Asymptomatic infections

[BCram]

Cheer everyone up why don’t you!

[islaydarkblue]

Cheer everyone up why don’t you!

People need to know that the majority of Covid-19 cases are spread by people who are unaware that they are carriers.

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People need to know that the majority of Covid-19 cases are spread by people who are unaware that they are carriers.

This is exactly the attitude the scientists took that resulted in excessively restrictive lock down conditions. Assume he's got it, assume she's got it and assume you've got it. Meantime get tested, and if it's negative it makes no difference - you still assume you've got it.

And what is a case? Is it a positive test, is it someone who gets ill with mild symptoms, is it someone who gets ill with severe symptoms or is it an assumption that everyone has it? The 'experts' have over counted for me by calling every positive test a case - not everyone that contracts or will contract Covid - 19 will become ill but their positive test is called a case. I reckon at some point one of these experts will announce that 100% of the population has had it.

[islaydarkblue]

This is exactly the attitude the scientists took that resulted in excessively restrictive lock down conditions. Assume he's got it, assume she's got it and assume you've got it. Meantime get tested, and if it's negative it makes no difference - you still assume you've got it.

And what is a case? Is it a positive test, is it someone who gets ill with mild symptoms, is it someone who gets ill with severe symptoms or is it an assumption that everyone has it? The 'experts' have over counted for me by calling every positive test a case - not everyone that contracts or will contract Covid - 19 will become ill but their positive test is called a case. I reckon at some point one of these experts will announce that 100% of the population has had it.

I am not one of the population who has had Covid-19 as I have had the full test at Kings Cross Hospital on two separate occasions and each time it was negative. My test was the full test and not the ‘mickey mouse’ DIY test that people are administering themselves.
Last September a large number of St Mirren players tested positive for Covid-19 as a result of their tests being taken by a private company. From memory the following day the same players received a Covid-19 test from the NHS with the majority of the players testing negative. They still had to isolate which seemed daft to me especially as the players who had tested positive were past the incubation period for spreading the disease.

[hmac]

I am not one of the population who has had Covid-19 as I have had the full test at Kings Cross Hospital on two separate occasions and each time it was negative. My test was the full test and not the ‘mickey mouse’ DIY test that people are administering themselves.
Last September a large number of St Mirren players tested positive for Covid-19 as a result of their tests being taken by a private company. From memory the following day the same players received a Covid-19 test from the NHS with the majority of the players testing negative. They still had to isolate which seemed daft to me especially as the players who had tested positive were past the incubation period for spreading the disease.

Unless you also had an antibody test you can’t possibly say you’ve never had Covid.

You can say that you weren’t positive on the two test days but that’s all. Kings Crossxwere doing PCR tests, which is likely what you had.

[islaydarkblue]

Unless you also had an antibody test you can’t possibly say you’ve never had Covid.

You can say that you weren’t positive on the two test days but that’s all. Kings Crossxwere doing PCR tests, which is likely what you had.

I had the full test with the swab down the back of my throat and another swab up my nose into my nasal canal.
It was not the ‘mickey mouse’ DIY test that people are taking themselves.

[hmac]

I had the full test with the swab down the back of my throat and another swab up my nose into my nasal canal.
It was not the ‘mickey mouse’ DIY test that people are taking themselves.

So exactly as I said. Not an anti body test.