October 7, 20215 yr I also got a flu shot yesterday. Today I have potentially 2 exposures. Daughter had a rapid test at school yesterday, was negative. We went out to dinner last night. She feels ill again today, and is going for another test (pcr) this afternoon. Unvaccinated co-workers' girlfriend just tested positive. Don't know if he is or not, yet. Are these rapid tests and the ones that will eventually be for sale for personal use reliable?
October 7, 20215 yr 9 minutes ago, DiPros said: I also got a flu shot yesterday. Today I have potentially 2 exposures. Daughter had a rapid test at school yesterday, was negative. We went out to dinner last night. She feels ill again today, and is going for another test (pcr) this afternoon. Unvaccinated co-workers' girlfriend just tested positive. Don't know if he is or not, yet. Are these rapid tests and the ones that will eventually be for sale for personal use reliable? I'd get a couple tests to make sure you get consistent results and start in on an ivermectin regimen right away just to be safe. Hope this helps.
October 7, 20215 yr 3 minutes ago, Kz! said: I'd get a couple tests to make sure you get consistent results and start in on an ivermectin regimen right away just to be safe. Hope this helps. yea, don't worry Kz if someone comes up positive and then so do I, I'll be sure to follow your advice.
October 7, 20215 yr 21 minutes ago, DiPros said: I also got a flu shot yesterday. Today I have potentially 2 exposures. Daughter had a rapid test at school yesterday, was negative. We went out to dinner last night. She feels ill again today, and is going for another test (pcr) this afternoon. Unvaccinated co-workers' girlfriend just tested positive. Don't know if he is or not, yet. Are these rapid tests and the ones that will eventually be for sale for personal use reliable? They are known for having false negatives (~10-20% which is not great), but not so much for false positives(~1-3%). In other words, if a rapid test is negative, you still might be positive. If a rapid test is positive, you're almost certainly positive. PCR is much more accurate, 99.9% or some such.
October 7, 20215 yr 19 minutes ago, DiPros said: Are these rapid tests and the ones that will eventually be for sale for personal use reliable? The rapid test is more likely to give you a false negative, because you need a significant amount of virus to produce a positive result. Meaning you could test negative but still be carrying the virus. The PCR test is likely to be more accurate.
October 7, 20215 yr 12 minutes ago, toolg said: The rapid test is more likely to give you a false negative, because you need a significant amount of virus to produce a positive result. Meaning you could test negative but still be carrying the virus. The PCR test is likely to be more accurate. The rapid tests can also Be false positive at a high rate too. In fact my wife’s class class had two kids last week that tested positive on the rapid test the school does every week (choice to opt in as parents to get that done) but then the next day they get a PCR test and it’s negative. the rapid tests can give a positive result if you have or had a cold recently because Covid is in the same family of viruses. They only tell you "yes” a virus is present. The PCR tests are Covid specific. They also have PCR tests for Covid and flu and can distinguish between them so that eliminates the "but it’s the flu” arguments.
October 7, 20215 yr 32 minutes ago, Kz! said: I'd get a couple tests to make sure you get consistent results and start in on an ivermectin regimen right away just to be safe. Hope this helps. @everyoneontheplanet I’d completely ignore this advise. Not that you need me to tell you that.
October 7, 20215 yr 8 minutes ago, DBW said: @everyoneontheplanet I’d completely ignore this advise. Not that you need me to tell you that. I'd advise you to invest in a dictionary. That'd be my advice anyway.
October 7, 20215 yr 5 hours ago, Kz! said: Ironic considering it's exclusively ishlibs who routinely wish death on their fellow countrymen in here. I don't wish death on anybody. If these idiots get themselves killed after influencing thousands of others to also get themselves killed, well, I gotta laugh.
October 7, 20215 yr Co worker is negative. Pretty sure my daughter will be to. I think her symptoms are more job/stress related.
October 7, 20215 yr 6 minutes ago, DiPros said: Co worker is negative. Pretty sure my daughter will be to. I think her symptoms are more job/stress related. Everyone I know who has had it, knew they had it when their sense of smell and taste was gone. Chances are if she can smell and taste, she's probably negative.
October 7, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, DBW said: The rapid tests can also Be false positive at a high rate too. In fact my wife’s class class had two kids last week that tested positive on the rapid test the school does every week (choice to opt in as parents to get that done) but then the next day they get a PCR test and it’s negative. the rapid tests can give a positive result if you have or had a cold recently because Covid is in the same family of viruses. They only tell you "yes” a virus is present. The PCR tests are Covid specific. They also have PCR tests for Covid and flu and can distinguish between them so that eliminates the "but it’s the flu” arguments. Yeah it depends on the context a bit. If you're only using the rapid tests for anyone who is symptomatic with a known exposure then you're less likely to have a false positive. But if you're using them for asymptomatic screening with no known exposures, like to enter a venue for an event, or to return to work, then your false positive rate will be much higher. 27 minutes ago, Gannan said: Everyone I know who has had it, knew they had it when their sense of smell and taste was gone. Chances are if she can smell and taste, she's probably negative. The loss of smell and taste is less prevalent with Delta, so it's becoming less of a reliable indicator as far as symptoms go.
October 7, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, Gannan said: Everyone I know who has had it, knew they had it when their sense of smell and taste was gone. Chances are if she can smell and taste, she's probably negative. With Delta, many folks are not presenting with the loss of taste and smell my wife tells me.
October 7, 20215 yr 8 hours ago, Toastrel said: Thank you, Nostrildumbass. I didnt create it. I didn't put it in your arm. Thank yourself dumbarse
October 7, 20215 yr 8 minutes ago, lynched1 said: I didnt create it. I didn't put it in your arm. Thank yourself dumbarse You couldn't create it. I wouldn't let you put it in my arm. I do thank myself, every single day, for not being a total dumbarse, like you. Can you maybe give us some of your other ten year projections? I could use the laugh.
October 7, 20215 yr Guys... listen. I have a bad feeling we're going to see an unprecedented amount of people that get sick and die over the next ten years. It's definitely going to be more people than the last ten years. You should write that down.
October 7, 20215 yr 31 minutes ago, mayanh8 said: Guys... listen. I have a bad feeling we're going to see an unprecedented amount of people that get sick and die over the next ten years. It's definitely going to be more people than the last ten years. You should write that down. I bet many of them will be vaccinated.
October 7, 20215 yr 4 hours ago, Kz! said: I'd advise you to invest in a dictionary. That'd be my advice anyway. Sorry that should have said "colossal moron,” not advice. So thanks for the proof read.
October 7, 20215 yr 4 hours ago, mayanh8 said: If it made my arm shake like that I’d sign up for my 8th booster.
October 7, 20215 yr 3 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said: Yeah it depends on the context a bit. If you're only using the rapid tests for anyone who is symptomatic with a known exposure then you're less likely to have a false positive. But if you're using them for asymptomatic screening with no known exposures, like to enter a venue for an event, or to return to work, then your false positive rate will be much higher. The loss of smell and taste is less prevalent with Delta, so it's becoming less of a reliable indicator as far as symptoms go. Exactly. The schools are screening kids weekly. Parents have the choice to opt in for it. We opted out because we knew the false positives would be an issue and causing kids to be pulled out of school for no reason. It’s good they have this option, but I wish it was more accurate.
October 7, 20215 yr 4 hours ago, VanHammersly said: That’s a side effect of porn hub not the vaccine 😂
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