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DH has Covid, chances of us all catching it?

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CosmoMint · 28/12/2021 00:10

Hi,
DH has Covid. The kids and I are so far testing negative on LFT. If we manage to not catch it at the end of his isolation period, then I am wondering why? Especially as likely to be omicron.

We have tried our best to social distance, but we haven’t isolated him in a room and he is still sharing bathroom, bedroom and cooking some of our meals.

We haven’t had previous known Covid infection, although we did highly suspect we had it in Jan 2020. DH regularly tests through work and DS does LFT through school but the rest of us don’t regularly test.

Wondering if we have had a recent unknown to us Covid infection to have antibodies to protect us? I was about to have my booster jab but haven’t done so yet, so can’t be down to protection from jab. Or is it just down to luck?

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GarlandsinGreece · 28/12/2021 00:15

My husband was diagnosed with Covid the last week in November. I don’t know if it was Delta or Omicron. In any case, I didn’t catch it—despite having sex with DH a few times when he was showing initial symptoms and right beforehand—and my parents/children didn’t catch it, either. I have no idea at all how I dodged it, given we couldn’t have been in closer proximity.

sarah13xx · 28/12/2021 00:16

Are you still sleeping in the same bed as him? I would sleep elsewhere if you can at all. My partner has just had it before Christmas and somehow our 4 month old and I managed to avoid it. The second his lateral flow was positive we dived into the other room and shut the door. We travelled separately to get a test and luckily he could stay in our bedroom/en-suite while I slept in the nursery with the baby. I just had to deliver meals to him all week and he wasn’t allowed to open the door until I’m downstairs. I’d say it had to be omicron because he only had the cold and absolutely no cough at all. It hasn’t been that long since my second vaccine because I didn’t get it while pregnant so I was wondering if that helped me fight it off. I was kissing him and everything during the period when his cold had already started. He didn’t mention it so I didn’t realise until he did the lateral flow and it was positive straight away. Everyone he sits beside at work went for a test but they were all negative too. I’m guessing due to ‘viral load’ or whatever you can get a more or less infectious case of it 🤷🏼‍♀️ My friend however, is almost finished her isolation period. Her boyfriend hasn’t been able to sleep elsewhere so has been in with her all week and on the 7th day of having it, he has only just tested positive now so they’re back to square one and having to isolate again. We’re in Scotland so still the 10 days and household contacts 🙄

Theballoonsinthesky · 28/12/2021 00:17

I've just had covid and no one else in my household caught it from me. I've been making their food and carrying on as normal. I've heard this from so many people regardless of variant

JurgensCakeBabyJesus · 28/12/2021 00:18

DS has just turned 3 and just had Covid, neither DH or I got it. We couldn't distance from him, he's not the best at always covering his mouth, when he was poorly he was sleeping in our bed and at one point he licked me. We are both triple jabbed but DH only had his booster a few days before DS was unwell, so not long enough for it to have taken effect.

Drywhitefruitycidergin · 28/12/2021 00:24

Dd1 had Covid a couple of weeks ago & neither me nor dd2 caught it. We didn't isolate her but we did mask wear & i moved dd2 in with me to sleep for the isolation period.
Anecdotally it seems to be pot luck - I have a friend and her dd tested positive at beginning of Dec and they've gradually fallen one after the other every 6 or 7 days.

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CosmoMint · 28/12/2021 00:24

Yes I am still sharing same bed…fingers crossed I haven’t caught it. I know of other families too where there has been a Covid case in the family and the rest haven’t caught it and they haven’t made any effort to self isolate.

Not seen any news or research into why in some families not everyone catches it.

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CosmoMint · 28/12/2021 00:30

Sorry, I meant they haven’t made any effort to isolate the family member with Covid, from the rest of the household.

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dhdislsndh · 28/12/2021 00:34

DH had covid beginning of December. Didn't isolate from the rest of the household, carried on as usual. Slept in same bed, ate together etc and I didn't catch it. Not sure if it was Delta or
Omicron.

frenchiemummy92 · 28/12/2021 06:32

My partner had covid October 2020. Me and our two DDs didn't catch it. We didn't isolate away from each other and this was before we'd had any jabs. My niece had it recently too and my sister didn't catch it off her either.

ShrillSiren · 28/12/2021 06:42

I think it's the luck of the draw. 4 out of 5 of us got it but my husband escaped. We did everything as normal, kids all over him etc and he just didn't get it. He'd had the booster about a week earlier and I hadn't had mine yet so maybe that was the difference.

DistantSkye · 28/12/2021 06:56

I think it's just luck whether or not it's passed on. I'm sure I read somewhere that even though Omicron is more contagious it's still only something like 18% that pass it on to household contacts?

@sarah13xx I'm also in Scotland. If someone else catches it within the 10. Day period the whole household doesn't reset their isolation, just the second positive case!

Imanta · 28/12/2021 07:01

My DH tested positive on rft. I tried limiting contact with him and was hoping for the best but 3 days after I got positive rft as well. Our one year old boy got it as well with very mild/close to none symptoms-mainly sneezing and being more unsettled than usual.

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CosmoMint · 28/12/2021 10:06

@DistantSkye-only 18% pass onto household contacts?-wow that’s interesting.

I would love to know the reasons why some household members manage to not catch it when omicron meant to be highly contagious.

Would love to see some research into it. But haven’t found any info online about it.

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NoWigNoWit · 28/12/2021 10:10

DH passed it to me - it was his Xmas gift to me apparently

jerometheturnipking · 28/12/2021 10:18

DS has just had Covid - presumably Omicron based on symptoms. We didn't isolate him and he hasn't passed it on to anyone else.

StringersBell · 28/12/2021 10:21

DH did pass it to me and D.C., despite isolating himself in attempt to stop it. We don’t know whether it was omicron or delta though as it was around the time omicron was only just kicking off. But I also know of at least two other families around same time where it didn’t spread entirely through the household. Seems to be no rhyme or reason! 🤷‍♀️

Baxdream · 28/12/2021 10:22

Ours has hit everyone except me, albeit I don't feel great! One only tested positive on the pcr and never on a lft.
Our last positive was a week later so keep testing!

Borracha · 28/12/2021 10:27

Our three kids are positive. DH tested negative on a PCR but has all the symptoms. I feel fine and am negative on PCR (three times this week)

We've made zero attempt to isolate from each other. DC3 is a co-sleeping, EBF, 3 month old baby and the other two are typically gross pre-schoolers.

HighlandCowbag · 28/12/2021 10:30

Dh on day 7 today and neither me or dcs have got it so far. Dd is 17 and double jabbed and I had my booster with dh at the beginning of December.

I wonder if being exposed to the virus as it gradually builds in the infected persons system triggers an immune response that manages to stop the infection. We think dh got it from a work meeting where someone tested positive 2 days later. So presumably exposed to quite a large viral load in one hit. Whereas we have been exposed to dhs steadily increasing viral load.

Dh tested positive on Wednesday after feeling ill Tuesday. On Monday I woke up and felt odd, like I did post booster so maybe that was my immune response kicking in. Dunno, not a scientist but it makes sense to me.

TeddyBeans · 28/12/2021 10:33

My friend has loads of family members staying in her house for Christmas and one brought it home from uni and now 8 out of 15 of them have it. My friend's had it twice this year now

Yuledo · 28/12/2021 10:34

Squiblet · 28/12/2021 10:38

My DS got it in late November. I didn't separate myself from him, but still it was a full 11 days before I tested positive. So don't assume you're out of the woods too soon.

Yuledo · 28/12/2021 10:41

@Yuledo

I just answered a text message by mistake. Sorry.

Arren12 · 28/12/2021 10:45

I do think its down to immune system building up resistance.

I have gone through the whole pandemic working face to face in peoples homes, holding their babies, sat on their furniture. Multiple homes per week and no ppe for the first few months as non was available. I went to Multiple houses who then tested positive within days of my visit and still have avoided it myself. Then add in that my children have attended school throughout and I'm in close contact with collegues who also have children school.

My youngest has it at the moment and so far the rest of us are fine with negative tests.

I very rarely get any bugs the rest of my family get. When they all come down with colds or sickness bugs I don't. Maybe I'm exposed to too many germs.

I understand why people isolate from their family but it does make you question the point when some still catch it and others who don't isolate don't. In any case we can't isolate from our children and our house is too small to isolate from anyone to be honest.

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