coffee_rules Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 13 minutes ago, ash said: Any reason why Death rate is too high in US? Anything to do with obesity? UK India and Australia seems to be doing better with Omicron A lot deaths are in the old age and unvaccinated BacktoCricaddict 1
BacktoCricaddict Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 1 hour ago, coffee_rules said: We had boosters too. But it looks like a lot more people got it in this 3rd wave. I feel it is just flu and the rapid tests gave out a false positive Hmm .... The rapid antigen home-tests are more likely to give false negatives. RT-PCRs are more "noisy" and likely to give false positives because they are much more sensitive, can pick up even small amounts of genetic material (including RNA from dead virus). Bottom line: Glad you're okay, but ease yourself back in to the grind. coffee_rules and dial_100 2
BacktoCricaddict Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 1 hour ago, EnterTheVoid said: Full vaccination doesn't stop you from getting the virus. But if you end up getting it anyway, the symptoms are much less severe than they would have been. And you can treat it with OTC medication Full vaccination doesn't stop you from getting the virus. Technically, you are correct. But this statement has been misunderstood and misused to push the narrative that vaccines are useless at stopping infection and transmission. It is estimated that the vaccines prevent infections at 2x rate. And there is a multiplicative effect in populations when more and more people are vaccinated and their chances of getting infected are 2x lower. But if you end up getting it anyway, the symptoms are much less severe than they would have been. And you can treat it with OTC medication True. Of course, it is best to not get it at all. Even if you are vaccinated/boosted, wear good masks in crowded indoor locations and avoid unnecessary gatherings. coffee_rules 1
coffee_rules Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 22 minutes ago, BacktoCricaddict said: Hmm .... The rapid antigen home-tests are more likely to give false negatives. RT-PCRs are more "noisy" and likely to give false positives because they are much more sensitive, can pick up even small amounts of genetic material (including RNA from dead virus). Bottom line: Glad you're okay, but ease yourself back in to the grind. Yes, when I talked to a nurse, she said the same, more likely to get false negatives than false positive with Rapid tests. I asked for some steroids or antibiotics to get some relief from the wheezing cough. She declined and administered only cough syrup and advil for body aches. Last time I had such flu was more than 2 years back. Recovered from it, also she said to isolate and not do more tests, as it is likely to show positive for some more time (60 days) Edited January 14, 2022 by coffee_rules dial_100 1
dial_100 Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 10 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: Yes, when I talked to a nurse, she said the same, more likely to get false negatives than false positive with Rapid tests. I asked for some steroids or antibiotics to get some relief from the wheezing cough. She declined and administered only cough syrup and advil for body aches. Last time I had such flu was more than 2 years back. Recovered from it, also she said to isolate and not do more tests, as it is likely to show positive for some more time (60 days) I bought 2 sets of these rapid test kits. Now that I know it could show false negative, I wont take the negative result seriously but at least positive result will provide more lead time in case needed. My best strategy for the past 2 years is avoid everything. Only issue is my school going kido. I am very close to her we had to even test her once last week and it turned to be negative but damn thing took 72 hours. I havent used my rapid test yet. Plan is get one of us tested in a lab vs others doing rapid test. If Rapid test are negative then wait for lab results. If rapid tests turn positive then we know it quickly. A friend of mine got it in NZ and 3 weeks and he is still coughing. He claims that it is much milder cough now. He got it despite having his booster a while back. coffee_rules 1
beetle Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 1 hour ago, BacktoCricaddict said: malaria is the biggest killer and one that no one talks about. This. It is amazing how malaria is not considered the biggest killer and how little media attention has gone into it. Maybe because it is more of a third world problem. BacktoCricaddict 1
I6MTW Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 Do rapid tests work for those who are asymptomatic and positive?
beetle Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 Get well soon guys. Hopefully everyone is vaccinated. Yoda-esque 1
BacktoCricaddict Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 3 hours ago, beetle said: This. It is amazing how malaria is not considered the biggest killer and how little media attention has gone into it. Maybe because it is more of a third world problem. No doubt. Also, it does not spread via direct human-human contact and so, somehow, we don't "mehsoos" it in the same way. beetle 1
BacktoCricaddict Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 4 hours ago, coffee_rules said: A lot deaths are in the old age and unvaccinated
EnterTheVoid Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 7 hours ago, Real McCoy said: hahaha. atleast you're honest with it. enzerbungbung wanted me banned too but doesn't say it out loud. you guys should try living in china or the now communist australia. i hear bungbung is enjoying when he receives orders from police and authority. we live in a psuedo democratic country and this is a cricket forum where free speech is still alive. get used to it What fun would there be if the Pinjata got banned? :(
coffee_rules Posted January 17, 2022 Posted January 17, 2022 This is what I feel too. dial_100, diga and ThirtyD. 3
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