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Think you have Omicron but keep testing negative? An expert says to trust your gut: ‘If you feel confident you have COVID, you probably have COVID’
Fortune ^

Posted on 07/31/2022 6:52:43 AM PDT by MNDude

The at-home test says you’re COVID negative, but your body says you’re positive—so very positive.

What (or whom) to believe?

No, your body isn’t gaslighting you. If you’re certain you’re COVID positive, you probably are—regardless of what the test says, Dr. Stuart Ray, vice chair of medicine for data integrity and analytics at Johns Hopkins’ Department of Medicine, told Fortune on Tuesday.

“It’s a funny situation when you’re confronted with a big surge of infections,” Ray said, referencing the fact that in many areas of the U.S., COVID levels are at or near record highs—as evidenced by levels of the virus in wastewater, as opposed to formal testing

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1 posted on 07/31/2022 6:52:43 AM PDT by MNDude
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In other words, the tests are a joke.

I remember the old days. When I thought I had a cold. I had a cold.


2 posted on 07/31/2022 6:55:23 AM PDT by dforest
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To: MNDude

I went to the foot doctor today he says I have covid, ha ha ha ha


3 posted on 07/31/2022 6:55:56 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nwo )
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To: MNDude

And if you’ve got the common cold, flu, fatigue, or other condition ... they’ll report it as Covid too.


4 posted on 07/31/2022 6:56:17 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: MNDude

I’m positive. Positive I DON’T have it. Pretty confident too. We remain, “NON GMO”. 🔬🦠🤢😵‍💫😷🚫💉


5 posted on 07/31/2022 6:56:29 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: MNDude

I think I had it twice. Both just coughs....thought at first just a nervous cough...but both times...came with fatigue.


6 posted on 07/31/2022 6:56:32 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: MNDude
Testing = Meaningless

Got it.

7 posted on 07/31/2022 6:57:08 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: dforest

“In other words, the tests are a joke.”

My doctor’s nurse told me that the tests were returning almost random results even on patients who had been admitted with Covid symptoms. (Of course, this was early on in 2020, so the tests might be more accurate now.)


8 posted on 07/31/2022 6:57:41 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: MNDude

Labs received a fda notice that certain antigen tests are “false negatives”. They never talk about the false positivity with single target pcr tests. I didn’t check to see if the taxpayer provided kits were false negs… I have my reasons to think they are. In all my lab decades.. the only tests I have seen stay on the market with these levels of erroneous results, are the hiv tests of old. Yes… I have been doing lab tests hat long.


9 posted on 07/31/2022 6:58:10 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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To: MNDude

Or it could be the dreaded common cold

SMH


10 posted on 07/31/2022 6:59:59 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: dforest

They are not a joke. They are making Pfizer more millions or billions with no apparent need for effectiveness. If I were to throw away the money to get one, then I wouldn’t trust it, positive or negative, and I would go to a local ‘health care’ kiosk’ and get checked since it is impossible to get a quick PCP visit lined up. Our health system is designed for the benefit of the drug companies, especially Pfizer, then politicians, then Doctors and Hospitals, and then patients are the last in line for consideration.


11 posted on 07/31/2022 7:01:05 AM PDT by silent majority rising ( )
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To: MNDude

Trust The Science. Not.


12 posted on 07/31/2022 7:01:06 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: MNDude

Has anyone over the past 2+ years felt like they’ve had a cold or the flu or just need a good night’s sleep?


13 posted on 07/31/2022 7:01:26 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: MNDude

Joe Biden was cured for 1 day, and then he had it again a day later. Could this mean the resident of the White House got a bad reading?


14 posted on 07/31/2022 7:02:22 AM PDT by rtcram (02-18-21 newbie...better late than never)
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To: Gen.Blather

The PCR tests aren’t any more accurate than they ever were. Spin them up enough cycles and everyone has Covid. At lower levels, you might have a fragment of a cold or flu virus that has been amplified to get the result they want.


15 posted on 07/31/2022 7:02:55 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: MNDude

Is that like ‘If you don’t know if you’re stoned, you probably are?’


16 posted on 07/31/2022 7:04:03 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: MNDude

Everything is always all about “the current thing”. Reality is what is trendy...


17 posted on 07/31/2022 7:04:58 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: MNDude

Another way to keep the fear going. One you put the COVID label on cold-like symptoms, you become a statistic and are entitled to fear and be feared.


18 posted on 07/31/2022 7:05:11 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: rktman

My gut says ain’t gettin’ no damned covid shot and so far my gut has been spot on.

I remain and will remain a Pureblood...and that includes staying away from even being tested.


19 posted on 07/31/2022 7:05:39 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: MNDude

What’s the survival rate for imaginary Covid?


20 posted on 07/31/2022 7:06:42 AM PDT by SSS Two
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