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Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

My wife after testing positive (weak apparently) has had two further negative tests. Another woman on the ward has had the same. That’s 2 out of 4 in the respiratory ward! How good are these tests, how many of the 3000+ a day really have the virus? The whole thing is very frustrating.
 
Fade and Die said:
My wife after testing positive (weak apparently) has had two further negative tests. Another woman on the ward has had the same. That’s 2 out of 4 in the respiratory ward! How good are these tests, how many of the 3000+ a day really have the virus? The whole thing is very frustrating.
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My dogs needed testing for a non native disease and I was told to refuse a PCR test due to its reliability and ask for a specific serology test instead.
 
Old Skier said:
Like the guy stopped by the BBC reporter, “Why are you getting tested”, “Well I’ve just returned from holiday in Spsin so I want to check I haven’t got Covid” “Have you got any systems” “No”

Covid test, the new British toilet roll.
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There are plenty of examples of rank stupidity out there.

A mate of mine dropped his four kids off at secondary school on Monday knowing his eldest had a mild headache. The school phoned him at lunchtime and told him to come and collect all four children.

When he arrived to collect the four kids, one still with a mild headache and the other three all fit as fleas, he was told none could return until they had a negative coronavirus test. Despite none displaying any symptoms at all.

He now has a dilemma - keep the children out of school or lie in order to use four test slots which are needed by those genuinely unwell.

All caused by months of scaremongering which has made so many, including school staff it seems, utterly paranoid.

What a mess.
 
Got my positive test result through this morning. Only started feeling symptoms last night but the missus had shown a few a couple of days earlier hence the test.

Interestingly, none of our symptoms are listed in the "should you get a test" list. We got them as a girl my missus had been for a meal with on thursday tested positive. 3 other girls have subsequently done the same!

Really given me an appreciation as to how contagious this must really be.

Also pretty difficult ringing up family and friends and telling them to watch out for symptoms and how quickly and how far it could spread.
 
Ethan said:
So the title should be "Coronavirus - how has it affected you, so long as you don't criticise anything that may be construed by sensitive people as being political".

And if England Golf bring out more guidelines written to reflect Govt advice, we can't criticise that either.
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Not sure you’ll find any sensitive people on a tinternet forum
 
Old Skier said:
Like the guy stopped by the BBC reporter, “Why are you getting tested”, “Well I’ve just returned from holiday in Spsin so I want to check I haven’t got Covid” “Have you got any systems” “No”

Covid test, the new British toilet roll.
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The guy may have been stupid, but the comment actually isn't that stupid. The biggest problem we have right now, .... OK, scratch that, one of the biggest problems is asymptomatic people who are not being tested but should be if at high risk (close contact of a case, possibly on return from high risk areas). Not doing so misses the people to whom asymptomatic cases transmit the virus. It is likely that up to half of all cases are asymptomatic.
 
Ethan said:
The guy may have been stupid, but the comment actually isn't that stupid. The biggest problem we have right now, .... OK, scratch that, one of the biggest problems is asymptomatic people who are not being tested but should be if at high risk (close contact of a case, possibly on return from high risk areas). Not doing so misses the people to whom asymptomatic cases transmit the virus. It is likely that up to half of all cases are asymptomatic.
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Was reported today that 98 % were coming out as negative, is this a fault with the test or through self diagnosis or just plain panic. That, if correct seems to suggest that possibly that a symptomatic case is being overstated.

All very hard to figure with such a rise in actual cases.
 
Ethan said:
So the title should be "Coronavirus - how has it affected you, so long as you don't criticise anything that may be construed by sensitive people as being political".

And if England Golf bring out more guidelines written to reflect Govt advice, we can't criticise that either.
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Ethan, The Mods don’t make the rules, we just apply them, Mike doesn’t want political threads or comments and it’s his train set,

So I’m afraid you are just going to have to just watch what you post
 
Old Skier said:
Was reported today that 98 % were coming out as negative, is this a fault with the test or through self diagnosis or just plain panic. That, if correct seems to suggest that possibly that a symptomatic case is being overstated.

All very hard to figure with such a rise in actual cases.
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Numbers, dear boy. Both statements can be true, 50% of all positive cases can be asymptomatic even if only 2% of a sample population test positive. But the idea of testing high risk cases is critical. People asked to self-isolate are by definition considered high risk. It is good news if we test them and find few cases, but finding those cases is still worthwhile.
 
PhilTheFragger said:
Ethan, The Mods don’t make the rules, we just apply them, Mike doesn’t want political threads or comments and it’s his train set,

So I’m afraid you are just going to have to just watch what you post
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Well, I think some clarification is needed. If all comments on this thread must stop citing problems with testing, lockdown or anything else apart from saying someone has a cough or temperature, may as well lock this one too.
 
Unbelievably heard Baroness Dido say that no one predicted the rise in cases. It was modelled by Sage... Westminster’s Analytics team needs a good modeller. Hopefully we have enough PPE .. just saying
 
Hacker Khan said:
I think as long as you avoid criticizing the current government you'll be fine. ;)
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That's a prime example of twisting the truth. It's you who has started bringing in the politics under the guise of mentioning the Daily Mail. You and Ethan go on from there.
The only "other side " input has at that time was post 8785. Until then your political "opponents" were keeping to the ban on political.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
That's a prime example of twisting the truth. It's you who has started bringing in the politics under the guise of mentioning the Daily Mail. You and Ethan go on from there.
The only "other side " input has at that time was post 8785. Until then your political "opponents" were keeping to the ban on political.
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Every comment, every complaint about test and trace, every post mentioning kids with symptons or being off school etc has a political angle to it, attempting to put it on one or two posters or a particular post is ridiculous.
 
Ethan said:
The guy may have been stupid, but the comment actually isn't that stupid. The biggest problem we have right now, .... OK, scratch that, one of the biggest problems is asymptomatic people who are not being tested but should be if at high risk (close contact of a case, possibly on return from high risk areas). Not doing so misses the people to whom asymptomatic cases transmit the virus. It is likely that up to half of all cases are asymptomatic.
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If half of all cases are asymptomatic, how do you know if you've been within close contact of a case? If half of the cases don't know they are cases then we've got no chance.

And if that many cases don't know they have been cases, how far has this actually spread...?
 
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