# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/682 "2021-12-28T21:34:43Z")
Had another cousin die today in NY; lost three cousins in one day. All were over 70, fat and diabetic with heart issues. No word on if it was the omicron strain or if any of them were vaccinated. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/683 "2021-12-28T21:48:36Z")
I’m sorry. That’s a lot. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/684 "2021-12-28T22:21:14Z")
We’re all negative. I’m also starting to feel better. Big relief. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/685 "2021-12-28T22:40:51Z")
> [@Turble](#): > > Had another cousin die today in NY; lost three cousins in one day. All were over 70, fat and diabetic with heart issues. No word on if it was the omicron strain or if any of them were vaccinated. wow, that’s rough. I’m sorry for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/686 "2021-12-28T22:41:09Z")
Good news! ---
**Author:** ![Tj54](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tj54/32/17945_2.png) [@Tj54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tj54)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/687 "2021-12-29T04:22:29Z")
My wife and I tested positive yesterday. Fully vaccinated and bousted. Average cold like symptoms. We are both immune compromised and received antibody infusion today. We’ve been very careful. I think this new strain is going rampant. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/688 "2021-12-29T19:21:48Z")
I hope it stays mild and you recover quickly. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/689 "2021-12-30T19:17:39Z")
Well, my son is positive. His second vaccine shot was 4 weeks ago, pretty much as quickly as he could have gotten it. I am not too worried, but this isn’t a mild cold: we are on day 2, and it’s more like flu or strep or something: he’s a sick kid. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/690 "2021-12-30T19:21:02Z")
My sister and niece now have it. Both are vaccinated (Moderna) but not boosted. They live with my mother, who is 79. (They live far away from me.) My mother is vaccinated and boosted, and so far has no symptoms. My niece works at a pharmacy, and was the first one to have symptoms. So far, “mild” symptoms for both of them. Which are actually pretty miserable: chills, fever, aches, fatigue, etc. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/691 "2021-12-30T22:27:56Z")
My wife had COVID a couple of months ago; she started showing symptoms like two days before she was scheduled to get her booster shot. This was a bit before Omicron was in the news, so it was likely Delta. She was able to get monoclonal antibody treatment, and recovered within about a week. It was, I suppose, “mild,” although she was pretty miserable the first couple days. I had no symptoms, and repeatedly tested negative throughout. I had just gotten my booster about a week before my wife got sick. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/692 "2021-12-30T22:34:54Z")
I’m sorry to hear it. I hope it resolves quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/693 "2021-12-31T03:12:22Z")
I am now hearing about several people who had evaded infection until the past week or two. All vaccinated and booster. However, of the recent infectees, other than the nurse (it’s amazing she lasted this long without getting infected!) none have been super careful; one is an anti-masker who thinks everything is a conspiracy to control people (I strongly suspect that he only got vaccinated because he wouldn’t be allowed to visit the grandkids otherwise), and another has been flying all over the country to her friends’ bachelorette parties over the past year. All the same, I think the next time I go grocery shopping, I’m upping my mask game. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/694 "2021-12-31T03:47:09Z")
A co-worker of mine just tested positive, along with his wife and kids. They’re all vaxxed, the adults are boosted, and so far everyone’s asymptomatic. He hasn’t been in the office in over a week, so probably didn’t give it to any of us. There’s been an outbreak in another office within our organization, but I’m not close enough to those people to know who any of them are. I just get the emails from HR about how many positive tests there have been in which offices. I’d get a direct email if any of them reported having been in contact with me, but I already know I haven’t seen any of them in person in weeks, maybe months. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/695 "2021-12-31T17:32:13Z")
Thank you. He’s better today. I am sick, though: can’t get a test, but I assume I have COVID. It’s not terrible, but it’s bad-cold level. I am triple vaxxed. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/696 "2021-12-31T18:38:31Z")
> [@Eva\_Luna](#): > > All the same, I think the next time I go grocery shopping, I’m upping my mask game. I have done this, and was glad I did; maskholes abounded at the grocery store today. I may go back to doing pick-up service from them for a while. I wish I didn’t have to go over there at all, but the co-op I get most of my groceries from (and which is fantastic at both their pick-up service and at following and enforcing the county’s Covid guidelines in the store) doesn’t carry everything I need, so I gotta do it occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/697 "2021-12-31T21:00:01Z")
I’m glad he’s better, and glad you’re 3x vaxxed. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/698 "2021-12-31T23:22:33Z")
At this point I’m surprised the answer is “everyone I know.” At this point at work it’s pretty much everyone I know. Some had it before. The rest have it within the last few weeks. My daughter just found out pretty much everyone at work has it now she’s just waiting to get it. Not one Omicron case I know has been severe. I am worried about my daughter since she has asthma. We will be monitoring her closely. I wonder if it’s just how bad my state is currently. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/699 "2022-01-01T13:35:37Z")
One of my five bosses has been out for a week and a half. He isn’t saying anything, nor is my workplace. It’s highly unusual for him to take a week off, even around the holidays - unprecedented, even. He’s an _obsessively_ secretive person about everything. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has it. I have to look into my workplace’s rules about disclosing if any of our employees have tested positive. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/700 "2022-01-02T00:21:01Z")
Just found out that we dodged a bullet. An old friend is in town from Taiwan with his wife and daughter to visit his dad, who lives not far from us. They invited us over for New Year’s Eve, but we declined - everyone but the daughter was fully vaccinated (kids her age aren’t eligible in Taiwan yet, but they got her a first shot here last week). We haven’t been in enclosed spaces with unmasked people in many months, even immediate family, and weren’t about to start now. Instead, we invited him over for a backyard bonfire hangout last Sunday. As it turns out, his stepmom wasn’t feeling great on Christmas, and now almost everyone in the household has tested positive. Good thing we stayed out in the backyard. I’m feeling vindicated about my neurosis. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941/701 "2022-01-03T16:38:25Z")
My sister and her kids and partner all came down with it before Christmas, not long before they were eligible to get a booster jab. No terrible symptoms, just feeling very rough. On the upside, if they get the booster in the next few weeks too, that should leave my sister, a teacher, better able to fend off any infection when school returns. Other than that, almost everyone else I know are either taking it seriously or have been working from home, so haven’t had a chance to pick it up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-know-anyone-personally-who-has-been-diagnosed-or-has-been-yourself/849941.md?page=36)