OT 100% NOT the Official Off-Topic/Politics/Corona Thread
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My aunt and uncle in New Orleans had it. My aunt was on the vent but (amazingly) came off.
Does it produce its own sour cream?
Y'all please keep in mind the lag in reporting pneumonia deaths from the first quarter of the year. This happens every year and by the end of the year it corrects itself back to norm.
so if I read that right, you were hoping you'd contract the virus? That's a strange take IMO.
I don’t disagree. It’s a tragedy. But at the same time what will happen if we don’t open everything up completely? Like I’ve said since day one on this thread, there is no winner.
I think given the new data, hopefully they adjust their criteria for opening certain things and they get it done faster but all at once would be a problem
I'm hoping I've had it as well, I don't find that strange for a reasonably young healthy man. Didn't the experts say that just because you test negative on the antibody test doesn't mean you haven't had it, or was that just another scare tactic
Here was the explanation that I linked back on page 36 (!!!) of this epic tale of a thread. (We are currently in week 21
@NMHOGG
This "expert" (on antibody formation at least) says yes. We still don't know what percentage of infected people actually make antibodies that can be detected after resolution of the initial infection. SARS-CoV-1 = most, MERS-CoV = only those with severe disease.
You need to explain to our drunken friend @NMHOGG about how the flu numbers are estimates like you did earlier in this thread. He must be hungover today and hasn't made it on here yet
Idk about that but there is concern about the accuracy of those tests rn: https://news3lv.com/news/local/cdc-voices-concern-over-antibody-testing-accuracy-in-new-guidance
If it is in fact true that you cannot get it again and I've had it and was asymptomatic that would be bad ass. I'll test for antibodies asap as possible if they don't restrict me once this second wave hits
Hoping you get it is strange. Hoping you've had it isn't.
I sped through the threads earlier and just caught something about the "dip" in pneumonia cases. If we're talking about positive tests for the flu, if you have ever had a flu test in your doctor's office or urgent care and were told the results during that visit - that number wasn't reported to the CDC or anyone. Only if the test was sent to a commercial lab or done through a major health system or through the health dept. Adult flu deaths aren't reportable to the CDC, so it would take some in-depth death certificate research (like what the CDC is doing now for COVID19) to get a true feel for influenza deaths.
Any infectious disease expert you talk to will roll their eyes as soon as you mention an antibody test for diagnosing an infectious disease. They are notoriously high in false positives (that could have big implications for this disease - IE giving people a false sense of security). As I mentioned before ITT, we have no idea what percentage of folks make long-lasting anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.
Antibody tests give us all of these people that are tired all the time saying they have chronic Lyme disease.
That's some Howard County toughness right thur (although my aunt is just Howard County-tough by marriage)! I guess HoCoTuf kept my uncle off the vent, tho, boi!
If I had gotten it and had no symptoms or wasn’t sick from it, then that’s a very good sign that I’ll be ok if I got it again or there’s a 2nd wave. I’m not saying I’m hoping I get it.
Ya, if all 5 in my house tested positive for the antibody, we were about to go crazy and get the **** out of this town.I'm going in for a normal checkup a week from Monday and will get the antibody test. Hoping I had it. If so, this will be me walking around during the "second wave":
Doesn't change the fact they have been wrong every step of the way. At some point we have to start making policies on facts not what ifs.
Was on the road the other morning listening to Dr Smith the head of the Arkansas department of health. I believe he resigned a couple days ago to go to CDC in ATL. Anyway he was on the buzz talking about what COULD happen if we dont follow guidelines over the next few months. He was on for about 15 minutes taking ? from the host. The most used word by far was COULD. Over and over he used this word. What could happen has not happened at anypoint.
Like with most things when a situation becomes confusing ask yourself what does common sense tell you. When you say the flu has killed more people in Arkansas this year than covid has that is all i need to know. We have fallen for the biggest overreaction or what ever you want to call it in history
Stopped reading when the headline says "Trump tweeted" but the story starts off "Trump retweeted...."
More small time media liars lying for clicks. Just what the world needs. Not sure why you would validate it by linking it?
Still way less than the number that die from cancer every year. And heart disease. So obviously HARDLY WORTH TANKING THE ECONOMY OVER. Been my point all along but people still getting paid who have always worked from home didn't give two shitz about tanking the economy because their lives were impacted negligibly by it all.
I get the semantics of what you’re saying, but retweeting something is still considered tweeting it... or endorsing it.
wait........... your son that lives in the same household as you had it and you never got it? I thought this was some sort of super virus that would viciously attack anything within 6 feet?
not to me, but I'm old AF like Trump so maybe that explains things ............
Not at all really. It's not that bad if you're under 65 dude. Really not bad at all when you look at the numbers.
Wait. Hold on. What you just said means that the number of deaths from "The Flu" is substantially higher than what is reported every year. So that means that in fact, Covid is "Just like the flu".
Game, Set, Match.
You mean a known record of debt, bankruptcies, and debt.
Well I don’t think anyone would knowingly be happy to get a virus that has killed several hundred thousand people worldwide.
You understand that at no point have they had facts about the mortality rate... they still don't. There are estimates. All they had was the data coming in which was not good. "Act on the facts we have about a brand new virus!" smh
shh! America had the best economy in the world before corona. Something I should ignore...
If you don't count that $1 Trillion per year in deficit spending then I guess it was the best.
Not sure if you could tell, but I was actually siding with the, "It may be underreported." So not quite sure why the comment. Woo Pig.
so this screams incompetence from the experts right? They reacted in a unprecedented way to a virus. So this should all be on them. How about using what’s common instead of a draconian response? Lawyer’s treat their same system the same way. Use was presidented. But I’m just a random, unblueblooded poster.
