My brother called me a few days ago and said he had tested positive for COVID after our weekly get together, and we should not get together this week.
He had no symptoms.
I told my wife, and she tested herself, negative. She asked me if I was going to test, and I said no.
I have long passed the point (years ago) where I believe people should live life and take what comes.
I am not going to live the rest of my life, huddled in fear, missing life.
Screw that.
I see the problem here.. getting tested with no symptoms. What is the rationale for that?
The test is barely better than useless. Horribly High false positive rate. Actually with the high false positive rate it effectively is useless. Add to that it’s been clearly demonstrated that asymptomatic people don’t spread it.
Although I think there is one thing that test is very good at.....finding people with minimal critical thinking skills
I am not going to live the rest of my life, huddled in fear, missing life.
Screw that.
Exactly right, I think. Sure, prudent precautions -- e.g., handwashing, vitamin D supplementation -- are in order. But life is for the living. I'm appalled to see just how many of my countrymen have proven themselves to be gutless, craven hypochondriacs. "Home of the brave," my *ss.