Posted on 12/07/2021 2:07:08 PM PST by BusterDog
When fans of the band Phish started falling ill with Covid-19 all over the country after a Halloween concert weekend in Las Vegas, public health officials were largely in the dark about what appears to have been a superspreader event. In a Facebook post from mid-November with hundreds of responses, concertgoers compared symptoms and positive test results, many of those from tests taken at home. But those data weren’t added to state public health tallies of Covid’s spread.
It’s a story that’s becoming commonplace in the era of rapid home Covid testing: People who test positive are almost never counted by public health agencies charged with bringing the pandemic to heel. While home tests have distinct advantages — they’re convenient and quickly inform people of their infection status so they can take steps to avoid spread the virus — most who test positive don’t come to the attention of health officials unless they are sick enough to see a doctor.
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“Why do we test at all? We test not to count the number. We test to be able to give people the information to isolate the positives,” said Aspinall. “It would be much better if we knew in an accurate, reliable and consistent way, how may tests are being done. But the most important issue is that people use the tests and use them effectively and regularly.”
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Each home will have to house a government official.
Good.
The “health agencies” deserve to be left in the dark.
Like mushrooms.
Well, it's kinda like telling the local Nazi that you're Jewish.
Wow this means the official spike now underway, reversing the decline of Sept/Oct, is much lower than it should be.
“Well, it’s kinda like telling the local Nazi that you’re Jewish.”
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Yeah, it’s common sense.
So what? They aren’t in the loop for most colds and flu, so why worry about this? Oh, that’s right, the commies want to hype it to gain more power and control, I forgot.
Frankly, I have never believed their numbers from the beginning.
Kinda like Brandon getting 81 million votes.
Sure it is…..
L
Home tests just foreclose the possibility that the data results will be used by the government for propaganda purposes.
That is a very good outcome since they never, ever leveled with us from the beginning.
building back better! full employment! the economy will take off!
Don’t these people know they’re screwing up the High Score blowout they’re looking for?
LOL
Well, this brings up several issues.
First, what makes them think every case is counted anyway?
THEY’RE NOT. Not everyone gets tested…which means the fatality rate would go down (as if not small enough).
Further, not every case is apparently being tended to…my positive test at a clinic somehow seemed to fly under the radar. Health dept never called ME to track me - but it did my mother.
Second, with these asinine tyrannical “test weekly” mandates if you refuse the vaxes…you bet getting a bunch of home tests is the easiest way to do that nonsense. Get the saliva test and it’s real easy…no stick up the nose so no danger there.
Do they ever consider these issues?
Or a camera in the bathroom and the bedroom that feeds into the NSA.
“to prevent posting of illicit images:
They say this, as if ANY of the so-called reporting by health departments is FACTUAL.
Expect the home tests to be outlawed soon, or you will have to go through some registration process to purchase one.
Yet somehow the CDC knew that 146 million Americans had survived Covid by October 2021. Millions more ppl had it, myself included, and it was never reported because they didn’t need hospital or medical care, so I’m sure the number is even higher.
Too bad.
When I get sick, I do not notify the government.
It’s none of their business.
That is a good idea to throw that back in their faces. Rats are disingenuous when they use it. Building back better is what conservatives do . . . building a better world. Leftist Rats nauseate me. . . .
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