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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

you don't know if you're exposing someone who has a vulnerable family member.  My kid is one.  Thanks - I already knew no one gives a sh#@$

[b]People should stay home when they are sick with whatever[/b], not just covid[/quote]

I think most people agree with this. However:
- The isolation guidelines for COVID required many people who were feeling completely fine to stay home.
- Infectiousness doesn't match up with visible symptoms. A kid with a lingering cough is often not infectious at all. The most infectious time is when a person is just coming down with something and may not have many symptoms at all.

I have vulnerable people in my family and close friends. There is really no escaping the fact that if you socialize indoors, you risk exposure to respiratory illness either from presymptomatic people or symptomatic people who didn't or couldn't stay home. The most vulnerable people I know stay home when their immune systems are most highly compromised. It sucks but there truly is no way for people to completely avoid exposing others to illnesses apart from total societal-wide isolation which is not really possible long term and is extremely harmful.[/quote]

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