03-19-2020, 09:57 AM
(03-19-2020, 09:32 AM)michaelsean Wrote: I think testing can be valuable in that you can alert others you have been in contact with who may now have it but still be asymptomatic.
What the hell is the word for getting a disease from someone else. Contrived is in my head and I can’t move it out to get to the real word. It’s driving me nuts.
Edit: contracted. Whew.
Contact others and tell them what? If you get it you get it, there is nothing you can do to make it better and only those suffering severe symptoms should go to the hospital as to not overcrowd them. Being tested and it being negative also creates a false sense of security. As I mentioned, it only tested one point in time and since then you easily could be infected. That false sense of security could lead to riskier behavior like visiting elderly family members.
People should be doing the exact same things right now if they have it or if they don't. In reality everyone should just assume they have it because the numbers of actual infected is probably in the millions at this point.