DH got COVID but DC and I didn't. Safe to assume we've been exposed and don't need to worry about it so much now?

[Mamma43435]

So our family have been pretty cautious about social distancing from the beginning, not wanting to get COVID, though we knew we would eventually. DH and I have been vaccinated, kid too young.

DH did finally get it with mild symptoms and has made a good recovery. Do you think it's quite likely DC and I have been exposed and fought it off, so we have even less reason to worry now? I did regular LFTs throughout and can't up negative every time. It's just something I'm wondering now, as we have an option to go somewhere in the future that will massively increase our exposure - we've not gone for it because we were being cautious but now in wondering if we're relatively safe.

My son had COVID at the start of the summer holidays,nobody else in the house caught it ,both DH and I were fully vaccinated,we have both just had our boosters this week' though and although I'm getting on with life in still cautious .

Who knows. I've been in school all along (apart from Jan and Feb this year) with staff and children getting it around me the whole time. I didn't get it, despite being a close contact almost continuously since 1st September this year. Then I DID get it from a household contact.

No, it is not safe to assume that.

No, definitely not safe to think that. The only way to know for sure is if you both took PCR tests as close contacts and they came back positive.

You can’t assume that.

I would make the decision about the risky event assuming you had the same protection as before your dh had covid. Are you at particularly high risk? Are you fully vaccinated? What’s making you hesitate?

I had covid last year - my son was in isolation due to close contact at school and I got symptoms week afterwards and tested positive- only I got sick I recovered fine. My partner took a pcr test the day after my positive and results the next day were negative. He stayed isolating with me but never got sick neither of my kids did either. So I wouldn't assume anything

I know people who’ve not caught it off their kids and then got it a few months later. Although I suspect children might have lower viral load the same could happen with your husband. He may not have shed much virus but you might come across someone who is and catch it from them.
Whether or not you develop covid seems to depend on so many unknown variables that if you’ve escaped it once I don’t think it will mean you will escape it for ever. However it might not be for months/ years so I guess you can’t hide for ever from it.

Covid will be around forever and people will catch it multiple times, just like other bugs.

DH caught it, we didn’t. Dc went to Uni…and caught it.

Sadly there seems to be no logic to it. DD didn't give it to her housemate who she was with while she had it. Flatmate got it 6 weeks later.

Dd caught it in August rest of us didn’t..she didn’t have cough .

DH got it 3 weeks ago and passed it on to rest of us , he had a bad continuous cough . I’m thinking with the cough more droplets spreading in air , more high risk of spreading it . It’s a weird one anyway . I mean you can be infectious before symptoms.
As others have said ,everyone will get it at some point .

Nope, not safe to assume that. My daughter had it and none of the rest of us got it. Then two months later I got it along with my two sons. My husband didn't get it either time. He and I are both double vaccinated. I think its random when you catch it I'm afraid. Possibly to do with the level of viral load you are exposed to? Not sure. But don't assume you won't get it. That said neither would I let it stop you from living your life albeit cautiously.