Res Ipsa wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 3:07 pm
Woke up Sunday with a nasty head cold and cough. Isolated in house, which for Omicron means opened windows and every wears N95 or KN95 masks. Negative on home test, but due to rates of false negative, followed county health advice and signed up for PCR test.
We used to test autos for emissions up until last year. The state, in conjunction with local healthcare systems, has refurbished the old test stations for COVID testing. All of the state and county drive through testing stations use an app called Solv for scheduling, and it’s pretty slick.
I drove down to the site yesterday morning. No lines. Was in and out in about 10 minutes. Result was back (negative) in less than 12 hours. Had I been positive, my wife and son would have had to quarantine for five days to avoid spreading the virus to others.
I got quite a chuckle out of Binger’s meme in contrast to Doc’s chart. Both represent the reality on the ground. The reality is that there are breakthrough cases among the triple vaxxed, so if one has COVID symptoms, it’s entirely sensible to get tested. At the same time, Doc’s chat shows that the vaccines are significant tools for reducing serious, life-threatening disease. There’s no contradiction.
Of course, what’s wrong with Binger’s meme is that it implies that the fact that there are breakthrough cases somehow contradicts Doc’s chart. It doesn’t. But it’s the kind of meme that knee-jerk contrarians and anti government types think are clever. And they’re filling the hospitals to overflowing.
The genius of the meme is that it highlights the key question that is still unanswered about Doc's meme. I posted a meme with a clown in a car going to get tested for a virus he (assuming it is a Ronald) is vaccinated against. So, just like you, you drove in a car, to get tested for a virus that you are vaccinated against. You had all the symptoms that are listed on a Nyquil bottle, and you drove in a car, to get tested, for a virus that you are vaccinated against. We still do not know how the data that Doc's meme pretends to represent is accumulated. It is clown information.
Here is an example. Hospitals, after two years, now have designated nursing units to deal with covid+ patients, or patients of interest. These patients may be called PUI or POI, depending on the hospital. Though, with the new so-called tests, they are mostly just + or - patients. Surgery or Med/Surge units will often be organized to be completely negative. In some states, vaccines are required for all the staff. In some networks, vaccines are also required for all the patients in one of these units.
There is a hospital with a specific study happening because, over the course of 24 hours, 17 patients (all vaccinated) out of 24 patients and most of the nursing staff (all vaccinated and re-vaccinated) tested positive. Now, these were all vaccinated patients. None of them were hospitalized for covid. They were all in a hospital with covid. They were all vaccinated.
I am certain that you will not believe my anecdote above, because it does not fit your narrative. That is what information silos do and that is how they organize. I am used to that. Also, you notice that I am not listing patients names, dates, locations, state, networks, symptoms or anything else. Right..... are you getting my effing point?
Also, on the stupid ass meme that Doc posted. What do the pictures quantifiably represent? If a hospital has a 50K square foot facility, or if the network has 50 million square feet and thousands of beds, the conclusions from Doc's meme could be very different. The point is, like other memes, it is meant to appeal to some people and not appeal to others. That was the point of it, and we still do not have the source of the information that Doc's meme represents.
Res, sorry you were sick or worried. I am glad you do not have worse symptoms. And I am laughing that you went and got tested in a car. I hope you wore a red wig and size 48 shoes.