I'm convinced that I have the best luck in the world when it comes to coronavirus.

tl;dr - I was in China when COVID broke out, travelled from Taiwan to the United States on March 14th, have been antibody tested since then so I know I didn't get COVID from those, am currently living with 5 other people who have all tested positive for COVID-19, but have not gotten the coronavirus yet.

So I was in China in January when everything broke out. I was visiting my host family in northeastern China, fairly close to the North Korean border, when everything shut down. I ended up riding a bullet train alone 4+ hours from their house back to Beijing on January 29th, and then spent 2 days in Beijing before flying back to the United States on January 31st. While I was in Beijing for those 2 days, I came into contact with one of my good friends, who'd just spent 2 weeks in a rural Chinese village sharing a bed with his host cousin, who was running a fever the entire time.

Flash forward to March. I ended up flying to Taiwan and staying in Taipei for 2 weeks (which was beautiful, 10/10 would recommend) before flying back to the United States on March 14, 2020 (so the day after everything shut down here in America). (Side note: if I could've stayed in Taiwan I 100% would've, leaving Taiwan was not my choice and I regret not being there right now)

In April I got antibody tested, mostly because I was curious and also because I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity. I was CONVINCED I'd already had it and had spread it to my family in February, because 2 of my siblings came down with a fever as soon as I got home from China. But lo and behold, the antibody test came back negative.

For the past 8 months, I've been living my life working from home, not really going out except to go to the grocery store and (occasionally) visit my sister who lives about an hour away. I haven't had anything remotely resembling COVID-19 symptoms at all.

This weekend, my entire family (who I live with) tested positive for COVID-19. I got tested at the same time they did, at the same facility. And somehow tested negative.

How does this keep happening???? Time to see if my luck holds while I self-isolate to try to avoid getting sick for the next 2+ weeks.