COVID-19

[Drunk Monk]

negative

that's a relief.

[Greg]

Okay. Now you can visit.

[Drunk Monk]

cool.

we may just do that. 

stacy is deep in the 'let's get outta town' mode. 

plus kittehs.

[Greg]

Every visitor gets to take one home!

[Drunk Monk]

dealbreaker.  

how about a dog instead?

[Greg]

My mother has gone in to get a Covid test. She's had a lot of congestion as well as an ongoing earache and fever.

In a, I'm sure, completely unrelated occurrence her caregiver spent the weekend at a casino.

Test results come back today.

[cranefly]

Wow.
How is that even possible?  A caregiver with elderly clientele?  Going to Vegas?  At a time like this?

Though I suppose it's consistent with all else that's happening...

[Greg]

I asked my sister if we could get a new caregiver and she said no.

But, hey, the pandemic is over, right?

[King Bob]

It's only over in red states

[Drunk Monk]

Now I'm curious. Any DOOMers aside from me get a covid test yet?

My closest friend from Grad School's father-in-law died of covid recently. He was in a retirement home. It was sudden and awful - they could not visit or do anything. He was just gone - just like that - without warning or services.

[Greg]

I haven't gotten one. But there is a mobile service coming through Raymond next week.

[cranefly]

I think testing is moot for LCF and I at present.  We have no symptoms, and they aren't doing an antibody test.

I'd like to find out if one or the other of us might have had a stealth bout with it in the last couple of months, but I don't think testing would shed light on that.

That's my understanding of the situation.  Please enlighten if you have another take.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

No test yet, may soon.

[Drunk Monk]

my understanding is it depends what test you take, but you should only test if you have symptoms or have been in contact with a confirmed covidian. 

i wouldn't bother to take it recreationally. it's not fun. 

i hear most just get the nasal swab. i got the throat too (thanks kaiser). and all it told me was that both were negativo, nothing about antibodies or previous exposure.

[King Bob]

I would do the antibody test if I could get it, but there are questions about the accuracy. I feel like no need to test for virus if I'm not sick. I did have flu or something in early March, so I could have already had it. It felt like flu, but I also had a lot of stomach distress and my digestion was off. Both of those supposedly symptoms. I also had really bad chills, although my fever never went over 101. My lungs were weak for several weeks after.

Recently saw this article which was rather sobering.