Are you guys even bothering to test anymore?

[LuFins Dad]

Feel like crap for the past 48 hours… Actually am a little worse today than yesterday. Fever went from 100.3 to 101.5, causing chills on top of the rest…

So the symptoms match everything from a cold to influenza to COVID. No matter which it is, the general treatment is the same… Rest, hydration, etc… Don’t go back to work until symptoms are gone for 24-48 hours. Is there any reason why I should bother getting swabbed?

[Horace]

I've never been in a situation where knowing I had COVID rather than some other random sickness, would have changed my behavior.

[Aqua Letifer]

I test every time.

Never get a positive.

[Renauda]

@LuFins-Dad

Do you have DIY rapid test handy? If not, I wouldn’t bother and keep doing what you’re doing. If the fever persists or starts going up after 72 hours, might be worth calling the doc.

[89th]

My FIL is high risk (older, kidney transplant, currently has low white bloodcell count) so if we have symptoms we'll test before we visit. I think it's prudent to test based on the risks of those you'll be around. That being said, I have taken maybe 2 tests in the last 3 years.

[Jolly]

I keep a few COVID/Flu tests at home. I'll still test.

The government is still providing COVID tests. Why they don't provide COVID/Flu, I don't know. The cost is very similar.

[Mik]

Yes, but I haven't for a year or so. Haven't been sick.

But if I become ill? Certainly. Knowledge is good.

[Doctor Phibes]

Mrs. Phibes has me test after I've traveled with work. If I feel ill, I test. I've never tested positive. I'm pretty sure I've had it at least once, but maybe I'm just a super-human.

I hardly ever get sick, but when I do I make one hell of a fuss about it. Or so I'm told.

[jon-nyc]

I test. If I’m positive there are things I do to protect people I care about.

[Copper]

January 2020, no symptoms but I was exposed, so I tested at the drug store - positive, isolated for 10 days

December 2022, symptoms for a few days, I tested at home - positive, isolated for 5 days

I have test kits at home, I'm not sure when they expire

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in Are you guys even bothering to test anymore?:

I test. If I’m positive there are things I do to protect people I care about.

I’m isolating. I don’t want my wife to catch a flu, either.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in Are you guys even bothering to test anymore?:

I test. If I’m positive there are things I do to protect people I care about.

Not you dying is one of them.

Probably top of the list.

Probably.

[jon-nyc]

When I had covid in April, the first and only time (so far), my symptoms were mostly gone after a couple of days but I tested positive for almost three weeks. I took certain precautions during that time. Without testing I wouldn’t have had.

It helps that I have loads of tests that are always about to expire. The GF is a teacher in NYC and they send her home with many.

[Horace]

@LuFins-Dad said in Are you guys even bothering to test anymore?:

@jon-nyc said in Are you guys even bothering to test anymore?:

I test. If I’m positive there are things I do to protect people I care about.

I’m isolating. I don’t want my wife to catch a flu, either.

That’s how I see it. I stay home if I’m sick regardless.

[Horace]

@Jolly said in Are you guys even bothering to test anymore?:

@jon-nyc said in Are you guys even bothering to test anymore?:

I test. If I’m positive there are things I do to protect people I care about.

Not you dying is one of them.

Probably top of the list.

Probably.

You may have cracked the code.