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Did anyone not catch omicron if it was in your house?

137 replies

Echoesandsilence · 15/01/2022 16:41

DH works away from home Monday to Wednesday.

Wednesday night/Thursday morning he woke up with high temp, headache, aches and pains etc. He tested positive straight away.

Today the people he was working with on Tuesday/Wednesday have symptoms and tested positive on LFT.

So far, me and DC are negative and no symptoms. Its sounding like we could start getting symptoms tomorrow. Has anyone managed to not get it when you were in the same house as a positive Omicron case?

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Coffeeonmytoffee · 15/01/2022 17:34

Daughter had it and we were in the car for hours the day before she tested positive. But no one else tested positive and there are 6 of us.

theDudesmummy · 15/01/2022 17:40

My DS (age 12) has just tested positive on an antigen test after I received an email from school to say his teacher tested positive this morning. DH and I are negative. We cannot isolate from him (he has special needs), but it seems a lot of people on this thread did not isolate a positive family member anyway? The rules here say that he should self-isolate from us if he could.

Dexy1957 · 15/01/2022 17:44

My husband had it and I did not catch it nor did my sister who was staying with us at the time, I've heard that if your blood group o you are less likely to catch it!

MarieG10 · 15/01/2022 17:46

Son caught it, no one else did
Daughter had it recently, no one else caught it either despite be laying on the sofa with her. Strange

SpottyStripyDuvet · 15/01/2022 17:47

DH had it just after new year. The nights before he tested positive DS and I had been sharing a bed with him so it seemed pointless isolating him from us. Neither of us got it though. The 5 family members that we had been staying with I.e. eating at the same table, snuggled up on the sofa, hugging at new year all tested negative as well.

Santahasjoinedww · 15/01/2022 17:47

9 of us here. Only ds 17 caught it double jabbed . He had the initial Covid in July also pre jabs.

mrsanflowerpot · 15/01/2022 17:56

DS, DH and I have had it, testing positive at various times from 02/01 (DS) to Tues (me). DD - 12 and double vaccinated just over two weeks ago - still negative in tonight's test 🤞🤞

AwaitingSueGraysInvestigation · 15/01/2022 17:59

@Blubells

I guess everyone's immune system is different!
Everyone’s immune system is different. It’s like the gut biome — unique to each person. That’s why vaccine effectiveness is a bit variable — albeit only by fractions of a percent, usually.

The human body is amazing and fascinating and does so many things we barely understand.

Allthesefolks · 15/01/2022 18:04

Yes DC1 tested positive 4 days after being a close contact, then I got it 4 days later.

We didn’t isolate within the house as we’ve no spare room and children are small. DH didn’t get it, neither did DC2 despite being a clingy toddler who is still breastfed.

Dinoboymama · 15/01/2022 18:11

@theDudesmummy

My DS (age 12) has just tested positive on an antigen test after I received an email from school to say his teacher tested positive this morning. DH and I are negative. We cannot isolate from him (he has special needs), but it seems a lot of people on this thread did not isolate a positive family member anyway? The rules here say that he should self-isolate from us if he could.
I have 2 children with additional needs who have had it there was no way i was isolating them. And as i was seeing to them i slept in the same bed as my positive dh me and our youngest have not gotten it. For many families its not practical. Alot of families don't have spare rooms and bathrooms.
Sloughsabigplace · 15/01/2022 18:20

@theDudesmummy

My DS (age 12) has just tested positive on an antigen test after I received an email from school to say his teacher tested positive this morning. DH and I are negative. We cannot isolate from him (he has special needs), but it seems a lot of people on this thread did not isolate a positive family member anyway? The rules here say that he should self-isolate from us if he could.
We made the decision yonks ago that if one of us was positive, so be it, we wouldn’t isolate from each other, if one can down with covid, we would probably all come down with it.

Neither of us would want to isolate from the children anyway, plus we live in a small
house it would be futile.

theDudesmummy · 15/01/2022 18:30

@Sloughsabigplace we discussed it a few days ago in fact and decided we would not isolate from each other. In theory I could look after DS and DH could isolate from us, we have three bedrooms and three bathrooms. But DH wil have to look after DS while I am working (WFH) next week anyway, so it is not going to work.

oldtableleg · 15/01/2022 18:34

3 of us got it, 3 didn’t. We didn’t do any sort of household isolation. The three who got it were the most vaccinated - all boosted - though one was probably to soon after the vaccine for it to have an effect.

BBCONEANDTWO · 15/01/2022 18:35

DH caught it I didn't. I had a really bad chest infection in November and could hardly breath and fever but tested negative on PCR and LFT. I wonder if I've had it and PCR didn't pick it up so have some degree of immunity.

It's very strange.

QueenofLouisiana · 15/01/2022 18:37

The virologist (Chris??) who is often on Breakfast TV was discussing this just this morning.

Apparently some people have something in their white blood cells from a previous coronavirus infection (such as flu or a cold, not covid) which attacks the bits that all coronaviruses have in common. These people won’t develop Covid as they just fight it off immediately. The hope is to use this to develop new vaccines.

I haven’t explained it very well, I’m not a scientist, but it was interesting! It explains why some people just haven’t caught it despite exposure, while others have no idea where they came across it and have tested positive.

SandyPanda · 15/01/2022 18:39

No only DS had it. They rest of us didnt even though he didn't isolate at all in the house.

Treaclepie19 · 15/01/2022 18:39

Ds got a positive lft Monday. Dh and I are negative still. Haven't tested our 1 year old.
Hoping we're out of the woods and he tests negative soon 🤞

GreenTeaPingPong · 15/01/2022 18:45

The reason for this was mentioned this morning by one of the scientists on BBC Breakfast, he was talking about the potential for a vaccine in the future that would work on all variants, and said scientists had been studying people who were exposed to covid but didn't catch it, and it seems they have developed immunity to other non-covid members of the corona-virus family (and something more technical about the spikes or markers which I can't remember). He was optimistic about the chance of a vaccine for all variants being developed, which would be really good news! But anyway, it sounds like - if you didn't catch it from your family member despite close contact, you might have acquired immunity from previous corona-virus exposure.

tigger1001 · 15/01/2022 18:58

Three out of the four of us had it and are just now out of isolation. My eldest has stayed clear of it. He shares a room with his brother.

Blubells · 15/01/2022 20:03

But anyway, it sounds like - if you didn't catch it from your family member despite close contact, you might have acquired immunity from previous corona-virus exposure.

Even a common cold could provide immunity against Covid apparently.

CovidCorvid · 15/01/2022 20:07

I assume I had omicron as recently infected. Continued to share a bed with dh who returned daily negative LFT. Adult Dd in the same house also stayed negative. The day before I tested positive I spent the day with 4 friends, we did two gym classes, had lunch, had a jacuzzi and a sauna together and none of them caught it.

ShagMeRiggins · 15/01/2022 20:22

Could I ask why posters are saying with confidence they got Omicron or Delta? They’re both variants of COVID and when my husband tested positive for COVID the results didn’t indicate which variant. Just COVID positive.

I’m wondering if the results are now more refined—and they tell you in the results—or if people are just assuming they’ve contracted the most prevalent variant and diagnosing themselves.

Sloughsabigplace · 15/01/2022 20:29

@ShagMeRiggins

Could I ask why posters are saying with confidence they got Omicron or Delta? They’re both variants of COVID and when my husband tested positive for COVID the results didn’t indicate which variant. Just COVID positive.

I’m wondering if the results are now more refined—and they tell you in the results—or if people are just assuming they’ve contracted the most prevalent variant and diagnosing themselves.

My result just said positive. Didn’t mention any variant.

I’m assuming Omicron as it’s been mild. No loss of taste or smell, no breathing issues, just a mild head cold really (I’ve only had one vaccine due to a reaction I’m still having treatment for).

Monkeytiger · 15/01/2022 20:51

I had relatives staying over Christmas who tested positive. They stayed with us while isolating (although not isolating from us as it seemed pointless by then) as they couldn't return abroad. The four of us did daily tests, and nothing.

Jjjayfee · 15/01/2022 20:52

Me. I did keep my distance as soon as my DH tested positive.