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Post by whollygoats on Apr 8, 2020 4:30:53 GMT
Well, come Easter, we here in the US will have some kind of show.
We're not quite sure what kind of show, so only monitoring events can tell us anything.
Here in my state on the west coast, we garnered some gold stars by shipping 140 ventilators to NY. A drop in the bucket, but hey... We were evidently able to do this because the residents in our state seem to be competent at following (and even exceeding) social distancing and shelter-in-place guidelines and our peak is estimated to be later and much lower. We here in Oregon know how to Slack!
I had mused elsewhere as to what it was that Pat Robertson might be attributing this pestilence. I found out. Evidently, the problem is cunnilingus. According to Pat, it is the recent rise of oral sex being performed upon women, which Pat assured everyone had never happened in his day, that is the reason we are experiencing this wrath of the Lord. I think Pat might just be jealous that he found out about it this late in his life. Any way, the short version is 'Muff diving = Coronavirus'.
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Post by whollygoats on Apr 8, 2020 15:00:38 GMT
Oooookay.... Here is possibly what was referenced earlier about reinfection. However, I think the source is dubious. And, yes, wiki supports that, stating that, "According to a survey conducted by Pace University in 2004, the Post was rated the least-credible major news outlet in New York, and the only news outlet to receive more responses calling it "not credible" than credible (44% not credible to 39% credible)." IIRC, their credibility has fallen even further in the intervening fifteen years. Still, the last line is telling.
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Post by tangent on Apr 8, 2020 15:44:35 GMT
Medical professionals believe positive coronavirus retests are more likely the result of errors in testing rather than reinfection. I agree, it does seem highly unlikely. However, when the virus mutates, people will be vulnerable to new strains of the virus. We know that ordinary flu mutates and flu vaccines are useless against the new strains. New Zealand talks of various strains already existing, see Wikipedia's coronavirus report, and if that is the case, reinfection with a different strain might be possible. But at this stage, it's all hypothetical.
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Post by Kye on Apr 8, 2020 15:45:52 GMT
Yes, certainly testing has its limitations.
Two of my friends are recovering from Covid 19 and these are the directions they got from Sante Montreal:
Not exactly strictly measured...
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Post by juju on Apr 8, 2020 23:11:15 GMT
My friend is an ICU nurse and has been self isolating for the last week with mild symptoms (sore throat, tickly cough).
It has taken nearly a week for her to get a test and get the results which came today - negative. She is really disappointed as she was hoping to get it over with (obviously mildly if possible) and get back to work. Worryingly, her friend had the same symptoms and also tested negative, but the friend’s children were positive, and she was told the test is only 70% accurate. 😳
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Post by ceptimus on Apr 8, 2020 23:22:02 GMT
Bad tests are worse than no tests at all.
All medical tests have some errors, but there are plenty of reports of COVID tests being particularly unreliable. To get a more reliable result, you can test the same patient two or three times, and preferably send the samples to different labs. But there aren't enough tests to go around, so such multiple testing is currently reserved only for VIPs.
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Post by whollygoats on Apr 8, 2020 23:40:26 GMT
You mean like the tigers?
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Post by Moose on Apr 9, 2020 0:47:52 GMT
Thanks Nazz - I feel somewhat reassured
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Post by kingedmund on Apr 16, 2020 16:29:09 GMT
Kelly - the report I read said that people who had previously suffered from it and been declared free had been reinfected. It might have been wrong and I can't remember where I read it but will try and find. Yes I’ve heard that too. Didn’t pay close attention. If I remember correctly I think they said it’s not like the flu but they were not sure since China did not give correct information. But that was last month I had heard that.
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