# How many people here have never knowingly had COVID? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [January 3, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566 "2024-01-03T22:16:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/1 "2024-01-03T22:16:58Z")
I hope I’m not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/2 "2024-01-03T22:22:15Z")
Wait! What? You mean you had it and didn’t know? How did you find out, you had it? Is there a test for that? Or you never knew anyone who got it? I’m confused. (I kinda hope anyone who has it knows so they can try to prevent spreading it. Please) ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/3 "2024-01-03T22:26:58Z")
Just what I said. I never displayed any symptoms so I never tested. So, if I got it, I didn’t know. . ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/4 "2024-01-03T22:26:59Z")
I’ve some how managed to avoid it, or if I’ve had it, it was non-symptomatic. How I avoided it, I don’t know. I sit in very close quarters for 40+ hours a week with someone that’s had it multiple times. And when I’m not in that tiny office with him, I’m in a retail environment\* with lots of people. Many of whom were proudly anti-vaxxers, to the point that I had to say way too many times to way too many people “I don’t care, even if you aren’t sick, I still don’t want you coughing on me”. But, at least before I got the first vaccine, I still wasn’t showing any antibodies (antigens?), and I’m assuming I haven’t had it since then. \*Grocery store type retail environment, so we were never subject to any closures. In fact, during the beginning of the lockdowns, we were busier than we’d been in probably 2 decades. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/5 "2024-01-03T22:27:52Z")
If I’ve had it, I haven’t noticed. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/6 "2024-01-03T22:30:37Z")
I, too have been in close proximity of peeps who’ve had it. And around the anti-vaxed! ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/7 "2024-01-03T22:36:01Z")
My wife tests constantly, and she’s a school teacher. She’s never gotten it. I had it once travelling with her, she didn’t catch it even after being in the house together for two days before I tested positive. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/8 "2024-01-03T22:39:42Z")
As far as I know I have never had Covid-19. But during the same period I have had two colds and recently influenza, so it’s not like I’ve been good at avoiding contagious viruses. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/9 "2024-01-03T22:55:30Z")
Oh. Ok. I’ve never had it. I’m all vaxxed up and still practice distancing and masking. I get tested regularly at the dialysis clinic. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/10 "2024-01-03T22:58:44Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Is there a test for that? You can get an antibody test to see if you had it, but I think they become unreliable not too terribly long after infection. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/11 "2024-01-03T23:03:09Z")
My first known case wasn’t until a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/12 "2024-01-03T23:06:11Z")
I got pretty sick with Covid symptoms in early 2023 but the tests came back negative. The problem I guess is that the symptoms for Covid are similar to a lot of other sicknesses. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/13 "2024-01-03T23:08:48Z")
Then what are you doing here!?? I cast the out! (Hope you’re better) > [@Odesio](#): > > I got pretty sick with Covid symptoms in early 2023 but the tests came back negative. The problem I guess is that the symptoms for Covid are similar to a lot of other sicknesses. Yeah, I wasn’t really sick in that time, luckily. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/14 "2024-01-03T23:14:37Z")
I never had Covid so far, and if I did, I did not notice. But I have been sneezing all day today! ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/15 "2024-01-03T23:16:06Z")
I’ve never tested positive for it. I’ve tested when I’ve felt sick, and that’s never been it. My wife tested positive, and I isolated when that happened, testing frequently, but I never tested positive at that time. I’m assuming that I must have had some prior exposure to get immunity beyond the vaccine, but if I did it didn’t cause symptoms. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/16 "2024-01-03T23:20:38Z")
Is it possible certain people are non-symptomatic to it, even if exposed multiple times? _Mr. Burns’ Voice_ In-destructible… ---
**Author:** ![Yosh99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ccd318/32.png) [@Yosh99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosh99)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/17 "2024-01-04T01:35:40Z")
My wife and I have had many of the main symptoms over the last few years and have tested ourselves maybe 20 times, but the tests always came out negative. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/18 "2024-01-04T01:38:20Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Just what I said. Your title isn’t grammatically correct, and it confused me, too. “How many people here have never knowingly had COVID?” would be clearer. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/19 "2024-01-04T01:40:11Z")
Oh, crud. Can I change it myself? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566/20 "2024-01-04T01:41:00Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Can I change it myself? No, alas; however, you can report the thread to a mod and ask for the title to be fixed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-here-have-never-knowingly-had-covid/995566.md?page=2)