Looks like it wasn’t a scientific study, just a Twitter poll. I saw the blue check mark and the number and thought it was from a study but didn’t look closely.
https://twitter.com/dianaberrent/status/1527840157944012800?t=GkaqmxNPOrE8JzyRcutysw&s=19
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Thanks. Definitely will assume the number is higher than 2%. I tested negative on Saturday and Sunday but am still assuming I’m contagious and acting accordingly.
What is the state of the art on contagiousness currently?
Are you contagious as long as you test positive on a PCR? A home test? While symptomatic?
Seems like we surely must know this by now, right?
I hear a lot of people saying that home test positivity usually means contagiousness. I think PCR can catch stray RNA fragments after all the viable virus has been cleared, so may stay positive for longer.
Yeah I’ve heard that too (you may keep testing positive on a PCR for like, months or something). Guess when I finally catch this thing I’ll go with:
If home test = pozz or feel sick, lock in detention chamber until both of those conditions are resolved. I guess.
PCR can stay positive for a long time and not be infectious.
Antigen negative (rapid, or at home) is very reassuring
They were going to keep my friend in the hospital until he could have an angiogram and an ablation, but they won’t do those now that he’s positive for COVID. So now they can’t do the heart procedures, but he’s not actually sick with COVID, so they’re sending him home. We either foist this problem on some unsuspecting Uber driver or I pick him up, and we’re both more comfortable with the latter. So I’m planning: both of us masked, him in backseat, windows cracked, and fresh air coming in through the AC. Any other measures I should be taking?
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Just the masks should be fine if you’re wearing a n95. Gl
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Fucking pull the trigger:
Preliminary data suggested the three-dose series is 80% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19, the companies said, but they cautioned the calculation is based on just 10 cases diagnosed among study participants by the end of April. The study rules state that at least 21 cases are needed to formally determine effectiveness, and Pfizer promised an update as soon as more data is available.
Have these already been purchased or is this now a subject to the whims of Congress distribution? I know the US is planning to strictly allocate testing, vaxxes, and treatment come fall with the current funding levels.
Cant believe its taken this long. My kid already caught COVID and cant complete these before age 5 at this point so I probably just wait and do the kids dose when he’s 5 at this point tbh.
It’s the same vaccine just different amounts. We have plenty.
I’d put him in the back right seat, windows open, a/c on with the outdoor air setting, and N95 up. Should be relatively low risk.
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I saw on Twitter that they set three, count them, three dates for experts to debate. Fucking eh FDA, just do it.
I assume at this point you can read the info from the studies and you could have a colleague prescribe the right dose for your kids…
nope.
my kid isn’t even old enough to get into this group yet. Wouldn’t ever push my pediatrician to do that either.
My fucking eh was directed at the FDA to approve it, not at you to do it, to be clear.
Push is potentially a strong word there, but I’ve been surprised no Unstuckers with young kids have asked a doctor to prescribe the proper dose in line with the trials. Why would you be reluctant? Is it a medical malpractice liability for the doctor to go off label like that?
The dosing and safety profile have been established for a while, and now the efficacy is too.
Preprint alert, pessimistic tweeter alert, but can someone who understands what this means put it in layman’s terms? I think it means that the study finds a possibility that covid infection is making t-cells attack the liver?
even the headline hedges, I’m not diving into that one
Does the phrase “Aunt Edna” make sense?
Nope. I assume it’s a reference to an old movie or TV show?
I guess National Lampoon’s Vacation is an extremely old movie now, lol.
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