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well because of several reasons :
It would be against our civil rights to force a vaccine or testing on people that dont want it .
There are not enough tests to do such
I dont want my name appearing anywhere and being able to be tracked wherever i go
It is none of the governments business what I have or how i want to treat it
What benefit would it serve anyway .
Clear it up any for you ? I sure hope so .
Please keep the government out of my healthcare thanks
I'm pretty certain my wife and I had China virus in December. Initially I thought I'd get tested, but then thought better of it. I don't want my name on some faceless bureaucrat's list if they decided they need to track for some reason. I also never bought into the fear porn that so many have. And now we are seeing as many suspected, they inflated the death numbers and manipulated other numbers to keep people scared and to harm Trump.
I believe I probably had it too back in December. I rarely ever get sick, can’t even remember the last time I had a fever, but in mid December, it hit me. Fever for 2 days, coughed for a week. Sickest I’ve been in a long, long time.
I was out of the country at that time, plus back in mid- December, nobody was really even talking about Covid then, except it was just getting started (supposedly) in Wuhan. So I thought it must be influenza.
Fast forward to today, and experts now think this Covid virus started way back in September, which would make a December infection much more probable than if it started in Wuhan in late November like originally thought.
Regardless of all of that, I’m really skeptical about this whole Covid thing. The response, the infection rates, the whole thing. I don’t know what to believe.
I'm pretty certain my wife and I had China virus in December. Initially I thought I'd get tested, but then thought better of it. I don't want my name on some faceless bureaucrat's list if they decided they need to track for some reason. I also never bought into the fear porn that so many have. And now we are seeing as many suspected, they inflated the death numbers and manipulated other numbers to keep people scared and to harm Trump.
I'm pretty sure it went thru my house in February followed by my daughter and I having symptoms until March. I've been thinking of asking my doctor to test for antibodies but then I'm a very private person. I rarely share anything on Facebook.
I doubt they'd want me to donate for antibodies. They won't even take my blood donation due to meds I'm on. What good would it even do?
As has been mentioned, testing doesn't reveal much except the status of the person tested--AT THAT MOMENT..The next day that person could very easily become infected while waiting for the test results which deem them to be infection free.
No my question was about antibody testing. It would reveal if you were previously exposed to the virus. If you have the antibodies that is not going to change the next day.
well because of several reasons :
It would be against our civil rights to force a vaccine or testing on people that dont want it .
I did not say to force anything I said:
Obviously you cannot force everyone to get tested. But make it free, anonymous and encourage it. I imagine most people will opt in.
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Originally Posted by phonelady61
There are not enough tests to do such
I dont want my name appearing anywhere and being able to be tracked wherever i go
It is none of the governments business what I have or how i want to treat it
Again, see above. I take it you only read the title and not what I said.
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Originally Posted by phonelady61
What benefit would it serve anyway .
Clear it up any for you ? I sure hope so .
Please keep the government out of my healthcare thanks
Benefit would be to stimulate the economy. Most people who have had the virus do not know it. They have the antibodies meaning its very unlikely they will get it again for a while. There are a lot of things I avoid right now because I am afraid I could catch it. I tried to get an antibody test in my area. You need a Dr appt and referral then go for the test. Too many hoops. And last thing I need is catching it from someone at a Dr. office. Easier for me to stay more at home and not spend money around my town.
And the government is in your health care now. Quarantines, vaccines, medicare etc.
If the antibody test shows you had the virus those people could be out in public with less worry stimulating the economy. It might pay for itself.
[moderator edit] We don't know if you can be reinfected. Research RSV. If Covid is like RSV and your antibodies wear off? You can be reinfected, or not be immune to a different strain. I've had RSV at least 3x. There are different strains of RSV, some make you sicker than others. I dreaded RSV season working as a Respiratory Therapist. I got it wearing a surgical mask treating sick kids. It's not fun, but it is far less dangerous than Covid. If what I had in late September was Covid? I don't ever want to be that sick again, and I would have been one of the lucky ones not hospitalized. If I catch it again or a different more lethal strain? I don't want to find out. Neither should anyone else be out there spreading it again.
Dead wrong! We don't know if you can be reinfected.
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I said less worry not that it was impossible to be reinfected. At this point out of the millions that have tested positive only a small hand full have been confirmed to get it again. I believe there is one case in the US. If there was a high probability of getting reinfected we would have lots of examples out of the millions that have had it. It is assumed and from research that the antibodies will eventually dissipate from your body. So I am not saying getting a positive antibody test means you are home free forever. Not forever but perhaps months.
On top of that getting people to get antibody tested would help us know better how many have been reinfected and why. Retested at intervals would also tell us how fast the antibodies leave our body.
So you are saying its better to be in the dark about all this?
No my question was about antibody testing. It would reveal if you were previously exposed to the virus. If you have the antibodies that is not going to change the next day. .
No, it would not necessarily reveal if you had been previously exposed. Antibodies are said to fade after a couple months, so you could have in fact been exposed yet still test negative. Also, if previously exposed then lack of antibodies doesn't necessarily mean you have no protection from a future illness. It's called "T-cell immunity."
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