My sister has covid

[choie]

I can't believe it. She suffers from depression and other health issues and has gone out of her apartment approximately three times since March 2020. I'm the only person who goes into her apartment (I live a floor below her) so I must have given it to her. I work from home and go out not even once a day (with a mask) and am vaccinated and boosted. What the hell??

[mucifer]

1. Sending hugs and well wishes for you and your sister.

[LisaL]

2. Did she get a PCR test?

NT

[choie]

5. No she took a home test

n/t

[Klaralven]

20. Does she have symptoms? There's a small chance of false alarm with home tests.

[choie]

28. Yes she does have a bad sore throat and feeling achy

n/t

[wendyb-NC]

3. Sorry to hear that

Sending you both good vibes and well wishes. I hope she has the mildest case and gets better soon

[Walleye]

4. This goddamn virus is a motherfucker

Hope you all get well soon

[choie]

6. Thanks everybody for your good wishes!

n/t

[electric_blue68]

7. Dang. My she have a complete recovery!

[NickB79]

8. What kind of ventilation system does the complex have?

It's possible for Covid to spread in apartments without direct exposure if they use shared ventilation systems. It has been documented before.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33346125/

[ecstatic]

9. Yikes. What the hell?

Another twist.

[Hekate]

14. Well spotted

[Gilbert Moore]

15. Good Catch !

Shared furnace and air ducts. . . which is kind of like a cruise ship. . . but better

[Demovictory9]

16. yes, if cigarette smoke and cooking smells are transmitted internally, I can imagine COVID would too

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. Good point. I was trying to think of explanation:)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. And remember those cruise ships that couldn't dock?

They found virus in ventilation system.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

38. The shared ventilation is scary as hell

In the case regarding covid.

I am so glad that each apartment where I live has its own hvac system for each apartment.

[Ms. Toad]

10. Crossing my fingers she was vaccinated and boosted? n/t

[choie]

29. Yes, she was!

[Ms. Toad]

31. Then, with luck, it will be mild. n/t

[malaise]

37. Hope she recovers quickly

[orleans]

11. does she have symptoms?

just wondering if the test could be a false positive
i don't know how common that is... but... ???

will you be testing yourself? we can still be contagious even if we are vaxed. hope your sister got a vaccine.
hope you are both okay.

[choie]

30. Yes, she has symptoms

I went to get tested, but they pop up near me was closed. Both of us are vaccinated and boosted.

[orleans]

41. so glad to hear you both are vaxed & boosted --hopefully it will be uneventful, hoping your sister

just has a mild case
hugs to both of you!

[patphil]

12. Sorry to hear it. You did the right things, don't beat yourself up over it.

I hope she'll be okay.

[Hekate]

13. I'm so very sorry. Please do not blame yourself. It is very likely to be the Omicron variant...

Check overall symptoms, of course, but Omicron is so incredibly transmissible it seems it will be a miracle if we don’t all have a brush with it before 2022 is over.

All the best for your sister’s recovery. I know you are taking care of her, but please take care of yourself too.

[deurbano]

17. This thing is so ubiquitous! And as another poster said, maybe it's the ventilation system?

[SheltieLover]

18. Could be ventilation system.

Healthy vibes on the way!

[LeftInTX]

19. My husband has it, so I probably do too

But we only have ourselves to blame. It was "Christmas with his family...40 people in room" mess.
Now his mother has it and is in the hospital.
We're all vaccinated and boosted.

But my mother in law has been dying for about a month and was told she needed a new aorta..She's 89 and can't withstand open heart surgery.
So, she had to have a big Christmas celebration because she's dying.

Now we're all gonna die..whoopie....
Well, hubby is gonna miss a week of work...

I do hope it gets my kids serious about their boosters and the grandkid's vaccinations. My son said, "I don't want to get shots every few months, it's a big pain"...

If my MIL dies of Covid, then they will always remember it as what killed grandma.

[MissB]

32. I'm so sorry

I lost a relative recently due to a failing heart and no surgical options based on age and condition. It’s so hard.

Hope everyone bounces back ok.

[ShazzieB]

39. Yeah, getting shots frequently is a bit inconvenient.

But it's a lot less inconvenient (and less of a pain) than dying of covid, so I'll take all the shots they want to give me, thankyouverymuch.

I wonder if he has a needle phobia? That's the only way his stance even almost makes sense to me.

[LeftInTX]

40. But young people think it's "like the flu"

My nephew had it fairly early in 2020, so they figure it will be like the flu.

[Emile]

21. She was never vaccinated?

[left-of-center2012]

22. I posted earlier this week that my brother has it

He received his two vaccinations plus the booster.
He's very good at wearing a mask everywhere he goes.
Yeah he got it.

He said he has severe cold or flu-like symptoms and can't taste anything.
He was told his loss of taste may last 10 weeks.

He has to quarantine for 10 days and he's taking cold flu over the counter medicine.
No fever.

[Jon King]

25. Every single one of us will get it, or live in a bubble forever.

There literally is no way to avoid the Omicron variant and future variants which will trend to being less severe but way more transmissible.

We all got vaxxed, we get boosted, we wear a mask for the sole reason of slowing this wave to lessen the pressure on hospitals. But there will be no way to avoid Covid going forward unless you choose to live exactly like a person with no immune system has to live....literally in a bubble with filtered air.

[LoisB]

27. I am so sorry. I doubt you gave it to her and the home tests are supposedly not that reliable.

I hope she recovers quickly and fully.

[ProfessorGAC]

33. The Reliability Concern...

...is more about false negatives, than false positives.
That said, I've seen contrary opinions about the tests, with some experts being so negative as to wholly discourage the use of at-home tests, and others saying the accuracy issues are overblown.
Which ever way one chooses to lean, it's more about getting a false sense of security than a negative that's not real.
Like any chemical test, the possibility of a false result exists. But, one direction is more impactful on overall public health.

[LoisB]

34. Good information. Thank you.

[Meowmee]

35. Sorry to hear that

Hugs to you all. Maybe it is a false positive, the at home otc tests are not that great. She should get treatment asap including a pcr test to confirm. I am not sure how it could happen but if someone other than you came to the door even, it could happen with omicron- it is so much more contagious. Maybe you had an asymptomatic case and didn't realize it. With my father we knew with no doubt he was negligently infected at the er.

[MustLoveBeagles]

36. I'm sorry to hear that

It may not have been you that gave it to her. It could've been passed through your apartment buildings ventilation system or some other factor you're not aware of. I wouldn't beat yourself up over it. A person can do everything right and still catch it.