CitizenVectron Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Charge them all with public endangerment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: The CDC is a bit behind in their reporting (they still have total US COVID-19 deaths at around 77k), but that would indicate that the real death count for the US is likely 170k+. 170,000 hot damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 On 5/26/2020 at 8:35 PM, CitizenVectron said: This appears to apply to the fast ones. So good thing the CDC is using those tests in its numbers now? Hmm, the fast ones? I took a COVID test and an antibody test, both negative. My antibody test was a result of my blood donation recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I knew that dirty roadside saloons were the problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 In Pennsylvania: “They yelled and screamed about it being safe for others across the state to gather, while they were testing positive," state Rep. Brian Sims said. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: In Pennsylvania: “They yelled and screamed about it being safe for others across the state to gather, while they were testing positive," state Rep. Brian Sims said. This is bioterrorism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jason Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 So BTW, what exactly is the problem with the antibody tests? Is it just that it seems that not everyone who gets COVID-19 winds up having antibodies present, or is it something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, Jason said: So BTW, what exactly is the problem with the antibody tests? Is it just that it seems that not everyone who gets COVID-19 winds up having antibodies present, or is it something else? It seems that some of them are quite accurate (if you have antibodies, it means you've been exposed to COVID-19), but some are not (as bad as 50/50 on false positives/negatives). In theory they are a useful tool, but none of the tests have been rigorously tested and approved, as far as I am aware (I could be wrong). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 From what I read, if you tested positive, that's VERY likely to be correct. If you test negative, it's 50/50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: It seems that some of them are quite accurate (if you have antibodies, it means you've been exposed to COVID-19), but some are not (as bad as 50/50 on false positives/negatives). In theory they are a useful tool, but none of the tests have been rigorously tested and approved, as far as I am aware (I could be wrong). 2 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: From what I read, if you tested positive, that's VERY likely to be correct. If you test negative, it's 50/50. But what makes the negative result a 50/50? Is it that not everyone develops antibodies or do they think it might be something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, Jason said: But what makes the negative result a 50/50? Is it that not everyone develops antibodies or do they think it might be something else? Penis size. That's French for I dunno. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadatog Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 All Chads test positive always 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jason said: But what makes the negative result a 50/50? Is it that not everyone develops antibodies or do they think it might be something else? I'm not an expert, but I think that some of the quick tests don't actually return good data. So it will say you have antibodies, but you actually don't (and vice-versa). The actual test itself isn't very good and returns false info. The blood tests seem better, apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: I'm not an expert, but I think that some of the quick tests don't actually return good data. So it will say you have antibodies, but you actually don't (and vice-versa). The actual test itself isn't very good and returns false info. The blood tests seem better, apparently. There also doesn't seem to be much info on how much antibodies actually means anything, so just having antibodies doesn't necessarily mean a person won't get sick later. Until that's known, it's fine for tracing exposure, but it doesn't do anything as far as telling us which people are good to mingle and which people are still susceptible to infection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Has these been any data on whether length of time since recovery effects antibody tests? Like, if you get tested 6 months after recovery are you more likely to get a false negative than if you recovered 3 months ago? I figure since we can't even do testing right to begin with this is also a big question mark, but wonder if others have seen some speculation on it. Like, I know at least some illnesses leave markers for years, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 56 minutes ago, Chairslinger said: Has these been any data on whether length of time since recovery effects antibody tests? Like, if you get tested 6 months after recovery are you more likely to get a false negative than if you recovered 3 months ago? I figure since we can't even do testing right to begin with this is also a big question mark, but wonder if others have seen some speculation on it. Like, I know at least some illnesses leave markers for years, right? Someone that knows better than I should feel free to correct me. Unless I'm mistaken, that's exactly what we don't know. If the antibodies you have wear out over the course of a few months, then there is no long term immunity to COVID-19. Measles isn't a lifelong vaccine and you need booster shots every so often to stay good. Everything I've read says that we don't know what levels people need of COVID-19 antibodies to know whether or not they're safe from infection or how long the antibodies stick around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadatog Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 There are 2 aspects to tests, specificity and sensitivity. In my experience you would want to have a rapid antibody test to be not very specific (ok to pick up similar caronavirus antibodies) and be rather sensitive with a higher rate of false positives. You can then go back and retest the positive samples using a virus nutralization method that takes more time/ resources, but you are screening out the definitely negative cases. Also don't get me started on the differences in antibodies (Igg, Igm) and how usually trying to detect one doesn't mean you can detect the other in the same test. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 Is it possible to social distance while you are burning cars and looting Target? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Is it possible to social distance while you are burning cars and looting Target? the fire burns away the rona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Just now, Firewithin said: the fire burns away the rona https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a32690069/ford-testing-software-heat-police-vehicles-kill-coronavirus/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a32690069/ford-testing-software-heat-police-vehicles-kill-coronavirus/ I was talking to my neighbour, a local doctor, who has been involved with treating COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Current thinking is that the original assumptions about how the virus was transmitted were completely wrong. His take was that you don't get the virus from surfaces (which was the original assumption). Based on what he is seeing, he believes that the medical community thinks that people are getting the virus from extended close contact with an infected individual. (i.e. being within 1 metre of an infected individual, without PPE for 15 min+). He claims that in our area, you won't even get a test if you don't have an extended close contact case with an infected person. Unlike other viruses, you don't catch this from touching an infected surface, but rather by being close to an infected person (whether they are showing any symptoms or not). So, heating up the interior of a vehicle won't help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: I was talking to my neighbour, a local doctor, who has been involved with treating COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Current thinking is that the original assumptions about how the virus was transmitted were completely wrong. His take was that you don't get the virus from surfaces (which was the original assumption). Based on what he is seeing, he believes that the medical community thinks that people are getting the virus from extended close contact with an infected individual. (i.e. being within 1 metre of an infected individual, without PPE for 15 min+). He claims that in our area, you won't even get a test if you don't have an extended close contact case with an infected person. Unlike other viruses, you don't catch this from touching an infected surface, but rather by being close to an infected person (whether they are showing any symptoms or not). So, heating up the interior of a vehicle won't help... If people have been taking using hand sanitizer seriously then that explains the seeming lack of surface transmission. If a sick person coughed all over a doorknob, then you touched it and then touched your face, I don't see how that wouldn't be an exposure mechanism. I also don't see how it wouldn't be an exposure mechanism to have someone with COVID in the car hacking their lungs out and then get into that car, even if the sick person got out as you got in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 Just now, Jason said: If people have been taking using hand sanitizer seriously then that explains the seeming lack of surface transmission. If a sick person coughed all over a doorknob, then you touched it and then touched your face, I don't see how that wouldn't be an exposure mechanism. I also don't see how it wouldn't be an exposure mechanism to have someone with COVID in the car hacking their lungs out and then get into that car, even if the sick person got out as you got in. His POV, was that you need a certain volume of virus in your lungs to get infected. Asymptomatic people are shedding the virus while talking (and you are breathing it in), and symptomatic people are coughing/sneezing it into the air. Based on what he is seeing, he doesn't think that the virus transmits easily by touching your face. (This is the complete opposite of the general POV 2 months ago.) Again, he felt that local governments in Canada weren't communicating this, because of how it might negatively change behaviour. HOWEVER, it seems somewhat consistent with what the CDC has posted on their website in the US over the last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Not sure if causing super-spreader events inside churches is really a good long-term play for a Republican administration, but what do I know, really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/nypd-man-shot-by-officers-later-dies-of-coronavirus/%3famp=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 So my cousin’s husband still hasn’t returned to work because he is still suffering from his battle with Covid. Gets winded by simply doing a flight of stairs trying to carry his laundry. Sadly his job is delivering parcels for Canada Post. So he had a new chest x-ray done to see what is still wrong with him. The doctor told him that the x-ray showed that the bottom 25% of his left lung has pretty much collapsed. He said it will take a few months but his lung should eventually return to normal but he will be feeling winded for some time. plus I’m back to merchandising stores with help as I still deal from wrist surgery. One store had either 3 days ago confirmed 14 new cases or an overall case total of workers in just over a month. Some stores are starting to take down our names when we enter in case of a breakout I guess. More are going to make masks mandatory but not store chain wide, just in hot spots of positive public testing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Coronavirus: Monkeys 'escape with COVID-19 samples' after attacking lab assistant Quote A gang of monkeys attacked a laboratory assistant and escaped with a batch of coronavirus blood test samples, it has been reported. The bizarre incident saw the troop of primates launch their assault near Meerut Medical College in Delhi, India. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: Coronavirus: Monkeys 'escape with COVID-19 samples' after attacking lab assistant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Alright who is up for an online group viewing of Outbreak. We shall solve this ourselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 18 minutes ago, Emperor Diocletian II said: Coronavirus: Monkeys 'escape with COVID-19 samples' after attacking lab assistant And so we enter Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chairslinger Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Just now, Spork3245 said: Yeah, but will they embiggen the sanitization of your meyerhoff lifters for $99.99? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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