Anyone not passed it on to other family members?

[Missandra]

I tested positive last week.

I’ve tried to distance myself from everyone in my family apart from my 10yo.

Has anyone had it but the rest of the household has managed to escape it?

(Sorry for another thread)

[pandafunfactory]

Yes, I know a husband and wife where one had it and the other didn't.

[FMSucks]

@myrtilles we live in Ireland so not sure if that makes a difference.

Myself and my DS10 had a private test on 21st. On 26th he had a test with our health system and the rest of the family had a test on 27th with our health system as he was positive on 26th and the rest of the family were deemed close contacts so were automatically given tests even though none of us have symptoms.

As our tests came back negative (excluding D10) we will be retested again next week with our health system to ensure we have not developed it.

Hope that makes sense!

[myrtilles]

@FMSucks How are you managing to get tests without having symptoms?

[FMSucks]

My DS10 currently has it due to a class outbreak. Both he and myself tested negative on 21st. He had another test on 26th which came back positive. Myself, my DS12 and my DH had a test on 27th and all negative.

Myself, DS12 and DH will be tested again next week to ensure we have not developed it. We are all absolutely fine including DS10 who is displaying zero symptoms.

I am utterly baffled as to how I don't have it when I'm constantly kissing and hugging my DS!

[Toothsil]

My best friend's husband had it and she didn't.

[Ontopofthesunset]

I passed it on to DH but neither of our young adult sons, then 18 and 21, showed any symptoms. I tried to isolate but DH was terrible in terms of coughing all over the house etc.

[gingerbread88]

DS started with it, followed by DD2 and myself. DH and DD1 ending their 14 day iso,action and haven't caught it. So 3 out of 5 here.

[U8myufo]

Yes. My partner and child didn't get it. We live in a small cottage too so not physically possible to isolate from eachother.

[AllDoneIn]

Blood type plays a role too. Type O seem less likely to catch and spread than A and B. Also more likely to have milder version. The virus seems better at using the immune system of type A and B against them. They spotted this fairly early on in China. It would explain why a type A husband might not infect a type O wife and kids.

[NotAKaren]

I think there is some research going on into other factors that could make some less susceptible, things like blood group has been cited, also the BCG vaccine and the previous exposure to other viruses and something about T Cells but I'm certainly not knowledgeable enough to comment on any of these things. I do think that there is a lot more to how this virus spreads than we currently know.

[JazzTheDog]

I tested positive on the 12th after losing smell/taste. I had had symptoms of a normal cold for a week and never had a raised temperature at all. I am fairly sure that I must have caught it from DS1/2 as they both had colds prior to mine.

DH and SDS have not caught it from any of us. There is a theory that blood group A (my group) is more likely to catch it, DH is O and I don't know what any of the boys are.

I'm also a community nurse and don't appear to have passed it to any of my colleagues or patients I had contact with prior to isolating.

[WunWun]

I know of a family where one DC came back from uni with it and none of the other three in the house (including one in the worst shielding category) caught it.

[sonnenscheins]

Oh wow that's really interesting. So it doesn't seem to spread that easily at all?

[dudsville]

Oh, she also tested negative the one time she took the test, which was after he tested positive.

[Forgetmenot157]

This is precisely why MSM posting videos showing how droplets can travel to different aisles in a supermarket if we sneeze are both pointless and pure scaremongering!

[dudsville]

I know someone who is currently extremely unwell with it and in hospital. He was at home for about 10 days before this but his wife hasn't developed symptoms.

[Missandra]

My employer arranged tests for all my household and all their tests came back negative. It’s definitely not a case of them being asymptomatic.

[sonnenscheins]

If 80% of positive cases are asymptomatic then others may well have got the virus but we're lucky not to have any symptoms!

[Missandra]

It’s really strange. When I first tested positive I didn’t have any symptoms other than being tired. I only found out I had it because we are being routinely tested at work. My youngest always kisses me on the lips and is all over me most days. Even the day of the test she will have kissed me on the lips at some point but she still hasn’t got it.

[ssd]

Dh had it me and adult ds didn't get it. Just before dh had his test he coughed right in my face, in his sleep.. I half woke and thought well if he has it I'm bound to get it now... But I didn't??

[tdm1]

@NotAKaren you're right, it is very puzzling. There are probably lots of factors we don't really understand yet.

[SarahMused]

I would really like to know the answer to this too. My hospital doctor daughter who lives with us became ill on a Friday night. Got tested at the weekend and positive result on the Monday. We didn‘t keep away from her at all but neither of us appear to have caught it off her despite being shut in the same house for 10 days. All her contacts at work tested negative too so it seems like she didn’t pass it on to anyone. She was only at the hospital and home really because of her shift pattern that week. It really is very odd, we just assumed we would get it.

[NotAKaren]

@tdm1 This makes sense in social settings where perhaps there is a super spreader event but not for households or other contacts. If the virus is as contagious as it seems you would imagine people in the same household wouldn't stand a chance of escaping it, especially sharing the same bed, bathrooms, towels, kitchens etc. Yet we have to use hand sanitizer entering a half empty clothing store.

[tdm1]

@NotAKaren I'm no expert but from what I've read it's not really the person who is the superspreader, so much as the circumstances they're in. So, for example, someone singing in a choir might spread it to all the other choir members, or someone who is very gregarious and socially active compared to someone who is shy and doesn't have many social contacts

[LakeFlyPie]

I had a confirmed case in April, DC (9+12) and DP all had v mild symptoms and we presumed that they had all had it too.
DC are enrolled on an antibody study and don't have antibodies (1st blood test was within a couple of months of symptoms)