Reply to Why are people still testing for COVID

Forum Index » Health and Medicine

Reply to "Why are people still testing for COVID"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pre Vax I was very adament about social distancing, masking, testing etc. But in our current era, COVID is just an annoyance for most like a flu or cold or similar random viral infections.

Why do people still test if they are not an extreme risk population -- work and schools no longer require, new variants are so contagious that masking at home is theater.

Using up old tests? More people aiming for paxlovid?

I'm all about people staying home when sick, are we keeping people home even when well but testing pos[/quote]

Because some of us understand science and recognize that getting covid 4, 5, and even more times is not healthy for us.  Your risk of long covid greatly increases each time you get covid.

We also care about others, even those we might casually cross paths with.  So if we are sick or contagious, we protect others

[/quote]

I am a scientist, albeit physical not biological

But my understanding is that a test won't stop you from catching COVID. Are you keeping track so once you hit lucky number 3 you mask up for the rest of your life? Do you maintain Level 1 containment in your house to prevent infecting family members living with you (who likely were already exposed prior to symptoms)?

I'm 100% for getting vaccinated, that should reduce severity and maybe even prevent illness. I've got all the boosters.

We don't test for flu or COVID as the antivirals have their own side effects and need to be started so early.  We do test for strep as that can advance to scarlet fever without antibiotics

The tests cost like $15 a pop, so you are shelling out $50 every time someone gets a sniffle?

And you test positive well after you have recovered so it is no way an indicator of contagion risk.

I advocate staying home and isolating to reasonable amounts for any sickness; even "allergies" with sniffles and cough -- work from home and skip the class party if your zytec isn't cutting it

But testing seems pointless; will people restock when pandemic  supply is exhausted?[/quote]
The antivirals have side effects. The covid vaccines also have side effects.[/quote]

True. For me it's the limited window of getting them. But Vax reduces mortality; antivirals less so unless you are high risk. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics