Covid-19

[tacopizza885]

I ask for your prayers please. My 92-year old grandfather in-law has COVID-19. There was an outbreak at the nursing home he’s been locked in since March.

Before March we used to pick him up every Sunday to watch football, baseball, Xavier. He was sharp as a tack. Once the positive test came back they moved him from the room he’s been in for 2 years to a “COVID room”. Apparently he’s doing OK with the virus, but the unfamiliar room and staff has made him very confused and he’s fallen into dementia. This has me very sad and angry. There has to be a better way.

Muskie (iD), I absolutely hate to hear stories like this. Thinking of you and your family and wishing the best. It sounds like your grandfather-in-law is a resilient, fighter. That generation is tough as nails, and we should do our best to protect them. Hopefully, we can turn the corner, as a country, soon.

[XU '11]

We are rapidly approaching 50% of the population having Covid this year (we will be there next week):

https://covidtracking.com/data/us-daily

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronav...ng-100-million

How in the hell can anyone say with a straight face that masks or lockdowns work? Quit fooling yourselves!! Even the CDC now admits that masks don't work:

"Individual who has had close contact (within 6 feet for a total of 15 minutes or more)

* Person with COVID-19 who has symptoms (in the period from 2 days before symptom onset until they meet criteria for discontinuing home isolation; can be laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness)

* Person who has tested positive for COVID-19 (laboratory confirmed) but has not had any symptoms (in the 2 days before the date of specimen collection until they meet criteria for discontinuing home isolation).

Note: This is irrespective of whether the person with COVID-19 or the contact was wearing a mask or whether the contact was wearing respiratory personal protective equipment (PPE)"

https://halturnerradioshow.com/index...sks-don-t-work

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...endations.html

Regardless of what the CDC is saying right now, the proof is in the pudding - with roughly 47% of the population having Covid, it's obvious that masks don't work!

I don't buy this. Applying that 8x multiplier assumes that we missed the same proportion of cases in December as we did in April. That's very obviously not true.

And I'm fairly certain masks were never a part of the CDC's definition of a close contact.

[Lloyd Braun]

False negatives are very common and continue to be a large issue than false positives.

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/...-communication

I’ve seen many false negative tests in which the patient takes that as liberty to work or do whatever. The case count is still vastly underreported, which is not necessarily a bad thing at this point.

[D-West & PO-Z]

Got my 2nd dose this morning. Not positive it is related but I am fatigued this afternoon! So is another co-worker so maybe?

[principal]

False negatives are very common and continue to be a large issue than false positives.

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/...-communication

I’ve seen many false negative tests in which the patient takes that as liberty to work or do whatever. The case count is still vastly underreported, which is not necessarily a bad thing at this point.

Is data available which breaks down the number of tests being administered? It would be great if the data also noted the positivity rates of each test, but right now I would be satisfied just known the numbers for each test. Does anyone know where I can find this info?

prin

Edit: What I was trying to ask above is whether there is a breakdown by test type. I would like to see how many tests have been administered for each test type and the number of positive tests for each type. That isn’t what I typed, but that is what I meant to type.

[JTG]

Read an article in the local paper (Indy) yesterday stating 93% of the Covid deaths in Indiana have been people 60 and over. So why are the schools on home learning ? And why are so many places where the over 60 crowd would seldom go limited ?

[noteggs]

Read an article in the local paper (Indy) yesterday stating 93% of the Covid deaths in Indiana have been people 60 and over. So why are the schools on home learning ? And why are so many places where the over 60 crowd would seldom go limited ?

Rhetorical?

[xu82]

Read an article in the local paper (Indy) yesterday stating 93% of the Covid deaths in Indiana have been people 60 and over. So why are the schools on home learning ? And why are so many places where the over 60 crowd would seldom go limited ?

We have a very close friend who is in her early 60’s and is upset that she can’t get the shots. She practically volunteers at this private school for underprivileged kids, and she also cares for her live-in mother with dementia. My sister and her husband also taught well into their 60’s.

I wish this was easy, but obviously it is not.


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[D-West & PO-Z]

Read an article in the local paper (Indy) yesterday stating 93% of the Covid deaths in Indiana have been people 60 and over. So why are the schools on home learning ? And why are so many places where the over 60 crowd would seldom go limited ?

Older teachers, kids who live with grandparents, etc. Older and compromised people dont have to go to those places in order to be exposed if they live with people who do or have to go to places where they interact with people who do etc.

[XU '11]

Older teachers, kids who live with grandparents, etc. Older and compromised people dont have to go to those places in order to be exposed if they live with people who do or have to go to places where they interact with people who do etc.

And those people staying home while those who don’t have at-risk people in the household returning to school isn’t an option? All of the above also happens with nurses, grocery store workers, bus drivers, etc.