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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:02 pm
by Beveridge
This is twice in 6 months and isn't even 9 months yet.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 8:57 pm
by Beveridge
I'm an official member of club COVID.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:05 pm
by shafnutz05
I'm an official member of club COVID.
Ugh, sorry man. Good luck to you and your girl.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:00 pm
by Dickie Dunn
How many here have been left uninfected?
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:05 pm
by Shyster
I was ill the week that the Omicron wave peaked in Allegheny County, but I didn't get tested at the time, so I don't know if that was Covid or not. I haven't been sick since then, and I've never had an official positive test, so maybe me.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:12 pm
by faftorial
How many here have been left uninfected?
I don't think I've had it.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:26 pm
by MR25
Either haven't had it, or been asymptomatic when exposed to others and didn't test positive when tested.
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Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:50 pm
by blackjack68
I either had it before it was a thing in January 2020 or haven’t had it.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 12:02 am
by tifosi77
Neither of us have had it. And we've been testing pretty regularly for several months now, burning through those at-homes.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:36 am
by NTP66
Either haven't had it, or been asymptomatic when exposed to others and didn't test positive when tested.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:45 am
by willeyeam
Neither of us have had it. And we've been testing pretty regularly for several months now, burning through those at-homes.
Why
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:01 am
by RonnieFranchise
If I have ever had it I've been asymptomatic. I've been sick several times since COVID started, done outside and home testing each time and never been positive. My son is the only one in my household who has ever tested positive, after a Christmas party with his friends.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:36 am
by nocera
At-home testing when you don't have symptoms is almost as baffling as not testing when you do have symptoms.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:38 am
by shoeshine boy
How many here have been left uninfected?
still have my Gold Star :fingerscrossed:
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:47 am
by MR25
At-home testing when you don't have symptoms is almost as baffling as not testing when you do have symptoms.
But you know you have had an exposure, and you know there's a chance you have it and may spread it to others.
I think you're overthinking this...
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:48 am
by MrKennethTKangaroo
In May, GF and I flew home from Vegas unmasked right next to an unmasked buddy of mine that tested positive the day after the flight. I never tested positive or had symptoms and neither did my gf.
So after that episode, I don't know what to say.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:51 am
by nocera
At-home testing when you don't have symptoms is almost as baffling as not testing when you do have symptoms.
But you know you have had an exposure, and you know there's a chance you have it and may spread it to others.
I think you're overthinking this...
The way I understand at-home tests is that they're very unlikely to detect an asymptomatic infection. Probably better to get a PCR to confirm that.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 8:56 am
by count2infinity
At-home testing when you don't have symptoms is almost as baffling as not testing when you do have symptoms.
But you know you have had an exposure, and you know there's a chance you have it and may spread it to others.
I think you're overthinking this...
The way I understand at-home tests is that they're very unlikely to detect an asymptomatic infection. Probably better to get a PCR to confirm that.
Correct. If you were exposed and have concerns but zero symptoms, at-home tests are coinflips. Go get a PCR test if that's your concern. If you have zero symptoms, don't do at home tests. It's wasteful.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:03 am
by willeyeam
Pretty sure the official guidance is to not test unless you have symptoms
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:29 am
by skullman80
Yeah I'm not sure why one would test without symptoms even if you think it's only a "possibility" you may have been exposed.
If you know for a fact your were exposed to someone with Covid... I think CDC says to test after 5 days or something.
I mean people can do whatever they want, but to just randomly test seems silly.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:29 am
by DigitalGypsy66
None of the four of us have had anything obvious. Just a few sinus infections that were relatively short-lived.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:33 am
by MR25
Who said I'm randomly testing? It was deliberate based on exposures to people who were positive at that time.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:34 am
by skullman80
I wasn't pointing to you directly. It was just a general comment, but more pointed towards Tif based on what he said.
In any event...it doesn't effect me at all so people can do whatever they want.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:35 am
by nocera
Alls I'm saying is without symptoms, an at-home negative test doesn't mean much. May as well save your tests and assume a negative result, or go get a PCR if you really need to be sure.
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:38 am
by willeyeam
Pretty sure the official guidance is to not test unless you have symptoms