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Airhoss 05-24-2020 07:09 AM


Originally Posted by Anson Harris (Post 3062136)
Mine came back negative, and honestly, I don't know what I could have done to be more exposed to the virus, short of taking my lunch breaks in an ICU. It makes zero sense that I (allegedly) haven't been exposed, but some 94 year old lady in one of the state's rural counties gets it and dies. Maybe she liked the slots more than me?

Seriously, this is another reason most people need to relax about their risk and accept that the opportunity for containment is long gone. On the other hand, we absolutely need to figure out why vulnerable populations are getting infected during a lockdown and how to actually protect/treat them. Just don't ask Gov. Cuomo for ideas.

Ditto,

I’ve been flying a full schedule, my wife is a DVM and has been working full time dealing with the public as well. Both of us tested negative for antibodies.

michael525Bdo 05-25-2020 03:30 AM


Originally Posted by Anson Harris (Post 3062136)
Seriously, this is another reason most people need to relax about their risk and accept that the opportunity for containment is long gone. On the other hand, we absolutely need to figure out why vulnerable populations are getting infected during a lockdown and how to actually protect/treat them. Just don't ask Gov. Cuomo for ideas.

My good friend is on the CT reopening task force. He said the problem in the tri state area is that most retirement home workers live in poorer economic areas. Many of them take public transit to get to work. The elderly are not the originators of the virus in these facilities. It keeps being introduced from the outside. And it will keep happening.

firefighterplt 05-25-2020 03:45 AM


Originally Posted by Airhoss (Post 3062949)
Ditto,

I’ve been flying a full schedule, my wife is a DVM and has been working full time dealing with the public as well. Both of us tested negative for antibodies.

My sister is an RN and has been working the C19 ICU for the last two months...in NYC. She is one of only four nurses on her floor to not get it yet, and just tested negative for antibodies. Mind = blown.

BoilerUP 05-25-2020 03:45 AM

It would seem an absolute no-brainer to test long-care home employees every second or third day before they enter a facility. Sure the brain tickle would get old, but being able to capture a potentially virus-shedding employee before they seed an outbreak in the most vulnerable demographic seems a very smartly targeted policy for the expense.

OpMidClimax 05-25-2020 03:56 AM


Originally Posted by BoilerUP (Post 3063487)
It would seem an absolute no-brainer to test long-care home employees every second or third day before they enter a facility. Sure the brain tickle would get old, but being able to capture a potentially virus-shedding employee before they seed an outbreak in the most vulnerable demographic seems a very smartly targeted policy for the expense.

Maybe... still no data on viral shedding and testing below threshold and infecting rate. You may be infected but still test negative for some time till you shed enough virus to be above the individual tests threshold. Also that vulnerable population may need a much lower inoculant as a younger, healthier person. Those studies are forthcoming. This is a problem in creating a public policy.

michael525Bdo 05-25-2020 03:56 AM


Originally Posted by BoilerUP (Post 3063487)
It would seem an absolute no-brainer to test long-care home employees every second or third day before they enter a facility. Sure the brain tickle would get old, but being able to capture a potentially virus-shedding employee before they seed an outbreak in the most vulnerable demographic seems a very smartly targeted policy for the expense.

That does make sense. Except for the possibility of false negatives.

rickair7777 05-25-2020 06:42 AM


Originally Posted by firefighterplt (Post 3063486)
My sister is an RN and has been working the C19 ICU for the last two months...in NYC. She is one of only four nurses on her floor to not get it yet, and just tested negative for antibodies. Mind = blown.

Some people have a natural immunity to certain bugs, just by chance that their system does something that's bad for the bug in question. Might be an immune mechanism that's different from the anti-bodies produced by most people (some few people are even naturally immune to HIV).

Your sis might be one of those. Or she should head over the Atlantic City when it re-opens.

rickair7777 05-25-2020 06:49 AM


Originally Posted by michael525Bdo (Post 3063491)
That does make sense. Except for the possibility of false negatives.

The name of the game is getting numbers down, not absolute prevention which is likely impossible unless someday enough people are vaccinated to actually make the thing extinct.

Every little bit helps, and the obviously vulnerable people should be protected to the extent practicable.

BoilerUP 05-25-2020 07:12 AM

Risk v. Reward, Cost v. Benefit...

Excargodog 05-25-2020 07:55 AM

And the latest holdup in getting a vaccine...
 
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...rking-11993739

Not enough cases occurring currently for a clinical trial.


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