# Does anyone here know anyone personally who has been diagnosed, or has been yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 21, 2020, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941 "2020-03-21T06:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/482 "2020-12-16T15:12:44Z")
Update: My 93 year old father got it in the nursing home a few months ago; was only mildly sick for a few days and now completely recovered. A 40-something nephew and his girlfriend (living separately) have been sick with cough and fatigue for a couple of weeks now; slowly get better. Another 40-something nephew and his live-in girlfriend just tested positive; she is pretty sick with cough and headache but he doesn’t seem to have any symptoms yet. All in rural eastern PA. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/483 "2020-12-16T15:59:02Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Another friend can’t smell or taste and has flu symptoms. **Another another friend is in the hospital with lethargy.** Commonality of all 3? Recently traveled out of state to see family and got exposed there. And that friend has been officially diagnosed with Covid. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/484 "2020-12-16T19:02:09Z")
Wife’s work has a “no exception” mask policy. Everyone is required to distance and mask. Except high-ranking executive management guy who thinks he’s too important for this virus silliness. So he doesn’t wear his mask and no one (even those ranking above) has the backbone to call him on it. Except my lovely wife, who snarled at him to get out of her office area and away from her staff, and then locked him (and the rest) out. She only allows entry to their separate area after verifying masks via the window. And… you guessed it. High-ranking guy tested positive last week. As did several in his area, all home quarantining now. Thus far, wife’s locked-away team has not had any positives. At the beginning of this pandemic, I resolved I would not wish ill on anyone afflicted, nor dance on anyone’s grave. This resolution is getting harder and harder to keep. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/485 "2020-12-17T20:45:29Z")
Me, apparently. I participated in a university study examining presence of IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 across Chicago neighborhoods. The blood sample I sent in mid-November came back positive. I have no idea when or where I got it and never developed any symptoms. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/486 "2020-12-17T22:19:38Z")
I wonder if it is possible to get such a low initial level of infection - such as just a few virii that it never gets the chance to replicate to a true pathogenic level. You then get he time and chance to develop the appropriate anti-viral response without getting the symptoms I wonder a certain amount about how the effect of initial viral loading has, but also I wonder about folk who maybe had it and clear it but then get a very heavy loading such as health workers. Seems to me that it takes time for antibodies or whatever the immune response can get into full effect, and also I would assume it takes some time for the body to ramp up production of anit-viral response, so if it was very heavy viral loading I wonder if its possible to use up the available anti-viral resource before it can be replenished. It might explain why some people have been getting a second infection ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/487 "2020-12-17T22:47:46Z")
That’s exactly what I read happens. The nonspecific, innate immune system knocks out the virus before a strong adaptive immune response kicks in. If the person gets hit with a stronger dose later on, they’ll be reinfected. I’m looking for the article but I can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/488 "2020-12-18T00:13:10Z")
I’ve seen anywhere from 20% to 80% of infections are asymptomatic, so it’s not exactly rare. I’m also not in a high-risk group. I’m in my 30s, physically active, and have no underlying health issues. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/489 "2020-12-19T14:42:57Z")
An uncle and his entire family contracted it last month. All got mildly sick with Covid-like symptoms. One got tested and returned positive. The assumption is that all of them had it. As of now, all are well again. So… our personal score with Covid thus far: 8 co-workers, 12 family members, 4 friends – 2 deaths. Also, we had 3 probable infections that were never tested. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/490 "2020-12-19T14:47:19Z")
I think it might be interesting if people put down their location, a post relating to a few infections is noteworthy but perhaps we might see something more , or not. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/491 "2020-12-19T14:55:19Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > I think it might be interesting if people put down their location That would be useful in a number of other sorts of threads as well. If you go into your preferences, then into profile, and fill out the location field, it’ll show up when anybody clicks on your avatar at the top of your posts. Leave it vague if you want, but a general idea of where in the world you are is often really useful context for threads on a variety of different subjects. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/492 "2020-12-19T14:59:23Z")
My condo complex finally had our first confirmed case among ~250 residents. Person is now hospitalized but I know nothing more. We have had friends, cow-orkers, or extended family of residents catch it, and some have died from it. But this is our first actual resident. At least our first who admitted it. Everyone is supposed to tell management about any positive test, or symptomatic infection, but we can’t know how much compliance there hasn’t been. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/493 "2020-12-19T16:30:00Z")
> [@Trom](#): > > I’ve seen anywhere from 20% to 80% of infections are asymptomatic, so it’s not exactly rare. I’m also not in a high-risk group. I’m in my 30s, physically active, and have no underlying health issues. I’m not in the medical field but I wonder if what we’re seeing is a build up of an allergic reaction over time. Not sure how to word this. When I was younger I never had a problem with sawdust or outdoor allergens. As I got older I developed allergies to various things. Are we seeing this with children? Their immune system takes care of it as normal but adults who’ve been exposed to a variant of covid have a much worse reaction to it? ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/494 "2020-12-19T16:34:12Z")
As per the thread title I know many people who’ve gotten the virus and their symptoms so far have been described to me as a mild case of the flu. Nobody older than 65 but many in their 60’s. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/495 "2020-12-20T12:44:03Z")
Where are “preferences”? I’ve searched the top, the categories, and looked through the options when I click the three horizontal bars. I don’t see it. If I click the magnifying glass icon and enter “preferences” I only get a list of threads. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/496 "2020-12-20T14:55:50Z")
Click on the icon to the right of the hamburger, In your case, it’s a P in a square. This is your profile. Preferences is one of the options for your profile. The options are Activity / Notifications / Messages / Invites / Badges / [Preferences](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullin/preferences) If I understand Discourse correctly, the link in Preferences should take you to your preferences, as I just exchanged my user name with yours. Then choose Profile (on the left) and scroll down until you find Location. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/497 "2020-12-20T16:16:56Z")
@pullin, Die\_Capacitrix beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/498 "2020-12-20T16:55:18Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > This past Sunday night he was put on ECMO. He partially woke up yesterday, complained about the tubes, so they put him back under. So far his brain function remains good and ECMO is doing it’s job. Family was told _if_ he pulls through, he may be lucky to be home mid-January. Posted that December 1st. Since then he came off ECMO, had sedation greatly reduced, started coughing blood without a found source, was completely ghosted by his girlfriend of the past two years (she dropped his son off at a cousin’s house and completely deleted his existence from her life), was able to take nutrition… then as of this morning is back on life support due to an infection they can’t locate. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/499 "2020-12-20T20:33:53Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Click on the icon to the right of the hamburger, In your case, it’s a P in a square. > > This is your profile. > > Preferences is one of the options for your profile. The options are Activity / Notifications / Messages / Invites / Badges / [Preferences](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullin/preferences) Got it – Thanks! On mine I had to choose the head-and-shoulder symbol, then it offered preferences. Thanks again for the tip. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/500 "2020-12-20T21:53:31Z")
I now know 6 people personally who have had it - a friend and her two adult children, who all share a house, a first cousin (a nurse in a cardiac ward), my brother’s adult stepkid, and one person who works in another branch of my workplace. None have been hospitalized for it, thankfully, but my brother’s stepson - a very active , healthy young man in his late 20s, had the worst case of any of them, and is still having a hard recovery 6 weeks later. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/501 "2020-12-22T22:49:54Z")
My son-in-law’s sister has it. She was in a group setting where someone came in and infected everyone. Not her fault at all. She is okay at the moment, in quarantine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941.md?page=26)