Your lack of COVID is certainly largely due to being purposeful and careful, but there's still a component of luck. The only sure-fire way to avoid it is to stay locked up and away from all other humans and things other humans have potentially breathed on. Anything less and there's always a decent chance you'll get it despite your precautions.
Also, you may have gotten it, were asymptomatic, and didn't notice. COVID is fun like that.
You can. But that still doesn't tell you if you've had COVID. Antibodies wane overtime and you can also test positive for antibodies after having had a vaccine. So even if you have been taking antibody tests every couple of weeks year now, you could have contracted it before the tests were available (it was about a year before they were publicly available in much of the US), or after a vaccination.
Depends on the test. The right test can tell the difference between the set of vaccine antibodies and the set from an actual infection. Vaccine only creates antibodies that target the spike protein structure. I participated in a study and got updates every six months.
Just because they can't be certain that they'll never get it in the future doesn't mean that all attempts to minimize cumulative infections are pointless.
Masks and procedures are effective but not 100%. I was religious about masking and distancing and hand washing and still got Covid Original Flavour(tm). Fortunately, I did quarantine after getting back from my travel (required: had to shut a house down) before even knowing I had Covid so my elderly relatives didn't get it from me.
Quarantining is very effective but is really inconvenient. You can't get every single person who wants to interact with you to quarantine for 14 days prior unless you are super important.
Your lack of COVID is certainly largely due to being purposeful and careful, but there's still a component of luck. The only sure-fire way to avoid it is to stay locked up and away from all other humans and things other humans have potentially breathed on. Anything less and there's always a decent chance you'll get it despite your precautions.
Also, you may have gotten it, were asymptomatic, and didn't notice. COVID is fun like that.
You have no way of knowing that. Some people are asymptomatic.
> You have no way of knowing that.
You can get a antibody (blood) test that will test positive for COVID antibodies even if you were asymptomatic.
Some variants didn't show up in tests well. And being asymptomatic was/is really common. Why would you check if you don't have symptoms?
You can. But that still doesn't tell you if you've had COVID. Antibodies wane overtime and you can also test positive for antibodies after having had a vaccine. So even if you have been taking antibody tests every couple of weeks year now, you could have contracted it before the tests were available (it was about a year before they were publicly available in much of the US), or after a vaccination.
Depends on the test. The right test can tell the difference between the set of vaccine antibodies and the set from an actual infection. Vaccine only creates antibodies that target the spike protein structure. I participated in a study and got updates every six months.
>I've avoided getting it...
So far, is the missing clarifier.
Just because they can't be certain that they'll never get it in the future doesn't mean that all attempts to minimize cumulative infections are pointless.
You're arguing a point that I never made. By all means, OP should keep it up!
Or perhaps you have some immunity to it, for some reason ...
Humans have high variation. It's what keeps the species alive when things like pandemics come rolling in.
Your personal situation doesn't automatically apply to anybody else.
Or quaranting and masking despite being inconvenient is very effective.
That would be an inconvenient truth though.
Masks and procedures are effective but not 100%. I was religious about masking and distancing and hand washing and still got Covid Original Flavour(tm). Fortunately, I did quarantine after getting back from my travel (required: had to shut a house down) before even knowing I had Covid so my elderly relatives didn't get it from me.
Quarantining is very effective but is really inconvenient. You can't get every single person who wants to interact with you to quarantine for 14 days prior unless you are super important.
And I’ve avoided getting it for the last 2 years taking zero precautions
Do you believe its equally likely the reason for you and I not getting it is something genetic?
Also, for all I know you could live in a hut in the mountains so I don't know your exposure.
I assume its medium to high given your implication.