Too late for Covid test?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t test because at this point my behavior isn’t going to change whether it’s Covid or not

This completely. Why does it matter? If you don't feel well, lay low, stay hydrated, and don't spread whatever virus you may have to others. Whether it's a rhinovirus or Covid, it really doesn't make a difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It may be advantageous to know whether you had it. It’s worth testing.

Why? What does it matter? What are you going to do differently? You people need to let go of the chokehold that COVID has on you. Move on, the rest of the world has. No one is testing, no one is getting more vaccines and no one is masking, no matter how much you wish you could still play pandemic, its over and has been over for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at all, why would you think it's too late?

I wasn’t sure for how long one would test positive after symptoms appear.

I tested positive 12 hours after first symptoms. 6 days later most symptoms were dissipated, fever gone after 4 days. Still testing positive until day 10.

Test, because if it's covid you know. If it's not, then you know once fever free for 24 and symptoms mostly better then you are most likely not contagious.

Unless you enjoy infecting your family, friends and others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take the test. I woke up on Monday with a certain kind of headache that I only ever had before with the Covid vaccine and my one earlier bout of Covid. I had been fine in Saturday, had a little tickle in my throat on Sunday, and fever/headache Monday night. The test lit right up positive. It’s Thursday, and I’m feeling pretty good today.

To repeat it again for the folks in the back, the vaccine doesn’t mean you won’t get Covid, but it means that if you do get it, you won’t wind up in a hospital or dead.

I have no idea where I got it from, but I know that people aren’t testing and staying home like they used to.

Very few are testing or even staying home if sick. Nobody masks really. So you could have gotten it literally from anywhere. Also, 40-50% of cases are asymptomatic, so literally anywhere

[Anonymous]

I would test if I had symptoms; I'd probably isolate more aggressively from my family if I had covid than if I just had a cold, like, go sleep and eat in the basement for a few days.

Might not actually make much epidemiological sense to do that, I realize, but it does seem more contagious than a cold (even though the last time my kid had covid, they were not sicker than they would have been with a mild cold).

[Anonymous]

Over 50 and Not vaxed or boosted. First time I had covid (Delta or Omicron variant), I had mild cold symptoms and then brain fog for week. Recently just a mild fever and bad nasal cold for 3-4 days.

[Anonymous]

There is one poster in this thread who is bizarrely triggered by the idea of people caring about covid ( tests, masks, vaccines). Sorry it's hurting your feelings that thousands of hundreds of thousands of people are still dying from covid. Yes no one cares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is one poster in this thread who is bizarrely triggered by the idea of people caring about covid ( tests, masks, vaccines). Sorry it's hurting your feelings that thousands of hundreds of thousands of people are still dying from covid. Yes no one cares.

DP As per the CDC, there are roughly 500 US covid deaths per week currently. And that includes cases where covid was a contributing cause, not the primary cause. Nearly all of these deaths are in the elderly. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#demographicsovertime

Monthly Covid Death Rates per 100,000 population, March 2024
0-11 years 0.01
12-17 years 0.00
18-29 years 0.02
30-39 years 0.04
40-49 years 0.10
50-64 years 0.47
65-74 years 1.85
75+ years 11.57

[Anonymous]

PP again. Despite the near absence of adverse outcomes in the young and the concentration of poor outcomes in 75+ years, the CDC is nonetheless expected to, once again, recommend next fall's covid booster for all ages (above 6mo).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP again. Despite the near absence of adverse outcomes in the young and the concentration of poor outcomes in 75+ years, the CDC is nonetheless expected to, once again, recommend next fall's covid booster for all ages (above 6mo).

Ever look at the federal workforce? It's mostly olds. Of course they're going to be focused on protecting the old and frail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, OP, you're about 4 years too late. Covid isn't really a thing anymore.

Then why are still people dying from it still?

People die from the flu too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It may be advantageous to know whether you had it. It’s worth testing.

Why? What does it matter? What are you going to do differently? You people need to let go of the chokehold that COVID has on you. Move on, the rest of the world has. No one is testing, no one is getting more vaccines and no one is masking, no matter how much you wish you could still play pandemic, its over and has been over for years.

NP. When I’m sick, I also test for flu, strep and rsv - YOU are the one triggered by Covid/living in the past, if you can’t even bear to see it mentioned. What would I do differently? Even if it’s flu, I’m going to take steps not to give it to my family. Geez.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, OP, you're about 4 years too late. Covid isn't really a thing anymore.

Then why are still people dying from it still?

People die from the flu too.

Sure, but people don't go to heaven when they die from covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It may be advantageous to know whether you had it. It’s worth testing.

Why? What does it matter? What are you going to do differently? You people need to let go of the chokehold that COVID has on you. Move on, the rest of the world has. No one is testing, no one is getting more vaccines and no one is masking, no matter how much you wish you could still play pandemic, its over and has been over for years.

NP. When I’m sick, I also test for flu, strep and rsv - YOU are the one triggered by Covid/living in the past, if you can’t even bear to see it mentioned. What would I do differently? Even if it’s flu, I’m going to take steps not to give it to my family. Geez.

So, if the tests are negative, you conclude it's a virus that is fine to give to your family?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again. Despite the near absence of adverse outcomes in the young and the concentration of poor outcomes in 75+ years, the CDC is nonetheless expected to, once again, recommend next fall's covid booster for all ages (above 6mo).

Ever look at the federal workforce? It's mostly olds. Of course they're going to be focused on protecting the old and frail.

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