COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[Blu1]

I may be wrong here but once have the test and if it’s negative then what next as surely it’s only as good as that moment because you could walk out of the test centre touch something and then get the virus. Just hunk these tests are a waste of time if that’s the case .imight be wrong though .

just had mine & the very thoughts went through my mind. I get results in 24-72 hours but I could catch it immediately after test!

The only benefit is I have a young family so it’s a peace of mind type scenario.

the antibody test is what needs rolling out ASAP in my opinion these current test do seem a waste of money and they are not accurate.

my parent had 3 neg test then 1 pos test in hospital during 7 days! Figure that out

 

[mexico1970]

Coupled with the "you're immune if you've had it/no you're not", I am genuinely at a loss.

Or the "You should wear a face mask" "You shouldn't wear a face mask" debacle.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Some other advice /opinion needed.

I work in care and have been told the client I have on Monday has covid.

My company are not the best and they do the bare minimum to comply. Which means for example this particular client was supposed to be locked down but was going out three times a day because he didn't believe he should be locked down. The company sort of turned a blind eye - requested him to stop going out but not actually stopping it happening.

Would you go in?

PPE is visor, gloves, apron, so no issues there except 6 hours of wearing that is difficult (no breaks)

His behaviour when you are not there is irrelevant.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

I may be wrong here but once have the test and if it’s negative then what next as surely it’s only as good as that moment because you could walk out of the test centre touch something and then get the virus. Just hunk these tests are a waste of time if that’s the case .imight be wrong though .

you could be infected when tested and get a negative result.
Tests are only 70% accurate.

 

[St.Pauli support]

There is so much evidence piling up now that mass infection only really occurs in unventilated enclosed spaces.

Yep. Makes some sense to me thinking about the natural habitat of typical coronavirus hosts:

bat colonies in caves...

 

[quiet_riot]

Your first and second points are not true.

I could post links to things saying they are true, however, my point was that there is so much mixed messages out there, it's really hard to be informed.

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CDC says COVID-19 not caught easily from surfaces
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-co...ily-on-surfaces-transmission-before-symptoms/

Study shows that six-feet social distancing may not be enough
https://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20200523/3563474.html


School kids at ‘unbelievably low risk’ of catching and spreading coronavirus, major review finds
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11673942/school-kids-low-risk-catching-spreading-coronavirus/

No hard evidence children less likely to spread coronavirus
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/n...pVfR3rSeGjDqi07ApnxDKVkFV78PsjMTSkaPpFwyzaW5o




An utter minefield of misinformation

 

[somapop]

It's an odd moment with it now (although no more odder than it's been for the last few months tbf...) as the shocking death tolls are nowhere near what they were or highlighted grimly on the news every day. We've also seen a cessation of positive vaccine and treatment stories (which came after the 'postive' ventilator stories earlier on).
And nobody can really agree, or at least deduce at the moment, on how much of the population has had it (the T cells information added a spanner in the works there...hopefully a good spanner). So your mind flips between 'we're going to have to live with this for an awful amount of time' and 'it may fizzle out due' to the particular nature of the virus. Might also be treatments that mean we can hold out much longer for a vaccine (if one is eventually needed after all). It's a collective mental bashing and I'm absolutely hating it if I'm honest.

 

[Rammy Blue]

There is so much evidence piling up now that mass infection only really occurs in unventilated enclosed spaces.

That’s the pub and restaurant sector fucked then...

 

[Cityfan]

I'm confused,

CDC says you can't pick it up off a surface.
'Science' says airborne transmission low.
Gov says children can't spread it.


So how exactly do you catch this?

I don't think CDC say that.
They say that it is predominantly droplet transmission
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/how-covid-spreads.html
Airborne transmission and droplet transmission are not considered the same thing as droplets generally travel only short distances through the air.
No one has said that children can't spread it with any serious scientific credentials that I have seen though it is possible that the rates of transmission may be a lot lower than adults.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Coupled with the "you're immune if you've had it/no you're not", I am genuinely at a loss.

Plus the will I get the horrific version with pneumonia or will I be asymptomatic.