Any test kit from any country that has had reagents come unsealed such that evaporation can occur should be discarded.
Combining the lingering liquids from multiple kits is literally the stupidest approach. Not only may some of the reagents have oxidized or otherwise reacted with air, rendering them potentially inert or otherwise inappropriate for the intended reactions, concentration matters a lot in these things. If evaporation has occurred, then the reagents are highly likely to be over-concentrated.
Sorry, CNās post got ping ponged because he made it after I scrolled to the bottom of this thread but before I clicked āSelect all and belowā posts.
Literally his first post back is offering really bad advice, which, fine. Heās not an expert and itās something a layman might think is fine. But when informed by two people who obviously know better, heās going to argueā¦
Agree, Iām hopefully getting #4 right after Memorial Day. In my jabbed social circle there is an incredible drop off from people with 2 shots not getting the booster and itās seldom heard that someone is getting #4. Is being vaccinated 2 years ago but ignoring the boosters still helping people?
I pretty confident that it is still helping prevent death or serious illness. However, it might not be doing much to prevent actually getting infected. I can understand not caring too much about just being infected.
The main reason I care is that I really, really hate getting colds. They always make me feel miserable for 1-2 wks. A day or two where I feel kind of shitty and can plan when it happens is preferable to me by far.
And these are double vaxxed, but un-boosted people? I also presume that when you say āsick as hellā you donāt mean they are intubated.
Yeah, Iām just like you in that regard. I hate colds, flus, etc. I donāt really give much of a shit about ālong covidā. Just avoiding the primary illness is more than enough incentive for me.
Know lots of people who are vaccinated+boosted who felt like shit for 1-2 weeks after covid. Like half of the practice I work in has gotten it since January.
Seems like every week now someone I know at work has either come down with covid or is just getting back from it. Two people in my unit missed all of last week because of it, one said he spent 72 straight hours in bed. Universal opinion is 0/10, do not recommend.
When I had it last month, Iād compare it to maybe the worst cold Iāve had in the last ten years. Which is not that bad but not fun at all either. Would probably say it was 11-12 days between the point of āhmm I donāt think this is just allergiesā, and being done coughing up goop.
The important thing to remember, and Iām not suggesting anyone is forgetting, is that all of the above are essentially vaccine success stories since no one died or got hospitalized.
Nevertheless, Iād really like to avoid above scenarios if I can. Every cold I get is worse than the one gman describes. It kind of makes me feel like if I got it sans vaccine, Iād be ded.
Sometimes, though, I think maybe Iād like to get it because maybe it will āsuperboostā me or whatever as some reports have suggested. My kids were vaxxed and got it. I get nearly daily emails from their school about kids getting COVID and have been for months. Yet they remain unaffected. Itās possible their immunity will wane as well, so I doubt they will always be invulnerable, but for right now they seem untouchable by COVID.
Thereās also the chance that itāll weaken your immune system for some amount of time against other stuff, like monkeypox. This isnāt proven yet, but itās a hypothesis going around that makes sense IMO. I donāt know if the likelihood is 10% or 25% or 75%, but itās a risk factor to consider.