What are my chances of getting Covid-19?

Probably pretty low. However, keep in mind the virus is highly transmissible. Continue to take precautions when you go out in public- stay at least 6 feet away from other people, wear a mask, don't touch your face, and wash your hands thoroughly when you get home. Do this and you'll probably be just fine.

You may not be going to many places, but the places you DO go to have many contact/transmission points. Grocery store, pharmacies, and post offices can all involve closely passing by someone or standing near someone, touching something another person has touched (like the baskets/carts and payment terminals), etc. We've all seen people refusing to wear a mask particularly in grocery stores; if they won't wear a mask, I doubt they're keeping their hands clean nor refraining from touching objects unnecessarily.

Be sure to use a mask and hand sanitizer and avoid touching your face when out. Your chances are probably low, but not zero.

You should probably be looking for official C19 data from your regional health authority, OP. Nobody can answer your question meaningfully because it's highly dependent upon where you live and the current prevalence of infection.

In the meantime, do all the things that are currently recommended like hand washing, masks, etc.

Your fuckability scores are off the charts

Say Hi to your prime minister for us. We're envious.

I don't know, but your chances of boring us all to death are pretty high, OP.

Low. This virus is not the bubonic plague that everyone has made it out to be. It’s deadly for certain people but the vast, vast majority of people get it and are fine. Live your life. Don’t be a prisoner to the doomers who shame people for leaving their driveway.

I don't wear a mask of gloves when I go out. I use a lot of hand sanitizer while out and then shower and wash my clothes when I get home.

All of the cases in my city are in elderly people in homes and retirement communities.

I don't believe there's a lot of surface infections going on. I have to think the vast majority of cases are due to being in close contact - being coughed on, spoken to, etc. - within a few feet and with no masks.

[quote]I don't wear a mask of gloves when I go out. I use a lot of hand sanitizer while out and then shower and wash my clothes when I get home.

If you're only going to do one or the other, you should wear the mask and skip the shower.

Sounds like you welcomed death through the door years ago.

OP, are you an Edward Gorey cartoon?

Who the fuck knows OP? My 80 year old mom with COPD had it and recovered. My dad and I did not catch it and we all live together.

So you’ve already given up on life, but are concerned about Rona?

r7 = Deplorable

Did Mom have to go into the hospital, R13, or did she stay home? How is she doing now? Glad you and your dad didn't get it!

R16 thank you for asking. She did not have to go into the hospital nor did she know that she'd even had it. She was tired and had a dry cough that had been slow to go away. The doctor told her to isolate for 14 days, she did then took the antibody test which resulted positive.

Happy to hear it, R17. This virus is so weird.

Mary OP, I hope you have your affairs in order, because you're just living your life too close to the edge.

OP, why don't you wear a mask?

Thank you R18. It's quite bizarre.

R20 I think OP posed this question because he has a death wish. He's looking to up his odds.

R15 = mindless MSNBC shill who doesn’t mind being lectured by millionaires in their summer homes who shame working people who are scared about going another month without work

R20 I don't have any masks and it seems that unless it's a N95 mask it won't really help me.

R7 I think that a lot of people will be left with longterm health problems: depression, chronic fatigue, breathing problems. This virus should not be taken lightly, there is still a lot we don't know about it and there isn't a single treatment, cure or vaccine available yet.

You wear the mask to protect others. I hate going to get groceries and a third of the people aren’t masked.

Eight percent.

OP you've said nothing about your age. weight and your general heath.

If you're not obese and in good health, the statistics tell us that your chances of getting it are very very low.

Go out and enjoy life.

What province are you in OP?

Marry me, OP!

I don’t think this question can really be answered in a meaningful way. I mean, (knowing nothing more), the odds are low, but dear OP, you only need one exposure to get it. And you can seem perfectly healthy but still get it and die, or get permanent lung damage, or a stroke, or lose a leg to amputation.

Further, since our tests are for shit, and they still don’t know a lot about the disease and it’s prevalence, whether you can develop immunity at all, or not, and so forth, its really impossible to give you a decent answer. Except to say, that a 1 in 100 chance sounds pretty good, unless you’re the one. Then it’s not so good with no do-overs.

[quote] And you can seem perfectly healthy but still get it and die, or get permanent lung damage, or a stroke, or lose a leg to amputation.

The chance of getting permanent lung damage, or a stroke, or lose a leg to amputation are infinitesimal.

[quote] If you're not obese and in good health, the statistics tell us that your chances of getting it are very very low.

R28, that is incorrect. OP's question was about his chances of GETTING covid-19. Chances of catching the virus are substantial given how easily spread this virus is. Chances of DYING from it - given good health, etc., appear to be on the low side overall, although that's no consolation to the nearly 100k who have died in the U.S. so far, some of whom have been perfectly healthy individuals.

Depend if you are good or not. Only the good die young.

Sorry, but your life sounds beyond pathetic.

[quote]that is incorrect. OP's question was about his chances of GETTING covid-19. Chances of catching the virus are substantial given how easily spread this virus is. Chances of DYING from it - given good health, etc., appear to be on the low side overall, although that's no consolation to the nearly 100k who have died in the U.S. so far, some of whom have been perfectly healthy individuals.

No, you are wrong.

OP asked "What are my chances of getting Covid-19?"

My answer "If you're not obese and in good health, the statistics tell us that your chances of getting it are very very low." is correct.

That's asinine. Being in "good health" does not help one avoid getting this virus. Cite one credible study, R36.

R37 You are asinine.

Nearly 90% of patients hospitalized with coronavirus (COVID-19) had one or more underlying health conditions.

Which led to hospitalization and not all people who caught covid need hospitalization.

I’m backing R37 because she’s wise.

Why does a healthy 39 year old man die from Rona and effing 73 year old Marianne Faithful who has Hep C, emphysema, and is a cancer survivor recover from it?

I put this question to the husbear and he grunted "Some people are tough. ". Sometimes I love his simple mind.

We take far more precautions than you do, OP. If you're worried about it up your game.

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Good health doesn't mean you won't get sick.

R41 That article has the classic panic porn headline. What are the percentages?