What happens now for people who never got COVID? [View all]

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What happens now for people who never got COVID?
by: Amanda Hari, Nexstar Media Wire
Posted: Mar 9, 2022 / 06:37 AM EST

SAN FRANCISO (KRON) — As more places remove mask mandates, some people may be fearful of catching COVID-19, especially if they’ve avoided it for the last two years.

Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a University of California, San Francisco infectious disease expert, said the chances of catching COVID-19, despite less masking and more people returning to work in person, are low, and he expects it to be even slimmer in the coming weeks, specifically in early April.

Chin-Hong said that the medical field has advanced their knowledge of clinical care for the virus, which is good for someone who was to get COVID-19 for the first time now. People who think they haven’t gotten COVID-19 in the past most likely have contracted it and didn’t know about it, he added.

“We know from the CDC data that about twice as many people in the country, in general, got exposed to COVID than the official counts, so it means that a lot of people are having mild symptoms or no symptoms,” said Chin-Hong, referring to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

According to Chin-Hong, people who should be concerned about catching the virus despite lower infection levels should be unvaccinated people, people older than 65 who haven’t been boosted, those with a compromised immune system, and anyone who lives with people in those three groups.