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llmart

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18. I clearly remember the Hong Kong flu.
Thu Jun 20, 2024, 03:01 PM
Jun 2024

My then husband came down with it and was sicker than a dog. I took care of him and of course, we shared the same bed and lived in a tiny apartment. I worked in a department with ten men in an open room and I never came down with that flu. I have never had Covid but I did get vaccinated - all Pfizer. When my two children were little and in school I never caught anything that they would get. My son was exposed to chicken pox many times but didn't get it until he was in the fourth grade when his sister, who was in kindergarten, came down with it. He, too, has never had Covid. I've often wondered if he didn't inherit my strong immunity.

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Interesting..... Nictuku Jun 2024 #1
I am sure that your experience misanthrope Jun 2024 #8
That is not what I meant at all Nictuku Jun 2024 #45
Gotcha**nm misanthrope Jun 2024 #46
Well I am a personally acquainted with someone sdfernando Jun 2024 #31
Very interesting! 2naSalit Jun 2024 #2
I have never had covid. CANADIANBEAVER69 Jun 2024 #3
Neither i nor mt husband have had covid. slightlv Jun 2024 #6
Auto correct on an Android phone sucks. slightlv Jun 2024 #7
yeah, I have type 2 diabetes so I know I wanted to get the vaccine CANADIANBEAVER69 Jun 2024 #9
I believe 40 percent of covid cases have no symptons, so maybe you had it. SaintLouisBlues Jun 2024 #20
I suppose the only way to know is if a blood test CANADIANBEAVER69 Jun 2024 #23
Affirmative. paleotn Jun 2024 #27
I've heard of false positives, but in my case I got a false negative FakeNoose Jun 2024 #25
Same here. Twice vaccinated with moderna and one booster. Never caught covid SammyWinstonJack Jun 2024 #22
Or had it and lacked symptoms? nt DontBelieveEastisEas Jun 2024 #37
I had all the vaccines, and have never gotten Covid. ananda Jun 2024 #28
Or had it and lacked symptoms? nt DontBelieveEastisEas Jun 2024 #38
I don't think I ever had it. ananda Jun 2024 #44
Nah - - - everyone knows it's because of Bill Gates and the 5G progressoid Jun 2024 #4
The variability of different PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2024 #5
I had the Hong Kong flu in 68/69 time frame and Prairie_Seagull Jun 2024 #10
I clearly remember the Hong Kong flu. llmart Jun 2024 #18
Other people - including my family members - have had a similar story FakeNoose Jun 2024 #24
No, Hong Kong flu was not early version of Covid. It was not a virus from the Coronavirus group - nt DontBelieveEastisEas Jun 2024 #33
Could be you have had it, just didn't have symptoms? nt DontBelieveEastisEas Jun 2024 #36
Direct family members in my household got it. Prairie_Seagull Jun 2024 #41
Highly doubtful. llmart Jun 2024 #42
In looking around I see that there is a name for this. Prairie_Seagull Jun 2024 #40
Very interesting (dont'cha just love science?). I wish I was in that group that can't catch Covid...... groundloop Jun 2024 #11
The vaccine can't stop us from getting covid, it prevents us from getting the severe version FakeNoose Jun 2024 #15
The vaccine can, and often does, stop us from getting covid. DontBelieveEastisEas Jun 2024 #32
This test was bias ... aggiesal Jun 2024 #12
My partner had it, me no hibbing Jun 2024 #13
Scientists should be studying how to replicate these ppls immunity PortTack Jun 2024 #14
I think they probably are FakeNoose Jun 2024 #16
My daughter and her boyfriend both worked at restaurants infullview Jun 2024 #17
Restaurant workers were particularly vulnerable when Covid first came out FakeNoose Jun 2024 #19
Very interesting. TSExile Jun 2024 #21
I was fully vaccinated when I contracted COVID-19 in March. misanthrope Jun 2024 #47
I've been fully vaccinated and have never had Covid. phylny Jun 2024 #26
How do you know? nt DontBelieveEastisEas Jun 2024 #34
Guessing phylny Jun 2024 #43
The human immune system is fascinating. The variability person to person is even more fascinating. paleotn Jun 2024 #29
Husband and I never had Covid. I have had 5 MOMFUDSKI Jun 2024 #30
How do you know? DontBelieveEastisEas Jun 2024 #35
No symptoms and not sick at all MOMFUDSKI Jun 2024 #39
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