Why some Americans haven't gotten COVID yet and why it's not inevitable they ever will: Experts

Why some Americans haven't gotten COVID yet and why it's not inevitable they ever will: Experts Because omicron has shown the ability to cause breakthrough infections despite vaccination status, this has led to fears that everyone will catch the virus at some point. "Some people may come into more contact with people more regularly than others," Grein, director of hospital epidemiology at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, told ABC News. YahooNews

Doctors said there are several reasons millions of Americans have yet to contract the virus.

One of those reasons is human behaviors, meaning people take proper precautions to lower their risk of getting infected.

"Sometimes people don't get infected because they're extremely cautious," Dr. Mark Siedner, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, told ABC News. "There are people who have their own health behaviors or are concerned about their own health or their loved ones' health." ...

The experts said they don't believe that infection with COVID-19 is inevitable or at least inevitable for everyone.

"The fact that we're now two years in and a substantial number of people have not yet been infected is good evidence that it's not inevitable everyone will get it," Grein said. "One thing we've clearly identified is that being vaccinated is the most important variable in deciding how protected somebody may be. ....