It Occurs to Me. I Have Not Had a Cold or Flu for Over a Year

[HockeyMom]

48. Your age and same experience

I grew up in NYC and was a very sickly child. Had all those childhood diseases by the age of 2. Mom took me everywhere on subways and buses. I also had Scarlet Fever at 6, despite being given antibiotics. Interestingly, after I had that I never caught strep ever again.

Could not count the number of times I had the flu when young, including both the '57 and '68 Flu Pandemics. Last time I had the flu must be around 30 years ago? Never had a flu shot. Colds maybe ever 5 years based on expiration dates of OTC meds. I worked in public schools around a LOT of sick kids. You do not have to go back to 1918 just 2009 pandemic. As with the turn of the century, it was the kids and young adults getting the flu. Why? Same thing. People 50+ lived through the 1957 Flu Pandemic which was the same strain even if mutated. Saw that at the Elementary School where I worked. We older staff were joking is this a school or a Senior Center?

My same age husband tested Positive for Covid back in December. No symptoms other than being very tired for 24 hours. His "medical treatment" was to drink more coffee. I tested Negative living with someone with the virus. We did not mask around each other, social distance, or sleep in separate bedroom. How could this possibly be if COVID is so contagious?

I have known other people who had the virus as well, although asymptomatic, did not catch it from their household members as well.

People today do not trust their own immune symptoms. As the saying goes, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.