Rubble said:
Probably a lot more people getting flu shots this year than normal too...
It took 9 responses before the real reason is stated. The flu didn't just magically go away, it just gets classified as COVID. Hell, my 2 year old was running a fever last week so we took him to the pediatrician. They looked in his ears and throat and saw his throat was red. They swabbed it and it came back positive for strep, but even still, they wanted us to go get him a COVID test. Of course, it came back negative. Outside of a temp and a sore throat (which they knew the reason for), he had zero symptoms of COVID but they still wanted to test for it. It's crazy.Jbob04 said:
Well every sniffle and cough is reported as a Covid case, so what do you expect.
AgreeCapitol Ag said:
This is what will be used to keep our mandated mitigation's and restrictions once Covid is no longer a threat. At least that will be the argument used and I fully expect certain groups to call for masks and social distancing to become truly the "new normal".
Moxley said:
Masks and social distancing work for more than just Covid. People are also washing their hands more and hand sanitizer is everywhere. Anyone calling for some sort of normal or massive flu season is likely wrong.
What's the issue here? A covid test doesn't require a spinal tap. It's a nose swab. I've taken dumps that took longer to finish than a covid test.aTm2004 said:It took 9 responses before the real reason is stated. The flu didn't just magically go away, it just gets classified as COVID. Hell, my 2 year old was running a fever last week so we took him to the pediatrician. They looked in his ears and throat and saw his throat was red. They swabbed it and it came back positive for strep, but even still, they wanted us to go get him a COVID test. Of course, it came back negative. Outside of a temp and a sore throat (which they knew the reason for), he had zero symptoms of COVID but they still wanted to test for it. It's crazy.Jbob04 said:
Well every sniffle and cough is reported as a Covid case, so what do you expect.
culdeus said:What's the issue here? A covid test doesn't require a spinal tap. It's a nose swab. I've taken dumps that took longer to finish than a covid test.aTm2004 said:It took 9 responses before the real reason is stated. The flu didn't just magically go away, it just gets classified as COVID. Hell, my 2 year old was running a fever last week so we took him to the pediatrician. They looked in his ears and throat and saw his throat was red. They swabbed it and it came back positive for strep, but even still, they wanted us to go get him a COVID test. Of course, it came back negative. Outside of a temp and a sore throat (which they knew the reason for), he had zero symptoms of COVID but they still wanted to test for it. It's crazy.Jbob04 said:
Well every sniffle and cough is reported as a Covid case, so what do you expect.
would a positive strep pretty much rule out any other infection as the source of fever? When you get to a solution you don't solve a different way in hopes of getting a different answer.wtmartinaggie said:
i took my 3yr old daughter to get a test today because someone in her class tested positive and they closed the school for two weeks saying they had all been playing together for days. her grandmother and great grandmother are always around and they both have heart issues... insurance covers it, why wouldnt i?
why do you have an issue with them wanting to run a simple test when there were clear symptoms of the virus?
Ragoo said:would a positive strep pretty much rule out any other infection as the source of fever? When you get to a solution you don't solve a different way in hopes of getting a different answer.wtmartinaggie said:
i took my 3yr old daughter to get a test today because someone in her class tested positive and they closed the school for two weeks saying they had all been playing together for days. her grandmother and great grandmother are always around and they both have heart issues... insurance covers it, why wouldnt i?
why do you have an issue with them wanting to run a simple test when there were clear symptoms of the virus?
wtmartinaggie said:
why do you have an issue with them wanting to run a simple test when there were clear symptoms of the virus?