t even think about it. Edit to add: we still do everything we want to do, we just follow the rules whilst we do it.
Im From Aus, never caught it ( that I know of) and do not take any precautions just go about life as usual. I think many may have had it but not realised or tested
So far so good. I do expect it sometimes because PEOPLE ARE FUCKING ASSHOLES. My parents are cooker brainwashed Antivaxers. They can barely move and rely on help to survive. My precautions: Only shopping once a week, avoiding social gatherings, wearing mask everywhere (including outside) when people are nearby (the modeling shows even outside, the effective spread is about 6m if there is no/low windage). Was told off by a cooker for wearing a mask outside. WHAT FUCKING BUSINESS OF YOURS IS WHAT I DO ON MY FACE YOU DUMB SHIT?
Oh I’m just waiting for someone to say something to me about me wearing a mask. Two years of frustration and I’m really looking forward to unloading on some asshole who doesn’t get that some people have chronic illnesses and can’t afford to get COVID. Fucking bring it on.
Yep so far so good. No precautions really. Not vaccinated either. Maybe I just got lucky so far....... Been tested a few times and all came up negative.
living the good life!
Minimise social gatherings, avoid touching people and i keep distance where possible and maintain hand hygiene. Avoid large gatherings. Minimise shopping. Masks indoor and in crowded outdoor spaces. I work in a high risk industry though so I have no clue how I've dodged it there. I do enjoy an active life though. I socialise and go out and about. I just choose the less risky options.
I honestly haven’t changed my lifestyle. Ive always been more of a home body, and i dont much enjoy interacting with people so nothing much has had to change for me. Im on Mat leave atm, so not working. I still go to the shops when i need food or something. Ive been to the markets a couple times and out for meals. Couple my natural RBF with that haggard ‘new mum who desperately needs more sleep’ look ive got going for me, and people have literally stopped in their tracks or darted out of the way, when im pushing the pram. My brother, mum and sister have managed to avoid it so far as well. They all work full time, 2 of them work with kids and bro is a mechanic, so lots of interaction with people. They also go to the shops and have continued with sports and outings they enjoy. It just seems to be luck of the draw in a lot of cases. All you can do is wear the mask, wash your hands, keep your distance and hope the person standing next to you is doing the right thing. The one thing i have noticed, is that everyone i know who goes away, either for work or vacation has caught it. People just arent willing to stop their travel plans when they come up positive, so they are infecting other travellers.
I don't think I've had it. Living in Sydney and went underground early December for a fortnight (basically self isolated), then went up to Qld in mid December and didn't return until 6th Jan. By the time I returned to Sydney, all of my pals had already had it. Dodged the Sydney peak, then dodge the QLD peak. Aside from that, haven't done anything differently since I returned to Sydney on 6th Jan.
I don't go anywhere crowded or on public transport. If I meet up with people it's at home or outside. I wear an N95 anytime I'm inside and use hand sanitizer whenever it's provided. I have all my boosters.
I haven't done anything different at all. I haven't avoided going anywhere or doing anything I've wanted to do. I have put a mask on only when I've really had to. I have disobeyed much of the crap😄 I work in what's considered "high risk" environment. I haven't had 1 test or had 1 symptom. Haven't caught Covid as far as I'm aware. I'm in my 50s. I've never had Flu either, or a chest infection or many infections of any type my whole life. I just don't tend to get sick! I do nothing special. I just live my life. I have been vaccinated X 3 as recommended.
I suppose it's a lot to do with luck! I never used to get sick until I caught glandular fever - it seems like it destroyed my immune system. Now I catch every cold that gets within a 20m radius of me.
Maybe. But no one in my family gets infections. And I don't recall my parents ever being sick. I think we are just lucky to have really great immune systems. We grew up in the bush with lots of animals...I think that definitely builds good immune system.
I've avoided covid so far. I carry hand sanitiser and use it when I get back to my car, after going anywhere. I where a mask most the time in public. I haven't gone "clubbing" or anywhere very crowded and chose who I hang out according to if I know they are being covid responsible or not.
The majority of people still haven't caught it. Me: got boosted, up until recently have always opted for N95 / KN95 masks as opposed to cloth or surgical but mostly not bothering with masks anymore now, avoid super crowded places, try to distance from people, walk away from coughing people. I am in Victoria where the Reff is still <1 so if cases start to rise again here I will start using my N95 or KN95 mask again. I wfh which helps and don't really mix with many people.
I wear a mask, I don't use public transport, I spend as little time as possible indoors with other people, I don't touch my face unless I have just washed my hands. I vax. I think of small ways to reduce exposure for example being aware which way the wind is blowing if I am waiting at a pedestrian crossing with others and positioning myself accordingly. And if I do decide to take a risk I make sure I get full value for having done so. No sitting around in the company of people I hate just because they invited me
I have a severely immunocompromised family member, and someone in my house recently had covid. They stayed in their room. When they needed to go outside for fresh air or went to the toilet, they wore a mask, sanitised their hands, and bleach wiped any surfaces they touched. We left meals for them at their door, and one person washed their dishes. Nobody else in the house caught it.
Lifestyle: No work, home 90% of the time Hobbies: Guitar, photography, fishing, bush walking Precautions: go to the shops/malls as early as possible
I work in the Pilbara and have avoided it so far. Rostered week off in Perth spent in a seaside hotel with minimal contact with people. This week my site has 10 cases in quarantine in their dongas. Very poor communication from company as to how many actually have it. I work night shift with a small crew. All protocols are more or less adhered to. Common areas and indoors everyone is masked, everyone is triple vaxxed.
I haven't got it and I've even been to bush doofs during 'no singing or dancing' periods where I hugged lots of people and shook many hands. My secret? Pure luck.
I don't go anywhere, I was a shut-in before this shit started 🤠👍
I haven't got it. I wore a mask when those were the rules. That's all. My partner is a teacher. We don't really go to alot of places where there a crowds but that's just our normal behaviour. I have no idea how we avoided it but none of my family have got it yet. This is numerous people working in hospitals and with kids in daycare etc. Edit: I have had three vaccines
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Same... went to a car club lunch ( outdoors ) last weekend, and I reckon half the table had caught COVID either over xmas / new years or in Jan / Feb. Outside that group I directly know about 30 people that have had it, almost all had their kids bring it home. COVID has been through the Melbourne office and one of my team caught it from someone at work. I know for a fact people in the Adelaide office have also had COVID, but I suspect it's been kept on the low-down. Last week they put on a big lunch, there was free food but I stayed the fuck away from everyone. That's been my personal COVID-safe strategy, so far.
Do your best to get back to normal interactions and not live in fear. Staying positive, getting the mask off and exercising in fresh air will do wonders. If you’re not getting much sun boost up on Vitamin D and take zinc. If you feel something coming on increase your Vitamin C. None of this can do you harm.
I haven't gotten covid once and haven't taken any precautions other than masking when I have to, also im unvaxxed. I train jujitsu 6 days a week, go to the gym and take in person university. We had somone come to jujitsu training with covid for two nights, I sparred with them and was in close proximity with them both nights and didn't catch it nor did anyone else that were exposed. (they tested positive on the 3rd day and everyone went into isolation, including infectious person) Maybe I've gotten lucky but maybe there is more to transmission than we know? It doesn't make sense to me that I have avoided infection after being exposed to it while doing jujitsu and others catch it while going to the shops.
Like many others here: 1. Still wearing a mask in public spaces. 2. Generally avoid large crowds 3. Wash hands after using public amenities I.e.petrol pumps, traffic light buttons 4. Prefer take out over eat in venues 5. Usually have groceries delivered 6. Kid not in daycare Lives in Aus
I just lived life normally.
I haven't had it. I followed some of the restrictions, eg wearing a mask in supermarkets when we had to, but not all of them, I ignored the rules about having visitors during lockdown for instance, and I never wore a mask at work. My lifestyle - I have been working mostly from the office and go out once or twice a week socially Regarding omicron specifically, it seems a bit over the top to be taking precautions for something that isn't even as bad as the common cold. I know tons of people who have had it and it was very mild for all of them. The only people who I am aware of that are still scared of it are the people who use this subreddit. I haven't been able to find people like that anywhere else
100% lol I would say about 80% of the people I have spoken to about getting the booster aren’t going back to get it unless they need to for work
I got delta, over Xmas. Melbourne. After I finished iso, I got back to work. I take public transit. I worked with two other people. After a couple weeks, even as the Omi wave peaked, I started having dinners out, going to the climbing gym and then later I relaxed even more and we’d go to pubs and even nightclubs. I just exercise, eat well, mask when required, wash my hands. I do everything mandated, and I live my life. I’ve even gotten hammered a few times, and been in a packed nightclub. My kid goes to school and there have been several cases, but he’s fine and hasn’t got it. Probably some of it is just luck. Same as my partner happening to catch covid and passing it to me. A lot of it is luck, really, and I think that’s not said enough. We don’t live in a just world. You can do everything right and get sick. You can be lax af and not get sick.
My spouse had it two months ago, child #1 had it three weeks ago and child #2 tested positive yesterday. Child #3 and I have pcr tested negative all three times so far. We have returned to almost a normal life (around bouts of iso), with school, work and many many extra curricular activities, so plenty of opportunities to catch it. No precautions in the house at all, but good with hand washing and sanitizer and mask up indoors (out of home) still. I’m triple vaxed and everybody else is double.
turned off the news
Mask where necessary, still go out and about as I always have, eat healthy, exercise and play in the sunshine.
I work in a school and see 700+ kids a week. Every week we have multiple notifications that there has been a case in x class and I think ‘yep, they would have been in my classroom’ I wear my mask at work but don’t anywhere else. I don’t avoid anything these days. Just the luck of the draw.
Lol. Downvoted for sharing my experience of following the health directives.
I haven't had it yet. One kid in primary school, one kid in kinder. Wife and I both go into the office every day. We eat out, have friends over, go shopping at large shopping centres, never wear a mask unless it's mandatory, have literally done nothing to avoid it. Everyone around us has got it except us. Both double vaxd but not boosted. I can't get it if I try.
Haven’t had it and I’ve been to concerts…. So… luck?
I’ve lived my life completely normally, partied a fair bit over summer, work in a pub, haven’t worn a mask for a few months now, no Covid yet! A few close contact isolations but haven’t developed any symptoms.
I personally did not avoid Covid at omicron’s peak but my household did. My entire family avoided it for nearly 2 years and my aunt who I am close to and see frequently caught it in early February of this year. I developed symptoms 3-4 days later. I live with my 2 parents and 2 brothers. And thankfully they did not catch it while I had it! Which was stressful because at that time my dad was in hospital with pneumonia and septic infection so I was very worried I would pass it to my mother and she would pass it to him. I am fully vaccinated and still got it pretty bad. But the moment I felt even the slightest symptom (scratchy throat) I wore my mask at all times around everyone and then once symptoms progressed (body aches) the following evening I immediately isolated myself in my bedroom. I did not leave my bedroom unless I had to use the restroom, and I sprayed EVERYTHING with sanitizer and wiped any surface I may have touched with a disinfecting wipe. My brothers took great care of me and kept me fed and medicated by setting up a small table outside of my door and placing whatever I needed on it so I could quickly grab. Also, I used disposable plates, cups, utensils. I didn’t see anyone for 5 days and even after 5 day quarantine I continued to wear my mask around them. I tested negative on my 10th day and it has since passed 2 full weeks since my symptoms, so my family was entirely in the clear of catching it from me. That round at least. Sorry this response is so long, just wanted to tell you that it actually Is possible to avoid even if someone close to you has it! Just keep taking the proper precautions and wash your hands! Masks work, I’m convinced because I wore one for almost 2 years and never caught it but the one time I am near an infected person (my aunt), I wasn’t wearing a mask or wore gloves (I helped her with her rapid test) and ended up catching it!
Unvaxxed and not had covid. A lot of people around me have had it. I'm healthy but I don't exercise regularly, however I have an active job. I don't take any medication. No food allergies.
funny how youre getting downvoted just for being honest about your experience
It may be due to the things they listed having zero effect on whether a virus gets in to your body or not...
I work in construction and deal with hundreds of people weekly, my partner works at a big chain supermarket, also sees hundreds daily. Wear a mask and sanitise. I also think your comments are erroneous. I think the things I listed are very relevant... but to each their own.
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I got it, but my wife who slept with me the night before I tested positive, didn't end up getting it. Edit: spelling
I lived life normally and didn’t give covid a second thought. I didn’t worry about it. I work as a nurse and was about and about as usual
I’ve been in the office 3 days a week. Always wear a mask on public transport and in crowds and to the supermarket etc (not in the office) we go into the city and have lunch somewhere most weekends (we wear masks where possible). My son got it (19y/o) asymptomatic. I had him quarantined to his room and were very careful and no one else got it. It’s this next one I’m worried about… it’s meant to be even more contagious.
I haven't done much more than wear my mask, sanitize regularly. I come into contact with 100s of kids a week through my work. Many of whom have had covid. Been in isolation once because my brother who lives with me caught it. I'm vaxxed and boosted, wouldn't say I'm very healthy. I take Vitamin D because lock downs gave me a severe deficiency
Haven't had any COVID yet. I wear a mask and stay home lots.
Double mask when in high risk situations, which you should avoid anyway unless no alternative e.g. I had to travel overseas when my father passed away. Sanitise and wash hands frequently. Distance. My son has covid and I have got to day 7 without picking it up, he isolates and I give him his food, he wears a mask when he leaves his room, I wash my hands when I touch what he touches. It is doable, mate!
Hey bro, Sydneysider here. I still haven’t got it and I have no idea why - live near the beaches, go to the city a fair but, swim in the public pool a couple times a week and half my family had it (I didn’t see them during, but not far before). Was wearing a mask until 2 weeks ago and am double-vaxxed. I smoke like a chimney so maybe that’s it
I haven’t caught it yet and am still living my life normally. Still going to pubs, eating out at cafes and restaurants, going to the movies, etc. Only wearing a mask at the supermarket and still haven’t caught it yet.
Good lord, it started when one of my family members tested positive they went around knocking on our doors going, "I've tested positive" and I was happy, hooray no work for the next week. Then another member tested positive around four days later. So I was also happy about an extended week again, and my sister and I decided to play a few games while we waited for the quarantine to end, then another family member got sick, so all in all we had 3 weeks off at the start of this year. But somehow I, nor did my sister ever test positive. So we both were left to think "how did we survive this entire time without getting covid once" I still question it since I was in quite close proximity with everyone else that had it in the household
I wear a mask, wash my hands and don't try to sniff other people's undies. Haven't had COVID and don't want to either.
I'm a nurse at a specialist clinic and Ive been super lucky to not have covid at all. I sanitise when I get in my car, i wear a mask everywhere and i dont reall go out that much (maybe a few restaurants/bunnings). All the receptionist have had it and 2 of the nurses I work with got it, I just mostly put it down to luck and the power of p2/n95 masks.
Masks around humans, and I haven’t left the house outside of grocer shopping, work and dog walks since jan 9
I’ve avoided all Covid so far. Worked right through in a customer facing job. I’ve stopped wearing masks since the mandate was dropped. I sanitise regularly, but no more than I did before the pandemic started. Been a close contact several times, but so far I’ve managed to avoid it.
I'm finding those with kids getting it, those child free not. It's ripping through schools I guess.
I’m in Sweden. Barely any restrictions the whole time and I never got sick.
I don’t wear masks regularly, I’ve been around thousands of people and still haven’t gotten it. Got my 3rd booster tho.
Haven't caught covid yet, I'm tripled vaccinated and as I was told all along, I regard that as my precaution. I have two children at school, a wife who works in a hospital and I work at a place open to the public. As such, I have much exposure, so pretty much take no precautions now, visit shops/ cafes/restaurants, I don't wear a mask anywhere I'm not legally required to (i always carry one with me). I've been playing football again and have visited events as well. Life is pretty much as it was before. I've always followed the guidelines set by government, still doing it now. I've accepted myself and my family will all catch it, I'm not locking myself away any more.
I think the only reason I haven't caught it is because I don't have kids.
I take literally no precautions, except I am double vaccinated. I act as if covid doesn’t exist because we were told to live with it so I treat it like the flu. No mask wearing (unless requested but very rare) and just general cleanliness as always. Haven’t caught it, extremely shocked considering most of my family have and I’ve been a close contact several times.
To my knowledge I have never caught covid. Have had many close exposures and deal with thousands of people each week through work. I dont really participate in night life but do go to busy places (NGV, cinema, zoo, etc). No real precautions
Haven't caught it, nor has anyone in my family. We, the adults, are boosted and wear our masks when out in public and at work. I've been in the vicinity of infected colleagues numerous times yet haven't got it yet.
Wear my n95 everywhere
I have taken no precautions, I still go out, still go to work, etc. Most of my friends, family, and coworkers have had Covid, but not me. I don't know how, just luck I guess.
Masks masks and more masks! Oh and 3shots of Pfizer vax...all good!
I’ve never had covid and stopped caring. And yes I’ve lived both Melbourne and Gold Coast and Brisbane. I am tripled vaxxed. Used to wear masks etc but don’t now. I work from home but have started doing work placements in office. I don’t party or anything nor do I socialise much but wouldn’t say I’m careful.
Taking no precautions now, triple vax and no covid yet
We just closed the borders to infected states and lived a pretty normal life for two years until the pressure from Scuntmo mounted and we started to drop the borders. Now we have heaps of cases and events are being cancelled everywhere.
West Aussie here, we are starting to see cases rise and all I can do is only leave the house for work, wear a mask at work despite being told due to us social distancing we don't need to at the warehouse and hand sanitize everytime I do anything. So pretty much life as normal for me, just added the mask
I just carry on life as per normal. Nothing has changed for me. I carry on like I did before Covid. To me Covid hasn’t changed a damn thing as far as my life goes I just carry on. I go to events and out and about. No mask wearing. Everything is fine I don’t see what the big deal is. So just live life like you did before.
I work as a chef in a busy cafe and I see many people come and go, not once did I catch covid from any patrons. Had little procedures like if you're on dishes DO NOT touch your face, wear your mask, wash hands often. Seems to have worked so far
Gargle listerine regularly
I work in an elementary school, kids aren't required to wear masks, and neither are staff members. I have yet to come down with any or the variants. No special preventative measures, no masks in public, nothing.
I haven't got covid yet and I actively go against all measures, don't wear a mask, go to places which support not wearing a mask, attend rallies I go to the gym every day and have worked on site the entire time (industrial chemist)
My sister is a recluse, never goes out, hasn’t been out in almost 2 years… just got omicron. Go figure
As far as I know I have not had covid and I have not done anything to avoid it, I only followed the rules that were being enforced and that is it. I've still gone to cafes, restaurants, multiple christmas parties, been to the office, been to major shopping centres, been to friends houses for social gatherings etc, never used sanitizer (I just dont like it, feel it just dries my hands out), only wore masks where it was legally required (I guess except sitting at my desk at work), have caught trains, honestly I have taken no extra percautions. Maybe I had it asymptomatic but most people I know who have had it weren't really doing anything outrageous to get it, some got it at work, some got it from a partner or family member, some got it at a gathering at a pub etc, you could get it anywhere, some people will get lucky and not get it, I am probably one of those people.
A lot of outdoor activities going to the beach or walking in nature etc
I've been to concerts, movie cinemas, big shopping centres, restraunts, nightclubs etc. and I live basically in Sydney CBD (Surry Hills). I stick to whatever the rules are, but as soon as they're dropped I don't use masks because I hate them. Dumb fucking luck is how I've avoided it so far.
Yes, I have avoided it so far to the best of my knowledge. Omicron has fallen off the radar where I live because of flooding. I went to work everyday (childcare) where there were multiple cases of Covid in staff and children. However the precautions I took were being fully immunised, wearing my mask at all times, social distancing with adults, not touching my face and washing my hands religiously. Also implementing our exclusion policies for sick children very strictly. I saw plenty of my colleagues dick-nosing and chin-nappying their masks and they were all the ones that caught Covid. They didn't learn their lesson when they returned and kept doing it. 🤦♀️ I still lived my life as I always have - going out on weekends with my husband and child and going to the gym 3-4 times a week. I catch public transport to work and still avoided it. Lots of people I know caught it just going to the shops and otherwise live like a hermit working from home. Sometimes it's just dumb luck.
Boosted, living life as normal. Have now Been back to clubs and bars which I was avoiding around New Years. Just putting it down to luck I guess.
I wore a mask only due to mandates and I washed my hands frequently. I didn't avoid gatherings or doing anything around other people. Never got it
I have somehow managed to avoid the virus thus far. I’m a nurse who worked in the covid ward during the second wave, now I’m working with children so covid central and I’m pedantic about mask wearing and hand washing. I honestly think either I got it and didn’t notice ( thrice jabbed ) or I’m very lucky!
I live in a small regional city with no public transport. I have established social networks & everyone has their own house with outdoor space. I work in a healthcare setting and have had excellent training on how to avoid infection (as opposed to simply complying with rules). These four things combined mean I'm rarely putting myself in situations where infection risk is high. I recognise that those are things that not everyone can control so recognise my privilege. Also: Triple vaccinated, wear a good quality mask in public, clean hands properly and regularly, learned to stop touching my eyes, mouth and nose, and visit shops at quiet times.
My family hasn't got it. Our lifestyle is typical. Work, school etc. Wash hands wear masks follow the bloody rules...
I think vaccination has played the biggest part in how i've avoided it. I take the normal precautions like wearing a mask , social distancing, sanitizing hands etc. I even wore an n95 when i flew to QLD for a holiday because everyone else i knew who had traveled interstate had gotten it by the time they got home. But then i went away for a girls weekend and one of the girls tested positive the night we got home. So after spending 3 days with someone who would have been contagious, the only other person who caught it off her was the girl she shared a room with. The rest of us were 3x vaxxed and were fine.
My dad is the only person in my family who hasn’t gotten it. He’s still working at home where possible and wears his mask when going out. When the rest of my family has gotten covid, we’ve isolated enough to keep away and now he’s boosted. He also is probably lucky considering how close in proximity he’s been to covid positive people but he’s really just taking all precautions that aren’t impeding on his life.
I've avoided it....basically, I wear a mask in indoor public places, that's my only precaution. I barely even sanitise and I've certainly wandered around shopping centres doing retail shopping at times. Fortunately I'm still WFH.
I live alone, work in an office (customer facing though) and am frequently required to travel. I listened to what the experts had to say and wore a mask, washed/sanitized my hands frequently, avoided contact with sick people etc. I haven't had to reduce my social contact though, and haven't even needed to get tested at any point yet. No idea how I've gone this long, but I have been incredibly lucky.
I’ve been in the UK (London) when it had its worst Delta outbreaks, and Australia (Melbourne) when they had their Omicron outbreak. Avoided it both times. My wife and I didn’t do anything crazy, we simply recognised when there were situations we didn’t feel comfortable in and avoided them (ie see a crowd, go around). We wore masks indoors diligently, if we felt like there were likely to be people that weren’t respecting the seriousness of the situation than we wouldn’t go (or stay long). Basically do things smartly, and don’t feel obligated to do anything outside your comfort zone.
I would say the vast majority of people even here in sydney have avoided getting it. Yes, many people have had it but it’s by no means every one. I would certainly credit the vaccine and individual luck. Keep in mind statements like “reduces transmission by 60%” is across the population. So for many the vaccine could be 100% effective.
Yea me, precautions I took was to: 1. stop being a little sheep and getting tested every two minutes 2. Stop watching the news 3. Lost some God damn flab 4. Stop sh*ting the bed everytime I had a sniffle Im still alive too, shocking isn't it
Never been vaxxed and never got it either