Thanks @ManuManu and @DeathByEagle.

Figured it was being cautious. I just hate that damn test. It's really not that bad...just unpleasant. Feel like I have water in my nose the whole rest of the day. 😆

2 minutes ago, Westbrook#36 said:

Fourth COVID test today, part of pre-op for the second back surgery I'm about to have. I tested positive back in March, no major symptoms, quarantined for two weeks and after two negative tests was granted freedom again.

Medical folks here:  If someone has already been infected and recovered, is there a chance you can still get it? Thinking the test today was basically following protocol...was it necessary?

I hate water up my nose, and I especially hate a swab being inserted so far into my nasal cavity that my eyes water.

Its necessary. Theres been case studies where people have gotten it more than once. 

You should build antibodies, but not everyone has a strong immune system to do that. Maybe some dont build any. Maybe some dont build enough. Maybe they just fade too quickly- I dont think anyone knows how long they last. 

Even if in the future we find that its normal to become immune for at least a long time there are still going to be exceptions. Like, youre not supposed to get chicken pox twice and yet a lot of people have.

So, yeah its worth testing just in case youre one of those people with a sucky immune system.

 

If youre getting the normal Q tip in the nose for 5 seconds, rather than the pipe cleaner type thing shoved through your nose to the back of your throat for like 30 seconds, you are a lucky one. Good luck either way. 

30 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Where did theY get those?  He didn’t perform at the combine as he was recovering from reinjuring his ankle in the all star game and the pro day he wasn’t fully recovered.  I have seen times from his pro day from high 4.4s to 4.58. Never saw a 4.64. Ever.  As you know, I am a UH alum. I know Ward timed in the low 4.4s at UH as a student.  He is not as fast as the three we drafted this year but he is faster and more agile than JJAW. 

https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=28541

This has him at 4.59 at his pro day. I believe player profiler may add 0.05 to pro day numbers since they’re dubious at best. 

4 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

My hospital system is Covid testing everyone pre-op. 

yeah. So is mine. And Im one of the people poking brains now. 

4 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Its necessary. Theres been case studies where people have gotten it more than once. 

You should build antibodies, but not everyone has a strong immune system to do that. Maybe some dont build any. Maybe some dont build enough. Maybe they just fade too quickly- I dont think anyone knows how long they last. 

Even if in the future we find that its normal to become immune for at least a long time there are still going to be exceptions. Like, youre not supposed to get chicken pox twice and yet a lot of people have.

So, yeah its worth testing just in case youre one of those people with a sucky immune system.

 

If youre getting the normal Q tip in the nose for 5 seconds, rather than the pipe cleaner type thing shoved through your nose to the back of your throat for like 30 seconds, you are a lucky one. Good luck either way. 

Pipe cleaner. 🤬 But only the first one seemed to last forever. The others were all only for about 4-5 seconds.

They did a MRSA test too, which was just the tips of a couple swabs around the inside of the nostrils.

 

16 minutes ago, Westbrook#36 said:

Pipe cleaner. 🤬 But only the first one seemed to last forever. The others were all only for about 4-5 seconds.

They did a MRSA test too, which was just the tips of a couple swabs around the inside of the nostrils.

hmm... our symptomatic people get the pipe cleaner to the back of the brain through the nose.

Our pre-op testing COVID test is a Qtip up the nostril. It goes pretty far up- till you feel resistance and you swirl there for 5 seconds. But its not the poke the brain test, and its a smooth Qtip type swab. I still wouldnt want it done, but its not bad at all compared to the other one. 

14 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=28541

This has him at 4.59 at his pro day. I believe player profiler may add 0.05 to pro day numbers since they’re dubious at best. 

I think he is faster than that and his play suggest much more agile.  He suffered a severe ankle sprain his last year of college.  It hampered him through about half the season but he played through it. Then he reinjured it in the NFLPA game.  He was invited to the combine and gave it a shot but had to withdraw because of the ankle. The pro day was three weeks later.  He still wasn’t 100%.  Frankly, I was worried if there was ligament damage. He is in his fourth year as a WR this summer.   Major Applewhite was his coach in college.  He would talk about his humbleness, work ethic, study habits.  I wouldn’t go with those stats.  

I like him for the same reasons I like Quinton Mikell, Corey Clements, and now TJ Edwards.  Workers.  Clawing their way in.  Nothing given to them.  Underdogs. 

14 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

hmm... our symptomatic people get the pipe cleaner to the back of the brain through the nose.

Our pre-op testing COVID test is a Qtip up the nostril. It goes pretty far up- till you feel resistance and you swirl there for 5 seconds. But its not the poke the brain test, and its a smooth Qtip type swab. I still wouldnt want it done, but its not bad at all compared to the other one. 

How do people not sneeze with that tickling the brain test?

39 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

hmm... our symptomatic people get the pipe cleaner to the back of the brain through the nose.

Our pre-op testing COVID test is a Qtip up the nostril. It goes pretty far up- till you feel resistance and you swirl there for 5 seconds. But its not the poke the brain test, and its a smooth Qtip type swab. I still wouldnt want it done, but its not bad at all compared to the other one. 

My first test was a "poke the brain" test. The one today was a "poke the brain" test. But, the two that tested negative weren't as bad.

Harper with a walk-off single.

First episode of Hard Knocks they did the noose swabs on all the Charger players.  Was just a smaller cotton swab inside each nostril for around 10 seconds.

Casey Hayward and some others were scared it was going to be the longer one all the way back into the brain.

16 hours ago, ManuManu said:

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It’s not like teams paid him any extra attention. They were happy to let him catch six-yard passes all day long. 

Good. Let him catch two 6 yard passes per series -- all day long.

8 hours ago, Mike030270 said:

Southwest? 🙂

11 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

yeah. So is mine. And Im one of the people poking brains now. 

Since you're in the business can you tell me why since the virus is transmitted through the air that they can't come up with a test like they have for drunk drivers?

10 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Is this "poke the brain” test in both nostrils or just one?

MRSA test was both nostrils...just the tip. COVID is only one nostril, but they get their money's worth. 

43 minutes ago, Asg 15 said:

Since you're in the business can you tell me why since the virus is transmitted through the air that they can't come up with a test like they have for drunk drivers?

No way mang. I have no idea how these tests actually work.  Gotta find someone that works in a lab for that one. 

1 hour ago, eglz1 said:

Good. Let him catch two 6 yard passes per series -- all day long.

We should just sign 1991 Heath Sherman and hand him the ball four times per series — all day long. 

Granted a speed receiver doing a 1 on 1 drill vs Douglas isn't exactly a fair fight but still. 

20 minutes ago, DEagle7 said:

Granted a speed receiver doing a 1 on 1 drill vs Douglas isn't exactly a fair fight but still. 

He appeared to me to be using outside leverage as if he would have had safety help too. 

That said, that was a helluva stem by Watkins to create a ton of separation. If I remember correctly, that was one of his weaknesses coming out of Southern Miss.

35 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

He appeared to me to be using outside leverage as if he would have had safety help too. 

Yup.

We just need one of Watkins/Hightower to be a competent deep threat. 

The Eagles are just like their fans.

4 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

That said, that was a helluva stem by Watkins to create a ton of separation. If I remember correctly, that was one of his weaknesses coming out of Southern Miss.

yeah. It looked to me like he gave a little shoulder or head fake to the corner that Douglas bit on at the top of the route that created all the separation at the end. 

1 hour ago, DEagle7 said:

Granted a speed receiver doing a 1 on 1 drill vs Douglas isn't exactly a fair fight but still. 

Wrong video to be putting out there to trade Douglas.