It's been a few months.

[larsmb@mastodon.online]

It's been a few months. Wondering if there are any other holdouts?

Have you knowingly had #covid19, ever?

Note: I'm aware false results exist. Choose the "I guess" options if you didn't test and that's, well, your best guess.

#CovidIsNotOver #Boost4reach

[larsmb@mastodon.online]

Since I can't vote in my own poll, my example would be: even though I've not had any respiratory or related symptoms, I regularly test with rapid tests and the PlusLife system and so far have always come up negative.

[spz@mastodon.sdf.org]

@larsmb I answered "no, I guess" because I only test if I have a reason to test, so could have missed something asymptomatic. Only an antibody test (against markers that aren't in the vaccinations) would say for sure.

[ttrasuns@toot.lv]

@larsmb I have had light symptoms recently while people around me had positive c19 test while mine was negative, so I guess I had it.

[configures@mindly.social]

@larsmb I never know how to answer this because I was very sick the week before lockdown 2020 but not as bad as those who were hospitalized.

[ducky@mstdn.ca]

@larsmb I answered "No, backed by tests" because both times I've had respiratory symptoms since March 2020, PCR-quality tests said it wasn't COVID; I also take very stringent mitigation measures (e.g. always always always mask indoors around other people, even now). (For the first illness, in about June 2020, I have no idea where I caught it. For the second, I'm pretty sure I caught it outside near a big crowd of runners at a time when flu levels were very high.)

On the other hand, it is *possible* that the cold I had in London in Feb 2020 was COVID-19. It is possible that despite the strict mitigation measures that Spouse and I take, I got an asymptomatic infection. (I do not test if I don't have any symptoms.)

[occasionalducks@c.im]

@spz @larsmb

Ditto.

[securedllama@infosec.exchange]

@larsmb I've never had any COVID combinations of symptoms. Whenever I've had any slight cold, which is very rare for me aside from snotty tree pollen hay fever, I've tested and never had one positive. When a slight cold happens I generally test every few days until symptoms are gone as I don't really trust a single test point. Usually this results in two tests as most things clear up in a day or two. A slight cold for me is generally a bit more nose blowing than usual. I can't remember having a sore throat, headache, no energy etc since childhood.

That said I don't test routinely therefore I could have had COVID asymptomatically on one or more occasions. I've not voted however i suppose I'm in the guess no category due to the possibility of asymptomatic infection.

[securedllama@infosec.exchange]

@larsmb I've never had any COVID combinations of symptoms. Whenever I've had any slight cold, which is very rare for me aside from snotty tree pollen hay fever, I've tested and never had one positive. When a slight cold happens I generally test every few days until symptoms are gone as I don't really trust a single test point. Usually this results in two tests as most things clear up in a day or two. A slight cold for me is generally a bit more boost blowing than usual. I can't remember having a sore throat, headache, no energy etc since childhood.

That said I don't test routinely therefore I could have had COVID asymptomatically on one or more occasions. I've not voted however i suppose I'm in the guess no category due to the possibility of asymptomatic infection.