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  1. Norseman

    Norseman Senior Member

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    Booked my anti-body test today for July 8th, guessing 50/50 I had it.
    How long to get the results Capt. Ken? (Using Quest Diagnostic)
  2. NYCAP123

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    Wife got nasal swab test in early March, took 5 days to get (questionable) results. I got pre-op Covid test yesterday (blood and swab) and am scheduled to be cut tomorrow. What I heard from med. pros on news was that the less reliable swab test gives results in 10 minutes. The more reliable (but still questionable) blood test takes 5 days to get results. Bottom line is it'll be what it is, but you should have results within a week. Unfortunately there still is not a 100% accurate test. Even if you get an accurate test it only tells you if you've been exposed. Even having the antibodies doesn't keep you from getting the virus tomorrow. The ONLY way to not get the virus is to not be near other people (not just those you know have the virus) and wear a mask if you must be near anyone, and even that is no guaranty.
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    Ok, but you are talking about the Anti-Body tests now, and not the regular Covid-19 infection test. (Or whatever they call it)
    I would think Anti-Bodies would be only in the blood, and not show up on a swab test up the nose?


    Good luck on the surgery Ed, hope they don’t cut away any important parts, the C word also comes to mind..:confused:
  4. Pascal

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    “ Trump virus”. Are you off your meds? Where did it come from? . unlike the Spanish Flu which didn’t come from Spain, China-19 came from China.
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    Not a Dr., but that sounds right. Thanks for the good wishes. Yep, C, but no big deal. Scary was when they cancelled it 2 months ago "indefinitely". When NY hit a lull I jumped on the doc to get it done now during the lull as I expect Covid cases to rise again soon as NY opens up.
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    Only one person (and his followers) calls it the "China" virus and that's part of his campaign speak/ subliminal messaging. Since he's more responsible for it's spread here I'll call it by his name every time anybody wants to promote prejudice against my Asian friends. If you (or he) don't want to read that call it what the rest of the world calls it, Covid19 or Corona Virus. Otherwise expect to hear one with the other.
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    We also have Asian American friends and the ridicule and abuse they've been subjected to as a result of the constant mislabeling and accusations by the administration is disgusting. It's fine to discuss the origination of the virus but to blame it on the citizens there and extend that blame to other Asians is ugly bigotry. Like all viruses, it has been given official and legal names. These other names used are racist and bigoted. Viruses are not named based on where they originate. Asian Americans have suffered greatly as a result of these attitudes. Think of them. Do they deserve ridicule? Every time these terms like Kung Flu are used it encourages people to feel free to abuse all Asians, including Asian Americans. I take it very personal as we have friends who have suffered abuse as a result. They are saddened to find out that although their parents have lived most of their lives in the US and they were born in the US and their parents and they are citizens, there's a part of our society that refuses to accept them and tells them angrily to go home. They are wonderful Americans and yet they're being subjected to anger and ridicule. That's just not right. Words are not harmless.
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    The NY "lull" occurred at the same time that the masses took to street parties. Better to throw bricks staged by the city than to go get tested.
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    How is Trump responsible for the spread? Seems Cuomo kept his emigration borders open long after NY was underwater. Virus is from China, hence the name. Trump blames the government not the citizens.

    Trump has never, not once, blamed the Chinese people for the virus or its spread. Fake news. The origin is truly not in dispute beyond a small radius of inland China.
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    Again, fake news. Ignorant. Worse is that you know it and refuse to research and educate.
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    Yes, antibody test is a blood test, but won't register as positive for antibodies if you're freshly active with the virus. Swab is for the active virus, and it is 96% accurate from major labs, results in 2-3 days, although they say 3-5 for liability.
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    This virus seems to be infecting YF. Maybe time to quarantine?
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    Ok here we go. The Corona Virus most likely occurred in nature, however if it was released by the Wuhan lab studying it that lab was working for the University of Texas. That makes the U.S. responsible. We either didn't choose a competent enough lab or didn't supervise them adequately. I highly doubt that China would intentionally infect its own citizens. So if it was released intentionally that would have been done by the U.S. to give Trump an edge in his trade war (and would anyone put that past him?). If it was released accidentally it was by a company a U.S. institution engaged. Again our fault. President Xi at first denied and later downplayed it. Authoritarian regimes tend to do that. No surprise. What's our president's excuse. He's still denying and downplaying it on a daily basis. He delayed and still has not adequately addressed the situation we're in. He was advised about this threat as early as December, 2019 and did absolutely nothing until forced in March. He actually says that he's doing a good job when 122,000 Americans have been killed due to his bungling and denials. No president we've ever had would consider killing 122,000 Americans a success. In wars they mourned our dead. If in December / January had he ordered social distancing, production and wearing of N-95 masks, production of ventilators and research into a cure and vaccine (and if even today we had adequate testing) we wouldn't have nearly as many dead and sick that we have. These deaths are on his hands.
    Even today, 6 months later, we lead the world in new infections at a time when almost every other country has nearly eliminated new infections. That's called FAILURE, a disgrace and dereliction of duty.

    (Let me know when this get political or goes off the subject of the thread Carl:rolleyes:. My apologies to you and YF.)
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    Stick to facts. Leave the politics out.
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    Getting full of mud and fake news again.
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    Chines Virus originated in Inland China. Wherever it came from it was released by the lab into the local population. It's a Chinese lab, regardless of who is collaborating there, regardless of alleged relations with a lab in Texas or North Carolina. Chines lab, owned by the Chinese CCP, overseen significantly by the CCP military released it, and the government refused to contain it. CCP allowed Wuhan residents to leave the country or remain in quarantine. Most that could left and many went to Italy where the country is well received.

    There is quite a bit of evidence that the virus was present in the open community in September, 2019. The federal government on a whole has done a pretty good job of handling the crisis. The states, many of them, were completely ill prepared to handle something like this despite being advised several years ago to prepare reserves of PPE and respirators. The states could have controlled their own borders, as some did, but New York, New Jersey flocked to Florida, Rhode Island, CT, and East Long Island. Those infections spiked quickly based upon that movement of people.

    At the same time POTUS was tying to obtain information and close borders, limit travel, he was being impeached by the media and the opposing political party, and those players were all railing on him for taking the actions he took as being xenophobic and racist, or perhaps a misdirection play to distract folks from the kangaroo court.
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    Bad impellers, bent props, missing a rudder. Living in a bubble.
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    Please don’t use facts. It s cruel and unusual punishment to some.

    reciting Biden’s talking points is a lot easier than doing your own research.... never mind that major news papers keeping awarding him Pinocchios for his criticism of the administration on China- 19

    amazing how folks take issue with the name but don’t care one bit about the fact that this worldwide pandemic was unleashed by China in all impunity.
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    Yes, like most of America, Just bury my head in the sand and it'll go away.

    Grow the F*ck up.
  20. Pascal

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    Got to love this. If you can make it thru the paragraph-less long rant posted at 5:52... there is an excellent telltale:

    “So if it was released intentionally that would have been done by the U.S. to give Trump an edge in his trade war (and would anyone put that past him?). If it was released accidentally it was by a company a U.S. institution engaged. Again our fault. President Xi at first denied and later downplayed it. Authoritarian regimes tend to do that. No surprise. What's our president's excuse. ”

    The poster’s hate for our president and his adulation of the Commie Chinese dictator is crystal clear: it s not President Trump but “Trump” vs “President Xi”. Yeah let’s show respect for a ruthless dictator that has killed millions of ethnic Chinese.

    Claiming our president would cause a pandemic on the poor Chinese communists.

    As much as I disliked President Hussein Obama’s policies, I always made sure I referred to him as President Hussein Obama.

    :)
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