If you haven't caught Covid19 during this pandemic, what do you feel you did to avoid it?

Having no social life.

Trying to socially distance and not be in anyone’s proximity for any moment longer than needed.

I did all the things. And I was probably lucky, too. I have friends who have done all the th8nk s, and still gott, and I know people who have been careless and claim they haven’t caught it.

All of the things you said. But I’m really shocked that I didn’t get Covid. I work in a hospital and they opened a covid floor one floor above my office. The maintence guy said the air filtration was running from that floor to mine. And of course the people with covid were on and off the same elevators I used. I was careful, I wore my mask and I washed my hands often. Plus I got the shots as they became available.

I’m a stay at home mom and I had the opportunity to stay at home with my family so I took advantage of it. After the fact, I followed most of the protocols, I avoided meeting all my “I refuse to get vaccinated” friends. I made my trips to the grocery store count. We ate more leftovers which meant less trips to the grocery store. I usually wore my mask. After a while, I started to only wear my mask when I felt it prudent. The main thing was that I did my best to stay out of crowds for any length of time.

Social distance

Masks

Vaccinations

All of the thing’s. But I may have had it. Never tested for antibodies but I never got sick either.

I got every vaccine possible. CDC just announced a 4th shot is recommended and I will be one of the first in line. Also, I don’t have kids. That reduces my exposure tremendously.

Vaccines + luck have protected me.

Masks, primarily.

But also being an ornery SOB.

Well, pretty sure Rick and I got it in Feb of 2020.
But since then, masking, distancing, avoiding. With one notable exception….my niece’s outdoor wedding in 2020.

Followed all the protocols. Abrupt shift to life of a hermit.

Cautiousness but mainly great luck.

I’m a socially isolated germaphobe.
I got my first two Pfizers on March 31 and April 21, 2021.
I got my booster on Oct 20, last year.

And luck. My wife hasn’t gotten any vacc’s, and we’ve spent some time together, but she’s also socially isolated. Also, she shuns physical contact, except that she kissed me once, but all she really kissed was my mask. :p
Another thing about my marital situation is that we each have our own house, i.e., we don’t live together.

Oh. Wow @Brian1946!

I did all the things suggested, and I was lucky.

Always wore a mask around others for over a year, I even wore a mask outside. I still do in dense crowds.

I was almost never indoors with other people. When I was indoors I was over 10 feet distanced in most cases. That has changed in recent months.

At one point I went back to doing zumba indoors, but I stopped mid December assuming Christmas would be an explosion of cases.

There were maybe 10 instances during the first year that I took a risk, but it was never a very high risks, and just luck no one coughed on me with covid. By risk I mean being in a store where others weren’t masked or buying my car (the car salesperson did have a mask on). Going to Disney Springs (everyone had a mask on, but it was crowded).

I almost never ate nor eat in restaurants.

I think avoiding close contact, and also when everyone I was around was wearing masks, is likely why I never caught covid. I think those things more than being vaccinated.

I wasn’t terribly cautious. I wore a mask in public places and indoors when around strangers. I didn’t wear a mask indoors when I was with family and friends. I went shopping throughout the pandemic, with a mask on. I ate in restaurants from as soon as restaurants re-opened. I went to the hairdresser the day after hair salons reopened in NYS. I remember going to get fast food and eating it (with my hands) in the parking lot of Home Depot, and thinking to myself that here I was, with unwashed hands, eating food and if I don’t get Covid from this than it will be a miracle.

I got the two vaccines last April but did not get any boosters.

I take a shower when I get home after being out in public.

I was never big on hand sanitizers and rarely use them.

Now I don’t wear a mask at all, unless required, for example in medical offices.

@Brian1946 The definition of marital bliss. :)

I take zinc, about 30,000 IU of vitamin D3 (because that’s what my body seems to want) and C with bioflavonoids.

^^ My naturopathic doctor told me that’s specifically for Covid.

I also take a lot of other supplements to help me detox. It’s working well. I don’t even get a sniffle.

No vaccine for me.

I’ll add that while my daughter was living with us before she was married, she caught Covid from a patient (she is an RN and treats Covid patients). When she married, they lived in our home for several months. They have both been fully vaccinated.

A couple months later she caught Covid again at work, and of her husband caught it from her.

Both times I was their caregiver. There never was a problem, at least on my end.

I followed all guidance and avoided crowded indoor places. That, and an element of luck.

At the beginning, I self isolated for a period of time until I could better assess the situation. Then when the NEED to go out became a reality, I chose to wear a mask & social distance. I stopped going to church even though the church never stopped having services & switched over to the tele-evangelists. Then my church started posting their services online so I switched over to watching online. I chose to get vaccinated not long after it became available. When placed in a situation of being near vocal unvaxed people, I made sure it was in an outdoor setting & I extended my social distance. I’ve NEVER liked shopping in crowded stores, so I continued my routine of shopping during the slowest part of the day. For many items, Amazon became my best friend!!! Also, when not feeling up to par & unsure as to WHY, I chose to self-isolate for sure. I didn’t want it & I sure didn’t want to pass it on!!!

Did all of the above. And avoided people who didn’t.
We reduced the size of our family gatherings and mostly hung out with like-minded people.

I also have a whole house air filtration system that circulates air through a MERV 11 HEPA filter stage in front of an electrostatic grid which is followed by UV sterilizing stage.
We had that many years before Covid to control pollen and other pollutants. It works great.

Actually, I didn’t do much at all. Resturaunts never closed here. Nothing closed. I wore a mask and got vaccinated and boosted, but that’s it.

This question won’t leave me alone. And by now I have understood that once again, it’s simply a matter of luck which allowed me the options to follow all those protocols. I could cease working without fear of financial consequence. The kids are grown and flourishing. We had no dependants. We had excellent health care and ready access to top notch distribution services and enlightened government protocols regarding testing and vaccination. So I really can’t take credit for once again living in the right place and being the right age to be at the front of any line that matters.

^^ Me too, although NJ probably not as enlightened as the Bay Area.