Did any of us scrupulously-vaccinated get COVIDD?

[BonzaiDuck]

I tell my friends that I -- like Lewis Black's 103-year-old moms -- have been vaccinated up the wazoo since 2003, or 3 years following my total retirement from work. I have noted, quite honestly, that I would get "the flu" every year or two until those vaccinations began, and after that -- nary a cold nor a flu-symptom.

I have kept track of this COVID pandemic since the cruise-ship infected got off the boat. I wore masks. I stayed home as much as possible. We started getting half our groceries through Insta-Cart. Many died! But WE lived! I have three relatives who joined the anti-maskers and refused to get vaccinated. They caught COVID and became really ill. A high-school classmate ('65) -- a denier and anti-vaxxer -- told me that he "had the flu" for seven weeks, and I know better: it wasn't just the flu. The "flu" may last a couple days to a week.

Of course, COVID is always lurking in the shadows. I got a booster shot last month -- it must've been my sixth. I had a pharmacist visit Moms -- otherwise bedbound and difficult to transport.

I noticed the other day that I woke up with a sore throat, and if it went away after significant expectorations, my nose was still drooled a bit throughout the day.

Does anyone imagine that they may have caught COVID, didn't confirm it and didn't know it? My lungs are clear today! And that's a nice thing!

I still see people in public wearing masks, and I suppose I think they are wise. I often make known to them my approval and encouragement, but I haven't worn a mask now since summer, 2022.

 

[nakedfrog]

Yep, got it last summer, just about a year ago now. We were still masking at stores and stuff, but went to an outdoor concert, didn't wear a mask, and came up positive not long after (we used at-home tests). It was mostly 3-4 days of feeling like crap and sleeping a lot for me, a week later I was back to normal. My partner took longer to recover.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Yep, got vaccinated super early, as someone with kids in a pod I was able to make the argument that I needed the vaccine early despite being a relatively healthy 37 yo. JJ vaccine, one and dobe. No boosters whatsoever.

Got COVID in December 2021 during the Omicron surge. Daughter got it at school, brought it home. She basically had 0 symptoms, crawled to my wife who felt pretty crappy for about a week, crawled to me and I ended up missing Christmas but aside from some mild malaise felt fine, then finally 6 weeks after the initial exposure it made it to my son who was also symptom free.

Outside of the back to back isolation events, didn't really affect the immediate family all that much. My type 2 diabetic dad got it right before the vaccines were released (He got it in Feb 2020) and it put him in the hospital and almost killed him.

 

[pete6032]

Vaccinated with all boosters. Did not ever get covid-19. Have not practiced any kind of intentional social distancing since early 2022.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I know several guys who got COVID post vaccination however they were pretty much all the same. Sort of sick for a day or two then non symptomatic. Varying levels of sickness but all were sick for a fairly brief period and rapid recovery.
One guy thought it was seasonal allergies until he got tested for a work event.

 

[PowerEngineer]

I am coming around to the notion that there are two types of people: those who know they have had COVID because they tested positive, and those who probably have been exposed to COVID but never became sick enough to test for it.

Yes, I did test positive for COVID last December. I was recruited to help my daughter during and after an upcoming surgery. I mentioned to her that I had a slight head cold and she insisted that I test for COVID. She knew that if she tested positive on the day of surgery they would cancel it, and so she wanted to be sure I wouldn't expose her to COVID. I was shocked when my test came back positive. Never would have tested for COVID otherwise.

Vaccinated and twice boosted. Waiting for the new booster in the fall.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I am coming around to the notion that there are two types of people: those who know they have had COVID because they tested positive, and those who probably have been exposed to COVID but never became sick enough to test for it.

Yes, I did test positive for COVID last December. I was recruited to help my daughter during and after an upcoming surgery. I mentioned to her that I had a slight head cold and she insisted that I test for COVID. She knew that if she tested positive on the day of surgery they would cancel it, and so she wanted to be sure I wouldn't expose her to COVID. I was shocked when my test came back positive. Never would have tested for COVID otherwise.

Vaccinated and twice boosted. Waiting for the new booster in the fall.

Yup staying current seems to be the key. Vaccines protect well against sickness for a brief time but really well vs hospitalization and death for a longer time. Second part is the important piece in my opinion.

 

[Hans Gruber]

Yup staying current seems to be the key. Vaccines protect well against sickness for a brief time but really well vs hospitalization and death for a longer time. Second part is the important piece in my opinion.

Let me guess. You are an avid Kool-Aid drinker?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Let me guess. You are an avid Kool-Aid drinker?

Nope fully vaccinated and done at the earliest opportunity every time. I fully plan on continuing in the fall and going forward assuming it is advised. I typically get my seasonal flu vaccination too. I’ve missed it occasionally. I trust modern science and I fully believe vaccines are a miracle.

 

[Hans Gruber]

Nope fully vaccinated and done at the earliest opportunity every time. I fully plan on continuing in the fall and going forward assuming it is advised. I typically get my seasonal flu vaccination too. I’ve missed it occasionally. I trust modern science and I fully believe vaccines are a miracle.

You sound like one of those students with perfect attendance in school.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

You sound like one of those students with perfect attendance in school.

fuck off, stop being an ass. I can easily be an ass too.

 

[Pohemi]

Nope fully vaccinated and done at the earliest opportunity every time. I fully plan on continuing in the fall and going forward assuming it is advised.

Ditto.

I caught it middle of last year (May or June?) and had barely any symptoms. I might not have even known it was COVID but I was supposed to go to a family gathering when I started getting a runny nose. Did a home test just to be safe and it turned out positive. Needless to say, I stayed home.

Caught it again first week of February this year, and it did a number on me. Pretty sure I had the Norovirus that was going around at that time along with the COVID. I even called 911 the first night it got bad, as it felt like my lungs were constricting and I said okay screw this. Didn't go to the hospital with the EMTs though...if my insurance determines it wasn't an emergency, I get the bill for it.

Sickest I've ever been, probably. I've experienced severe Diabetic Ketoacidosis many, many times over 40 years, and I use to think it was the worst 'sick' I ever had. This beat it.

Still gonna get boosters when available. I have no doubt that without the vaccinations, it'd have been even worse.

 

[igor_kavinski]

After the vaccination, I'm not sure.

Before the vaccination, there were multiple times I got really bad and unexplained diarrhea, sometimes totally clear and watery. Could be my body expunging the virus. Never tested positive.

The Sinopharm vaccine has made me more sensitive to cold air. The moment chilly air interacts with my nostrils, either from AC or from natural wind, I will start leaking water from my nostrils. It may continue for a day or two. Very annoying.

 

[stargazr]

Yes, my gf and I both are fully vaccinated along with one booster shot each, and got it last February. The symptoms were relatively mild compared with accounts from earlier cases I had heard.

 

[IronWing]

Fully vaccinated, never got COVID, tested for it on two occasions. First time I thought I had it, it turned out to be allergies from a disgusting hotel room. Second time, bad cold/flu that wasn’t COVID.

 

[mindless1]

Why this topic? A vaccination does not keep you from being infected, rather it improves your immune response to limit the spread of it and the associated symptoms, especially if you have a compromised immune system that had to start from scratch making antibodies after it already had a strong foothold and weakened the host.

Sadly if you have a compromised immune system, there is quite a bit more than COVID to beware of, and vaccinations are your best hope if you didn't learn more careful interactions and more social distancing which can work up to a point but it's not living to be isolated from society too much.

 

[allisolm]

Husband and I are so vaccinated I think it should be running out our ears (just got another booster a few days ago). Neither of us has gotten Covid. We masked up, social distanced, eliminated situations requiring groups of people or close contact. We still shopped for groceries in-store and husband still worked when he was needed (he's a videographer for various legal proceedings like depositions and medical exams for personal injury cases). He got tested several times for work and we both tested twice before trips to visit our children.

Our DIL and granddaughters got it on 2 separate instances (one granddaughter the first time and one along with DIL the second time.) All three were minorly ill. Son never got it. Daughter and SIL got it but grandson didn't. All were vaccinated and neither were majorly ill. The two who got it were treated with paxlovid.

Not everyone had it so good, Our next door neighbor died from it as did my husband's brother. Both were vaccinated.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Our next door neighbor died from it as did my husband's brother. Both were vaccinated.

Anything common in their health profile? Were they diabetic?

 

[allisolm]

The neighbor was mid-90s but in good health. As far as I know, the BIL had no contributing health issues. He was in ICU in a coma for 30 days with it before dying. Sometimes it just happens.

 

[purbeast0]

Everyone in my family is fully vaccinated and everyone has gotten it at least once after being fully vaccinated, ranging from me at 41 to my 2 year old son. I've had it twice. It was just like a mild cold that lasted longer than normal.

 

[Muse]

I'm about as scrupulously vaxxed against covid-19 as it gets. I've had all 6 Moderna shots and got them all ASAP. AFAIK, I have NOT contracted covid-19 of any varietal, but figure by now I must have been exposed to some, even though I've been exceptionally careful. Nowadays, however, I'm not as careful as I was. My volunteer gig of necessity puts me in situations where I could be exposed. I have tested myself a couple of times in recent months when our general manager sent us emails saying that someone tested positive during a period when I was there. He won't say who for privacy reasons. I tested negative.

I still wear N95 masks indoors a lot. In the gym I do every time I go. I don't care what people think. It's amazing how the price of 3M N95's (AFAIK the best!) have fallen. I am STOCKED! At times I figure wear a mask in honor of the dead, also to just be "in the face" of all the deniers. There's been a whole lot of denial going on since the masks started coming off.

 

[igor_kavinski]

I don't care what people think.

Same here, though I wear a disposable medical mask. Sinopharm (one normal and two booster doses) has left me vulnerable to cold. I will suddenly go into intense sneezing or have a day where basically water is just dripping from my nose. I also take Taurine to keep my sinuses clear so it might also be contributing to this problem. Better to have the gunk come out rather than build up inside and cause an extremely debilitating sinus infection that lasts three days or longer.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Foreign people seem to get shitty vaccines. I admit modern made me sick & sore for a day after injection but that is all and it seems to have protected me well.

 

[marvdmartian]

I was positive, ONCE, last year, after both shots and two boosters. HOWEVER....
- I was exhausted, physically. My company decided to have a meeting of all us remote workers, the last weekend of the month (CRAZY time to do this, as the end of the month is the busiest!), so after a long week of work, I had to fly from Buffalo to Roanoke, VA, spend the weekend there for the meeting, then fly back Sunday evening, getting back home ~11 PM, and had to get up at 5 AM for another week of work.
- I was surrounded by a couple hundred people, from all over the east coast states. Pretty much a guarantee that someone would get sick (and 6 of us did).

My symptoms weren't any worse than a MILD head cold. Sniffles, drainage, slightly sore throat. The company where I do my inspection work was still doing weekly COVID testing, and my test day was Wednesday. Damn near forgot to do it, we were so busy, and the last day of the month was Wednesday. Finally remembered, grabbed the testing stuff, and did it at my desk, pushing if off to the side, while I continued my work. About 30 minutes later, I remembered to glance at it.
Holy cow....that pink stripe was BRIGHT!!!

I immediately notified the Safety Manager there, masked up, and notified my supervisor (I'm in Buffalo, he's in Pittsburgh). Once I was able to close out my business for the day, I left, and stayed masked up the whole time.

Worst part? I had to burn 2 days of PTO! Luckily, that was the Labor Day weekend, with the Monday holiday, so my 5 days of quarantine ended, and I came back to work on Tuesday. Took until ~Thursday, before I tested negative. Never had a nasty symptom, the whole time.

I believe I was susceptible more because of my exhaustion, than anything else. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Lezunto]

I had to leave my state (NJ) and travel to New York to get vaccinated during a time Trump simply refused to send meaningful supplies of Covid-19 vaccines to the Garden State. This was in June 2021.

I've been boosted twice, but since I live in a senior citizen building where many residents eschewed the shot, I am at risk for infection this year.

Despite Trump's false promises that the respiratory malady would disappear in hot weather, Covid did NOT go away with the onset of the summer.