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Anonymous wrote:1. Social responsibility- consideration for others
2. Option of paxlovid
3. Accurate medical records

At-home tests don't create medical records.

Not that there's any benefit to keeping a formal record of infections. That's just weird.

I self report to my physician so that it is recorded. It’s important to note from a medical perspective.

Anonymous wrote:I need to see a neurologist. The blanket policy for the office is that you must present two negative tests taken 72 hours apart. Moreover, he suggests that people delay their appointments if they’ve had Covid in the past 60 days as he’s found it can temporary mess with findings.

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There is almost no risk of covid mortality unless you're elderly.

a good enough reason to mask up. Do you have grandparents? Older neighbors? Are they worth you doing something slightly uncomfortable so they can live?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t test. I don’t want to know . We treat every illness the same. Fever = stay home. Everything else, life as usual.

I didn’t have a fever with Covid so I went to work. Several kids started the summer sick with fevers because they got Covid from their teacher. Sorry! Should have tested sooner.

You were sick and went to school to teach?just no fever?

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Anonymous wrote: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

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

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?

The antivirals have side effects. The covid vaccines also have side effects.

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

There is almost no risk of covid mortality unless you're elderly. And based on UK data, 95% of covid deaths are vaccinated so it's not clear that the vaccines reduce mortality in practice.

Monthly Covid Death Rate per 100,000 Population, May 2024
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/?ref=quillette.com#demographicsovertime
0-4 years 0.01
5-29 years 0.00
30-39 years 0.01
40-49 years 0.07
50-64 years 0.19
65-74 years 0.71
75+ years 4.22

Why would you ignore morbidity? The CDC site shows a clear association between age and COVID-related hospitalization.

There is almost no risk of covid mortality unless you're elderly.

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Anonymous wrote: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

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

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?

The antivirals have side effects. The covid vaccines also have side effects.

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

There is almost no risk of covid mortality unless you're elderly. And based on UK data, 95% of covid deaths are vaccinated so it's not clear that the vaccines reduce mortality in practice.

Monthly Covid Death Rate per 100,000 Population, May 2024
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/?ref=quillette.com#demographicsovertime
0-4 years 0.01
5-29 years 0.00
30-39 years 0.01
40-49 years 0.07
50-64 years 0.19
65-74 years 0.71
75+ years 4.22

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Anonymous wrote: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

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

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?

The antivirals have side effects. The covid vaccines also have side effects.

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

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Anonymous wrote: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

Oh so the concept of protecting the vulnerable is lost on you I guess.

Yes - you stay home if you are positive even if you are sick.

I felt like this was pretty obvious but posts like this are very discouraging and really highlight how selfish we have become as a society.

Also, slowing the spread in general is helpful. If the person who spread it to you had stayed home, wouldn't that have beeb helpful?

Just because most people are OK when they get Covid doesn't mean it doesn't kill people, make many sick and cause lomg Covid in others.
It's not just the sniffles.

Anonymous wrote: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

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Anonymous wrote:Covid is lethal for some people, that's why. Even if it's not you, it could be a loved one or a stranger out there you'd infect.

Not more lethal than anything else like the flu.