bengaluru since the pandemic struck social curbs and quarantine norms have triggered fear of missing out among many but some are experiencing fomo for a different reason in the third wave with their colleaguespeers being infected with covid19 theyre feeling left out social media platforms are abuzz with memes and jokes about the rare species who are still not sick while others are suffering from cough fever and body ache one viral meme reads if you not sick right now you must be a alien another has a healthy person detesting himself when everyone else is contracting covid youngsters are sharing their disappointment online shivangi a twitter user said people who did not get covid in wave two got it in wave three and those who did not get in wave three unko major fomo ho raha hai they are suffering from major fomo siriveena tweeted the struggle of having bad fomo while also being terrified of covid karthik srinivasan a communications consultant shared an anecdote from his family was speaking to a relative she said her son in std 11 wanted to get tested for covid because it seems to be a fomo among his friends in classschool almost everyones getting tested and ones not getting tested are feeling left out he tested positive btw anushree l a techie who has never contracted the infection told stoi she shared a story on instagram joking about how she tested positive for fomo last week everyone except two of us in my team tested positive my story was in response to their stories on how they had got infected i heard their symptoms were not severe everyone got getwellsoon goodies and i felt excluded she said adding it was only in a lighter vein and she was aware of the virus seriousness i have remained cautious since the first two waves because i live with elderly parents i think all my sanitising masking and eating healthy has paid off in a way she added zoha sanofer an influencer on instagram shared a reel that showed the change in peoples attitude towards covid from 2021 to 2022 with the caption different wave different vibe sanofer says people were terrified of covid19 in 2021 but are casual about it this year its only corona dont worry it is only for seven days you will be fine after that she says in the skitlike reel which has garnered over 11000 likes netizens have also come up with a term for those who have still not contracted covid covirgins i officially lost my covid virginity now i dont have to worry about having fomo a twitter user wrote