Anyone still not heard of anyone getting covid?

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I live in an area of high infections but I haven't heard of anyone getting the virus. I have spoken to people with many more contacts than me a woman who works in a local shop, a sandwich shop worker and a bar worker. Nobody knows anyone who has had covid. I asked family on the phone who live outside my local area each with different points of contact through work or other portals and nothing!

I am not a conspiricy theorist or anti regulation but this just seems a bit odd to me. I can only assume that the virus is spreading in very limited locations as opposed to over a whole region at least in my part of the UK.

My DH has been bed bound for a month now. Coughing, blinding headache, brain fog, clammy with chills, no taste or smell, chest pain and exhausted.
We are in a very low case area and he doesn't go anywhere except work.
Wouldn't tell many folk whats wrong due to the scaremongering that's associated

No, I don't know anybody personally. I'm also in an area with high numbers.

I know, atleast 13 people. 1 died
Not a high area, currently tier 1

@goldrabbit22

No,

Plus it depends what' meant by 'getting covid'

Does it mean just testing positive?

The inventor of the test, Kary Mullis, made it clear that the PCR test is not a suitable test for virus detection.

Many false positives arise from the test.

Do I know anyone who has been sick or died from covid? No

The evidence of my own eyes and experience does not tally with the information I'm seeing in the media.

He said that of detection of the HIV virus - but then iirc he didn't believe in the HIV/AIDS connection.

The PCR test having been further developed over the last 37 years - I don't think we need to listen too hard to its original inventor's thoughts on its capabilities. And if he was still alive maybe he'd be saying 'no, not like that' to the plandemic nutters?

As well as those people.

2 schools in our area have been closed at various points with outbreaks

8 teaching staff had it

VERY few! A couple of colleagues of my sister, the sister of my mum's friend who is a HCP, and my sister's friend's boyfriend. But no actual friends or family of my own, nor the family of close friends, nor the close friends of family! No colleagues either.

Just googled. Mullis didn't believe in HIV AIDS, and didn't believe the ozone home existed, do probably would have been a plandemic nutter.

I only knew 3 people who thought they'd had it in Feb / March but were unable to get tested at the time.....until last week when 2 friends came down with it. Well, 3 people to be precise as one of their partners also has it. Both contracted through contact with others at work who had it. My teacher friends also have cases in their schools either among the kids or their parents.

I've had it (London) - just come out of it and got my sense of smell back hooray!

I live in a Tier 2 area, Birmingham.

Up until a few weeks ago, nobody, but as I work with schools and DCs attend 2 different secondaries, we now know of loads! Nobody in the family, but classmates and colleagues.

One son has several kids in his class where both parents have it. Other DC has now had to SI twice with 3 cases in class.

It really is ripping through schools here.

I've not heard of anyone since March.

All our schools are open. Tier 2 (or we were last time I looked).

Low risk rural south east.

April /May 42 yr old neighbour. WFH 2 kids no u/l health conditions. Died after 7 weeks on a ventilator. Kids 3&10.
May work colleague. Slightly over weight (16/18) Died very quickly. After getting it, getting better, then rapid deterioration. Aged 51 Single mum with DD 18
June . Friend. Fitness fanatic. Middle distance runner at regional level. 43. Has the misery that is Long Covid. Still can't climb stairs and has cognitive impairment (fuzzy brain) slowly recovering 4 months later.

Now my mum. In hospital since last week. V fit and healthy until then. Still cycled to the shops. Now on Oxygen but apparently feeling better than last week.

It informs your opinion when you know someone. I don't follow government rules I follow my own. I can 'lock myself down' so I do. As have an U/L health condition. Was on shielding list.

I WFH . Food shop online. Don't go to pubs/restaurants/socialise. Have one DD at home who observes strict social distancing and washes hands/changes clothes when she gets home. I am more than prepared to live like this until the Spring when I think there will be a vaccine. It's not fantastic but unlike many comments on here I would rather be bored than being dead.

I live in Tier 2.5 (or whatever Andy Burnham comes up with). I've heard of others at my office being confirmed but we're an office of c.700 and I don't know them. Nobody in my family, small circle of friends, etc. Son's school have advised of one child in a different bubble.

So nope, I don't know anybody that's had it .... or at least, that's had it formally diagnosed. I still think our family had it back at the start of February.

I know several people and I'm also a teacher. We have 4 students who have tested positive thoughts last week in addition.

@bailey0703 I'm so sorry for your losses - fingers crossed for your mum

I don’t know anyone either OP.
Save for one person I work with who lives near Liverpool - his son got a positive test. They all tested negative, everyone he was in contact with tested negative and he had no symptoms save for a short spike in temp.

I've got 5 friends all with it at the moment. So what? Are you trying to say it's not a problem!

I don't know anyone either.

Just shut 5 more schools today , 3 fully and 2 partially due to positive COVID.

I know 6 people now including two of my housemates - two seriously ill. In London.

I actually know 3 people who have it (completely separately from each other) at the moment, more than during the first 6 months of the pandemic .

This feels worse to me now, than it at the "peak"

I didn't know anyone until today when my friend's mum tested positive and is quite ill with it. At the same time an acquaintance's young son is in hospital for an unrelated illness and she's posted on Facebook that he's tested positive for Covid.

Not everyone is telling everyone that they've had it

Personally
My cousin (passed away in May)
DH's friend (ended up in ITU - both his siblings died from it, but I don't actually know them)
2 of my colleagues (neither in hospital)
1 of DH's colleagues and his wife (neither hospitalised)

Ones that I know of
colleagues mother (came off ventilator about a week ago but still in hospital) - her sister also has it, but mild case
Colleagues husband and daughter
Daughter's friend

Plus various patients and several local schools shut due to confirmed cases

Nope. I live in NE and know people. Also if I think of everyone I know or work with I wouldn't necessarily know if they'd had covid. As we're working from home and not seeing people. So I'd know about close friends and family but wouldn't expect health updated on every one I know.

I live in a pretty low number area, and know 2 people in my area who have tested positive (a couple, both last week). My DDs nursery also had its first confirmed case last week, but of course I dont know who it is. I have to say, I thought I would know many more people to get it. Maybe its my social circle (mid 20s to mid 30s, lots of small kids).