A friend of mine just tested positive for COVID. His wife is getting sick. Last I heard, she was going to take a test, but I haven't heard the results yet.
My immune-deficient wife and elderly father both tested positive eight days ago. Neither are able to tolerate Remdesivir. Dad's doing a lot better but my wife is still pretty ill. I'm *really* frustrated that so many people are no longer taking COVID seriously.
EDIT: Since my last direct contact with my wife was 11 days ago (3 days before she was symptomatic), and my rapid tests have been coming up negative, I thought I'd avoided the illness. But I had a bit of a sore throat last night, so I figured I should test myself again. There's an incredibly faint line at the "T" point on the test cassette. I took another look at the test I ran a couple of days ago, which I thought was clear, and found a "T" line that I can just barely make out in good light. It's possible that the cassette having dried out has made it more visible.
So here I am again. I've got a decent supply of groceries from a shopping trip two days ago, and I hope I didn't infect anyone while I did it. I was masked and keeping my distance from people as much as I could, and it looks like I've been nearly successful in fighting off the disease, so it's not very likely. Still: [*sigh*]
AIUI, the instructions say, any visible line in that place on the home test for SARS-CoV-2 is to be treated as a positive test. On the other hand, you're told to check the test only a certain short period after performing it. In that case, what it looks like the next day doesn't count either way.
These could seem trivial points when the lives of your loved ones are threatened by this curse. Nothing I could say will help with that.
And it's possible that when I read the later test, I did it more than the proper 15 minutes after I added the drops to the cassette. I called the provincial health line, and was told that I should consider the tests to be negative.
My wife is still doing not-very-well in hospital. At this point, the major issue seems to be that the infection -- like any other infection -- causes her chronic problems to flare up. For the most part, she's getting decent care, unlike in many other visits. Her symptoms are highly visible.
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2022-10-12 10:32 am
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People like the AB premier should FOAD.
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EDIT: Since my last direct contact with my wife was 11 days ago (3 days before she was symptomatic), and my rapid tests have been coming up negative, I thought I'd avoided the illness. But I had a bit of a sore throat last night, so I figured I should test myself again. There's an incredibly faint line at the "T" point on the test cassette. I took another look at the test I ran a couple of days ago, which I thought was clear, and found a "T" line that I can just barely make out in good light. It's possible that the cassette having dried out has made it more visible.
So here I am again. I've got a decent supply of groceries from a shopping trip two days ago, and I hope I didn't infect anyone while I did it. I was masked and keeping my distance from people as much as I could, and it looks like I've been nearly successful in fighting off the disease, so it's not very likely. Still: [*sigh*]
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(Anonymous) 2022-10-13 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)These could seem trivial points when the lives of your loved ones are threatened by this curse. Nothing I could say will help with that.
Robert Carnegie
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My wife is still doing not-very-well in hospital. At this point, the major issue seems to be that the infection -- like any other infection -- causes her chronic problems to flare up. For the most part, she's getting decent care, unlike in many other visits. Her symptoms are highly visible.