Breakthrough case close to home
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He’s going for a rapid PCR today at 2:30. I’m fine he seems over it. I’m still avoiding him until I get a negative PCR from him. Monday at 2:30 I’ll have my 6th vaccine.
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@jon-nyc said in Breakthrough case close to home:
He’s going for a rapid PCR today at 2:30. I’m fine he seems over it. I’m still avoiding him until I get a negative PCR from him. Monday at 2:30 I’ll have my 6th vaccine.
Are you eligible for that prophylactic that Jolly posted last week?
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I haven’t checked but I doubt it. I will have no trouble getting the one working monoclonal antibody treatment if I actually test positive and I know to do it early. Hopefully it won’t come to that.
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He was PCR negative today. It’s either gone or the 12/26 test was a false positive. The former is more likely, the home test he used has a 98+% specificity, 86%. IOW, false positives are much less common than false negatives, by 7-10x.
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Great news! When is your next PCR?
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No thought of having one unless I get symptoms. I have a booster scheduled Monday and an antibody test 2 weeks later.
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@jon-nyc said in Breakthrough case close to home:
He was PCR negative today. It’s either gone or the 12/26 test was a false positive. The former is more likely, the home test he used has a 98+% specificity, 86%. IOW, false positives are much less common than false negatives, by 7-10x.
Likelihood of 12/26 being a false positive is remote. He had Omicron. And cleared it really fast.
Now, what I don't have a clue about, is the viability of Omicron on fomites.
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@jolly said in Breakthrough case close to home:
@jon-nyc said in Breakthrough case close to home:
He was PCR negative today. It’s either gone or the 12/26 test was a false positive. The former is more likely, the home test he used has a 98+% specificity, 86%. IOW, false positives are much less common than false negatives, by 7-10x.
Likelihood of 12/26 being a false positive is remote. He had Omicron. And cleared it really fast.
Yeah that seems the most likely explanation