Here we go again?

[LuFins Dad]

543,415 in one day. Granted, this was delayed Christmas weekend reporting, but wow.

[Rich]

Post Xmas around here, there is also an enormous demand for tests. Our local high school has a weekly testing clinic that ran out of tests this past Sunday.

Driving past an urgent care this morning, there was a line outside of 50+ people waiting for tests.

[Axtremus]

@rich said in Here we go again?:

Post Xmas around here, there is also an enormous demand for tests. Our local high school has a weekly testing clinic that ran out of tests this past Sunday.

Driving past an urgent care this morning, there was a line outside of 50+ people waiting for tests.

See https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/13821/at-home-covid-19-test-kits

[Rich]

@axtremus Yeah, I saw that. I'm not in the market myself, but town Facebook groups are filled with people in near-panic because they're can't seem to get a test...either at a clinic or a self-test ready to purchase in a store.

[Jolly]

So what? What difference is a positive or a negative test going to make, other than monoclonal antibody therapy, which supposedly doesn't work well against Omicron?

[Copper]

@jolly said in Here we go again?:

What difference is a positive or a negative test going to make,

In a few weeks a negative test will allow me to get on a cruise ship.

[Jolly]

@copper said in Here we go again?:

@jolly said in Here we go again?:

What difference is a positive or a negative test going to make,

In a few weeks a negative test will allow me to get on a cruise ship.

Sink test it.

[jon-nyc]

@jolly said in Here we go again?:

So what? What difference is a positive or a negative test going to make, other than monoclonal antibody therapy, which supposedly doesn't work well against Omicron?

One version works, Sotrovimab, but it’s in short supply and mostly being reserved for the immunosppressed.

[LuFins Dad]

It’s a little more complicated due to the Delta wave we were beginning before Omicron, but if the South Africa model holds true, we should see a sharp decline starting soon. Like this week…

[LuFins Dad]

Though the Delta wave and the geographical realities will mitigate some of that drop, as DC and NY drop, we’ll likely see increases in other areas.

[89th]

@lufins-dad said in Here we go again?:

It’s a little more complicated due to the Delta wave we were beginning before Omicron, but if the South Africa model holds true, we should see a sharp decline starting soon. Like this week…

Sure hope so!

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Here we go again?:

@jolly said in Here we go again?:

So what? What difference is a positive or a negative test going to make, other than monoclonal antibody therapy, which supposedly doesn't work well against Omicron?

One version works, Sotrovimab, but it’s in short supply and mostly being reserved for the immunosppressed.

Talked to wife's rheumatologist. He's decided not to use it for his immunosuppressed patients.

[LuFins Dad]

@jolly said in Here we go again?:

@jon-nyc said in Here we go again?:

@jolly said in Here we go again?:

So what? What difference is a positive or a negative test going to make, other than monoclonal antibody therapy, which supposedly doesn't work well against Omicron?

One version works, Sotrovimab, but it’s in short supply and mostly being reserved for the immunosppressed.

Talked to wife's rheumatologist. He's decided not to use it for his immunosuppressed patients.

Why’s that?

[Jolly]

Side effects.

[LuFins Dad]

Mid-November to Mid-January… See Y’all in April…