So in this scenario, what should you do if you manage to dodge the first peak of infections in a wave? If everyone else is protected by their immunity, does that also offer some protection to those who weren't infected just because viral spread is suppressed?
Yeah definitely. When cases drop you can relax a little, still mask up and maintain social distancing but no need to go full on self isolation unless you are immunocompromised, but you can go to the movies and stuff, visit friends more etc
As far as I know, I haven't. There was one outbreak at my work and I tested myself throughout it and didn't get it. It's possible, but I haven't been near many people other than work
Well I'm rooting for you then! Even though I didn't get tested at the time, I'm now quite certain I had a relatively non-symptomatic case very early on. I exhibited some long-covid cognitive effects that I couldn't make sense of at the time, but then when vaccines came out I STRONGLY reacted to the first dose implying I had previous immune exposure. Had it not been for that vaccine reaction I may have never realized it, though. I really couldn't tell you when I caught it - just that it was clearly sometime before the vaccine.
I would recommend an N95 in shared indoor spaces indefinitely (exceptions for a trusted, small network of friends/family doing the same). There will be lulls and those might as well be a time to have a slightly more typical life, but I wouldn't recommend maskless risky behavior because you don't want to be the person that got an immunocompromised friend, family member, or acquaintance killed / disabled. We can't solve the problem through individualist approaches but we can remove our personal contribution in the more extreme cases
So in this scenario, what should you do if you manage to dodge the first peak of infections in a wave? If everyone else is protected by their immunity, does that also offer some protection to those who weren't infected just because viral spread is suppressed?
Yeah definitely. When cases drop you can relax a little, still mask up and maintain social distancing but no need to go full on self isolation unless you are immunocompromised, but you can go to the movies and stuff, visit friends more etc
Also wondering the same lol. Somehow I haven't gotten covid yet
Might have just had a non-visibly symptomatic case. There's still probably plenty of those.
As far as I know, I haven't. There was one outbreak at my work and I tested myself throughout it and didn't get it. It's possible, but I haven't been near many people other than work
Well I'm rooting for you then! Even though I didn't get tested at the time, I'm now quite certain I had a relatively non-symptomatic case very early on. I exhibited some long-covid cognitive effects that I couldn't make sense of at the time, but then when vaccines came out I STRONGLY reacted to the first dose implying I had previous immune exposure. Had it not been for that vaccine reaction I may have never realized it, though. I really couldn't tell you when I caught it - just that it was clearly sometime before the vaccine.
I would recommend an N95 in shared indoor spaces indefinitely (exceptions for a trusted, small network of friends/family doing the same). There will be lulls and those might as well be a time to have a slightly more typical life, but I wouldn't recommend maskless risky behavior because you don't want to be the person that got an immunocompromised friend, family member, or acquaintance killed / disabled. We can't solve the problem through individualist approaches but we can remove our personal contribution in the more extreme cases
Also get as vaxxed as you can be