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Post by brianbutler on Oct 25, 2022 20:54:04 GMT
A crazy thing is that you can't be sure when you are no longer contagious. You know you caught it when you get symptoms and/or change from testing negative to testing positive. However, the tests don't work going the other way. You can have bits of virus hanging around producing positive results for weeks or months, particularly sensitive tests like PCR, but it's not enough to infect someone else. Two negative tests 48 hours apart are evidence that you are over it and might provide some peace of mind, but I thought false negatives were a problem with home tests. The CDC does not recommended testing at the end of a bout. You just wait 10 days and if you haven't had a fever for the last two, you are considered cured. This creates a mess for people that are tested regularly for work, etc. How do you know a positive test is from a new infection and not the last one? Musings of someone stuck in the house for 8 days.
Brian
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Post by cusqueno on Oct 26, 2022 12:28:36 GMT
I ran a workshop yesterday for eight people from different parts of the UK. Two called in with Covid the day before and one more on the day. In addition, a couple of people in my team at work have had it this week. Fortunately (and with fingers duly crossed) neither my wife nor I, nor my son who lives with us, have succumbed to the virus yet. My wife and I had our autumn (fall) boosters last week - so our fourth doses of the vaccine. In the UK, the boosters are now being offered to all over-50s. There is also a campaign to get people to have 'flu jabs, with signs in Australia that more people might get that due to lack of exposure during lockdowns.
An interesting point came up with one of the workshop drop-outs. He had been due to fly to the US today, which it is apparently legal to do now, even if you test positive. He feels that it would have been morally wrong to travel while having the virus (although he felt well enough), but the airline wouldn't refund the cost of his flight because it was legal for him to fly. So he lost over £600.
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Post by brianbutler on Oct 26, 2022 18:48:03 GMT
I ran a workshop yesterday for eight people from different parts of the UK. Two called in with Covid the day before and one more on the day. In addition, a couple of people in my team at work have had it this week. Fortunately (and with fingers duly crossed) neither my wife nor I, nor my son who lives with us, have succumbed to the virus yet. My wife and I had our autumn (fall) boosters last week - so our fourth doses of the vaccine. In the UK, the boosters are now being offered to all over-50s. There is also a campaign to get people to have 'flu jabs, with signs in Australia that more people might get that due to lack of exposure during lockdowns. An interesting point came up with one of the workshop drop-outs. He had been due to fly to the US today, which it is apparently legal to do now, even if you test positive. He feels that it would have been morally wrong to travel while having the virus (although he felt well enough), but the airline wouldn't refund the cost of his flight because it was legal for him to fly. So he lost over £600. He might be able to try for a rain-check of some kind, especially if he was COVID positive. I am surprised the airline allows positive passengers or that the US doesn't care. My daughter and her new husband had planned to fly to Mexico a couple days after the wedding where eight of us got COVID. They ultimately did not catch it but didn't want to take the chance of being stranded. The airline and resort both gave them credits to be used at a later time. It is still non-trivial to enter Canada from the US. Perhaps entry to Canada is easier from the UK and probably should be. We have a pretty high density of vaccine knuckleheads per square mile.
Brian
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Post by franco on Oct 29, 2022 22:17:15 GMT
I finally caught this bugger in August. Nasty business, put me on the sofa for a week. My missus has had it twice, I didn’t catch it the first time but did on the second occasion.
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Post by brianbutler on Oct 29, 2022 23:28:10 GMT
I can't recommend it to anyone.
Brian
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Post by triitout on Oct 30, 2022 2:58:13 GMT
I can't recommend it to anyone. Brian That's exactly what was voiced by a few folks I know who got it as well. Others have told me they just had mild cold like symptoms that would be so easy to misdiagnose in normal times. Hope the worst is over for you. The Mrs and I took the 3rd booster (omicron) about a month ago. Fortunate to have not knowingly contracted anything of significance but who knows if you don't test regularly? We're not looking forward to attending an engagement party in 2 weeks especially knowing there are non vaccers in attendance. I'll continue wearing my mask and skip the food even if I look out of place. The contrarian in me still needs to follow the original guidelines even as thing attempt to return to normal.
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Post by brianbutler on Oct 30, 2022 11:30:27 GMT
I can't recommend it to anyone. Brian That's exactly what was voiced by a few folks I know who got it as well. Others have told me they just had mild cold like symptoms that would be so easy to misdiagnose in normal times. Hope the worst is over for you. The Mrs and I took the 3rd booster (omicron) about a month ago. Fortunate to have not knowingly contracted anything of significance but who knows if you don't test regularly? We're not looking forward to attending an engagement party in 2 weeks especially knowing there are non vaccers in attendance. I'll continue wearing my mask and skip the food even if I look out of place. The contrarian in me still needs to follow the original guidelines even as thing attempt to return to normal. We were very careful during the entire pandemic, to the point of annoying family and friends by being a stick in the mud and avoiding social activities but this was my daughter's wedding so we had to roll the dice. It involved travel and several events with many people. Despite being completely up to date with vaccines, at least eight people got sick, none seriously ill.
With new variants popping up almost daily, I figure we have a couple weeks of improved immunity and then it's back into the vegetable bin for the winter. Pretty discouraging.
Brian
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Post by triitout on Oct 31, 2022 3:21:04 GMT
In any event, congratulations are in order! My very non traditional daughter also got married last September and went very non traditional as expected. Her and her now husband just decided to officially marry after living together as a test ride without any party or announcement. She broke the news on a routine "How was your Sunday?" phone call with a "Oh, we got married today!". Talk about sort of surprises but not totally unexpected. It avoided the whole how to handle the part/covid issue. Seems to be a trend amongst her friends but not a good trend for the catering halls. Happy fall riding once you're back to healthy.
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