Not specifically MPN related, but evidence my immune system is still intact.
My bucket list post-trauma was to visit my parents at their retirement home. Success, but perfectly timed to their 1st Covid infection. I spent an afternoon in a small poorly ventilated room close and personal. According to:
"Your infectiousness is highest 1 day before the start of your symptoms and begins to wane about a week later for most people".
Bingo, I nailed it.
"For the Omicron variant, the incubation period is 1 to 4 days"
But at day 8 I'm still negative and symptom free. I'm double boosted and had the 1st version of Covid early 2020.
I had just started Rux which eventually is supposed to suppress the immune system; this suppression actually a goal I have to recover normality. But I'd guess it makes us less Covid etc resistant.
This reminds me of the old Mumps parties where the kids were supposed to catch it, luckily I failed on this one.
My parents are mid 90's but fully vaxed, so they both just had the bad cold effect. My Dad was most worried about me considering my recent history.
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Are there other members with a certain and high exposure that didn't catch it?
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There is a report in the news I saw today discussing some who are inherently immune. It's of interests to the researchers naturally.
It's also possible to have it without any symptoms. This could result in negative antibody tests and no memory of having it, but might still offer some T-cell protection.
I too have never had Covid (touch wood ...). I have been in close contact with two family members who have gone down with it on separate occasions but did not contract it myself. I have MF and have had 6 (6!) vaccinations, due my 7th in May. Something must be working ...
A couple of weeks ago my adult son was visiting and sat in my kitchen and said he was going home as he didn't feel well. He had woken with a sore throat that morning. The nearest I got to him was at arms length when I took his temperature with my digital 'gun'. It was normal. The next day he was absolutely wiped out and later that day tested positive. He hasn't a clue where he picked it up from. His partner and kids never caught it from him. I never caught it from him. I've had 6 jabs and am on ruxolitinib.
I am now the only one left in the family who hasn't had covid.
That is good fortune for all to stay negative. Rux is known to reduce vax response for some, of plenty interest to me now too. This is a case where regular vaxing makes sense.
Over a year ago my daughter (who lives with us) had it - mild symptoms and despite us not taking any precautions neither me nor my husband caught it (tested daily). Roll on 6 months and both my husband and I got it but my daughter didn’t get it a second time.
I caught Covid last year so refused any boosters since . Have been amongst people with Covid & at home with husband that caught Covid despite all his injections & I did not catch it.
I am on interferon. Not sure the numerous injections we are all offered are doing much with so many variants of Covid. Hopefully some immunity still there 👍
My husband recently had Covid & also one of our friends, who we’d been with, they tested positive at the same time. My husband woke up with a sore throat & blocked nose & tested positive, I tested negative, even though I had a slight sore throat & felt tired. I tested every day for a week, felt better after 2 days. I was also looking after my grandson the day before he came down with chicken pox & am ok so far, I had chicken pox, when I was a child.
I have post ET Myelofibrosis & am on Rux.
I don’t like to speak too soon, but I haven’t had Covid.
I’ve got ET and not yet had Covid. I don’t want to tempt Fate but dodged it when my husband got it and work at a primary school, which had repeated waves of infections amongst the staff and pupils. Although working alongside numerous children and colleagues who contracted it (sometimes more than once) I seem to be amongst three or four members of staff out of fifty who have never tested positive or had any symptoms of it.
Additionally, neither of my parents or two sisters have had it yet, despite also having exposure to it (positive testing partners and holidaying in a caravan with people who got it). We have all had the vaccines we are entitled to but I am wondering if there is a genetic element or we have just been lucky.
I've not had covid yet but I am really careful and still wear a FFP3 mask when I go to shops etc. I work at home too, so don't have much contact with people. My daughter caught covid last summer at a festival. She returned with a sore throat but as a household contact she had had 3 vaccines, so we didn't think too much about it. I had hugged her and spent two days eating meals with her, washing all her festival clothes, airing her sleeping bag etc. She finally took a test and it came back positive straight away. After that she isolated in her bedroom and was poorly for a week. No one else in our household caught it from her though. Was it luck? I am still not taking any chances and having my spring booster next week.
I spent a whole day with my daughter in law who tested positive the next day. So far, 10 days on, I am covid free. Just been offered my 7 vaccine. Previously also spend day with friend who tested positive next day and again did not get it. My first blood test in 2020 showed I made no antibodies to the AZ vaccine. I have had 2 AZ, 3 Pfizer and 1 Moderna.
My husband came down with covid in February (again). We were at home around each other for a long weekend while he was sick. He finally took a test days after symptoms started. I thought for sure I was next or our 2 young kids would get it, but somehow the rest of us lucked out. It only got one of us (this time). Covid - always keeping us guessing.
I so appreciate to see all the responses. From our little sample it's a wonder the virus can spread at all. It's said that "over 80% of Americans appear to have some immunity, either from vaccination or prior infection" Likely similar elsewhere.
I was at a crowded noisy indoor gathering last night where almost no one was masked. The fact that there is now not a city or world full of Covid patients is a powerful sign the "novel" corona virus isn't novel any more.
I keep my N95 on in any public space being "immune compromised" as are most of us at least in concept. I also prefer not to bring it home. But my husband says it's time to be less nutty about it, from someone who near died from the 1st version.
My parents are back to regular old people's troubles, after having Covid, another sign the terror element is declining.
Neither my husband or myself have had Covid, I say with some trepidation! We were extremely vigilant in the early years, high quality masks, sanitizing, nobody allowed in the house etc.
We only wear masks for hospital, GP or dental waiting room appointments now. We are back to normal living otherwise, socialising again, eating out, family staying over etc. If we hear there is increased Covid cases in the area then we up our game, mask wearing/sanitising again.
We have had all of the offered vaccines AZ x2 Pfizer x 4. I had a private antibody test after the AZ vaccine, and was found to have a high antibody level. My husband’s levels were lower, but still quite good for someone who is considered substantially immunocompromised.
I am having the spring booster vaccine tomorrow, the only reason being, it has been tweaked for the omicron version otherwise I wouldn’t have bothered until Autumn.
I have been in our home with covid positive family members staying with me for several days and have not caught it ( touch wood, fingers crossed etc). It happened three times ( son, husband, niece visiting with husband and daughter). I put it down to having a large enough home not to have to share bathrooms and bedrooms and to being very scrupulous , but as I am one of the few who has never tested positive, I wonder whether there is more to it. I have also travelled a lot and met lots of people, been to restaurants etc. Vaccinations doing their job plus strong immune response?
The vaxes do reduce the odds of testing positive but more so the odds of the bad outcomes. Also probably the same variation we see in our MPN responses is likely at work here too.
It is surprising in our little sample how hard it seems to catch Covid.
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