Not to be a downer, but I've also been hearing of a number of false negatives with the rapid testing.
You were sick though, right? I feel completely fine but have spent the last four days with the wife who tested positive and definitely has symptoms. She's just now today starting to feel a little better.
https://www.healthline.com/health/how-accurate-are-rapid-covid-tests#at-home-tests I'd say they were far from perfect. If you test positive, I'd say you've got it... if you test negative, I'd say there's still a good chance you've got it.
I didn't sleep worth a damn last night. And I think it's because I had a little anxiety about returning to work. You see, it could just be a coincidence, but I've had moments where I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing or I've done some stupid shit I normally wouldn't do. Like the other day I was making pancakes, and in the 8-10 foot walk to the freezer to get blueberries, forgot what the hell I went to the freezer for. This morning I was picking up feed but for the life of me couldn't remember what I needed, and said "Three bales of shavings... No wait, I don't need shavings..." and it took me a sec to remember what I needed. Add to that I locked one of the goats out in crappy weather, then the next night forgot to lock them in, etc. Again, could be coincidence, but who knows. So I just made sure to pay extra attention to what I was doing at work. I'm still coughing and get winded easily sometimes, but my problems are nothing compared to my aide. Man she sounds like crap!
Yeah... I have no idea of that source... it was the first to pop up in a Google search... but if it's reputable, that's pretty insane. Maybe there are other reasons that some people around here have given up on testing those that don't have severe symptoms... .maybe they realize that the results are pretty fucking unreliable anyway (at least for the rapid tests).
On my way to get my kid his first shot, since safety seems to have slipped down the priority list. They opened school back up against the recommendation of everyone that should be listened to, so I kept him home. And he'll be home tomorrow because of the wife's surgery. His teacher is out all week anyway because she tested positive.
this is what I did when I tested negative and had clear and obvious symptoms. Still quarantined 10 days, over Xmas which sucked, but dodged a bullet from everyone else getting sick. I highly recommend to others to follow the same if they think they have it. Also, I get my Pfizer booster in a few hours!!! I’m like a kid on christmas
As of today, we're at an average of 668k cases per day, just shy of 20k hospital admissions and 1500 deaths per day. The good news is 74% of the total population has been vaccinated with at least one shot, with estimates of about 12-15% ineligible due to medical conditions. So, the number of useless dick drippings keeping this circulating is only 11% or 30 million people....this tracks a CDC survey that reports 11.3% are "relucatant (probably or definitely will not get vaccinated)." In discussions with coworkers, the SC case is likely to fail, but it sets a precedent for individual states to enact their own requirements, so...partial win?
How does that take into account (if it does) immunocompromised people? Where they have taken every shot possible, but they're useless due to the other drugs they are on that actively kills off the vaccine? Do you know of any tracking of that cohort? My sister has had zero luck getting any kind of information or study results around that scenario (her MS drugs), which she's obviously personally interested in.
I don't know. This survey just seemed to focus on demographics, not underlying conditions. Honestly, I'd think Pfizer or some of the manufacturers would that sort of thing better. PM me if you want me to reach out to folks at work and ask where that data lives or if that was part of it.
Does 11-15% ineligible due to medical issues not seem super high? I don't think we have nearly those number here, although I'll stand corrected.
I’m curious to see any mention of that, period. Which is why I was asking. I have zero clue what those numbers look like.
I'm curious if anyone has an idea of a "mutation rate" or a probability of a mutation emerging per X infections? We've heard of delta and omicron, but in thinking about 700k a day for a while...that means literally trillions of covid cells out there, and at what point does it become significantly possible that another variant emerges? That percentage is somewhat high, but we run into a wall of legal and ethical issues before we try and peer beyond it. Also, I can see the logic behind "Err wildly on the side of caution" when it comes to giving the vaccine to folks who might have an adverse reaction or complication. I don't think anyone at the CDC or NIH or what have you is saying "We need to get more immunocomprimised people vaxxed, damn it!" when a full 10% of the population is refusing for no medically valid reason. If anything, I'd imagine Pfizer and Moderna have better data on what conditions/medications actually compromise the effectiveness than anyone, but hard to tease that out to a total population. Also also, the US has a lot more health issues per capita than Canada. Something something freedom something diabetes something extra cheese (shoots guns in the air, out of the bed of my ford truck). But, like 90% of what I know about Canada I learned from you guys and Letterkenny. I also wonder if at some point the conspiracy theorists and adherents to misinformation becomes it's own psychological disorder.
So here’s the weird thing I’m seeing anecdotally. My brother in law is currently covid positive based on his PCR, but his rapid test was negative. His gf had a positive rapid test and a negative PCR. So I don’t know what to think about the rapid tests. I also don’t know if the people swabbing for the PCR tests at all these pop up places are properly trained in getting samples. Let alone trusting people to get a proper sample of themselves on the home rapid tests.
Nah, happens to me all the time. Walk down the hall and forget what I was doing there. It's just old age.
In actuality, the YouTube pre-Netflix Letterkenny was so dead on accurate it's astounding. Otherwise, I'm fairly certain we have the same level of heart disease and diabetes. I've had this EXACT thought. I know two people who are so adamant against this vaccine that I'm around 80% certain if, forced to take it, they'd have an adverse reaction based on the psychological effect alone. Whatever the reverse of the placebo affect is.
This has occurred to me, regarding a coworker who claimed that “all family members who got the vaccine now have heart issues.” My questions were: -how long had it been since they went to the doctor before being vaccinated? -how nervous were they about the vaccine and it’s potential side effects? my guess is they had anxiety about it, and then went to the doctor afterward. And any time I go to the doctor, even though I’m not massively obese, he tells me I should lose some weight and eat better or risk other related health issues (aka “heart issues”).
Every time I think these idiots can't get and crazier they prove me wrong. At least it won't kill you I guess. https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1480703685676003328