Interesting to see how it turns out. At least the tests are pretty accurate now. I had the full tilt invasive nasal dispstick test. Glad there are accurate alternatives to that now. It was most unpleasant.
Dipstick, too. Wasn't bad although I didn't ask them if they could do it some more.
Ditto on the dipstick.
I had the craziest of birthdays ever this year. Had to go into hospital for checks on a knee effusion (turns out it is Lyme disease, well, shucks) and all of a sudden I ended up in the COVID-19 quarantine ward because I was running a temperature.
Life went very quickly from normal to suddenly being locked in a room on my own with a wooden cross, a glass of water and two slices of bread for company for a couple of days. Worse was the feeling that maybe I was positive and had passed it on to family and neighbours without knowing.
I was also dreading the swab test, but it was actually no great shakes at all (or the nurse was just very good at it). Turns out I was COVID negative so it was all just a crazy experience, but that feeling that things could very quickly go the other way hasn't left me yet.
Interesting to see how it turns out. At least the tests are pretty accurate now. I had the full tilt invasive nasal dispstick test. Glad there are accurate alternatives to that now. It was most unpleasant.
Dipstick, too. Wasn't bad although I didn't ask them if they could do it some more.
I thought that you said you had CV 19 in March and were tested for it. Was this a test for the antibody ? I went into the hospital March 15 for what turned out to be extreme COPD illness. Got tested before getting admitted. After 60 hours it came back negative for CV 19 and Flu.
I am thinking about lobbying for an antibody test. With a hard negative test from back when the lockdown began, it might prove helpful with data collection. I've stayed close to home since but still had to go out often for various things. And the wife has been out and about in her own places. Would love to get an asymptomatic post positive for the antibody, but unlikely.
I've also heard of progress made with plasma treatments. That is something I would be willing to consider.
Nope, Kaiser wouldn’t test me until today. I was just sure, clinically, that I had it. Almost all the symptoms except fever and ventilator. Now, testing this far after the bad period, I wonder if it’ll be negative.
Interesting to see how it turns out. At least the tests are pretty accurate now. I had the full tilt invasive nasal dispstick test. Glad there are accurate alternatives to that now. It was most unpleasant.
I thought that you said you had CV 19 in March and were tested for it. Was this a test for the antibody ? I went into the hospital March 15 for what turned out to be extreme COPD illness. Got tested before getting admitted. After 60 hours it came back negative for CV 19 and Flu.
I am thinking about lobbying for an antibody test. With a hard negative test from back when the lockdown began, it might prove helpful with data collection. I've stayed close to home since but still had to go out often for various things. And the wife has been out and about in her own places. Would love to get an asymptomatic post positive for the antibody, but unlikely.
I've also heard of progress made with plasma treatments. That is something I would be willing to consider.
Nope, Kaiser wouldnât test me until today. I was just sure, clinically, that I had it. Almost all the symptoms except fever and ventilator. Now, testing this far after the bad period, I wonder if itâll be negative.
Horribly sick in early March, now fully recovered. Finally got tested today after four of my messages to my doc/their coverage. Won’t know the answer for a day, but damn it shouldn’t have been so hard to get a 60+ person into the lab for a nose swab.
I thought that you said you had CV 19 in March and were tested for it. Was this a test for the antibody ? I went into the hospital March 15 for what turned out to be extreme COPD illness. Got tested before getting admitted. After 60 hours it came back negative for CV 19 and Flu.
I am thinking about lobbying for an antibody test. With a hard negative test from back when the lockdown began, it might prove helpful with data collection. I've stayed close to home since but still had to go out often for various things. And the wife has been out and about in her own places. Would love to get an asymptomatic post positive for the antibody, but unlikely.
I've also heard of progress made with plasma treatments. That is something I would be willing to consider.
So his point was to get a reaction and he did. Kudos for the point, but what exactly was gained? I'm within my rights to paint a the side of a big truck with the message 'Mary wasn't a virgin and your savior is a bastard child' and go park in in front of a church on Sunday. But I wouldn't do that because it would make me an asshole. I'm sure I'd get a reaction, but what end would I be furthering? Is this what we want now?
You'd have to ask the (ahem) performance artists. (...)
Amateurish crisis actors looking for a new gig in the lock-down economy?
nah, they clearly working for george soros
or is it the koch brothers
sorry i'm behind the curve on nut bar conspiracy villains
So his point was to get a reaction and he did. Kudos for the point, but what exactly was gained? I'm within my rights to paint a the side of a big truck with the message 'Mary wasn't a virgin and your savior is a bastard child' and go park in in front of a church on Sunday. But I wouldn't do that because it would make me an asshole. I'm sure I'd get a reaction, but what end would I be furthering? Is this what we want now?
You'd have to ask the (ahem) performance artists. (...)
Amateurish crisis actors looking for a new gig in the lock-down economy?
Location: Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth
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May 11, 2020 - 5:59pm
Steely_D wrote:
steeler wrote:
Steely_D wrote:
Horribly sick in early March, now fully recovered. Finally got tested today after four of my messages to my doc/their coverage. Wonât know the answer for a day, but damn it shouldnât have been so hard to get a 60+ person into the lab for a nose swab.
That is inexplicable and extremely disconcerting. I am listening to Trump press briefing right now and they are saying anyone who needs a test can get one (Trump himself says that anyone who âwantsâ a test can get one).
That's going to fall into the "if you like your doc you can keep them" category.
In my case, when I tried to get tested in early March, the thing hinged on "have you been to China?" Well, no. Vegas - which seems worse. Then, it came down to "fever?" which I never had, although I had the cough, myalgias, fatigue. But no fever - no test. Finally, I manage to make headway since the medical group is allowing delays on loan repayment if you're positive. But no test, so I couldn't take advantage. That seemed to get me in the door.
Was the bottleneck due to Trump? It's possible that the medical group decided to throttle the testing and had plenty of tests. No way to really know. But, despite having a lot of street cred at my job, they wouldn't listen to me and delayed testing for ten weeks after I was sick.
Just scary.
From what I have heard and read, testing has been, and continues to be, all over the map countrywide. I have not had a reason to seek out testing, but I am not even sure where to go around here.
This guy would be in for a comment: "sorry about your dick, snowflake"
Or more fairly "Nice cosplay!"
I didn't recognize the hardware so I zoomed the image. At first glance it appears to be an AT4 antitank missile, but if you zoom in it looks completely home-made.
If it were in fact real he would be violating about eleventy-billion federal laws, and would be announcing that fact on national news media. .
Couldn't get enough detail to identify the handguns but by the shiny brass I can see I'd guess they're civil war-era cap & ball revolvers. That cross-draw rig looks awkward as hell.
I'm not particularly offended or upset. We have a bit of this nonsense going on here as well, mostly with real* weapons of some flavor. The point seems to be to intimidate, but to most it's just a big flag that says "LOOK AT ME, I NEED SOME ATTENTION", and I think it makes them a) not sincere in any attempt at discourse, b) a bit of an asshole.
*far as I can tell, I haven't been bothered enough to verify or go close enough to check for wood grain.
So his point was to get a reaction and he did. Kudos for the point, but what exactly was gained? I'm within my rights to paint a the side of a big truck with the message 'Mary wasn't a virgin and your savior is a bastard child' and go park in in front of a church on Sunday. But I wouldn't do that because it would make me an asshole. I'm sure I'd get a reaction, but what end would I be furthering? Is this what we want now?
You'd have to ask the (ahem) performance artists.
Perhaps this is just an attempt at epater le bourgeoisie, or maybe they're trying to make a point about hoplophobia, or maybe they were just trying to get on the news. If you're losing your shit over it you're probably the person they're trying to offend.
I suppose a reporter could have walked up to one of them and asked "Why are you walking around with a wooden machine gun replica?" or "Did you know you had that holographic sight mounted backward?*" but they'd have to know that's what they were looking at, and the vast majority of them wouldn't, and the people outraged about these photos and spreading them all over the internet wouldn't either.
*Not kidding. See the lady with the bandana and the Kel-Tec KSG? That's an EOTech sight...on backward.
I'm not particularly offended or upset. We have a bit of this nonsense going on here as well, mostly with real* weapons of some flavor. The point seems to be to intimidate, but to most it's just a big flag that says "LOOK AT ME, I NEED SOME ATTENTION", and I think it makes them a) not sincere in any attempt at discourse, b) a bit of an asshole.
*far as I can tell, I haven't been bothered enough to verify or go close enough to check for wood grain.
So his point was to get a reaction and he did. Kudos for the point, but what exactly was gained? I'm within my rights to paint a the side of a big truck with the message 'Mary wasn't a virgin and your savior is a bastard child' and go park in in front of a church on Sunday. But I wouldn't do that because it would make me an asshole. I'm sure I'd get a reaction, but what end would I be furthering? Is this what we want now?
You'd have to ask the (ahem) performance artists.
Perhaps this is just an attempt at epater le bourgeoisie, or maybe they're trying to make a point about hoplophobia, or maybe they were just trying to get on the news. If you're losing your shit over it you're probably the person they're trying to offend.
I suppose a reporter could have walked up to one of them and asked "Why are you walking around with a wooden machine gun replica?" or "Did you know you had that holographic sight mounted backward?*" but they'd have to know that's what they were looking at, and the vast majority of them wouldn't, and the people outraged about these photos and spreading them all over the internet wouldn't either.
*Not kidding. See the lady with the bandana and the Kel-Tec KSG? That's an EOTech sight...on backward.
This guy would be in for a comment: "sorry about your dick, snowflake"
Or more fairly "Nice cosplay!"
I didn't recognize the hardware so I zoomed the image. At first glance it appears to be an AT4 antitank missile, but if you zoom in it looks completely home-made.
If it were in fact real he would be violating about eleventy-billion federal laws, and would be announcing that fact on national news media. .
Couldn't get enough detail to identify the handguns but by the shiny brass I can see I'd guess they're civil war-era cap & ball revolvers. That cross-draw rig looks awkward as hell.
So his point was to get a reaction and he did. Kudos for the point, but what exactly was gained? I'm within my rights to paint a the side of a big truck with the message 'Mary wasn't a virgin and your savior is a bastard child' and go park in in front of a church on Sunday. But I wouldn't do that because it would make me an asshole. I'm sure I'd get a reaction, but what end would I be furthering? Is this what we want now?
I didn't recognize the hardware so I zoomed the image. At first glance it appears to be an AT4 antitank missile, but if you zoom in it looks completely home-made.
If it were in fact real he would be violating about eleventy-billion federal laws, and would be announcing that fact on national news media. .
Couldn't get enough detail to identify the handguns but by the shiny brass I can see I'd guess they're civil war-era cap & ball revolvers. That cross-draw rig looks awkward as hell.
