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Have you been doing regular antibody tests? Its possible you have had asymptomatic COVID at some point in the past.
Regardless, I'm very happy you've been spare the experience of the symptoms.
I suppose I left out part of the story.
I am immune-compromised. I have a suppressed immune system, a weak immune system.
If I got covid, it would be bad. Very bad. I would know. As my doctor said - it isn’t easier for me to catch things, but if I do catch them it is much worse.
I have not taken any tests. But then, I haven’t had a fever in three years either.
Vaccines make you antibody positive. That's kinda the point lol
All of the vaccines so far target the spike protein, so looking for spike antibodies won't tell you anything. If you test for nucleocapsid antibodies, however, and those show up, then you've definitely been infected. Even testing for N is not definitive, as very mild/asymptomatic cases may not develop an N response, and it does fade over time. I know there were studies to see if anti-RBD testing would work better, but I'm not sure what the results were.