5 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

It's super weird and sad/pathetic how many people seem to WANT to get it, or at least test positive so they can tweet about it.  Two negative tests already?  Can't be right, better get a third!  

My wife's one co-worker and her husband were both sick over the holidays, both tested negative MULTIPLE times, and she is STILL telling people that she had COVID.  Says "she just KNOWS that's what it was"  

Honestly, given how mild Omicron appears for those that are vaccinated/boosted, I know plenty of people who WANT to get it and just be done with it. If it weren't for having immuno-compromised family members, I might feel the same way at this point. 

If you are fully vaccinated then getting COVID may very well be a very good thing assuming of course that you aren't in a high risk group.  The additional protection from the natural immune response is quite significant and you are very likely to not get seriously sick due to your vaccination protection.  Also, let's remember that the effects of vaccination wane and do so far quicker than the natural immunity.  That's what the studies suggest to date.

17 minutes ago, Kz! said:

Sounds like she's got a horrible case of hypochondria. Happens to ishlibs a lot these days. Gets a scratchy throat and convinced they're dying of the Rona. Hope she feels better soon.

 

No, smart guy, she is definitely laid up pretty badly and was told at urgent care to not go to work and to avoid contact with anyone as much as possible.

3 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Honestly, given how mild Omicron appears for those that are vaccinated/boosted, I know plenty of people who WANT to get it and just be done with it. If it weren't for having immuno-compromised family members, I might feel the same way at this point. 

Exactly.  In fact, you are very likely far better getting sick now with your full vaccination protection then getting sick in say five or six months when the protection from the vaccine is likely to wane and you'd be less protected from a more serious case.

15 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

It's super weird and sad/pathetic how many people seem to WANT to get it, or at least test positive so they can tweet about it.  Two negative tests already?  Can't be right, better get a third!  

My wife's one co-worker and her husband were both sick over the holidays, both tested negative MULTIPLE times, and she is STILL telling people that she had COVID.  Says "she just KNOWS that's what it was"  

You seem to have trouble following. The first rapid test she took, she didn't administer correctly. So she did a second time and tested negative. Since she was feeling like complete dogshit, she went to urgent care to get tested for the flu. But she also automatically got tested for COVID because the policy is to test everyone admitted with COVID symptoms. She didn't ask to be tested a third time.

11 minutes ago, mikemack8 said:

It's super weird and sad/pathetic how many people seem to WANT to get it, or at least test positive so they can tweet about it.  Two negative tests already?  Can't be right, better get a third!  

My wife's one co-worker and her husband were both sick over the holidays, both tested negative MULTIPLE times, and she is STILL telling people that she had COVID.  Says "she just KNOWS that's what it was"  

Oh yeah, my wife's cousin who is a huge ishlib, obsessed with the vaccines and triple vaxxed, and really big into wearing masks at all times contracted Covid and was all over snapchat posting about her experience. Said stuff like "omicron is no joke, get the vaccine" then claimed that she had a really bad case of post-covid "brain fog" in another post.   

Unless of course, you wind up with long COVID. You might not enjoy that so much. There isn't any data on that yet.

4 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

 

No, smart guy, she is definitely laid up and was told at urgent care to not go to work and to avoid contact with anyone as much as possible.

I guess the trickier part is for you to determine if you need to quarantine at home given that she hasn't actually tested positive.

1 minute ago, Toastrel said:

Unless of course, you wind up with long COVID. You might not enjoy that so much. There isn't any data on that yet.

Is it worse than dementia?  Asking for a friend

4 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

I guess the trickier part is for you to determine if you need to quarantine at home given that she hasn't actually tested positive.

 

I think that's the safe thing to do right now. She'll just stay in the bedroom as much as possible and I'll mostly stay downstairs. At urgent care, they said that today is probably still too soon to get the PCR test, so she re-scheduled it for tomorrow. The truth is that it could still be too early to detect it, so we'll have to see what the next couple days hold.

Just now, mikemack8 said:

Is it worse than dementia?  Asking for a friend

WHAT!?!?!

damned kids always mumbling

6 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

 

No, smart guy, she is definitely laid up pretty badly and was told at urgent care to not go to work and to avoid contact with anyone as much as possible.

Wow, it's amazing how much control the mind has over the body. 

4 minutes ago, Toastrel said:

Unless of course, you wind up with long COVID. You might not enjoy that so much. There isn't any data on that yet.

That's true though most of the medical and viral experts pretty much agree that everyone who's out and about at all is going to catch / be exposed to Omicron at some point.

1 minute ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

 

I think that's the safe thing to do right now. At urgent care, they said that today is probably still too soon to get the PCR test, so she  re-scheduled it for tomorrow. The truth is that it could still be too early to detect it, so we'll have to see what the next couple days hold.

Yeah that makes sense.

If you are vaccinated, you need to wait 5 days to test.

I was exposed at work on a Tuesday, had to wait until Sunday to test. Tested again the next day. At least, that is the last I read on the subject.

Live look at Eaglesrocker and his girlfriend testing her for covid:

 

Just now, Toastrel said:

If you are vaccinated, you need to wait 5 days to test.

I was exposed at work on a Tuesday, had to wait until Sunday to test. Tested again the next day. At least, that is the last I read on the subject.

I think it depends.  It can be more in the 48hr period but can take up to 10 days in the worst case.

The only way contracting COVID to "get it over with" makes sense is if contracting the virus a single time conferred lifetime immunity.

Just now, DrPhilly said:

I think it depends.  It can be more in the 48hr period but can take up to 10 days in the worst case.

Speaking of home tests, nasal swab only. Those are what I was able to get, so those are what I looked up.

Just now, Toastrel said:

Speaking of home tests, nasal swab only. Those are what I was able to get, so those are what I looked up.

Yeah, that's what I was talking about as well.  Negative tests with those are not really reliable either.  Positive on the other hand is something you can pretty much rely on to be accurate.

2 minutes ago, Kz! said:

Live look at Eaglesrocker and his girlfriend testing her for covid:

First time: Botched the test
Second time: Administered the test correctly with a negative result. Decided to get tested for flu since it was easily done at a local clinic
Third time: Asked for a flu test but was also required by staff to test for COVID.


At the end of the day, I'm really glad the people that I associate with are the kinds who take this virus seriously enough to wait for accurate test results before letting their guard down. Beyond that, I'm glad that, even if she doesn't have COVID, she's the kind of person considerate enough to want to protect those around her from contracting any illness that makes you feel like complete sh**.

4 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

The only way contracting COVID to "get it over with" makes sense is if contracting the virus a single time conferred lifetime immunity.

I think there are several holes in that statement.

For example, I'd gladly accept a few days of minor cold symptoms for a year of immunity.

There are also a lot of people who are super scared of both getting COVID and also of the possibility that they might transmit it to others.  I've read some articles about how relieved people have been to test positive so that they could be done with that extra stress and anxiety over potential guilt that they might have to face.  My 21yr old daughter is in that category.  She suffers from bad anxiety and this is a real issue for her.

4 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

I think there are several holes in that statement.

For example, I'd gladly accept a few days of minor cold symptoms for a year of immunity.

There are also a lot of people who are super scared of both getting COVID and also of the possibility that they might transmit it to others.  I've read some articles about how relieved people have been to test positive so that they could be done with that extra stress and anxiety over potential guilt that they might have to face.  My 21yr old daughter is in that category.  She suffers from bad anxiety and this is a real issue for her.

 

I see what you're saying, but so far it seems that natural immunity wanes after several months.

29 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

Honestly, given how mild Omicron appears for those that are vaccinated/boosted, I know plenty of people who WANT to get it and just be done with it. If it weren't for having immuno-compromised family members, I might feel the same way at this point. 

Except that you aren't done with it. Immunity leaves your body in a few weeks from all I've heard. 

4 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

 

I see what you're saying, but so far it seems that natural immunity wanes after several months or so.

Not what I'm seeing.  The studies I've seen say the immunity is quite strong and lasts.

The antibodies wane but not the memory cells.  Not in the shorter "several months" timeline.