Is anyone else still thinking so when is our turn?

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To catch Covid? I don't want to obviously, but it just feels inevitable, maybe more so now than before.
I'm in a patient facing healthcare role. I haven't worked with someone knowingly infectious for over a year and I wear PPE, but people at work have caught it but I've been lucky so far.
DH didn't go out much last year as he was WFH but is now something, going to football matches etc.
DC's are 10 and 12. Back in school, obviously. There have been quite a few cases at older DC's school, sine of how good friends have tested positive recently. I'm not aware of the same happening at younger DC's school.
Three local friend friends have tested positive in the last week.
Me DH and older DC have had the vaccine (me + booster, DH booster next week, DC just the one).

Right now I feel like we're being circled by vipers!

I'm not afraid of it, I think if we do catch it we'll be fine. But it's the not knowing that's drinking me nuts. We're not reckless, but life dies feel like it's gone back to normal-ish, with all the social contact that that involves.
Or maybe we'll be lucky and Covid will never darken our door. Hopefully

I'm sure we'll get it at some point. The when is more of an issue than if it screws up something we're looking forwards to.

We're otherwise living as normally as we possibly can.

No longer worried. Been in customers homes with it. Held a positive baby. Kids have it in their classes. Been out to eat loads. Shopping too. Had a big course this weekend in a room full of people from all over the north west and wales. Feeling pretty invincible tbh.

my teenage DD caught it probably from school, I was with her 24/7 during her isolation but somehow I didn't catch it and neither did my younger child we did LFTs every other day just incase but we didn't catch no idea why.

Always. I really feel that it’s just a matter of time, waiting in the wings. I feel like a sitting duck.

If you are doubled vaxed and boostered you hopefully won't notice if you do..

I'm self-employed, and both work and live alone. I still wear masks in shops and socially distance. So, I actually think in my case it's unlikely I'll get it, with a significant viral load. Obviously that could change, if my lifestyle changes. Lifestyle is obviously a huge factor. I think I may have had it, right at the beginning of the pandemic, before we were all in the know. I'd love to take an antibody test, but I'm not sure I could afford it at the moment. I'm not vaccinated, for reasons I won't go into here. So, I'm doing all else I can to keep myself and others safe.
I think if I had a high risk lifestyle, and was double jabbed, I wouldn't overly worry. I reckon most of us will get it at some point over the course of our lives, if we haven't already...

WFH and don't have school aged kids so at a much lower risk than most.

But I've got three trips to London coming up so might get it in time for Christmas :(

Also when ds comes home from uni he might pick it up on train. I hope he's sensible enough to wear a mask. He should still be reasonably protected by the vaccine though as he had his second dose in September.

I feel the same. Covid is quite high where we live and so many people have it and we've totally escaped it so far. Saying that Dd is awaiting test results due to cough but I'm sure it'll be negative like the other 3 tests she's had since September. We don't mix closely with other people much (didn't before covid tbf) but we do go out and about in our family unit and my kids touch everything (sen). Surprised we haven't had it in all honesty.

We've even had close contacts. Dd has sen and his ta tested positive - he didn't. The ta in DD's class has had it recently - Dd was tested and negative. My mjm was told she probably had it just before lockdown 1 started (she got poorly) and we had contact with her and Ds had stayed with her just before she got ill. Dp has had close contact at work too.

I sometimes wonder if my two have had it back in early 2020. Half their school was off with a mysterious virus including both of mine - very high temperature, fatigue, hacking coughs and sickness. Two kids from the school had been to Asia before Christmas too. Maybe it's because we've already had it but that was nearly 2 years ago!

Yep. I work in preschool and have 2 kids at high school and dh works 2 jobs out of the house around lots of people.
I'm very surprised none of us have had it yet and I just don't have time for that shit atm. Not scared of it, just too busy!

Yep just waiting for it again.
I had covid last December and had the most horrific Christmas. I was really really ill with it - in normal times I would have been bluelighted to hospital (blood oxygen was 87%) but hospitals were overwhelmed around here so it was just a fight it off at home kinda thing. Took over a month to feel semi normal. But that was 11 months ago now so I’m sure that immunity has waned significantly. And although I’m double vaxxed the second was over 6 months ago now and I’m not eligible for a booster. And I work as a teaching assistant in a secondary school so in close contact with 100s of people every day, and covid cases definitely increasing around so I do feel it’s only a matter of time before I get it again. Just really hope it’s not over Christmas again because it really would not be fair on my dc. It’s part of the reason I’m working on my exit plan to leave my job

I think eventually we’ll all have had it.

Yes that was me too. Since Saturday, my whole family and lodger has got it. I had my booster on the 1st November, had a positive lateral flow yesterday morning, pcr yesterday and positive result this morning. Early days yet but 2 nights ago, I felt a bit rough - full of cold. Yesterday - a mild cold. Today an even milder cold that I wouldn't even notice usually...thank goodness for vaccines!

Me! Me and DH are double vaxxed but we have 4 children (one is vaxxed so far) so always thought we’d get it at some point. DS13 had it 6 weeks ago and nobody else caught it, DH was in close contact with a work colleague and never caught it and another DS friend got it who he sat with at school ever day and still didn’t catch it. Meanwhile my brother (who lives in a different county so I haven’t been in contact with him) caught it and his partner caught it within 2 days of him so I wonder if it’s a different variant to what we have in our area.

I'm double vaxxed and caught it. 3 people in my office including me all sit different desks. Yet I've been going to the pub and supermarkets for a while and not caught it. It is very difficult to avoid. That said dd didn't get it although DH and I had it

I felt like this before I got it!

Managed working in schools with constant covid outbreaks for over a year without getting it. Finally tested positive in the summer, after having my two jabs, Sod’s law.

I wasn’t too ill, though. I feel strangely relieved I had it to be honest.

Getting my booster this weekend, so hoping that + lingering antibodies mean I won’t get it this winter.

It's long periods sharing air that drives most cases isn't it? ( At least that's what I've gathered after nigh on 2 years of this 😂)

My husband and I are double vaxxed and have it now. Two kids do too. Kind of surprised.

Yep agreed. I’ve got a horrible cough/cold at the moment and I’m really pissed off that I’m testing negative. If I have to feel this crap I’d at least like some covid antibodies please.

Mind you, any time now till after Christmas is going to mess up new job/Christmas plans/children’s Christmas activities at school, so if we can hang on till Jan/Feb, maybe that would be better…

Meantime I’m off for another PCR and feeling miserable!!

Well I tempted fate posting on here. This mornings lateral flow is positive. Pcr booked for tomorrow. Still don't have time for this shit!
(I'm double jabbed)