Yeah, it's so easy to think you're special because it's "unlikely" you've avoided the disease so many others have gotten, even when you have seemingly been exposed (raises hand and waves it wildly ). We want to think there must be a deeper cause inherent in us when the most likely answer is that for must of us it's just random chance.

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some members have no idea how they’re still there.

(pretty sure I've posted about this here recently but...) We know why we're still in the club -- we never are out in public without masks on, we aren't socializing indoors or dining in restaurants or traveling, flying etc. etc.

Random but related comment: I had a visit with a neurologist recently and based on our discussion, it seems like it may make sense for me to consider myself as someone who either already has an auto-immune disease or is at high risk for developing one. This is because I have migraines and current medical thinking is that migraine is most likely an auto-immune disease, and I also have several family members who have auto-immune disorders.

So my current covid-thinking is that I need to do everything I can to avoid getting it, not because I think it will kill me, but because I don't want to develop long covid and I don't think anyone can tell me what my risk for that would be.

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Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
We want to think there must be a deeper cause inherent in us when the most likely answer is that for must of us it's just random chance.

That's only partially true. Precautions including vaccinations, mask-wearing, avoiding group assemblies, particularly those indoors, and similar strategies surely account for a portion of the avoidance. Chance is only one factor.

I think many of us who have not so far contracted the disease would like to know if we have some inherent immunity that would allow us to relax some of those precautions and not have particular concern, just as we do not worry about other diseases for which we have been vaccinated. I know there is no sure thing because I have had measles three times in my life, but if the risk can be reduced to other rare risks like snake bite or lightning strikes, it would be much less of a worry.

Big Al

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I think many of us who have not so far contracted the disease would like to know if we have some inherent immunity that would allow us to relax some of those precautions

Personally, I am pretty confident that our lack of covid infection so far is due specifically to our precautions, which is why I'm not comfortable letting up. Unfortunately.

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I have had measles three times in my life

I am still COVID free (to my knowledge) despite my close contact with several known positive cases and being with 20 first graders every day. Who knows how, but I am not sad about it.

I had chicken pox twice and shingles once. Perhaps this is my reward?