Sorry to hear this news. Hope all will be well very soon. Take care!
Those rapid tests don't work that well against Omicron as far as I can tell. Best to do PCR to be sure.
That's a bummer.
However, I do know quite a few people, some family and some teacher friends who have used them and have tested positive. Even if it's a cold, I'll still avoid spreading it to others and just stay home a few days.
Marvellous, we’ve got “Stealth Omicron” in my city. Gets more sci-fi by the day
Scientists discover cases of new Covid variant in Leeds dubbed 'stealth Omicron'
In my part of Europe the cases skyrocketed even more than last week. Consequently, PCR tests are only done for free if you first test positive on a rapid test (self-testing or official). PCR test positivity rate is extremely high. You can still pay for a PCR test yourself, though it's quite expensive. Hospitalizations are slowly increasing (currently at 50% of the highest) and so are deaths, but the ICU admissions are falling slightly.
As sci-fi as it sounds, this virus is doing it's best to stay "alive" and what's better (for it, not us) than stealth mode. Hopefully it will become less and less severe as it mutates and morphs to remain viable. Killing off all the hosts is not in its best interest. mooMarvellous, we’ve got “Stealth Omicron” in my city. Gets more sci-fi by the day
Scientists discover cases of new Covid variant in Leeds dubbed 'stealth Omicron'
These rapid tests give a large number of false negatives. False positives are usually not a big problem with them.
Will be thinking of you!
All I know about Ivermectin is that we gave it to our horse to deworm and I had to give it to my puppy with mange. It’s also in heartworm prevention meds. The vet cautioned to wear gloves when dealing with it b/c it is a very nasty drug—a poison to kill very specific things at very specific, safe doses. I cannot imagine in a million years ingesting that against doctors advice and with no real dosing available. The studies used by some to promote it are very flawed and I’ve seen only one that had any effect on Covid virus at all, and it was a level high enough to kill a human many times over.
If this were a disease with a long-standing protocol for treatment and readily available, inexpensive treatments, then I would agree whole-heartedly. I do, however, respect your perspective completely.
I agree they should keep studying it as well as any possible treatments. The more the better IMO! If they figure out that Ivermectin at a certain dose is beneficial and not harmful and doctors and experts agree it is recommended, then I would take it if necessary. I just think society has lost the rational ability to defer to people who actually spend their lives researching this stuff. Questioning is fine, but there seems to be a mass paranoia that anything the government recommends is actually trying to kill us so we have to do the opposite and find our own treatments. And just the belief that what we research on the internet is better than the research scientists have been doing forever. It’s dangerous. There are gullible people who think the vaccine will kill them so they take their chances and think taking a bunch of dewormer will fix them if they do get it.
Also you’re right that most people don’t wear gloves to deworm, but our vet recommended that our daughter wear gloves when giving dewormer to the horse and when I gave the puppy meds for mange. He’s old school and said it really is nasty stuff. Just because it’s common doesn’t mean it’s harmless.
Thanks zecats. So far no better but thankfully no worse.
