A COVID survey (I'm just curious)

I am not cautious now but was pretty cautious early on. I got Covid in February 2022. Nobody else in my family has had it that we know of and they are not cautious now, either.

Until I had it in April of '22, I would have checked very cautious. I masked 100% of the time in public and kept my distance except for DH and one other person. After I had it, I was pretty confident that I would be safe from reinfection for a few months, then I had a booster in July. I'm due for my booster now, but we are trying to wrangle the insurance for that (Tricare is a mess for the transition period from active duty to retired.)

Now, I refuse to be around anyone who is obviously sick. DS exposed all of us at Thanksgiving and thankfully no one else got it. Everyone else had been boosted in the last month and I credit that. Poor guy--it was his first time getting it and he felt horrible that he exposed all of us. But he was really grateful that we live nearby and could run him over food and meds.

Cautious now or 'back then'? I was reasonably cautious then.

I answered for the early days of the virus  Now, I barely think about it. Cases are very low and I can't remember the last time I tested myself.

I've had all the recommended jabs and haven't had it as far as I'm aware.

Why are you working through insurance? You're back in the States, right?  Just go to a pharmacy and make an appointment.  I haven't paid for any of my covid shots. I don't think any of them have even asked for my insurance card to be honest.  Maybe the first set of shots, but after that, nope. 

We were very cautious when three of four family members got sick in Jan 2021 (before we were eligible for vaccines). 

Since being vaccinated, I've been moderately cautious. Mostly driven by the fact positive tests would derail travel and surgery plans in the past year.

To our shock, DH tested positive last summer (assymtomatic) before visiting my parents. We only tested because her care home was requiring it and are still sick at the thought we would have brought the virus into that environment if they still didn't have a test protocol to visit.

I have to be very cautious because if I get sick I will not be allowed in the nursing home where my husband is a resident. I only go anywhere that is absolutely necessary and am always wearing a N95 mask. I am fully vaccinated and boosted. I have not had Covid. I live alone and almost never see anyone other than the nursing home staff. It sucks but that’s my life and will be for the foreseeable future. Damn Covid (and now flu).

I picked moderately cautious and never had it.

I think I am “moderate”, someone else may think I am “very” cautious. If I am indoors, sitting in one place for an extended period of time (airplane, theater, etc) I’ll wear a mask. A busy store/place (Target, Walmart, airport, etc), I’ll wear a mask. But we do eat indoors and go to our gym without a mask. We’ve been to parties, and we do travel. And, as I mentioned in another thread, I’ve only had one booster so far.

I chose very careful as we were in the beginning but not do much now. I tried to change to moderate but it wouldn’t let me change it. If numbers go up I would mask again when out. I’m still taking advantage of curbside when reasonable. Yes I could use it more but sometimes you just need to look at things in person. We are eating out again. It feels good to do normal stuff again. I’m hoping numbers stay down. I know there is a lot of flu out there to and glad that my husband only goes into the office 2 times a week and DS is taking online classes - his choice right now.

None of us have gotten it - DH was tested twice a week up until July or maybe end of July. It’s been nice to not be sick in years.

Interesting.  We asked about it at CVS in MN and were told that they had to run it through insurance. DH is especially complicated, as he can't get care at the VA until he retires on January 1.  Until then, his official dr is the one he used in Belgium and he can't get any medical care that isn't authorized by his PCM and he can't get an appointment because he isn't in Belgium...  We were going to ignore the rules and just get the dang thing as it's mandated by congress for the military, but they said he needs to run it through insurance.  And the only insurance he has is through the military. Maybe it's just a CVS thing?

I was very cautious for the first year and did not get covid. 

I had it in October after dining out in a crowded restaurant. Clearly I'm not being as cautious as before.  I'm due for the newest booster but waiting until 3 months after having Covid.

I have never been cautious at all.

My household locked down for 2 weeks in March of 2020 and that was it. After that, we saw friends, went to restaurants even before they were “supposed” to reopen. Went to Disney and Universal the second they reopened. Took tons of flights in 2020. Hated masks and only wore them when forced.

No one in my household ever had it. No one in all of my extended family ever had it. I don’t know any friend or acquaintance who died of it or even had a serious case of it.

Now I don’t even think about it except when someone talks about it here 🤷🏻‍♀️

I am in the middle (which is where i usually am lol). In the beginning was cautious, but had to continue to work with outpatient offices and patients. Wore masks when mandated to and in areas requesting they be worn. I have attended concerts, shows. Movies and gotten together with family. I did get both shots and one booster. I have not had COVID at all. I won’t be getting the second or follow up boosters after. I also don’t get the flu shot which I have talked about here before.

I have been pretty cautious and didn’t get it until last August. I got it just at the end of our vacation and we were around a lot more people and did more activities than we normally did at home. For me it was one day of sore throat and 2 days of a head cold. Took NyQuil for three days and slept a lot and was fine in 3 days, no fever. After that I stopped wearing a mask because after all the boosters it seems like it’s was a cold like any other cold.