Covid Testing: Why bother?

[SabineHunter]

I got tested partly because I wanted to come back to the office to work, and my boss said either wait 14 days, or get tested and come back when results come in.

I also partly got tested because I was going home for two weeks to visit my parents (60s and both have underlying conditions) and grandmother (96 and in a nursing home), and didn't want to be the cause of them getting sick.

I got tested for pretty much the same reasons, plus I had a slight fever and congestion in my chest, along with a little achy. My family quarantined until the result came back negative. All is good.
BTW, don't get down to RiverRat's level, he knows everything.

[BrandonH]

If I'm symptomatic I'll get tested for a couple reasons. I work with a very vulnerable population daily and if I test positive I get paid sick leave, otherwise I don't.

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[firemanjj82]

Oh really??



https://www.theblaze.com/news/obama-...-cases-testing

What the Blaze states to what Wiki states. H1N1 was bigger than we know because we didn't track it as close.

[WItoTX]

If test if only 60% accurate do you get tested more than once?

And does your boss require you to get tested one time or once per week or???

I don't understand the get tested and if negative you're good to work again... If you believe the media (at all) this is spreading and you can catch it tomorrow or any day, right?

I should have added, I had symptoms. Otherwise I'd not gotten a test. Even though I was 99% sure it was just allergies (It was).

The spit test is nearly 90% accurate.

My boss said if I wanted to return, I had to get a test. My boss covered the cost of the test. I wasn't happy I had to do it, but he pays my bills.

Once I took the test, I worked from home until I got the results (2 days). I am lucky to have a job I can do from home.

I got tested for pretty much the same reasons, plus I had a slight fever and congestion in my chest, along with a little achy. My family quarantined until the result came back negative. All is good.
BTW, don't get down to RiverRat's level, he knows everything.

I am not to worried about it, at least he questions everything. I have questioned some of the stuff he says, at least he has a thought through opinion, unlike a lot of other folks LOL

[WItoTX]

What the Blaze states to what Wiki states. H1N1 was bigger than we know because we didn't track it as close.

Remember when Obama and Biden shut down testing in spring of 2009 because he didn't want to hurt the barely recovering economy?

[RiverRat1]

Remember when Obama and Biden shut down testing in spring of 2009 because he didn't want to hurt the barely recovering economy?

Watch out with the questions. Don't want to ruffle some other guys feathers

So your boss wanted you to get tested because you had symptoms? Or did he make everyone take a test?

My SIL works for a chiropractor Doctor. He's a smart guy. He knows this whole thing is a scam.

Another side note. I bet just as many, if not more, people had swine flu. Think how many more millions got tested for COVID. And think how many people are taken down as a positive case without a positive test result. Also I don't think anyone made money marking up a positive or death from swine flu.

Pretty scary to see how they let hospitals run wild with the numbers just to make money. Should be malpractice.

[SabineHunter]

Remember when Obama and Biden shut down testing in spring of 2009 because he didn't want to hurt the barely recovering economy?

That's right, now I remember that. Obama will go down as one of the worse, corrupt president ever, even more than the peanut farmer. Biden will be torn apart at the first, and only, debate.

TRUMP 2020

[SAC]

Don't ask, don't tell

[WItoTX]

So your boss wanted you to get tested because you had symptoms? Or did he make everyone take a test?

I had allergies (This was the week the Saharan dust blew through, it messed with my son and me). Just me having to take the test.

[RiverRat1]

I had allergies (This was the week the Saharan dust blew through, it messed with my son and me). Just me having to take the test.

ok.. That was cray seeing all that dust.

My wife can't wait for school to start. She has allergies bad so she will never pass the pre-screen daily check to enter the school.

[Pilgrim]

For you guys getting tested for work, I get it. I do, however, wonder about hippa laws and privacy issues when you are required to disclose a specific diagnosis to someone such as your employer. Typically an illness is excused or recognized simply by a doctors release to return to work.

[JTCowpoke]

My SIL works for a chiropractor Doctor. He's a smart guy. He knows this whole thing is a scam.
.

This is a joke? Right?

[RiverRat1]

This is a joke? Right?

No. I fully understand most are quacks. This guy really is smart. I've met him and he is basically a real doctor. Better than our family doctor.

[mkguthrie]

No. I fully understand most are quacks. This guy really is smart. I've met him and he is basically a real doctor. Better than our family doctor.

So he IS or almost a medical doctor?

[muzzlebrake]

Proof we are being played.

Go to Google and type in any 3 digit number followed by "new cases" and then scroll down and read the stories.

Now, go on with your life.