If we have Covid, my DH will go to the movies and eating out again in the next few weeks. If we don’t know, despite being vaccinated he won’t. So yes, knowing will affect our behavior. In one case restaurants and movie theaters get increased business in the other they don’t.
If you're going to act differently depending on if you had it or not, then getting tested vs just assuming is absolutely the correct decision.
Huh? We don’t want to be sick twice. Is that so hard to understand?
This sickness has already been a PITA.
I'm assuming he's thinking of getting sick as a type of booster to future immunity then. It's a thought. An actual booster would be better and have less side effects. Or an actual extra extra booster if those get approved later. I don't think I would do anything different based on having been sick in the past or not. But, if that's how he feels, there's nothing wrong about it.
Yes. If I had it I figure great... J&J worked.
“You won’t test” I’ve taken tests... had to for work. I didn’t see the need when I could just self isolate.
I don't see anything wrong with this. In the short term, you acted like you had it. In the long term, you ignore it, so it doesn't matter. It's only when longer term decisions are based on the assumption that you had it that having a test to know you really did have it is required.
Which, for anyone who needs proof to show someone also means they need to test to know for sure.
Well... no booster yet for me. If I’m forced to take one to participate in society than I will. Otherwise I’ve checked out about worrying about this thing.
As a fellow J&J recipient, I recommend getting a booster. J&J was just barely a single dose vaccine. The fact that we're calling them all boosters for all the different types instead of just the next step in the vaccine course is almost as much marketing as science, there's some nuance in there. Some of that combined with being able to call J&J a single dose and use it in situations where a second dose cannot be guaranteed.
From an immune response and protection against breakthrough, you're much better off with an additional dose of something after the single J&J dose. Whichever of the options floats your boat for the extra one. If you're a woman, or someone predisposed to heart issues, one of the MRNA options instead of a second J&J. If you have other personal preferences for the J&J, another of those then.
Unless you are thinking that having COVID served as the booster, but since you didn't test, you don't really know, and we're back at not making longer term decisions based on an assumption.
