A word of warning about this round of COVID

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Where do you live that you don't test for flu, strep, COVID, etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This latest COVID made me so sick, but it is also lingering on a rapid test well past the 10 days for both me and my friend.

Seems like you may be infectious for much longer. I am masking but with the latest guidance people probably would not even know.

+1

[Anonymous]

Dear Nonmaskers,

Now in some states masking will be illegal even for doctors and nurses in hospitals. Yes fact.

Thank you so much for being so dam stupid.

Sincerely,

The human race

[Anonymous]

Thank you OP for sharing. I am pregnant and also have a vulnerable family member so I appreciate the insight since not many are discussing it anymore. Other question… do expired rapid tests still work?

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This latest COVID made me so sick, but it is also lingering on a rapid test well past the 10 days for both me and my friend.

Seems like you may be infectious for much longer. I am masking but with the latest guidance people probably would not even know. [/quote]

I thought we were already well aware that rapid tests did not provide an indication of infectiosness. Like, we've known that for years now. [/quote]

I think you might be thinking about PCR tests. Rapid tests may miss COVID-19, particularly before or just after the onset of symptoms, so a single test is not necessarily reliable in excluding transmissible COVID-19. However, a positive rapid test is considered to be evidence of infectiousness. [/quote]

I think it's a good indication in the first few days of symptoms, but after something like 5 days, a positive antigen isn't a good indication of infectiousness. The OP is talking about testing for 10 days (or more?) with the implication being to isolate (or something) based on that.[/quote]

+1 I looked at studies on this when I was testing positive for 10+ days and later on when DD was told she could go back to daycare after 5 days. I felt really nervous about sending her back while still testing positive. But what I found are studies showing transmission by and large was not occurring after 5 days - it happens pre symptoms and in the next 2-3 days after symptoms start. Some individuals with compromised immune systems and/or severe COVID may transmit for longer.

Some studies conflate a positive antigen test with infectiousness, but some studies suck. There is a lot of bad science out there. Most people with common sense understand that if the risk of transmission is so minimal (which it is after 5 days) there really is no need to worry.[/quote]

Again, no one has suggested isolating for more than 10 days. These decisions are specific to individual circumstances. Kids should not be excluded from school for such long periods based on the possibility that they might be contagious (based on a weak positive rapid test). Most workplaces won't allow that either. However, if you have vulnerable people in your life and you are getting a strong positive on day 7 (as my daughter just did), you might want to take that into consideration. Maybe you skip that visit with Grandpa at the assisted living facility and wear a mask in the office around your co-worker whose spouse is undergoing cancer treatment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Only jerks don't try to isolate when they have COVID.

I work with elderly people. I'm testing so I don't kill anyone.

The majority of us DON’T work with elderly people. We’re not going to kill anyone anymore than if we don’t isolate with the common cold. Stay in your lane.

Lemme guess, you're a Christian?

Worse. I’m a scientist with a solid understanding of statistics.

No scientist worth their weight would say they aren't going to kill anyone by taking no precautions with Covid, as if it was as benign to society as a common cold. You sound like a selfish jerk.

[Anonymous]

I just had something that felt a lot like covid but I didn't test so I am not sure. But I am on Day 7 and while I am much better than I was, I still have a lingering sore throat, a bit of congestion, and my voice is completely gone.

The worst of the symptoms only lasted 3 days - chills and sweats (so a low grade fever), really sore throat, very congested, muscle aches and pains, insomnia, fatigue etc.

Covid or not, I don't want to give whatever virus this is to others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just had something that felt a lot like covid but I didn't test so I am not sure. But I am on Day 7 and while I am much better than I was, I still have a lingering sore throat, a bit of congestion, and my voice is completely gone.

The worst of the symptoms only lasted 3 days - chills and sweats (so a low grade fever), really sore throat, very congested, muscle aches and pains, insomnia, fatigue etc.

Covid or not, I don't want to give whatever virus this is to others.

The first part is exactly what I have, and I have it now. Thanks for being considerate of others. I'm not sure why so many don't want to anymore, but empathy sure is sorely lacking these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This latest COVID made me so sick, but it is also lingering on a rapid test well past the 10 days for both me and my friend.

Seems like you may be infectious for much longer. I am masking but with the latest guidance people probably would not even know.

Why do you keep testing?? What is the point here?

I have an autoimmune disorder and my doctors have advised me not to retest—saying that I’m likely to test positive for months.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This latest COVID made me so sick, but it is also lingering on a rapid test well past the 10 days for both me and my friend.

Seems like you may be infectious for much longer. I am masking but with the latest guidance people probably would not even know.

Why do you keep testing?? What is the point here?

I have an autoimmune disorder and my doctors have advised me not to retest—saying that I’m likely to test positive for months.

On a rapid test? I've never heard of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

No one, no, some of us still do because we have health issues. Not necessarily for covid, but any cold or flu. We have to because of selfish people like you. We cannot get sick nor do we recover easily. I mask and rarely do things indoors with groups. I guess I have you to thank.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Only jerks don't try to isolate when they have COVID.

I work with elderly people. I'm testing so I don't kill anyone.

The majority of us DON’T work with elderly people. We’re not going to kill anyone anymore than if we don’t isolate with the common cold. Stay in your lane.

Lemme guess, you're a Christian?

Worse. I’m a scientist with a solid understanding of statistics.

No scientist worth their weight would say they aren't going to kill anyone by taking no precautions with Covid, as if it was as benign to society as a common cold. You sound like a selfish jerk.

No one said take no precautions, rather that one needn’t take special or extra precautions above and beyond what one would take with *any* respiratory illness. Whether it is Covid, the flu, or the common cold is completely irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

I have health issues, I still mask and I still test. Only the lucky don't have to anymore.

+1 same

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

No one, no, some of us still do because we have health issues. Not necessarily for covid, but any cold or flu. We have to because of selfish people like you. We cannot get sick nor do we recover easily. I mask and rarely do things indoors with groups. I guess I have you to thank.

Your health issues that make you particularly susceptible to any number of extremely common upper respiratory infections are PP’s fault because he/she doesn’t test for Covid?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Only jerks don't try to isolate when they have COVID.

I work with elderly people. I'm testing so I don't kill anyone.

This poster claims they are testing so they "don't kill anyone". Basically they are saying anyone who goes out while testing positive is a murderer.