# Anyone caught a cold since COVID? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 19, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129 "2021-08-19T00:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/21 "2021-08-19T18:50:15Z")
We both got colds after we visited our daughter and grandchild, no doubt from the old preschool germs. Not Covid - no headache, no loss of the sense of taste. I had a very slight temperature for a few hours. Relieving to know we aren’t alone. ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/22 "2021-08-19T18:55:58Z")
Yeah. I had a cold in January, just before I got confirmation from the Moderna trial that I had, in fact, received the active vaccine and not a placebo last fall. It wasn’t terrible, but it was bad enough that I went to urgent care to get a COVID and strep test just to be sure. (Both tests were negative; I subsequently got another COVID test through the study, also negative.) Then about a month ago I had the mildest case of the sniffles imaginable. I didn’t even bother getting a COVID test, it was such a nothingburger. I kind of thought it might even be just allergies, but it disappeared completely after a week, so who knows. I feel like I normally get something like that once a year or so, but it’s hard to say because it doesn’t merit much attention. I used to catch a lot of colds throughout my childhood, teens, and twenties. In my thirties, I haven’t been sick as much, even though I still have a pretty high exposure level to lots of people through my job. I don’t know if my immune system is finally hitting its stride or what, but it’s nice. A lot of people at my work are coming down with something lately, but their COVID tests have all been negative so far. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/23 "2021-08-19T20:30:31Z")
No, nothing at all for either me or my wife. She usually gets a cold at least once a year, but I can’t remember the last time I got one. Maybe 10 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/24 "2021-08-22T15:52:35Z")
Thanks. NYT always on point! ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/25 "2021-08-22T17:15:26Z")
Last time I was sick was in Vegas in oct 2019. Forced to sit beside some woman who coughed and hacked on the plane the whole way there. We stayed at a time share for 2 weeks and I was in bed for two days. Sucked but at least vacation wasn’t totally ruined. Only wife didn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/26 "2021-08-22T22:34:52Z")
My wife got a bad cold, it turned into pneumonia. Not pretty. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/27 "2021-08-22T22:42:56Z")
I got one and got tested to be sure. It came up negative. The cold came with quite a sinus infection, which often turn to bronchitis for me so I ended up with a z-pak of antibiotics because the doc didn’t want to chance it. 10 days later, no more cold, no more sinus infection. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/28 "2021-08-22T22:47:58Z")
In the beforetime I almost never caught colds - just the occasional mild sore throat which went away after a day without progressing. I’d only get a full-fledged cold with stuffy nose once every 2-3 years; those have always been long-lasting and merciless. I haven’t been sick since Covid started. After reading this thread I fear I’m doomed to get a super duper bad cold at some point. Oh well, If I get it because we’re getting back to normal in a post-Covid world, that’s a price I’ll happily pay. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/29 "2021-08-23T12:17:25Z")
Nope, nothing. Another benefit of working from home IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/30 "2021-08-23T12:42:53Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > What I’ve had off and on throughout the pandemic is a lot worse allergies. Do they coincide with times when there are a lot of fires out west? All the way across the USA, we’re all breathing extra particulates from that smoke; even in places where it’s so far from the source that it’s not readily recognizable as smoke. – I haven’t had a cold since covid; but I don’t get one every year, anyway; probably more like every couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/31 "2021-08-24T00:45:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Huh. Interesting. We appear to be lucky. (or they’re so mild we don’t notice.) That’s actually a decent possibility. Maybe I don’t _really_ get a cough for 2-3 weeks almost every time I do actually catch a cold. Maybe I get mild ones too and don’t notice because they’re too similar to my seasonal allergies. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/32 "2021-08-25T16:14:40Z")
I was so happy to get a cold. Well, relieved to find out my symptoms weren’t Covid. The sore throat, headache, sinuses (especially the loss of smell and taste!) were all scary. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/33 "2021-08-25T16:28:26Z")
Didn’t get ill the whole time I was pregnant, despite my partner catching a bad cold or possibly flu at the work Xmas party, didn’t get ill once in the year after the baby was born while we were isolating at home; but since she went to nursery a few months ago we’ve endured a constant succession of colds. The first one gave me sinusitis, causing a terrible headache - much worse than normal - the other 2 or 3 have been pretty standard. I’m told this is likely to continue for the first year or so. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/34 "2021-08-25T16:40:31Z")
My teenage daughter briefly had mild chills around the same time my wife and I had COVID in June '20. She tested positive for antibodies sometime around September. And she was vaccinated in March '21. While traveling out of state in July '21, a few days before her return flight, she had cold symptoms. At a clinic she tested positive for COVID. But then a rapid test at Walgreens, a home test from Walgreens, and finally a PCR test were all negative. So ya, I’d say she caught a cold (not particularly severe) since COVID. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/35 "2021-08-25T17:49:29Z")
I tend to have about 3 sinus infections per calendar year. I have had ONE since March 2020, and that was after cataract surgery so it doesn’t count. Masks, not being in the g.p., and increased hand washing do wonders. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129/36 "2021-08-26T17:21:54Z")
Knocking wood but I haven’t been sick or felt ill since masking in Feb 2020. First time ever that I went a year without a sniffle. And I’m in my 60’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-caught-a-cold-since-covid/949129.md?page=1)