Have you tested positive for COVID?

[Miyaru]

In my case, the idiot co-worker showed up with Allergies.

There's a solution for that.

 

[tarponchik]

In my case, the idiot co-worker showed up with Allergies.

Well, looks like it can be tricky, sort of a demon in disguise. My wife had symptoms of pancreatitis but the doc sent her to test, not because he suspected COVID but because this is their policy now, to test everyone. Her test was positive, though she had no cough at all. We googled the subject and found this. Of course we slept and ate together all the time, and I had no symptoms whatsoever. Go figure.

 

[ThatDogDontHunt]

I avoid that....no coworkers.

Have we become too focused on work exposure and ignore our other exposures?

I have been to the Dentist (tooth fell out..), got a haircut, used to go grocery shopping (curb pickup now), got the snow tires put on the car, been to the hardware store a few times, etc....

How many people feel safe due to the luxury of "work at home" but then blindly do other things that may not be safe?

 

[homerdoc]

my wife tested positive, wasn't super sick but lost her sense of taste and work does a free test.

She was positive, so my daughter and I were out for 20 days (we stayed negative), 10 days from the date of her test plus 10 more days.

JJ

 

[Esprise Me]

Have we become too focused on work exposure and ignore our other exposures?

I have been to the Dentist (tooth fell out..), got a haircut, used to go grocery shopping (curb pickup now), got the snow tires put on the car, been to the hardware store a few times, etc....

How many people feel safe due to the luxury of "work at home" but then blindly do other things that may not be safe?

That's certainly the case at my work. We've had about a dozen people test positive since March, but no transmission at the office. Most of our employees are able to do most of their jobs from home, but everyone has to come in at least occasionally and a few people have to come in more or less daily. We've been taking all recommended precautions (masks, distancing, sanitizer) and are really proud of the fact that no two people in the same office have been infected in the same month, which gives us hope that our precautions are working. On the other hand, it means a dozen of our employees have gotten infected elsewhere.

There's still a lot we don't know about how the virus spreads. Recent studies suggest 6 feet of distance is nowhere near enough, even outdoors. We still don't have a clear idea about the likelihood of fomite transmission (getting it from touching something an infected person previously touched.) We still don't know much about the likelihood of asymptomatic (as opposed to pre-symptomatic) transmission.

I guess we're all idiots.

 

[chillyinCanada]

In my case, the idiot co-worker showed up with Allergies.

Is he the one that ended up the most sick and lost his ability to taste and smell? How is he and all of your other mates who were infected, do you know?

 

[Wookie]

Is he the one that ended up the most sick and lost his ability to taste and smell? How is he and all of your other mates who were infected, do you know?

No. The most sick came off the vent this morning.

 

[chillyinCanada]

No. The most sick came off the vent this morning.

I'm glad he's off the vent but sorry it came to that.

Has the hospital sent you home or are you still being observed?

 

[KenGordon]

For example, this. The 2019 paper, criticism of which you referred to, was taken more seriously at HIN. Also, read this, for example.

That is simply a report of the paper, not taking it any more seriously than the NHS criticism. It doesn’t look at whether the paper is supportable. For example only a third of the sample of 1000 ish children DID NOT have some deficit. How can that be representative of the population as a whole?

 

[tarponchik]

That is simply a report of the paper, not taking it any more seriously than the NHS criticism. It doesn’t look at whether the paper is supportable. For example only a third of the sample of 1000 ish children DID NOT have some deficit. How can that be representative of the population as a whole?

Maybe so, but why did you choose to ignore the other 2 papers? There's been other concerns too, for example, 1 and 2.