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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: Hawkinole on December 25, 2021, 02:44:42 AM
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I will be very curious how this poll goes.
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I'm curious why we have a 2nd poll like this for a predominantly asymptomatic virus.
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No, but I've probably had O. Symptoms are so minor though that I am not bothering to get tested.
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I'm curious why we have a 2nd poll like this for a predominantly asymptomatic virus.
Well, the question is whether you TESTED positive. That is unrelated to symtomology.
i wondered how many I encountered in my recent travels, probably ten or more? Crowded airports and packed planes, four flights.
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I woke up Christmas morning with classic symptoms
Fever, headache, cough, fatigue, body aches
felt like hell
didn't cook the prime rib, opened presents and went back to bed
feeling a little better this morning, headache is mild and the fever isn't so bad
haven't been tested, not sure I will get tested
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I woke up Christmas morning with classic symptoms
Fever, headache, cough, fatigue, body aches
felt like hell
didn't cook the prime rib, opened presents and went back to bed
feeling a little better this morning, headache is mild and the fever isn't so bad
haven't been tested, not sure I will get tested
congratulations!!!
you now have super immunity
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tomorrow I'm exactly 8 months from my 2nd Phizer shot, for some reason I thought it was 8 months for the booster.
Now I see it's 6 months, wish I would have had the boost a month ago. Symptoms might have been mild enough to enjoy Christmas day with my daughters. I'll wait a couple months now and then boost up
I felling well enough to sit in a recliner and watch football today
big improvement
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tomorrow I'm exactly 8 months from my 2nd Phizer shot, for some reason I thought it was 8 months for the booster.
Now I see it's 6 months, wish I would have had the boost a month ago. Symptoms might have been mild enough to enjoy Christmas day with my daughters. I'll wait a couple months now and then boost up
I felling well enough to sit in a recliner and watch football today
big improvement
glad to hear it
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I was only tested once, before surgery. My step son has test kits he uses provided by some fruit company.
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I might take a test tomorrow if I feel up to a 10 minute drive
my friend works for an assisted living facility and has tests
I not really that curious
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I woke up Christmas morning with classic symptoms
Fever, headache, cough, fatigue, body aches
felt like hell
didn't cook the prime rib, opened presents and went back to bed
feeling a little better this morning, headache is mild and the fever isn't so bad
haven't been tested, not sure I will get tested
Pretty much ditto. And I was in Michigan last week.
but I took the rapid test today. Negative.
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Pretty much ditto. And I was in Michigan last week.
but I took the rapid test today. Negative.
Probably an allergic reaction to the state. I've heard it happens to Buckeye fans :57:
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Probably an allergic reaction to the state. I've heard it happens to Buckeye fans :57:
🤮🤮
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The difference between Fflorida and Hawaii is dramatic in how COVID is managed.
Of course in Hawaii there were a lot ignoring the Rules. Orlando is packed right now. Hawaii was crowded too, I think pent up demand for travel.
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Cedar allergies tend to hit me hard this time of year, symptoms always include achiness, fatigue, itchy watering eyes, etc. But last week I also developed a pretty serious cough and a subsequent sore throat, which are very unusual for my seasonal allergies. Knowing I had several family gatherings coming up including hanging out with both my own 80-year-old parents, and my 80=year-old inlaws, after several days of those symptoms I decided to go ahead and test myself with a home test we had leftover from testing my daughter a couple of months back.
Luckily it came back negative. I'm not special, just another year of cruddy allergies.
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cant find a home test kit around here
CVS etc out
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They are sold out. Someone forgot to order more.
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cant find a home test kit around here
CVS etc out
I had a couple I bought a few months ago. Maybe I should sell my last one on ebay and make a fortune.
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I have 2 left. I told the wife she should have bought a dozen two weeks ago when CVS had them. She didn't believe me, so she only bought 4.
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Any time I've been around the pharmacy, they've limited you to 2 kits (which is 4 tests) per purchase. I guess I coulda hit every CVS or Walgreens in a 5-mile radius to stock up but honestly, I'm not that worried about it.
But I am glad I had the leftover test to give me peace of mind when interacting with my 80+-year-old parents over these couple weeks.
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well, I took the test - negative
not sure if it's the same test as y'all are talkin bout. Probably. This came from the local assisted living facility. My friend that works there has to take a test weekly and has a stockpile.
As you know, I like Free.
While waiting for the test results, (takes up to 15 minutes) my daughter texted me. She has been sick with similar symptoms as mine. Probably gave it to me. She called in to work telling her manager she was sick a few days ago. Manager said she had to come into work regardless. Apparently the manager got it from my daughter and went to the doc this morning. Tested the manager, she was positive for influenza A.
So, it's likely I have influenza A and not COVID.
I still postponed a dinner party that was planned for Wednesday.
I'm feeling somewhat better this afternoon. More just fatigued with a cough.
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I see them on ebay for $17.50
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not sure I'd pay that much just for curiosity
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I tested twice when I had a bunch of symptoms, mainly because with kids activities, I didn't want to be the reason they got shut down. Both times negative. We all did home tests before seeing family for Christmas, and I actually was more worried about those results, figuring 1 of the 5 of us had asymptomatic Omacron. Shockingly, but pleasantly surprised to go 0-5
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ok I got to ask
has anyone ever tested positive with a home test
just wondering
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ok I got to ask
has anyone ever tested positive with a home test
just wondering
Three weeks ago I took a rapid test at the walk-in clinic - it was negative. But I had symptoms and a known exposure. I took a PCR test same day, a Saturday. On Monday I was informed I was positive. I was told rapid tests are 85% accurate. I am in the elite 15%. I knew something was askew, but I had two Pfizer shots in April, and this being my 2nd course of COVID-19 at age 64, was tolerable. That said, I had two clients die that were younger than me last month of this crap.
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ok I got to ask
has anyone ever tested positive with a home test
just wondering
The population bothering to do a home test is ____________.
Fill in the blank.
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Hell, longhorn, if you really want one and $17.50 is too much, I'll mail you the 2nd test in the box I bought the other day. Free of charge.
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I tested twice when I had a bunch of symptoms, mainly because with kids activities, I didn't want to be the reason they got shut down. Both times negative. We all did home tests before seeing family for Christmas, and I actually was more worried about those results, figuring 1 of the 5 of us had asymptomatic Omacron. Shockingly, but pleasantly surprised to go 0-5
Dad was dx with leukemia about 15-days ago. I plan to travel to see him in January. Omicron is not as nasty, but for him, would be deadly. I plan to buy rapid tests, and test after we arrive in Tucson, but my daughter and I will maintain distance and mask, whatever the results. We are a hands-on family so I might hold my breath 30-seconds and hug my dad.
I am a one-man law office. I told my new admin. assistant, my travel plans and that we need to mask while we are in the same room. The former admin. assistant was released two-weeks ago after she gifted me my 2nd round of COVID-19.
People, please vaccinate! You could save a life that is yours. I was pissed when I learned I was exposed 3 weeks ago, and my wife had visited her sister, whose husband had multiple myeloma - same as Colin Powell. I thought she/me might have killed him. Fortunately, I sufficiently figured out b-4 my + test I should isolate, but I did sleep with my woman facing opposite directions one night b4 she visited my beloved brother-in-law who is compromised.
For most of us, it is homicidal to not be vaccinated. Most of us will see people we love who are compromised.
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So far, 23 poll respondents. Two of us tested + 2x. One tested + 1x. All others negative.
So, 87.5% so far report a negative test. I left this poll up for 2-weeks, so it is still early.
Most of us are college educated. We are probably brighter than the population as a whole. We have advantages others don't insofar as ability to work remotely, and the intelligence to understand how to avoid the virus, and protect against it.
That said I tested + 2x already and I consider myself very careful. I have to be more careful. I made an executive decision and eliminated a staff person who was uncareful and exposed me to the virus. Going forward I am somewhat more confident. As stated in the preceding post, I instituted a staff mask policy to further decrease my risk. You want to trust your staff, but you just cannot trust anyone to not pass it to you.
Let's get more poll respondents to get a larger cross-section of our forum.
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ok I got to ask
has anyone ever tested positive with a home test
just wondering
I have not, but I've known people who have
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Dad was dx with leukemia about 15-days ago. I plan to travel to see him in January. Omicron is not as nasty, but for him, would be deadly. I plan to buy rapid tests, and test after we arrive in Tucson, but my daughter and I will maintain distance and mask, whatever the results. We are a hands-on family so I might hold my breath 30-seconds and hug my dad.
I am a one-man law office. I told my new admin. assistant, my travel plans and that we need to mask while we are in the same room. The former admin. assistant was released two-weeks ago after she gifted me my 2nd round of COVID-19.
First - best wishes on your father's health concerns/recovery but Vaxed or not has no bearing on spreading the virus.Stopped at Christmas with some old buds at a pub.Three of them vaxed - did not distance or mask up,the jabb won't prevent you from spreading it.I left after one
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How does a vaxed person spread the virus if they are not positive
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How would you know that after leaving a public place - it doesn't kill the virus on contact.Maybe they spray themselves down with bleach/alcohol after every stop
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How would you know that after leaving a public place - it doesn't kill the virus on contact.Maybe they spray themselves down with bleach/alcohol after every stop
so you are saying only break through folks who are vaxed spread the virus
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-risk-of-vaccinated-covid-transmission-is-not-low/
Vaxxed people are less likely to be infected, and someone who isn't infected can't transmit the virus. So vaccines DO help reduce spread in that sense.
That said, the studies are showing that if you've been recently vaxxed and have a breakthrough infection, you're less likely to transmit as well. But if it's been a few months since your vax, you're roughly as likely to spread, if infected, as an unvaxxed person.
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-risk-of-vaccinated-covid-transmission-is-not-low/
Vaxxed people are less likely to be infected, and someone who isn't infected can't transmit the virus. So vaccines DO help reduce spread in that sense.
Not right when you leave a gathering of people if you have been sneezed on for instance or breathed on,you can spread it just as easy as i.It's not killed on contact just because you've been vaxed.The vax will help you internally this according to the hemotoligist/epidemiologist/Internal medicine physicians I've listened to.I still distance and still mask up with the 3M 9501
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good plan
if you distance properly, don't even need the mask
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I think the point is that if you're unvaxxed, everyone is potentially a threat, whether they are vaccinated or not. While I can make an argument that on an aggregate basis the vaccinated likely have a lower chance of transmission, on an individual basis the outcome is binary--you either get COVID or you don't. And if you're unvaccinated, getting COVID is a potentially dangerous or deadly outcome, regardless of age or prior health (although those factor in). So for the unvaccinated, you should view every person around as a threat. You shouldn't feel "safe" just because you're around vaccinated people.
That, of course, is an even stronger argument for getting vaxxed, IF you're taking precautions and you are worried about COVID. If you're going to mask and be socially distanced because you're not vaccinated, then you're forgoing certain aspects of life you might enjoy, such as meeting your friends at a pub for beers, because you can't actually consider ANYONE to not be a threat. COVID may not go away for many months, or years, or ever. So not getting vaccinated means that you're rolling those dice every time you ever go around other people.
Of course, there are people who choose not to get vaccinated, won't wear a mask, and have no intention of social distancing, and are not worried about COVID. Those people are already rolling the dice, knowingly, and taking the risk that if they get COVID they'll be fine. The good news is that for most of them, it'll work out just fine. Those few who it doesn't? Well, those are the ones in the hospital, ICU, or morgue right now...
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(https://i.imgur.com/DXj4D5a.png)
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I've still never tested positive, nor been particularly sick, since very early in 2020.
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5x. I think I'm done with the thing.
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I started getting the flu vaccine a few years back, and now it's paired with COVID, so whatever. I think several other types are more critical at my age. But I had what probably was flu a few years back and it was not fun. And I realize the flu vaccine has varying effectiveness.
It's free, for me, and takes an hour or less of my time, I go with the little woman.
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I got the flu vax. No Covid vax.
Actually having the flu is what scared me into the vax. That flu sucked. Rather have Covid 5x.
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I got the Prevnar 20 on my last doc visit (pneumonia). I had the Shingrix vaccines earlier. I think both are more important.
The second Shingrix shot got to me.
I probably am due for a tetanus shot now too.
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Never had chicken pox. Probably not going to get the shingles vax.
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One can have chicken pox late in life of course. And it's possible to have had it without knowing it, the symptoms can be very mild.
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Didn't know I could still get the pox. Interesting.
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Chickenpox | Johns Hopkins Medicine (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/chickenpox#:~:text=Key points about)
Chickenpox in an elderly man - PMC (nih.gov) (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7430786/)
Why does chicken pox get more dangerous as you get older? | Centre of the Cell (https://www.centreofthecell.org/blog/science-questions/why-does-chicken-pox-get-more-dangerous-as-you-get-older/)
However, in rare cases adults do get chickenpox and it can be life threatening. Adult cases can result in pneumonia (infection of the lungs), hepatitis (infection of the liver) and even encephalitis (infection of the brain). The reasons for adults having a nastier experience are not fully understood. It might be due to differences in their immune systems. This is the part of your body that uses those antibody tags to see where the virus is and attack it. There are two groups of immune system cells: innate cells and adaptive cells.
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My grandfather was hospitalized and nearly died getting the chicken pox as an adult in his 50s back in the 70s
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Shingles in your later years can be excruciating. My wife and I got the vaccine since we both had chicken pox as kids. I knew someone in college that got chicken pox as a 21 or 22 year old. He missed a semester and when he returned he looked way different. His face was cratered and scared for life. In the olden days mom's used to take their kids to play dates with a kid who had the pox or mumps.
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I was taken to those
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So two+ years later, I am viewing the survey results on a thread I started. I cannot believe how few of us on here tested + for COVID. I had it 3x, (only 1x or 2x when I posted).
As a group we are either very resilient, or COVID nontesters.
I haven't had COVID now for way over one-year. It's fading from memory.
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So two+ years later, I am viewing the survey results on a thread I started. I cannot believe how few of us on here tested + for COVID. I had it 3x, (only 1x or 2x when I posted).
As a group we are either very resilient, or COVID nontesters.
I haven't had COVID now for way over one-year. It's fading from memory.
May 2022 was my last one. I forget about it until I see someone wearing a mask outside. But the snowbirds are starting to leave, so that will less and less of a sight to see.
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I was a bit surprised how infrequently I saw mask wearing in Asia. It was not much different than here, hardly at all.
My wife tested positive. I had three tests back then at some testing outfit in Copenhagen. None were positive. I've done a few home tests here that were negative, I know they may not be reliable. If I get the sniffles, a bit, I will run a test. I just haven't been sniffly much at all since 2020. I THINK if could be because I wash my hands more often.
I would guess some of us who never tested positive were at some point.
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Probably would see more masks in the communist Asia countries, I'd think.
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So two+ years later, I am viewing the survey results on a thread I started. I cannot believe how few of us on here tested + for COVID. I had it 3x, (only 1x or 2x when I posted).
As a group we are either very resilient, or COVID nontesters.
I haven't had COVID now for way over one-year. It's fading from memory.
I honestly think the first time I have ever had it was Jan 2024, and that was confirmed by testing... So my vote would have changed now compared to Jan 2022.
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I know I had it in June 2022. I tested positive for it. It's possible I had it other times and was asymptomatic or thought it was allergies.
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SHANGHAI (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility — a sign of the Beijing’s continuing pressure on scientists conducting research on the coronavirus.
Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post Monday that he and his team had been suddenly notified they were being evicted from their lab, the latest in a series of setbacks, demotions and ousters since the virologist published the sequence in January 2020 without state approval.
When Zhang tried to go to the lab over the weekend, guards barred him from entering. In protest, he sat outside on flattened cardboard in drizzling rain, pictures from the scene posted online show. News of the protest spread widely on Chinese social media and Zhang told a colleague he slept outside the lab — but it was not clear Tuesday if he remained there.
“I won’t leave, I won’t quit, I am pursuing science and the truth!” he wrote in a post on Chinese social media platform Weibo that was later deleted.
In an online statement, the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center said that Zhang’s lab was being renovated and was closed for “safety reasons.” It added that it had provided Zhang’s team an alternative laboratory space.