The COVID-19 Science and Medicine Question Thread

Thanks for the advice means a lot.

And be carefull who you flip on
Some of us flip back
With a vengeance

wear your mask
Wear your gloves
but I’d be care full opening your pie hole about what others are doing
Not everyone takes it well

Ummmm wasn't he talking about flipping HIS glasses that he has on the brim of his hat? It had nothing to do with flipping on people. Need to read more carefully.

Opps

Riddle me this

900 Sq foot appt
Shared a bed
Shared a couch
Shared a cat
0 social distance
I’m negative on anti bodies full blood draw test
Wifes positive

Were either of you sick ?

Both
To a minor degree

Ahh. Glad you have recovered ! Will be 70 next year (and want to get there!) and excepting a half dozen quick stops getting takeout, a trip to my GP and dermitologist, topping off the gas tank once and hitting the grocery store and/or pharmacy once every 8 or 9 days, have stayed away from everyone but my wife and one son (who lives with us) since early March. Have no intention of boating with anyone but her and may decide to keep it winterized and just kayak. Recent news here about more people getting it while allegedly sheltering in place only convinces me that they had relatives visit.
I also believe the bride's trip to Disneyworld with her sister in November will be postponed as well as our upstate road trip in October.

I’ve seen your post and I understand your personal concern

And I’m convinced you can’t hide in place to avoid it

it’s gotta run it’s course and we may slow it but that will just prolong it
End result will be the same health wise but devastatingly worse
Economically

Either way here we are

And thank you

I have been out taking walks with the bride, went surfcasting a couple of times, and doing a LOT of weeding and gardening, reading in the sun on the patio, etc. This isn't all that different from my usual lifestyle since I retired in 2011, lol, except we would have hit the zoo, some restaurants and friends' homes.

Riddle me this

900 Sq foot appt
Shared a bed
Shared a couch
Shared a cat
0 social distance
I’m negative on anti bodies full blood draw test
Wifes positive

No test is perfect, there are always some levels of false negatives and positives. If both of you were symptom free for at least a week or two, I'm thinking the wife's result may be a false positive.

That being said, it could be a, "Not Really False Positive, False Positive" as people with a previous corona virus, not COVID-19 or SARS, can have antibodies from that disease which are similar to COVID-19 antibodies and therefore be reactive in this test. It could be from a common cold, as many colds are caused by Corona viruses. I would assume that the documentation that came with your and your wife's results had some sort of explanation like that.

Another question is whether or not the test was IgG specific or a "Total Antibody" test?? If it was a total, that means it detected both IgG and IgM. IgM tests are notorious for false positive issues...

My test came with no expiation

just a negative notation from quest on the site

My wife got her result from the doctor
No written results to her
Maybe doctor has them but she just got the result

Wife was symptom free over 3 weeks prior to test
Maybe a month

I was at least 2.5 to three weeks
And I only had mild mild symptoms
Feaver chills , and that’s it
Like 2 days

got those about 10 days after she had her symptoms

And it’s reasons and reasoning like this

that makes me say
Let the pigeons loose we are spinning our wheels with the entire containment , mitigation strategy

Bring on Darwin and the Swedish model

:oops: ,but I hear you. I think if the stores just had senior or underlying condition hours and oldsters wore gloves and masks we would not have had to screw ourselves so royally. No visitors to hospitals, nursing homes, etc. Take the temperature of kids in schools and quarantine the sickies. Those oldsters who refused to adapt, well, that is where the Darwin Awards could have come in.

Those oldsters who refused to adapt, well, that is where the Darwin Awards could have come in.

You mean the ones that refuse to wear masks out in public and plain ole just dont care?

Yup, the same asshats that b4 all of this would cross the street without even looking both ways.

God help me but for some reason this stuff reminds me of a Flip Wilson Church of What's Happening Now skit:

Rev. Leroy (Wilson) says "The church has gotta progress! First it's gotta crawl!" The congregation cries back with approval, "Let it crawl, Rev, let it crawl!" Then Rev. Leroy shouts, "After this church crawls, it's got to stand up and walk!" The assembly responds with enthusiasm, "Let it walk, Rev, let it walk!" Then with a lot of animation Rev. Leroy, poised to sprint, shouts "After this church walks, it's must run!" The assembly, with responded enthusiasm responds, "Let it run, Rev, let it run!" Then finally the "big sell comes" from Rev. Leroy: "And for this church to run it's gonna take MONEY." Then from the shocked, silent assembly, one person shouts out, "Let it crawl, Rev, let it crawl!"

Yup, the same asshats that b4 all of this would cross the street without even looking both ways.

Got ya Ill bet they even went and got tested

Got ya Ill bet they even went and got tested

Not those future Darwin awardees.