Have you had a cold since March 2020?

[Trulyatraditionalman]

Just that, really!

As a visiting teacher working in a petri dish schools, this is probably my longest period of not having a cold, thanks to covid and all the increased hygiene measures. It feels slightly odd not to have had days on the sofa surrounded by a sea of tissues.

What does this mean for the common cold? I'm hoping it won't be back with a vengeance!

YABU - I've had a cold since March 2020
YANBU - I've been cold-free since then!

I have had 2! I must be really unhygienic although I caught both from my children.

Yes mid September DS picked it up in school it went through the house with added viral chest infection, definitely wasn't covid.

I've also wondered this OP!

I've had covid (October) and since then the odd sore throat which lasts less than 24 hours.

When someone is under the weather I think well obviously that's covid as what else is going round

1 cold in early April last year. 3 chest infections since September (dc5(3) is in nursery & has no sense of personal space). I'm asthmatic & have a heart condition so I do pick things up easily, even with a healthy lifestyle. Dh had a cold at the same time as me in April & dc1-4 all had the same cold as Dc5 in September.

I've had two - but have had a 3 year old in nursery, so fairly inevitable.

Last time I had a cold was about this time last year, not for very long about 4 days or so and I was fine to still be in work.

I hope it continues!

@soundofsilence1 Definitely blame the kids.

Nope. I usually have 2 a year. Nothing. Fortunately I have dodged covid and hope to continue to dodge it.

I’ve had a cold probably in October time when DS first went to nursery and was ill on and off for months and brought all sorts home. I also wondered where on earth it had come from given people weren’t supposed to be going anywhere!

Yes I have. Kids have brought them home from school, then hug and kiss me.

There was a thread a few years ago, if everyone washed their hands, cleaned down areas, sneezed into their arm could the cold/flu be erased? Looks like good hygiene helps.

Not so far, though I don't get a huge number of colds at any time.

Had a nasty cold in Feb last year. Not a sniffle since :-)

No cold, no sore throat, no norovirus, absolutely nothing at all here since last January - same for DH and DS.

I'm now worried that the cold I will inevitably catch will be an absolutely BEAST. Surely all these measures are ultimately not very good for building the immune system? I hope I'm wrong!

Had a cold last March, then another in September when it seemed to rip round everyone! Nothing other than that.

I’ve had one mild cold and a stomach bug. But the latter came from food I think rather than anything infectious. It’s been quite a nice change and long may it continue- although i suspect it won’t!

No I havent had any.
Although I think I only had maybe 1 the year before covid rather than having the usual 5 a year.
As the saying goes you cant catch the same cold twice. I think ive had them all now

Good point OP. I've not had a cold in over a year.

I've been clear but dh had an absolute stinker back in November.

I had a mild one IN March - nothing since, and not even many of the usual on and off symptoms.

I had one in September, thanks to DSC bringing it back from school.

Yes, I have -- one. The DC have also all had one. It's probably the healthiest year we've had.

It certainly caused a lot more stress and worry than colds in previous years!

No, and I don't know anyone else that's had one either. My colleagues are usually dropping like flies about now!

I had one in early November, which to be honest in retrospect might actually have been covid, but no typical symptoms. Headache for a week, then a classic cold, then a week of being able to smell but my nose felt like I'd snorted swimming pool water up it - all cold and dry, which I've now read sufferes of covid have had.

Normally I don't get colds, one every 3-5 years.