Have had it 5x with three times being this year. Am pregnant and have had Covid almost every day of pregnancy. Had symptoms for 10 weeks after catching it in May. Felt good for 4 days then caught it again after exposure end July. Have posted previously about it. Caught it outdoors twice.
I think it's obvious herd immunity doesn't exist; protection from recent infection is minimal if at all (had it Feb/May/July this year; 21 weeks illness in total) six feet of distance does nothing (likely gave it to my neighbour chatting outdoors when I was first ill in May; neighbour was also ill almost three months);
masks work; vaccination helps. Long-term effects are still unknown. People can take their chances, but shouldn't criticize those that take precautions.
Five-days of isolation was reduced from ten days under pressure from gov't and business; and testing windows are quite small (3-5 days max from onset of first symptom). Hence, so many false negatives. Regarding earlier info that masks may not work: health auth wanted to protect supply and it was u k own if virus was aerosolized (spray from a sneeze or cough and just from breathing) which is why 6 feet distance was said to be safe. Sharing air leads to infection and very little of the virus is needed to become sick.
Many people are lucky to have mild/very mild illness, but it still is not known how a person's health will be affected 10-20 years out after even mild illness (esp children).
I'm not for lock downs unless disease is out of control, but masks, isolating when any symptoms of illness (even at home from family) are present; and free access to vaccination on demand plus vaccination programs to reach the larger population, ability to work from home, not penalizing the sick, are all sensible measures to support people and keep economy etc going.
Getting off soap box now. 😁