I'm not saying it definitely happened but there's a lot of things that could've contributed. Infected surfaces anywhere along the way - you may have used sanitizer, only to then touch the bottle again afterward. Anything could've happened. Masks and everything else are only deterrents. I'm ultimately just curious about the circumstances that led to people getting infected.
The other week I was worried my kid may have gotten myocarditis from the vaccine (multiple instances of shortness of breath), which has been big news in the last month. The soccer player who collapsed suddenly had a heart/lung(?) episode too. I was curious about his vaccination circumstances then, which still isn't clear...
My point is that the virus is a tough, clingy microbe. Far more than the flu, as evidenced with the severe decrease in flu cases due to all the measures taken. Even with vigilance, it can get around the barriers.
I didn't use sanitizer bottle. I also fear death, and disregarded both the overt stupidity(only old people, 99% survival rate) along with the devilish "intellectual's optimism"(not yet a pandemic, not airborne) that was floating around and continues to propagate in the present day. In short, I am willing to do more than the minimum and have the natural inclination to do so. My mental health does not mind an isolated state.
I rarely touch my face. I have such poor facial hair growth, I only need to cut it with scissors every 7-14 days. I definitely don't do any makeup, etc, as a male.
Since this thing debilitates me for about 3-4 months afterwards....I have every intention of continuing to take precautions.
My life is basically doing things in the house or "go to store".
My investigation is not complete yet. On my bucket list is getting antibody testing for sister and mom, and maybe even myself. Then I will like try to time the vaccine just right because I'm not sure if the spike protein alone might cause a strong cytokine reaction. Getting vaccinated would satisfy an intellectual curiosity of mine, which is whether my immune system will do anything damaging in response to just the spike protein given that during a real infection, I have only experienced fatigue and feeling windedduring the time the virus present.
Furthermore, I suspect I got hit with the original in Nov 2019. Reason being that the extreme fatigue was, in hindsight, unnatural and not my baseline even accounting for sleep deprivation and muscle knots. I laid down in bed for almost two weeks, having just enough to eat but feeling winded just taking a couple things up the steps.
This round, the damage was upped and I had more pronounced post-infection symptoms, mainly coughing and feeling irritated in the heart/chest area below the first rib, meaning that if it was a second round, I got a more potent variant than the one that made me Mr. Fatigued. So, if the trend continues, if I get Delta, it will hit me even worse.
For me, disambiguation between COVID and other diseases is rather easy, as it does
not irritate my upper respiratory tract(collarbone and up) during active infection.
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