Anyone had some family members escape infection?

[RoseGoldEagle]

2 year old DS was the first to become infected, rest of us initially tested negative but I tested positive 4 days later. Two other DDs and DH have had two negative PCRs and consistently negative lateral flows over course of the last 12 days. Kids are all 5 and under and it is just me looking after them while DH works, so I can’t isolate from them (or them from each other) (obviously as a household we are all isolating). 5 year old DD has no symptoms at all (and all tests so far negative). 1 year old DD has had symptoms from the start, but is also consistently testing negative. Doesn’t seem likely to me that DDs will escape it, but seems odd they’ve not tested positive yet. Be interested to know if anyone else had some family members avoid it, even when isolating from each other wasn’t really feasible? And how long it took for everyone to show signs? Thanks!

I tested positive on Wednesday. 3 of the DC positive the next day. So far DH and DS3 are negative. Oddly they are the two who have asthma so would probably suffer a bit more if they did get it so 🤞

DH and dd didn't catch it from me. I didn't isolate myself from them.

Thanks everyone, interesting how it affects everyone so differently (I know we already knew this!). I knew lots of people were asymptomatic, but not to pick it up and shed it at all despite being in daily very close contact with people with symptoms wasn’t something I thought could happen, but clearly it’s not that uncommon!

Are you relying on LFTs to pick up subsequent infection? They may not - do other family members may get it just without symptoms and you won’t know unless you test using PCR (even that isn’t fool proof!)

No not just LFTs- both DDs have now had 3 PCRs (day my son got a positive result, 6 days later (after I got it, so rechecked them), and then another 4 days later- all negative, plus lateral flows in between times negative.

I had it first, then my DD aged 5 caught it off me towards the end of my isolation (not surprising as she’d prefer to never leave my side, sneaks in bed next to me every night etc etc). She was asymptomatic though. DH and DS have tested for the last 4 weeks vvv regularly and are consistently negative. Loads of cases in my son’s class at school too. My husband can’t believe he’s escaped and keeps saying, of our daughter “but she kept blowing raspberries in my face!”. It’s odd as he catches all the kids’ normal colds and I never really do!

DS1 who is 14 came out of isolation Monday.

DH, DS2 (11), DS3 (8) and myself have all tested negative on LFTs and PCRs. But DS1 did isolate and stuck to it, bless him.

Reckon we will catch it in the next couple of weeks though, as local figures are more than double national average 🙈

Nope @Iggly - two lots of PCR’s and daily LF. All negative. No symptoms.

I’m 99.9% certain they didn’t catch it.

I mean you can say PCR’s aren’t foolproof but what else do we have? If we have to keep testing for every bloody cold like symptom, then I’m gone take the PCR result as given!

DS1 was positive first, followed by DS2 and then DH.

I never caught it, despite being around both DSs and DH a lot before their positive tests. DS2 even sneezed on me while I was doing his test and I still didn't get it. Odd.

Only ds1 caught it here.

Me and my two DC have it and are in day 9 of isolation. DH still testing negative on LFT and symptom free.

@Bobholll

Nope *@Iggly* - two lots of PCR’s and daily LF. All negative. No symptoms.

I’m 99.9% certain they didn’t catch it.

I mean you can say PCR’s aren’t foolproof but what else do we have? If we have to keep testing for every bloody cold like symptom, then I’m gone take the PCR result as given!

Oh I completely agree!

We’ve had to go by the PCRs because you’re right, what else is there?

I’m stunned my dcs haven’t had it despite being in classes with peers who’ve had it (on multiple occasions).

My parents didn't catch it from DBro when he caught it while living with them. Both double jabbed (he'd only had one jab at the time)

My son had it aged 6. I shared his bed with him and didn't catch it, neither did his dad x

So far my 2 dc, 4&2 have it, tested positive last Tuesday.

Dh and I tested negative. Dh has had 2 vaccines and I've also had 2+ booster.

I felt like I had it and was shocked when my 2 pcr's came back negative. On day 6 for my dc and I'm feeling much better now

I caught covid early October (im double jabbed). My unvaccinated dh and dd never caught it from me despite me not distancing from either.

When I had it in September my husband (vaccinated) and 2 children (age 5 and 6) both escaped it. We were all still in close contact - just had the windows open all the time and tried to be extra hygienic. I am vaccinated and my illness was mild, like a cold plus tiredness and loss of smell/taste. My husband and children each had 3 PCRs and took daily lateral flow tests throughout my 10 days of isolation, all negative. Plus as a family we had all tested negative several times over the prior 2 weeks - we had many tests due to travel - so I don't think any of them had it asymptomatically and gave it to me.

I tested positive, no symptoms except for very mild cold symptoms on one day. DP and DD had no symptoms and tested negative.

DH had it in August, mildly. I didn’t get it and nor did DDs as far as we can tell. DH isolated for the first few days then we went back to normal living.

I'm very interested to know this too.

DS (10) symptoms last Monday, positive PCR on Tuesday. DH and I both negative. Also been lateral flow testing every day, also both negative. Not distancing from DS but Keeping windows open and cleaning even more then usual.

I wonder if it's to do with viral load....there were half a dozen cases in his class in the week before, so he would potentially have been exposed to a large viral load (is that the right term?) He only really had symptoms for 2 to 3 days and they were very mild so maybe the amount of virus dh and are exposed to via him is very small.....

I'm probably talking nonsense though.

Me! DP and DS had it right after each other, no isolating in the house, I didn't get a thing (or I had it with no symptoms, I didn't test)

My kids have both just had it, dd first then ds 3 days later. A fortnight on from dd's symptoms starting, DH and I have remained negative on 2 pcrs and frequent lateral flows. We didn't isolate. I suppose we are vaccinated and the kids aren't but I also know families where one kid got it and the others didn't.

My DH has it currently. No one else does.

DS had it almost 3 weeks ago (none of us 5 caught it) and not his twin has a fever and a cough but not chesty. Also headaches. Negative lft’s today and yesterday and I think it’s too long ago to have caught it from his brother. I’ve booked a pcr just in case though.

DD had it, we didn't make her isolate because she needed us for comfort, needed cuddles etc. DH and I both avoided it.

DH, DS (he's 15) and myself never had Covid. Neither has anyone in our extended families. Family occupations include school lunchtime assistant, care home cleaner, school caretaker, nursery worker

we are family with 3 teens

teen 1 had it in the summer, when we were away, he was home with teen 2, she didn;t get it.

teen 3 and I had it in September, dh and teen 2 didn't get it.
I was sharing a bed with dh and I was pretty poorly!