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Welp, I avoided the Rona for about 3 years (or at least never tested positive) until last week.  Unfortunately, I was in New Orleans at a conference when it happened. So instead of getting to see a little of a town I’d never been to I spent the entire week quarantined in my hotel room.

Monday night into Tuesday morning was the worst of it.  Fever, chills, body aches, etc.  By Tuesday afternoon I was feeling somewhat better but had zero energy.  Wednesday-Friday I still wasn’t 100% but much better than I had been.  I actually snuck out Thursday afternoon and took a walk just to get outside and get some exercise.

Started a Z pack when I got home Friday night and have felt much better since then.

I have another friend who, along with his girlfriend, prides himself on never having caught the rona.  To the point where if you make a casual remark in his presence along the lines of, "well everyone has either had it, or will get it soon" he feels the need to respond vehemently with a loud "NOT ME!"

It's weird to me, as if being able to claim not ever having had the rona is some badge of honor.  Especially because he's not currently taking any type of precautions whatsoever.  He travels constantly, attends events indoors with huge crowds, does not wear masks, does not social distance.  He's gotten the vaccine and boosters, but nothing more than that.  Honestly I'd be shocked if he actually, truly never has gotten it.  He most likely had a mild case at some point, that he thought was allergies, and never tested for it.

I believe I've never had it. But it's certainly not something I'm bragging about. It's more that, given that I haven't been *THAT* careful ever since getting jabbed, and with kids who were in school receiving in-person instruction since fall 2020, it seems surprising I've somehow avoided it.

I do wonder if my wife and I have both effectively "gotten it" in the sense that we've been exposed to very low viral loads that has caused us to build up hybrid immunity without ever being symptomatic.

The kids got it a couple weeks ago. However due to holiday schedule swaps, they happened to get it during a 2 1/2 week stretch that they were at their mom's house, so I didn't have to deal with it.

At this point if you haven't actually had it for real, and you're not living in complete isolation, then you probably have natural immunity to it, conferred by encountering other coronaviruses over the years and decades of your life.