https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19_Testimonials/comments/sako4h/likelihood_of_catching_omicron/
created by Tiger-eye224466 on 23/01/2022 at 04:05 UTC*
15 upvotes, 13 top-level comments (showing 13)
UPDATE I found out about a few more exposures last week (none quite so direct as this one), but I’m still negative and healthy. It’s been 4 days since the last exposure and with how short omicron’s incubation is I’m pretty confident I dodged it. Another day or two and I’ll feel 100% comfortable in saying I avoided it. Soon no one will be left to pass it on to me as they’ll all have had it and recovered!
Likelihood of catching covid from this scenario?
I’m up to date on vaccines (including booster) but just found out my friend’s son tested positive on Thursday (completely asymptomatic) through a weekly PCR test at school. She just got the results today and she texted me immediately. Now, I’m around her son daily between 45-60 minutes per day (not only are we friends but we both teach and share a classroom, so he hangs out with us before and after school). All of this exposure is unmasked but we tend to stay about 6 ft apart for the most part. Occasionally I help him out with opening snacks so I’ll be closer. My friend and I tested negative from Thursday’s PCR and I’m negative per the rapid this morning.
Just curious exactly how contagious this omicron variant really is.
Comment by Nearby-Lock4513 at 23/01/2022 at 04:09 UTC
22 upvotes, 1 direct replies
It doesn’t seem all that contagious. There’s only 700,000+ confirmed cases each day in the US 🙄
Comment by OrendaRuesTheDay at 23/01/2022 at 07:42 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Unless you were 6 ft apart outside, you probably got exposed. Whether or not you’ll catch it seems like a dice roll. Some boosted people don’t get while some do.
Comment by christophertit at 23/01/2022 at 04:15 UTC
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It’s highly contagious, and you’ve most likely been exposed. There’s a chance you will have natural immunity to it, and vaccines do provide a little protection when it comes to catching it, but so long as you’ve been keeping an eye on your vitamin d levels you should be fine as the vaccines will really help prevent any serious illness as does keeping your vitamin d levels high. On a plus note, if you do catch it you’ll get ridiculously high levels of protection from all other strains we know about, and it’ll boost your immune system even further.
Comment by [deleted] at 23/01/2022 at 18:32 UTC
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It is extremely likely that you have been exposed. But you will be okay if you get Covid because you are vaxed and boosted, and omicron acts entirely differently than delta. I work with covid patients in the ER every day, and I am vaxed and boosted and just recovered from covid myself. It was awful, I am not going to lie, but it was manageable for me and in time I completely recovered. Also, everyone experiences omicron differently and many cases are mild.
Comment by [deleted] at 23/01/2022 at 09:49 UTC
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My entire family got omicron from my sister (a healthcare worker). We hung out with them for my kids bday party on Sunday. My sister tested positive Thur and then her 3 kids and husband tested positive on Friday. I tested positive on Sunday and my kids and husband tested positive on Tuesday. This variant is very contagious. If you���ve been around a positive person lately, I’d guess you got it. Luckily, my sister and I’s family are all vacced and boostered, so we all only felt sick for like 2 days each. But it went thru us all like a wildfire. So ya, it’s very likely that could have caught it.
Comment by SarahJustus1231 at 23/01/2022 at 05:40 UTC
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My younger son tested positive 11 days ago. Both my husband and I and our older son have all tested negative and have had zero symptoms. We all took Pcr tests on day 7. I’m really suprised we didn’t get it. We didn’t isolate him and my boys accidentally shared drinks etc. My husband and I are boosted and both boys are vaccinated. My younger son just had a sore throat and a froggy voice for a few hours and that was it. You very well may escape it!
Comment by jriver35 at 23/01/2022 at 04:25 UTC
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Literally everyone is going to get omicron. Yet no one is dying. Be happy you’re getting natural immunity.
Comment by gorcbor19 at 23/01/2022 at 14:27 UTC
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It's really hit or miss. My kid caught it and we were fully exposed to her the days before she tested positive. We never caught it.
I'd say lay low for a while and keep an eye on symptoms. They always suggested getting a PCR 5 days after exposure, so maybe it's worth testing again later on if you don't develop symptoms.
Comment by nanita8140 at 23/01/2022 at 15:49 UTC
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My daughter tested on the 13. I was with her unmasked a few times on the 12. As of yesterday the 22 I’m negative. She was sick with fatigue and sore throat for two days(2 vaccines plus booster). I have two vaccines and booster. She is still isolating from the whole family and wearing N95 mask. She did return to work after 6 days at the request of her boss.
Comment by catieface at 23/01/2022 at 15:55 UTC
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So contagious. I was vaxxed (not yet boosted) and I had delta the first week of December, received monoclonal antibodies during that and assumed I had a good cloud of protection for the next ninety days (because you can’t get boosted for 90 days following MABs). Caught omicron from my teen son last week anyways. The only time he and I are in direct contact is when I pick him up from the bus and we ride home together for five minutes each afternoon. He’s a typical teen who just hides in his room these days so I’m honestly shocked that we are the only two in the house currently sick. good luck and keep testing, and don’t take a negative test as a negative if you start to show symptoms.
Comment by avisitingstone at 23/01/2022 at 21:44 UTC
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Highly likely, but also some people with positive partners who sleep in the same bed and use the same bathroom never pop positive so WHO KNOWS. But Omicron is super super infectious and 6ft is like…. a really arbitrary number that never has had any real meaning anyway (as in it should be farther but even 6ft apart isn’t realistic in most circumstances).
Vaccines don’t mean anything against not getting it, they mean you are extremely less likely to die from it. Current heath and fitness level is also pretty meaningless as COVID has been either killing (mostly pre-vaccine) or long term harming people that otherwise were fit and healthy. It’s much more insidious than just some breathing issues unfortunately.
Comment by Xtrajusssy at 24/01/2022 at 00:31 UTC
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Likeliness of exposure is 99.99% Likeliness of symptomatic illness will vary, probably 90%.
Comment by Karpatyi at 27/03/2022 at 06:48 UTC
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Were you exposed after all? Or not