Had covid, but no idea where I caught it? Anyone else?

[2boysand1princess]

So, I caught the virus sometime in June 2020.
We were all in lockdown. Kids off school. Me on Mat leave and DH furloughed. I was pregnant, very high risk and as a family we isolated hard core! In the week before I had baby, I had numerous scans and appointments at hospital (wearing a mask) and then a c section where I didn’t wear a mask.
Ended up staying for 1.5 weeks at hospital due to baby being a little prem. whenever nurses came into the room they were masked. For the first few days the nurses handed me tablets, tea/water as well as gave me the anti clotting vaccines.
It wasn’t until I came home that I started getting some symptoms, I put the fatigue down to having a complicated c section.
Anyway, I’m certain I didn’t catch it from any family members as none had covid antibodies when o tested positive for them only.
Do you think it’s possible I caught it at hospital, despite the docs and nurses wearing masks?
Anyone else caught covid during a time when kids were home (lockdowns) and you hardly left the house?

Hi, yes entirely possible as masks aren't 100%, also could be another inpatient in the ward? Or a visitor if they were allowed then? Really hard to know. Also not everyone makes antibodies, or makes them very long after having Covid. So could be a family member who was asymptomatic and didn't make antibodies for long. My mum and dad both had Covid but only my dad showed up as positive retrospectively on anti body testing.

@Spaghettipie1

Hi, yes entirely possible as masks aren't 100%, also could be another inpatient in the ward? Or a visitor if they were allowed then? Really hard to know. Also not everyone makes antibodies, or makes them very long after having Covid. So could be a family member who was asymptomatic and didn't make antibodies for long. My mum and dad both had Covid but only my dad showed up as positive retrospectively on anti body testing.

It was when no visitors were allowed. My DH was only there for the birth. As soon as baby was born, he was sent away. I then stayed by myself for 1.5 weeks. No visitors allowed not even DH. Also we had our own room. Isolated away from everyone due to complications I had.

@2boysand1princess

So, I caught the virus sometime in June 2020. We were all in lockdown. Kids off school. Me on Mat leave and DH furloughed. I was pregnant, very high risk and as a family we isolated hard core! In the week before I had baby, I had numerous scans and appointments at hospital (wearing a mask) and then a c section where I didn’t wear a mask. Ended up staying for 1.5 weeks at hospital due to baby being a little prem. whenever nurses came into the room they were masked. For the first few days the nurses handed me tablets, tea/water as well as gave me the anti clotting vaccines. It wasn’t until I came home that I started getting some symptoms, I put the fatigue down to having a complicated c section. Anyway, I’m certain I didn’t catch it from any family members as none had covid antibodies when o tested positive for them only. Do you think it’s possible I caught it at hospital, despite the docs and nurses wearing masks? Anyone else caught covid during a time when kids were home (lockdowns) and you hardly left the house?

A friend of my sister's caught COVID at a hospital appointment before vaccines were available and she has long COVID now ,I guess anything is possible it's a virus , unfortunately they spread sometimes randomly .

Well, it's the only place you could have caught it by the sound of it.

Your under the illusion that masks will protect you 100% , nothing will the chances were slim but not impossible. I caught it earlier this year still in lockdown wearing masks only going to supermarket not mixing indoors with anyone, I can only assume I caught it from the supermarket regardless of the masks .

There are other ways to catch it other than by breath/spit, so just because the hospital staff were wearing masks, doesn't mean you didn't catch it from unclean surfaces, staff touching you, you touching equipment that hadn't been cleaned, or even airborne from other rooms/corridors where people weren't wearing masks via heating/cooling/ventilation ducting, etc.

My OH has blood cancer and constantly has to remind nursing staff to wipe down equipment such as blood pressure cuffs, finger oxymeters, etc., as they go from patient to patient, or to wipe down the chairs between patients.

Staff wearing masks only stops one kind of transmission, there are plenty more!

If masks worked that well then we wouldn't be almost 2 years into this. It sounds like you caught it in hospital.