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How many people do you know who have tested positive.

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38 (48.7%)
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9 (11.5%)
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7 (9%)
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6 (7.7%)
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8 (10.3%)
I know of someone through a trusted source I personally know
8 (10.3%)
I have first hand knowledge of someone one through my job
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #350 on: September 14, 2020, 09:34:12 AM »
Glad you're on the mend!

If you were negative do they have any idea else it was?

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #351 on: September 14, 2020, 09:37:11 AM »
Glad you're on the mend!

If you were negative do they have any idea else it was?

Take care of yourself man.

Pretty sure it was kung flu, my sister works at the lab in the local hospital, and said the nasal test they use usually comes back 30-50% wrong, both false pos, and false neg.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #352 on: September 14, 2020, 04:07:04 PM »
One of my grandson's freshman classmates has tested positive. My grandson was "exposed" so he has been sent home for "quarantine".
However, his younger brother is required to continue to attend 2nd grade class as normal.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #353 on: September 21, 2020, 08:59:55 AM »
Had to update my vote again.

The guy that sits across from me in the office got tested on Friday, and got the positive results this morning.

I have an appointment to get swabbed in about an hour.

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #354 on: September 21, 2020, 09:40:02 AM »
One of my grandson's freshman classmates has tested positive. My grandson was "exposed" so he has been sent home for "quarantine".
However, his younger brother is required to continue to attend 2nd grade class as normal.
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The second part of that is the first reaction by "authorities" I've read that actually makes sense. Everything I've read is that children are neither vectors nor suffer from the disease.1 The second grader should be heading to school unless he become symptomatic.



1: By that I mean that they don't tend to get symptoms. They tend to be either asymptomatic or with very mild symptoms. YES, there are exceptions as a very few children have died from the Wuhan coronavirus, but this disease is less deadly than the flu for children.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #355 on: September 21, 2020, 10:23:54 AM »
One of my grandson's freshman classmates has tested positive. My grandson was "exposed" so he has been sent home for "quarantine".
However, his younger brother is required to continue to attend 2nd grade class as normal.
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Same situation here.
My oldest was in a class that was exposed and has been doing e-learning for her quarantine.  My youngest is still attending.

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #356 on: September 21, 2020, 05:39:19 PM »
Had to update my vote again.

The guy that sits across from me in the office got tested on Friday, and got the positive results this morning.

I have an appointment to get swabbed in about an hour.

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #357 on: September 21, 2020, 08:55:23 PM »
It wasn't that bad in the grand scheme of things.

Also, since Mrs. Mush works for a local hospital,  I slid into the "healthcare worker expedited line" and got my results in about 4.5 hrs.

So far negative.  We are monitoring for symptom onset.

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #358 on: September 23, 2020, 04:42:14 AM »
My cousin, 911 operator in upstate NY now has it.  He got it from a coworker that was ordered to come into work despite having tested positive. And my wife's cousin got it, along with the rest of his family, as his mother is a covid denier, despite literally being in one of the original hot spots just north of NYC who had followed no guidelines and got sick, then got the rest of the house sick, who did go and get tested.  Thankfully none are hospitalization level sick and I hope it also passes through them without reaching that level. 
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #359 on: September 23, 2020, 11:56:37 AM »
Older duck hunting buddy is in a 2 week quarantine at the VA hospital.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #360 on: September 23, 2020, 04:36:55 PM »
HS friend was just admitted to the hospital for a bad covid infection. He tested positive 13 days ago and apparently he's not doing well.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #361 on: September 25, 2020, 03:01:11 PM »
My Aunt is positive with symptoms, sounds like my cousin is too.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #362 on: September 25, 2020, 03:07:06 PM »
Daughter's roommate just tested positive.  Daughter will get tested tomorrow.  And us too, eventually, I'm sure.

---edit to add--

Daughter is negative.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #363 on: September 25, 2020, 03:21:52 PM »
HS friend was just admitted to the hospital for a bad covid infection. He tested positive 13 days ago and apparently he's not doing well.

Got a message from my friend, blood clots in his lungs from covid.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #364 on: September 25, 2020, 05:12:23 PM »
A friend of my mom's just passed. 80s; gone in less than two weeks. The rest of her family is hospitalized; daughter, SIL and grandchildren.  My Mom said this makes it feel real.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #365 on: September 25, 2020, 08:35:27 PM »
    I was really sick the week of Valentines day. I think it was the rona but am not going to get tested, heck with big brother.
 a few friends had the rona's in San Francisco, at work, three new guys claim to have had it in April and May.
 The folks I talked to said they were real sick for a week but otherwise just fine
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #366 on: September 27, 2020, 09:25:49 AM »
My Aunt is positive with symptoms, sounds like my cousin is too.

This morning's message, cousin is positive, probably his wife and kiddo. My Uncle too.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #367 on: September 27, 2020, 10:04:56 AM »
Daughter's roommate just tested positive.  Daughter will get tested tomorrow.  And us too, eventually, I'm sure.

---edit to add--

Daughter is negative.

And daughter's (now ex-) roomie turns out to be positive but totally asymptomatic.  Would never have known if one of roomie's friends hadn't come down with it.
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #368 on: September 28, 2020, 08:19:40 AM »
My brother the nurse, in a Facebook comment:

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #369 on: September 28, 2020, 08:31:45 AM »
The main number I've been paying attention to is actual hospitalizations.

The use of the word "cases" in the media is propagandist lies designed to instill fear. They are calling all positive tests "cases" as if they were active infections in people under a doctors care.

From the hospitalizations numbers it is looking promising but we are heading into flu season, so I'm keeping my expectations in check.




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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #370 on: September 28, 2020, 10:40:46 AM »
The main number I've been paying attention to is actual hospitalizations.

The use of the word "cases" in the media is propagandist lies designed to instill fear. They are calling all positive tests "cases" as if they were active infections in people under a doctors care.

From the hospitalizations numbers it is looking promising but we are heading into flu season, so I'm keeping my expectations in check.


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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #371 on: September 28, 2020, 10:54:47 AM »
Interesting article that was in my Book of Faces feed....https://bgr.com/2020/09/26/coronavirus-cure-icam-protocol-florida
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #372 on: September 28, 2020, 11:28:51 AM »
I'm calling no second wave.

IF we had allowed those at extremely low risk from the disease to have gone about their business normally and protected the vulnerable, we'd be through this already.

There isn't going to be a "second wave" because we've been dragging the first wave out for 6 months. (Two weeks to flatten the curve!!!)
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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #373 on: September 28, 2020, 11:34:16 AM »
You guys know you can get it twice, right?  It's not chicken pox.

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Re: Personal impact of the Wuhan Virus
« Reply #374 on: September 28, 2020, 12:33:19 PM »
You guys know you can get it twice, right?  It's not chicken pox.

I didn't know this.  I was under the impression that having the virus conferred immunity.
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