1/ Interesting thread by @carlzimmer about his recent #covid19 experience. It also makes me wonder whether I had Omicron back in December, when I had a cough and cold symptoms.
https://twitter.com/carlzimmer/status/1485706843297132553
2/ I had one PCR test and a few rapid antigen tests around the time I had a cough/cold symptoms, and they were all negative—but it’s possible they were too early or too late.
3/ My husband doubts I had Omicron because he never got symptoms or tested positive. But I’ve heard many stories now (like @carlzimmer’s) of one person in a household getting it and the others not getting it (or at least not showing symptoms).
4/ I wish we had a commercially available test that could tell you whether you previously had a particular variant of #COVID19. Knowing I already had Omicron wouldn’t really change my behavior, but it would give me extra peace of mind.
5/ This also makes me wonder whether, in addition to all the people who tested positive at home but never made it into the official case counts, there might be others who had Omicron and don’t know they had it (because they had mild or no symptoms).
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