6 years since COVID… lest we forget.

[PolymerSkywalker]

You actually can't guarantee that. Yes, many of us tested positive and were asymptomatic (happened to me as well). But that certainly doesn't mean that everyone has had it.

While technically possible, it’s highly improbable that someone 6 years into this hasn’t had a covid virus.

 

[ClaraOswald]

I've never had Covid.

Do you test every time you get any sort of sore throat/cough/runny nose, etc? And then test again a couple days later?

Same.

Do you test every time you get any sort of sore throat/cough/runny nose, etc? And then test again a couple days later?

I guarantee you had it as some point. Me and two of my kids tested positive with exactly zero symptoms whatsoever. It was a very weird virus that killed some and then literally wasn’t even a runny nose for others.

One thing I will say for certain is we went overboard with the school closures and did an immeasurably large amount of educational damage during that time.

How long were your kids' schools closed? I know some states were closed a very long time. But I'm guessing yours wasn't one of those.

 

[PolymerSkywalker]

Do you test every time you get any sort of sore throat/cough/runny nose, etc? And then test again a couple days later?



Do you test every time you get any sort of sore throat/cough/runny nose, etc? And then test again a couple days later?



How long were your kids' schools closed? I know some states were closed a very long time. But I'm guessing yours wasn't one of those.

Too long! And when they reopened too many restrictive rules that made learning extremely difficult. I had two in grade school and one in college at the time, and all of their educational experiences were extremely impacted and damaged by our response to the virus. Either education is essential or not IMO.

 

[ClaraOswald]

For me, 2020 ended up being extra stressful since I'm immunocompromised. And so is my mother. We were very cautious for a very long time. My son was in kindergarten and his school closed in March 2020 but reopened in August 2020. We decided to homeschool him for all of 1st grade and half of 2nd grade. He went back in January 2022 and stayed fully masked that school year. I think we sent him back without a mask for 3rd grade but I can't recall now.

I still wear a mask in public places like the store. My husband and son don't wear masks as much. But they do wear them when we fly as well as inside places on vacation, like Disneyland.

We caught covid in June 2022....at Disneyland. We had gotten lax with our masks. Cut our trip short a day. We had driven so at least we didn't have to fly back while sick. I was able to take Paxlovid and my illness ended up more mild than my husband's. We all caught it again in September this past year....pretty sure our son brought it home from school.

Thinking back to the "lockdown" days....it really didn't bother me much. We are homebodies so it didn't change our day to day lives drastically. My husband did most of the shopping to keep me safe. Our son didn't step foot in any stores or anything until he was able to tolerate a mask...which didn't happen until sometime in August that year. Thankfully, we are outdoor people so we continued with most of our outside activities (walking in the neighborhood, activities in our own yard, nature trails, etc.) We went several months without seeing my parents so that was really the only bad part. We were grateful for video chatting though.

I think the biggest impact on my life from Covid was how it made me see people's true nature. And it wasn't pretty. It made me see how selfish people are...including those in my own family. I can never unsee what I saw in those around me. It forever changed my opinion of them. It's really sad but it's the reality of it. I will always be very disappointed in a huge chunk of the population.