#how long for pcr covid test results

[gerneralife]

#what is a pcr covid test #types of covid tests #how long for pcr covid test results #how accurate is pcr covid test #pcr test #how to interpret rt-pcr covid test results #antigen covid test #how is pcr test done

[joghurtbrot]

men are dumbbbbb

#I'm so sick of them #I was supposed to see a guy today and we haven't seen each other in a really long time because he has/had covid #and he said he'd get a pcr test for today but he dropped it off wayy to late #so the result is coming in who knows when #maybe at 7 pm maybe at midnight #and I swear to god everyone here knows how that works #and obviously if you have the option of a pcr test a negative antigen test isn't enough imo #personal

[vague-humanoid]

Just a few days before our interview, Jill’s (Ed: not her real name) immunologist sent her to the hospital to rule out pulmonary embolism, which happens when a blood clot gets stuck in an artery of the lung. In Jill’s case it would be a Long COVID symptom amongst many others she had been battling over the last year: including swelling around the tissue of her heart, memory deficits, sudden heart-rate surges, fatigue and abnormal kidney test results.

By that point, she’d had COVID four times, despite taking stringent precautions. She was born with a primary immune deficiency. And, without a fully functioning immune system she needs weekly injections of human immunoglobulins from plasma donations. A very small viral load can make her sick and she’s at a much higher risk of severe outcomes from COVID than most people.

“Every time I catch it, it adds new layers to my disabilities,” she says. “COVID is slowly killing me.” Her haematologist believes the past COVID infections have further damaged her immune system. She is looking at a possible lupus diagnosis.

Her voice is raspy and soft over the phone. She pauses when I ask how she is doing.

“Well, I got COVID,” she says. “Again.”

At the hospital appointment several nurses were not wearing their masks properly, and one kept pulling it down to talk with Jill, who had to remove hers to get her lungs checked. As someone who is very isolated with her family — everyone works and goes to school from home — Jill believes that the appointment led to her most recent infection.

She’s always been careful with her health but in the past, she worked in the school system. By 2020 she moved to a remote position and at that time still had many options for safely connecting with those around her and she could attend health-care appointments without concern. About a year ago, nearly all restrictions were lifted in Alberta and that’s when she got her first COVID infection.

Three years in, nearly everyone she knows has moved on including — most bafflingly to her — many of the medical professionals she sees. But, Jill says, moving on is not a privilege afforded to people like her.

Recently, PCR testing became inaccessible to health-care providers, who, in the past, were able to test regularly. And while Alberta Health Services (AHS) still requires masks, any health-care settings outside AHS can make their own rules. So, once masking was no longer mandated in public settings, many dropped requirements — this includes many of the specialists seeing immunocompromised people, including those Jill now sees due to Long COVID.

“The variants have been left to run rampant and I have really become more and more scared,” she says.

“Governments are saying: Oh we can re-open because we have all these tools. But they are not available to the immunocompromised population. So, the monoclonal antibodies are no longer effective against the current variants. Because the variants are so immune-based, the vaccines were never particularly effective for immunocompromised people because of the nature of our immune systems.”

As well, Jill says that there are many contraindicated drugs that cannot be taken with Paxlovid, the drug which is used to treat COVID patients in specific circumstances. According to Health Canada, Paxlovid “is used in adults to treat mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients who have a positive result from a severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 viral test and who have a high risk of getting severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.”

She still takes the vaccines with hopes they will help, and while she believes Paxlovid is saving her life with this current infection, she says it is not a guarantee against more Long COVID symptoms. And, for the infection prior to the current one, the drug was not available due to a kidney infection caused by the virus.

“I have to access my medication, my health care. And by people not masking around me, I have no way to protect myself,” she says. “If you don’t want to wear masks as a society then you are going to leave the immunocompromised people behind.” And she says many high risk people are not able to work from home, or have their kids in online classes or maybe struggle to afford masks or air purifiers — many social and financial issues make individual protections far more challenging or impossible. She is currently in a court battle with her ex.

“He wants increased access, in-person school and group extracurricular activities. All things that put me at higher risk of infection,” says Jill.

Recently, she went to her cardiologist to find that no patients or staff were masking.

“I really realize now I have to be my own advocate,” she says.

She has to constantly think ahead. So, she now calls beforehand to see if the appointment can be done remotely or if the staff can mask. She’s also decided to start carrying around a laminated sheet that explains her medical condition as it is often something she needs to repeat at each appointment or in the emergency room. 

Like many others, she’s found ways to navigate her way around a harrowing array of risks. And yet, even with all these precautions, she can not control the actions of others which can directly affect her health.

Holly (Ed: not her real name), is retired and lives in a small community just outside Edmonton. She’s currently thinking about her next visit to her doctor, who hasn’t been taking precautions from the beginning.

“It’s exhausting always trying to get around how there is no protection for us anymore,” she says. “I’m thinking why am I made to feel crazy when my own doctor won’t wear a mask? Won’t acknowledge that it’s airborne?”

But the worst part, she claims, was that he minimized the effects of COVID, saying it was rarely an issue and only affects a certain demographic. Holly does not believe that is true, but regardless it is of little comfort when her husband, who’s in his 70s, has chronic health complications.

“I think patients are rightfully concerned, particularly when they go in for health care,” says physician Neeja Bakshi. “I think the medical community should be doing whatever we can to protect those who are coming in.”

It’s true, she says, that hospitals are no longer overwhelmed, and fewer people are dying; there is less of an acute emergency. But COVID is still circulating, people are still dying, and Long COVID (aka post COVID-19 condition) should be on everyone’s radar.

Recently, the World Health Organization announced an end to the global health emergency. But it also said earlier that “one in 10 infections result in post COVID-19 condition suggesting that hundreds of millions of people will need longer term care.”

COVID can cause organ damage — particularly affecting the heart, kidneys, skin. Plus, there’s risk of brain and immune damage, along with increased risks for cancer and autoimmune disease.

And, while no one knows yet how long that damage could persist, a study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine says 59 per cent of Long COVID patients had organ damage a year later.

In 2022, Bakshi started a Long COVID clinic at her health facility Park Integrative Health, treating patients from across Canada. Every week she completes upwards of 20 disability forms for people who need to take time off work due to the debilitating effects of Long COVID.

While certain health complications make Long COVID more likely, anyone can be affected regardless of the severity of their infection or the state of their health. The indiscriminate nature of COVID is one of the things that’s been most shocking to Bakshi. She’s treated a number of elite athletes who went from performing at a professional level to struggling to have enough energy to brush their teeth.

Many patients struggle with stigma not just from medical professionals but from family, friends and employers. It’s an invisible illness, says Bakshi, so patients may look fine and are often misdiagnosed as something psychosomatic.

“I’m immersed in the world. But I don’t feel like you can deny it exists. And I think it’s a bit of ignorance on the medical community’s part if they say they don’t know anything about Long COVID. There are very specific disease patterns and symptoms,” says Bakshi.

There is also a lack of support. The most proven management strategy for Long COVID or even any COVID infection is recovery and rest, says Bakshi. But that’s not possible for many people. Initially, in 2020, there was forced rest through quarantine periods, but that time off has become shorter, as employers don’t have to pay for employees to be off at all.

“We are not a society that is built on support. We’ve already set ourselves up to fail from a recovery perspective,” says Bakshi.

Jill has found validation in Bakshi’s clinic as one of her patients. But that experience stands out amongst a sea of specialists who have given up on precautions.

“Instead of recommending upgraded masks, air cleaners and UV, or working from home, immunologists that manage my condition recommend wearing a mask if you want and enjoying your life—as short as that may be. I am not sure if this is complacency, or giving up… Either way, education and change need to happen or far too many valuable lives will be lost and disabled unnecessarily,” says Jill.

Savvy AF.  Blunt AF.  Edmonton AF.

[socialismforall]

Weekly COVID-19 Update for 2023-12-24

COVID is still airborne, and COVID still very much isn't over.

Northeastern and Midwestern USA SARS2 virus levels in wastewater are *soaring*, Northeast is currently at 1500 copies/mL (~750 copies indicates a strong surge), and Midwest is at 1300 copies/mL. Southeastern and Western USA are maintaining relatively lower levels between 600 and 700 overall, but both are still climbing. See https://biobot.io/data for county-specific data as results can vary widely between locales.

How to reduce your risk of infection? The SARS2 virus is airborne and can spread like smoke, so #MaskUp with an #N95 or better, avoid superspreader events and locations, and stay up-to-date on your boosters. Do it for yourself, so you don't catch SARS-CoV-2, and for others, so you don't spread SARS-CoV-2. Even if you're fully vaccinated, your risk of developing #LongCOVID following an infection is lower but not zero, and multiple reinfections increase your odds of negative health outcomes. Plan A always should be to prevent an infection from developing by wearing a respirator with a good seal around your mouth and nose (FFP2, FFP3, KN95, N95, N99, P100, etc.).

Holiday tips:

-If someone tells you that COVID is over, you might ask them why, if we didn't consider COVID to be over in 2020 or 2021, when the COVID wastewater levels were lower, why should we consider it over now, when the virus is circulating in even higher amounts?

-"Fewer cases" doesn't mean much when most of the at-home rapid tests don't get counted in official records, and the most accurate PCR tests are neither freely available nor given to everyone getting on a plane or attending classes.

-"Fewer deaths" also means less when you remember that about 1,200,000 of the most vulnerable people already have died from it, COVID-19 remains the #3 cause of death in 2023 (behind heart disease and cancer, the risk of both of which may be increased by COVID), and the risk of a Long COVID/post-acute COVID syndrome (PACS) disability or other potentially life-shortening organ damage (brain, kidney, lung, immune, etc.) isn't measured just by the death count. Also, the USA's life expectancy still hasn't recovered from the drop it experienced following the start of the pandemic.

source: https://biobot.io/data

source: https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20231006/these-are-the-top-10-causes-of-death-in-the-us

source: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/covid-and-the-heart-it-spares-no-one

source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33914346/

source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/29/average-us-life-expectancy-increased-not-pre-covid/71738611007/

#covid #pandemic #corona #coronavirus #sarscov2 #publichealth #science #disease #covidisntover #virus #medicine #sars2 #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #health #lifeexpectancy

[pandemic-info]

What is meant by zero covid? NEWCOMERS READ THIS: ZeroCovidCommunity

Below is copied from the post; links and formatting may be broken so I recommend reading the original.

If you already know, you fucking know and don't need to read all this for the hundredth time. If you don't, it's good info.

Covid is not over, because long covid has no cure. The virus may not kill the victim but instead make them disabled with crushing fatigue, debilitating brain fog or over 200 other recorded problems. People with long covid often lose the ability to work or even get out of bed. About half of long covid is ME/CFS [ref1 ref2 ref3 ref4], which is the extremely disabling disease causing fatigue and brain fog. Somewhere between 5% and 20% of covid infections become long covid. For reference a "medically rare event" is considered 0.1%. Long covid isn't rare. Serious disability from long covid isn't rare. Vaccines and antivirals reduce the chances a little bit but are not a solution on their own. Long covid lasts for years. Some people improve but most never completely recover. Scientific research into it is only just starting and will be many years before it produces results. The only thing left then to not get covid in the first place. Or if you've already had it to not get it again, as we know the damage to the body accumulates with repeat infections. Not getting it again also gives you the best chance of recovery if you already have long covid. Death from covid is also still a problem. It is a leading cause of death. You may have heard only old people die of covid, but old people die more of anything. If you compare covid deaths in children with other things that kill children, then covid comes out as a leading killer of children. This is true in every age group. Everyone must be protected. Even if we ourselves aren't harmed by covid on the first or second infection, we'll be greatly affected if so many of our friends, family and neighbours get sick. Millions are missing from the workforce due to covid. The five pillars of prevention are: clean air, masks, testing, physical distancing and vaccination. We must also redouble efforts into research, for example better ways of cleaning the air, better vaccines, better tests. We choose health over disease. Ultimately we aim to suppress covid transmission and eventually reach elimination so that covid becomes rare in society. Zero X is not some radical new idea, it's how we've always dealt with serious disease. We don't think it's acceptable to "live with" other dangerous infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, smallpox or polio, why should we "live with" Covid? (Fun fact: AIDS is nothing but long HIV. An acute HIV infection seems like nothing special, it's mild flu-like symptoms for a week or two which gets better... until 5-10 years later when the victim dies of AIDS. Reminding us that just because it starts with flu-like symptoms doesn't mean that's how it ends.) See also: Don't Breath It In (1:06min) video about how covid spreads and how to protect yourself and others Long Covid Symposium final talk (6:36min) https://longcovidlearning.org/ - resource explaining long covid for people unfamiliar with it The World Health Network website. With useful resources on things like masks, how to make schools safer. r/covidlonghaulers and r/longcovid Have a read of some personal stories of long covid. The billionaires at Davos don't think covid is over. The media they own tells us plebs that covid is a cold and let us get sick, while they themselves require PCR tests, HEPA filters in every room and make their drivers wear masks You May Be Early, but You're Not Wrong: A Covid Reading List

#covid #long covid #zero covid #precautions #info #reddit #links #resources

[nation-of-bros]

If you think this society full of mouth breathing vaccine dodging retards (shockingly, somehow you people manage to be retarded even despite not getting vaxxed 🤔) can’t manage a plague, you deserve to catch leprosy

Thanks for this very smart post…

If Corona is supposed to be a "plague", then what is the annual flu epidemic?! To this day, there is no rationally comprehensible difference. In Germany, over 25,000 people died from the flu in the winter of 2017/18. According to government figures, 30,000 people died from Corona in 2020, while at the same time they statistically claim that there were almost no flu deaths in the same period. How stupid is that? Who seriously believes that Corona suddenly eradicated the annual flu, only for it to be normal again two years later out of the blue. And how do you want to justify that Corona is something special or even a "plague"? This cannot be justified logically, but is simply the result of fakes and female hysteria.

Corona viruses can be detected in almost everyone, since everyone has already come into contact with these viruses long before the WHO made it a pandemic by mere redefinition. In fact, in 15% of all flu cases, corona viruses have always been detectable and never been the main cause of the symptoms. Therefore, even a positive PCR test says absolutely nothing, especially not whether someone is infectious. For this reason, it must also be emphasized that there is absolutely no certainty whether those who tested positive actually died of Corona, or not of something else, such as old age or generally crappy health, where any flu could have been deadly.

I had the worst flu of my life in mid-2020; three weeks of fever in the middle of summer. And it wasn't "COVID-19", but "rhinoviruses" according to the PCR test. Like every flu I've had in my life, I couldn't taste or smell anything. THIS IS FUCKING NORMAL WITH EVERY FLU! However, I survived it unsurprisingly like every bad flu I've had in my life and, obviously incomprehensible to many, life goes on to this day. But should I be treated every year with a completely experimental vaccine where NOBODY (except for those responsible in the pharmaceutical companies) knows what is in it, but the side effects are many times more serious and frequent than with other vaccines?! And no, that's not just an assertion on my part, but can be proven by the official approval dates of the new patented (!) vaccines!

In addition, it is pretty useless to vaccinate against flu viruses, including Corona, since they are constantly changing anyway and cannot be eradicated. Consider: Corona viruses have always existed!

For this reason, even the obligation to vaccinate in the medical field is being phased out in Germany. They knowingly lied to people when they claimed that vaccination "would protect oneself and others. But at the end of 2022, precisely for the reason that "vaccination does not protect anyway", they simply let the obligation in the medical field expire. If I were a vaccinated person I would feel very very screwed and damn angry at the government! And that's the less perverse truth. The much bigger perversion is that the then German Health Minister (and former Bilderberger guest) Jens Spahn passed a law in early 2020 that excluded any liability for side effects on the part of the vaccine manufacturers: the profits were left privatized, but the risks passed on to taxpayers. This is politics, as if BioNTech itself were the government. I suspect many other Western countries have passed similar laws, since the mastermind behind this policy operates globally.

Furthermore, the vaccinated had to sign an instruction, with which the state wanted to protect itself against any claims for damages. This is a novelty, never before have you had to sign anything for a vaccination! Based on these actions, you can safely assume that the responsible politicians knew very well that these shots are very damaging and often represent lethal injections, serving to reduce the population in the long term and lower life expectancy to relieve the pension funds. Ideal case: You die shortly before retirement age.

Incidentally, there was already the "Hong Kong flu" in 1968, which according to official figures was much "worse" than Corona. But back then, was the whole world screaming for crazy shit like "social distancing", devastating "lockdowns", compulsory vaccinations or total surveillance? Was the whole world economy paralyzed and billions of people driven into poverty?! No, that would have been fucking crazy. Sorry, I absolutely don't understand what's wrong with you sheep, how you've been shitted into your brains in such a way that you don't realize how wrong it all was and still is.

In the US, more people die from drugs than from Corona regularly. Then "Corona came" and suddenly every drug victim was included in the statistics as a "Corona death", together with all the very obese and those well over 70 years old (remember: the proof test sucks, because it doesn't say anything). As a result, overnight there was abruptly no other cause of death. The hospitals, which had always been chronically overwhelmed by privatization, were flooded with hordes of hysterical people, while many doctors themselves become completely hysterical too. They all together created a common matrix of fear in which they stressed each other out endlessly – in many cases even to the point of death.

I assume that you cannot follow my arguments and point of view, but luckily there are still enough people who can and live a long, happy and healthy life without any "salvation" from the pharmaceutical companies. I have been a critic of vaccines for many years because of the chemicals they contain and my general distrust of the system. Therefore, a corona vaccination was never an option for me and I openly admit that the topic has become something part of my ideology, my belief. Vaccinations are just as haram for me as pork. But unlike mere dogmatic religion, I have my motives that I can explain in detail, as you can read.

#reply #corona #me

[ecl1pse]

little over a week before my trip to mu uncle’s my best friend told me she had been taking care of little girl for a few hours when her mom told her the little was feeling unwell. they went to the hospital & tested positive for covid. i told her to get pcr test asap but she said she went home & wanted to wait & see if she got any symptoms beforehand. i said it was fine but just stay put in her room & not make any food for her family bc that was how i got my family sick back in jan. well, the day that i was traveling out of the city, right as i was finishing getting ready she called me to say she was feeling an itchy throat & had a headache.she said she was setting up the appointment for her test for the next day & i told her to again stay put until her results came in 48 hrs after. this would be on friday but she said she was planning on going back to help out w that little girl on monday bc she & her mom were feeling better. i got so pissed i told her i had to hang up & finish packing. i was already done packing but i was so mad i had write my part on message bc i knew if i continued the call o was going to scream at her & cause a fight. so i did that & she replied that the test wouldn’t matter bc she was going back anyways & the mom was fine bc she didn’t care abt covid, hadn’t even gotten vaccinated. i didnt reply bc i was abt to board & i was growing livid + i had shit i had to be busy with instead of this. i think having those messages sitting in my inbox every time i went to reply to someone else bc i didn’t really enjoy my trip as much as i could have & it took me over two weeks to reply. but i knew i had to do it bc her birthday is tomorrow & i would feel horrible if i didn’t try to reach back again & idk… mend things before that. i just. i don’t know what else to say besides i’m surprised she’s letting herself be influenced by someone so irresponsible of her own children, so i messaged her that.

idk. i feel like i might be exaggerating things… but i mean, isn’t this kind of behavior why we can’t fucking get out of a pandemic??? i know it might be hypocritical of me considering i literally line up for two hours to cross the border like 3 times a week & spend at least 4 hrs in a store full of people. but at least i’m trying take precautions. i never take my mask off unless i’m drinking or waiting. no matter how hot i’m getting. i’m washing my hands every time i go back. i’ve been sleeping on a very tiny couch at home almost every night since i came home just in case, esp after i started getting a scratchy throat which was nothing bc im currently sharing a bed w my sister & i don’t want her to get sick.

again i dont know what to do & i don’t wanna end our friendship over this bc we’ve been friends for so long & really do care for her & i love her dearly. i want her to be well & healthy & happy so i was pushing her to at least make sure she had covid so she could take proper care of herself. the uncle i visited is a doctor w his own private practice in a low income area in monterrey & he told us so many sad stories while i was there that i wish i could have recorded him to show her later. cuz even tho we both are social recluses & our lives didn’t change much post this whole ordeal, it doesn’t mean that we should be treating it so lightly. or maybe i’m just being annoying & wanting to be right. i just don’t know

[troglobite]

friend of mine of 16 years is.....really, truly testing my limits. 

we’ve been talking more lately which is nice

but the problem is

she lives in france and has this vibrant social life

and hasn’t been wearing masks. anywhere. at all. that i have seen.

meanwhile for the last week or 10 days or so, she’s been sick. like terribly sick. “hacking up a lung” as she put it, and it included a temporary eye infection. she also had bloodwork done that has a. Troubling value on it. that still hasn’t been addressed.

she had covid earlier this year. 

and she has, she said, tested negative for covid this time. so it could be an early flu. 

but. 

regardless.

here’s what she’s done while sick (i didn’t even know she WAS sick until she TOLD me)

gone for runs, gone out to MULTIPLE restaurants with MULTIPLE people, gone to cafes, museums, and gone to a concert.

without a mask.

i literally just told her last night to take care of herself bc esp w the concerning level she got on her bloodwork, covid can have wreaked havoc in her system--and this ~minor virus~ can be anything but minor. any sickness can cause permanent lifelong disability, but ESPECIALLY now that she’s had covid before. i told her she should get some rest and take it easy.

so today she went to a cafe, multiple museums, and a concert, and then also went shopping. 

meanwhile she told me “don’t worry, i’ll listen to you!”

and says she’ll have plenty of time to relax.......this week. 

i’m exhausted. and seriously losing patience.

i just. am struggling to stomach this kind of behavior. 

we literally talked on zoom a few times and i told her--i don’t have a life. I DON’T HAVE A LIFE. I DO NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE.

and she says

“don’t worry abt it, you’re not missing anything”

REALLY?

LIKE THE MUSEUMS, AND WALKS, AND INTERNATIONAL TRIPS (bc oh yeah she went to GREECE with a girl she’s dating!), AND CONCERTS, AND FANCY RESTAURANTS, AND FUN OUTINGS WITH FRIENDS???

I’M NOT MISSING ANYTHING????

fuck off SO HARD.

i’m just.

i’ve literally told her my new diagnoses. i’ve told her i’m struggling w meds. i’ve told her how sick w worry and stress i’ve been abt my mom having had covid (who also tested negative again yesterday w another pcr--which she only took bc now we’re vaguely worried abt the possibility that i have it--my test results still haven’t come back yet bc we had to do walgreens instead of health insurance which i just lost)

i just--when i said i was worried abt my mom and long covid, she tactlessly told me abt a friend of hers who’d had it and was asymptomatic, and now was having scary health problems bc of long covid.

i didn’t ask anything because WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

and despite ALL OF THAT

she is GOING IN PUBLIC, WITHOUT A MASK, WHILE ACTIVELY SICK

i’m just. i can’t understand or deal with this. and it’s taking all of my patience and ability to disconnect to be able to continue talking with her. like at this point i’m going to ASK if she was masking, if she’s feeling better, if she got any meds, if everyone else has been able to avoid catching whatever she has

i just

HOW CAN YOU BE THIS FUCKING THOUGHTLESS?!

it’s not like she went to WORK sick (which she ALSO did) just bc she HAD to, right? like capitalism, i get it. (except france has better laws around that and better pay so i’m sure she could’ve missed ONE day....)

like she is CHOOSING. to GO OUT. NEEDLESSLY.

WITH FRIENDS

WITHOUT A FUCKING MASK

and i’m worried abt her in addition to being so fucking EXHAUSTED. like do i even emotionally feel anger and fury? no. i’m tired.

i’m exhausted. i’m talking to someone who actively doesn’t care abt me and other people like me. who claims she loves me and is one of my best friends and has been for 16 years.

and that’s just impossible to reconcile.

and idek if it’s worth mentioning.

what’s super fucked up is that her dad just got done w cancer treatment. they caught it early, it sounds like he fared well, and he was declared cancer free last month. 

but when she was there in august to visit her parents...

she went to a massive family wedding.

where NO ONE wore a mask.

and i’m like

YOU ARE LITERALLY STAYING WITH YOUR DAD WHO IS STILL IN CHEMO

AND YOU DIDN’T WEAR A *FUCKING* MASK!??!?!?!

how can you say you’re worried abt him and want to protect him and make sure he’s okay AND THEN PUT HIM AT COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY RISK LIKE THAT?!

like THAT could’ve KILLED HIM.

and i just can’t wrap my fucking head around it. 

i don’t want to completely cut this off but i’m just. having to put up these walls and barriers. 

i’m just. tired and frustrated. i’m just so fucking exhausted.

like.

the last time we talked on zoom she said she wanted me to be more open and honest abt shit that’s hard--bc part of masking and most of my longer friendships is that i don’t share anything. i’m not honest abt that stuff, i don’t like talking abt it.

well. i tried.

and she sucked at responding. 

and i don’t mean that she responded in a way i didn’t like.

i mean she just sucked at it.

as in

me trying to talk abt a thing that’s hard and i’m really struggling

her response?

“that sucks. well, i don’t know both sides. but if you need me i’m here!”

....that’s what. i--i’m literally. i need you. i’m talking to you. YOU ARE THERE, SO DO/SAY SOMETHING??? AND STOP INSINUATING THAT I’M WRONG OR MY FEELINGS ARE WRONG????

or the best

“lemme know if you want to talk!”

THAT’S LITERALLY WHAT I’M DOING???? RIGHT NOW???? WHAT THE FUCK???????

meanwhile w her situation w her ex gf (who i hate--met her once, she was overdramatic and fatphobic and honestly i’ve been side-eyeing her abt that, and also turns out she’s extremely emotionally manipulative, so thank god she’s fucking gone) i had been listening and replying in-depth for WEEKS.

listening as she cried. supporting and validating her. asking if she wanted my perspective. offering it couched in distant language and being understanding and offering like, perspective without telling her what to do. supporting and reiterating her own decisions.

we have to talk via instagram dm bc international shit, and i fucking typed all that shit on my phone in IG messages--hundreds of words. each time.

and she’s doing better! she listened and did what she needed to do, and she thanked me, and it didn’t fix anything, but it helped. as far as i can tell. and she sought me out for that. 

but i do the same w her and i can’t even get 10% of whatever her version of that would be. 

and i’m not saying

“wow i invested all this into your mental health, why can’t you invest in mine?”

i’m not expecting a miracle. i know i haven’t shared w her before. i know she’s having to figure it out.

but when someone reaches out to you. and is struggling. and you ASKED THEM TO DO THIS.

you cannot reply

“lemme know if you need to talk! i’m here for you!”

and then NOTHING ELSE

and expect that to be okay! 

i’m just really disappointed in her.

she’s always claimed i’m so important to her, like a sibling, a best friend. and it’s true insofar as--we can go a year without talking and then pick up and it’s like nothing ever changed. which is fine!

but i’m just. now thinking maybe it’s better like that. 

bc i can’t emotionally or mentally deal with the kind of person she is when she makes these choices that are directly contributing to a culture that means i literally cannot leave my fucking house.

i was talking to her abt my job difficulties and she gave me this boomer advice

i said the place i wanted to apply wasn’t hiring anymore--she said, send in your application anyway. 

i just LOOKED at her. like what fucking universe do you live in??? the 1960s??? what the FUCK?

it was just absolutely bizarre. 

idfk man. it’s weird and unpleasant and i don’t appreciate how she’s saying one thing to my face and then she and her friends are going out and playing russian roulette w their lives and ours and they don’t give a fucking shit

it’s exhausting

honestly this is how most ppl i’ve known irl are behaving lately. it just stings more when i’m actively trying to maintain a close relationship w someone i’ve known 16 years and talking abt how the pandemic is affecting me and my life--

and she directly makes choices that make it even harder for me.

it’s just. i’m fucking tired.

like she sent me all these msgs all excited abt the concert, the museum, the cafe date, the new art supplies that she went shopping for.

and i just.

i can’t be excited with you. bc you did all of those things and you might’ve ended up killing someone or disabling them for life. bc you went out while sick and contagious with an unknown virus. in the middle of a mass disabling pandemic. that has lowered everyone’s immunity and damaged countless organs, including the brain.

and i’m just. 

tired. i’m fucking tired. 

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📆 31 Jan 2024 📰 COVID 'still evolving at an incredible rate' and some may have 'silent organ damage', experts warn 🗞️ Sky News

As people no longer report their test results, the most reliable recent estimates on COVID prevalence come from the winter infection survey, carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the UK Health Security Agency.

It is smaller than the original, regular ONS infection study that was discontinued in March 2023, and it doesn't cover Wales or Northern Ireland.

Although the winter infection study uses lateral flow not PCR tests, the results are broadly comparable.

It shows that following the spread of the JN.1 variant, which is a sub-lineage of the BA.2.86 version of Omicron, the virus last peaked before Christmas, with highs of 4.4% between 19 and 23 December - roughly one in 23 people.

Similarly to the height of the pandemic, the peak was felt most strongly in London, with 5.5% of the capital believed to have COVID by 19 December. The lowest peak was in the North East, with 3.2% of the region thought to have had the virus by 12 December.

The recent COVID peaks are only around half what they were in spring 2022, when 7.6% of England were estimated to have the virus and 9% of Scotland.

Stephen Griffin, professor of virology at the University of Leeds, warns that although the peaks look less dramatic, repeated waves mean they add up to a very high number of cases.

"We're still seeing multiple waves of COVID every year because the virus is still evolving at an incredible rate," he says.

Dr Rae Duncan, a consultant cardiologist and long COVID research clinician at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, warns that studies are beginning to suggest serious complications from COVID that could lie dormant for years.

"COVID is a spectrum and long COVID is only one end of that," Dr Duncan says.

"It's never been just a cold. The more times you're infected, the higher your cardiovascular risk, neurological, and endocrine risk. These can all result in life-altering conditions.

"Some may have underlying silent organ damage, which is asymptomatic, meaning people are not aware of it. It needs more research but it's very concerning."

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may 12

headlines

Food insecurity in the U.S. may be worse than anyone thinks, study reveals More people are having trouble getting food on the table, according to a recent study. While food insecurity is a growing concern in the United States, the research suggests the number of people with limited access to food is actually higher than what official reports estimate.

Climate fanatics say there’s no room for personal choice if global warming is to be stopped: Everyone will need to decrease their standard of living by 75% – using force if necessary In the near future, everyone on earth – except the “elite,” of course – will have to drastically reduce their standard of living in order to save the planet from the devastating effects of warm weather, according to the BBC.

‘Trans kids’ prescribed MORE anti-psychotic meds after beginning gender transition than before: study A 2021 study of military youth has revealed that not only were minors with severe mental illness allowed to embark upon experimental medical sex changes, but also that prescriptions for anti-psychotic drugs actually increased after hormonal interventions were initiated, reports Fox News.

REVEALED: DOJ official says Biden admin ‘rolling over’ on allowing trans-identified males to impregnate females in women’s prisons A psychologist with Merrick Garland’s Justice Department has confirmed that biologically male inmates who claim to be women and transfer into women’s prisons are purposefully impregnating female inmates. The inmates have an ulterior motive, which is then to bring suit against the US government to create “million dollar babies,” and taxpayers are on the hook for it.

Pfizer “vaccine” trial data shows alarming outcomes for pregnant women; they knew all along A preprint paper published this month, shows that IgG4 antibodies are present in the umbilical cord blood of infants born to vaccinated mothers, highlighting a theoretical risk to newborns of an ineffective response to Covid infection. This highlights just how many unknowns we are dealing with when it comes to assessing what will be the long-term outcomes of mRNA vaccination.

WHO ends the Covid Hoax with the biggest Lie of All The WHO figure of 20 million deaths is based on absurd, false figures whereby patients who died after a positive (but useless) PCR test were listed as having died of covid-19 even if they had no symptoms of covid-19 and had died in a car crash, been run over by a bus or had died of heart disease. Governments around the world have admitted that figures were exaggerated. In some countries, hospitals were bribed to over-diagnose covid-19.

Globalists Are Murdering Children To Double Down On Depopulation The stories over at Substack the last several days from numerous different authors are absolutely alarming and tell a story that must be told considering the mainstream media won’t touch these with a 50-foot pole and instead, are helping the anti-America terrorists/squatters sitting in the White House, Congress and the Pentagon wage a deadly war upon the American people, now aimed at your children and mine.

Hollywood Elites Hold ‘Drag Isn’t Dangerous’ Telethon To Hit Back Against New Wave Of Anti-Grooming Laws Designed To Protect Young Children Actress Charlize Theron issued a warning to opponents of the LGBTQ community Sunday night during the ‘Drag Isn’t Dangerous’ fundraising telethon.

Transgender surgeries linked to horrific and often fatal infections: “I now live in a painful body that no longer belongs to me” The Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology published a study recently about a formerly healthy 18-year-old boy who underwent a ghastly and barbaric transgender “affirmation” surgery that resulted in his death.

1 in 4 Canadians Agree With Euthanizing the Poor Leftist policies start out seemingly reasonable and compassionate before they become totally monstrous. Initially, there are sympathetic test cases, they started out with arguing that raped 12-year-olds should be able to get an abortion, and then before you know, it’s partial-birth abortion for bored celebrities. Euthanasia was supposed to help those with fatal illnesses suffering a great deal of pain. And then, in typical fashion, it morphed into killing teenagers and the depressed.

FDA Approves First Pill Containing Human Feces Patients needing a fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections now have the option of getting stool in pill form.

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Artificial Intelligence in Times of Pandemic

The world was taken by storm when covid 19 hit and started to “nurture” in December 2019. Not long after, the disease was spread to every city and every lane, leaving its strong, sharp effects on the healthcare industry. Early and quick detection of COVID-19 is a challenging task for the medical community, but it is also crucial in stopping the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Prior attestation of artificial intelligence (AI) in various fields of science has encouraged researchers to come up with stable and efficient solutions and further address this problem. 

Artificial intelligence played a vital and independent role in countering corona while helping gain knowledge about necessary information such as vaccine distribution, hospital management, drug discovery, financial aid circulation, clinical data insights, and covid diagnosis.

AI can help in mitigating the impact of the lockdown and in actively responding to this crisis. A very important method to evaluate the effect is rapid and random widespread testing to understand the pattern and identify hotspot zones to quarantine affected people. Apps like Arogya Setu were introduced, which show much of the user’s risk factor depending on their movement and proximity to infected or at-risk people, based on location-based mobile data using Bluetooth for generating alerts. The app alerts are accompanied by instructions on how to self-isolate and what to do in case someone develops symptoms that they need help & support. Similarly, DRDO’s AI brains launched SAMPARC App, which had created a technology-focused solution to track patients who are under quarantine.

Also Read: AI: An Essential component For Security And Surveillance

The pandemic generated tons of data every day. Patient data, CT scans, MIT reports, chest X-rays, blood results, genetic data, and more. Human experts can barely scratch the surface of this data. Though fortunately enough, AI algorithms can process these insights at scale and analyze patterns to speed up diagnosis and give tips on vaccine development and treatment. Pharmaceutical firms, medical institutions, hospitals, and healthcare technology providers who adopt AI tools will boost both profits and market share.

The gold standard for diagnostic tests for COVID-19 is RT-PCR. However, RT-PCR does produce false negatives making it not the most trusted method to verify the disease. A study concluded that chests are far more sensitive to CT scans than to RT-PCR tests (98 vs. 71%, respectively). Using AI, we can train algorithms to produce and analyze chest computed tomography (CT) scans with vascular thickening, spider web, bilateral and GGO, and more complex patterns.

To add even further to this, we can make these algorithms with crazy high-end dimensional features even radiologists can’t handle, such as wavelet and texture information allowing pneumonia caused by covid to be distinguished early on and be given the right cure. Researchers have succeeded in developing a machine model that can diagnose corona from chest X-rays 10 times faster than human radiologists and up to 6% more accurately.

Kamal Kishor Singh is a technology enthusiast based in Muscat, Oman. He’s currently working as a Projects Delivery Manager for a major digital technology company in the Middle East. 

With 18 years of experience in AI/ML based data analytics and automation, Kamal has developed several first-in-the-region digital products for government, banking, and telecom clients. 

He has a keen interest in mentoring fresh talent and developing the tech start-up ecosystem in India and the Middle East.

Kamal has a bachelor’s degree in technology from NIT Allahabad and an MBA from IIM Calcutta. 

Connect with Kamal on his LinkedIn

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How to Apply for the Thailand Pass

You'll be relieved to learn that after several months of travel restrictions, Thailand is once again available to tourists and Thai citizens. You can now apply for the new Thailand Pass system as long as you are completely immunized against COVID-19 as of November 1, 2021. With the help of this new system, Thailand's struggling tourism sector will experience a big uptick. The Certificate of Entry, or COE, has been replaced by the Thailand Pass, which was created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Digital Government Development Agency.

Thailand Is Open For Tourists 

Thailand, rightfully, took travel restrictions seriously in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. Due to the severe travel restrictions that have been in place in Thailand for more than 18 months, the country will be open to all travelers beginning on November 1, 2021.

Here's how to quickly apply for the new Thailand Pass whether you plan to visit family during the holidays or plan to travel to Thailand in the near future.

Who can Apply Thailand Pass for Fully Vaxxed Travelers

You can apply for the new travel pass and avoid the inconvenience of an extended quarantine when traveling from abroad if you have received the full COVID-19 vaccination. Both fully immunized visitors and Thai nationals who originated from the 63 low-risk nations on the list are affected by this. Keep in mind that you must have spent at least 21 days in these nations. You will be enrolled in the Test-and-Go program, which only requires a single night's stay in an ASQ or SHA+ hotel while you wait for the results of the PCR test that was administered as soon as you arrived.

Thailand Pass for Fully Vaxxed Travelers under the Sandbox Program

Outside of the "low-risk" countries, fully vaccinated visitors are still welcomed into Thailand. When submitting an online Thailand Pass application, they will be enrolled in the Sandbox Program. Travelers can visit Thailand under the Sandbox Programme, but they must stay a minimum of 7 nights in a SHA+ Hotel that has been authorized in one of the Sandbox cities, such as Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin, Chiang Mai, Phuket, or Samui. They are free to travel wherever in Thailand after staying at a SHA+ hotel. Children between the ages of 12 and 18 who are not immunized may travel with their parents without being quarantined.

Thailand Pass for Unvaxxed Travelers Under the Quarantine Program

Travelers who have not had the vaccine or who have just received their first dosage are still permitted to enter Thailand, but they must complete the 10 night required quarantine at any accredited ASQ or AQ quarantine hotel. While submitting an online Thailand Pass application, they will be in the Alternative Quarantine.

Thailand Travel Restrictions

Thailand will open its international borders to all passengers on November 1, 2021. Depending on their level of immunization and place of origin, it will either be necessary for them to undergo the required quarantine or not.

Fully immunized tourists who traveled from the 63 countries identified as low-risk are not subject to quarantine. While fully immunized tourists who originated from nations not listed in the low-risk category are eligible for the sandbox programs. They must first undergo a seven-day quarantine before being allowed to freely visit other regions of Thailand.

For travelers who are partially or completely unvaccinated, an alternative quarantine program is available. They must stay in one of the approved quarantine hotels in Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Phuket, or Samui for the required ten days of quarantine. They can then freely travel to other regions of Thailand after that.

Required Documents For The New Thailand Pass 

If you are fully vaccinated and will travel to Thailand from one of the listed countries eligible to apply for the new travel pass, you’ll need to provide the following documents;

Passport

Vaccination Certificate

COVID-19 Travel Insurance Certificate

ASQ, SHA+ Hotel Booking (1 night)

PCR Test Booking

Flight Information

Thai VISA (if applicable)

Here are the countries currently listed as safe and able to apply for the Thailand Travel Pass.

Thailand Pass Application Process

The Thailand Pass involves a QR code system. You’ll first need to register at the Thailand Pass web portal and provide relevant personal and travel information, as well as upload your key documents and evidence. You’ll then receive confirmation of your application. You must now wait for the Thailand Pass to be approved. When approved, you’ll receive the QR entry code via email. 

Please note that the application process can take up to 5 to 7 working days, so it’s always best to apply in advance. 

Thailand Pass Legal Support

While it is free to apply for the new Thailand Pass, travelers who require assistance and support can do so. At Siam Legal, we assist clients and foreign nationals by preparing the required documents and paperwork needed to start and complete the Thailand Pass application process. 

Our legal experts can help you save precious time by working on your behalf and minimizing the risk of VISA-related issues or rejections. In some cases, if travelers upload documents that are in poor condition, or provide inaccurate or misleading information as part of a VISA application process, the embassy or consulate may reject your application, and therefore you won’t be able to travel to Thailand.

There is also a lot of confusion regarding the new travel pass and tourists who have recently received approval for or are in the process of applying for the Certificate Of Entry (COE). In this case, you may feel the need to speak with a legal expert regarding your VISA application. Pre-approval COE applicants must submit all required documentation by November 7, or your request will be automatically rejected. You must also apply for the Travel Pass to travel to Thailand. So, rather than run that risk of rejection, it may be wise to seek legal advice and support.

Visit our website: https://www.thaivisa-news.com/how-to-apply-for-the-thailand-pass/

#How to Apply for the Thailand Pass

[quarantinehomies]

Lily: The Last of Us

Me and Valerie were the last ones still testing negative and were quarantining in another room due to the exposure. I was drawing in my sketchbook, as one does when you have nothing else to do but wait, when I noticed a note,“Go to page 101, Lily’s eyes only.” “Huuuuh,” I thought to myself. Page 101 read “Wanna go on a beach date next Saturday? -Richard :)” I involuntarily gasped loudly and looked at Val with wide eyes. She was immediately concerned and asked, “what, what's wrong?!” I told her, she laughed and recited a joke the singles in our group made when Richard and I first started openly flirting with each other, “when is it my turn to be happy?!,” as she jokingly smacked her fist on her desk. I giddily texted him my response.

A day or so later, Val and I continued taking rapid tests and they kept coming back negative, until the last test of the night when one didn’t. Val tested positive. We immediately put on masks and got into the beds we were sleeping in, at opposite ends of the room, and she texted the others who would take her in in the morning to continue quarantining. I still tested negative and the next morning she went to quarantine with the others.

I was now alone. In a room that wasn’t mine. With nothing but my thoughts. I had all the beginning symptoms of covid, sore throat, runny nose, overall sick feeling, but no matter how many tests I took I continued coming back negative. I began to doubt the reality of my symptoms. Having ocd, I began thinking my mind was just playing tricks on me and I wasn’t actually sick. I was rather upset at this point. I was sick, couldn’t be with my friends, was doubting my mind and body, and still couldn’t leave the room. I remember vividly, drawing in the same sketchbook I described earlier, sitting at Zeltzin’s desk in my pink heart pajama pants, jealous that the others were making the best out of a bad situation… without me.

A day later I got two emails, one with my PCR test results and the other detailing my next steps. I was positive. I no longer met UCSC guidelines for being on campus, and was given a covid representative to follow my case. Obviously I didn’t want to have covid, but I was relieved that I wasn’t making up my symptoms and that I could deal with this experience in the company of friends. I texted the group chat the results and it worked out well since Richard’s roommate wanted back into the room and I was considering continuing my quarantine in my dorm so the others could take over Zeltzin and Val’s dorm. However, my roommates did not want me back in the room. I was told I could be quarantined in my dorm, with my roommates, by the representative, but when I told my roommates the dilemma and the plan initially, they lost their minds.

Anyway, the group began their move to me, in Zeltzin’s room. Since it was a double, attempting to properly fit five people into the space was maddening. After the first night me and Richard were snuggled comfortably in a corner of the room, John at the other end, and Valerie and Zeltzin in their respective loft beds. 

As the days progressed I got more and more sick. My body ached, my throat hurt, my thoughts were scrambled, combined we were all guzzling Dayquil and Nyquil like it was nothing. I passed the time by talking with everyone, especially Richard, drawing, trying to keep up with homework, and sleeping. John was losing his marbles, he was pacing around, sitting in his funky camping chair, being agitated but still silly. Zeltzin and Val were mostly chilling, sick but just recovering in their respective beds. I was trying really hard to keep up with my book and writing for my Cowell 1 class but I already hated the writing she assigned us and the reading was incredibly long. If I was dreading these assignments normally, they were going to put me into cardiac arrest in the state I was in.

I stayed in my pjs almost the entire time we quarantined. There was one day when I began feeling slightly better so I did my makeup and put on regular clothes but by the next day I was sicker than before. Everyone else was already getting better at this point and I was still stuck, sick and in bed.

We decided to go on a mental health walk. Initially I was excited to leave the room for a little while but once we got from Merrill building A down to the farthest part of the field at Cowell I was exhausted, out of breath, and aching. I was still trudging along. When we got back to the room I took more DayQuil, because I anticipated doing work, but ended up knocking out in our little corner anyway. 

Zeltzin’s family invited us to a quinceanera, I don���t know the details since I was still testing positive, and lowkey mad I couldn’t go too, but once John, Zeltzin, and Val tested negative, they were rushing out of the room with a bag for the night and me and Richard were left on our own, the only two testing positive. 

We ordered snacks from 7/11, and drew, he played guitar. We ended up staying up till 5am just talking about various miscellaneous things, some serious topics, a lot goofy. The next day Richard tested negative but I still tested positive. I was stressed about missing another day of classes while the rest of them got to live life normally again. I finished reading an entire book for my Cowell 1 class and was pretty productive although rather lonely. 

The next day I finally tested negative and went to my classes like normal. I was ecstatic. After the fact I can confidently say that although none of us wanted to catch covid, I’m glad that we went through this experience together. I love all the people in our group, especially Richard, and I hope we continue experiencing our lives together!

[kathrynlynntrammel]

When Does COVID Stop Being Contagious?

The time you may transmit COVID-19 depends on your age, health state, and how successfully your immune system fights the virus. You're most contagious in the first five days after becoming ill, but you may stay contagious for much longer.

It would help to isolate yourself from others in your house to avoid infection. The CDC recommends 10 days of isolation.

If you develop a COVID infection, it might take up to five days for symptoms to appear. This is referred to as the incubation phase.

Knowing how long it takes to get infected and exhibit symptoms are critical for public health. It helps establish how long someone should remain at home or away from others.

It may also guide public health activities like contact tracing, quarantine, and epidemic investigation. It may benefit the Delta and Omicron versions of COVID-19, which have shorter incubation periods than the original strain that caused the Wuhan epidemic.

Several studies have employed groups of matched individuals who developed the illness and a group of never-infected persons to determine how long it takes to get infected with COVID-19. These studies often use several data-scrubbing and machine-learning methods to separate signals from noise.

If you have COVID, you may suffer moderate to severe symptoms. Most individuals heal without medical attention; however, others may have more significant issues that need hospitalization.

Fever is one of the most prevalent symptoms. A fever of more than 100.4 F on an oral thermometer or more than 100.8 F on a rectal thermometer fluctuates throughout the day.

COVID-19 infection spreads by inhaling minute droplets and particles containing the virus when an infected person coughs, sneezes, talks, or sings. It also spreads by touching the eyes, nose, or mouth with minute droplets and particles splashed or sprayed by infected persons.

If you get ill with COVID-19, you must remain at home and isolate yourself until you feel better. This might take up to ten days.

COVID is a coronavirus that may cause severe illnesses or create "breakthrough" infections in unprotected persons. Getting vaccinated is the most effective approach to preventing COVID-19.

According to Joseph Bailey, MD, a pulmonary and critical care expert at Northwestern Medicine, symptoms usually appear after a few days of virus exposure, and viral loads should peak two to three days after you start shedding them. If you have the original version of COVID-19, you may be infectious for up to five days after your first encounter with it.

Animal studies have demonstrated that repeated exposure to low doses of the virus is just as contagious as a single large dose. Mills said that even if a person tests negative after five days of isolation, they may still be infectious. He advised you to continue isolating yourself until you no longer tested positive on a fast antigen test.

When unwell, your doctor may request tests to see if you have COVID. This may assist your doctor in figuring out what's causing your symptoms and if you need therapy.

Your test results are generally available three days after you take your sample. If you have symptoms, this information may help you remain at home and distance yourself from others.

An antigen test may identify antigens and proteins on the virus's surface. It may provide findings in 15 to 30 minutes and is most accurate when used within a few days of your initial symptoms.

A PCR test may identify the virus's DNA and is more sensitive than an antigen test. It may also be done if an antigen test is negative to confirm a positive result and identify whether you are still sick.

It might take up to two to three weeks for your body to produce enough antibodies after being ill with COVID. These antibodies may help keep you from contracting a new infection or becoming unwell.

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COVID-19 Testing: What You Need to Know

COVID-19 testing is one of the most important steps necessary for reducing the spread of the virus and giving people peace of mind. It's important to note that there are different kinds of tests available depending on your needs. Antigen tests, for example, provide a result quickly but may not be able to detect more cases. PCR tests are considered highly accurate but take longer to process the results. It's also essential to follow the safety protocols suggested by public health officials while getting tested, such as wearing a face mask, washing your hands frequently, and keeping physical distance from others. Understanding your testing options as well as what measures you can take to keep yourself safe will help you make informed decisions during this unprecedented time.

When to Get Tested for COVID-19

When should you test for covid? The answer to this question depends on individual circumstances. If you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus, it is important to get tested as soon as possible. Additionally, if you are experiencing any of the common symptoms associated with the virus (such as fever, cough, shortness of breath), it is also recommended that you seek testing. Finally, even if you are not experiencing any symptoms at all, it can still be a good idea to get tested depending on your unique situation - such as living in an area with high infection rates or regularly interacting with people outside of your household bubble. In any case, when deciding when to get tested for COVID-19, it is always best to consult your doctor and stay up-to-date with latest public health recommendations.

Types of Tests

With the emergence of the COVID-19 virus, testing availability has increased significantly. Depending on when and why you need to get tested, there are a few different types of tests available. You should consult your primary care physician when considering when to get a COVID test as they can help determine what test may be most appropriate given your needs. Tests range from rapid antigen tests that can give results in 15 minutes or less, to PCR tests that are very accurate but take longer for results to come back. Knowing when and why you’re getting tested can help determine which type of test is best suited for you.

Choosing a COVID-19 Test

With different testing options available, choosing when to take a COVID-19 test after exposure can be a difficult decision. When to take covid test after exposure? It's important to take into account the type of test, the source of exposure, and when symptoms arise when determining when an individual should seek a test. For example, if someone has been exposed and is experiencing symptoms, then it's recommended they get tested as soon as possible so that they can prevent transmission to others. On the other hand, if someone has been exposed but doesn't have any symptoms, it may be wise to wait several days or so before getting tested to assess their risk level. Knowing when to take a COVID-19 test can help people stay informed and safe when navigating through these unprecedented times.

Testing for Antibodies

With testing for antibodies being a popular method to determine whether or not someone has had exposure to a virus, knowing how long after exposure to get tested is crucial. Depending on the virus and how strongly the immune system reacts, results of an antibody test taken too soon can be unreliable. It’s generally recommended that someone waits at least two weeks before getting tested, as it can take some time for the body to produce enough antibodies in order to show up on a test. Understanding how long after exposure one should get tested helps ensure accurate results, which can make all the difference when it comes to public health and safety.

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