D&D and the rising pandemic

[Umbran]

They don't really care about case numbers now they do care about deathscand state of the hospitals.

In the US, with the rise of at-home testing, official case numbers have ceased to be a useful metric - we don't have a handle on how many cases test positive at home, but never find their way to a doctor.

 

[Zardnaar]

In the US, with the rise of at-home testing, official case numbers have ceased to be a useful metric - we don't have a handle on how many cases test positive at home, but never find their way to a doctor.

Here you report your own using the app and it counts as official.

They gave up contact tracing in March iirc.

 

[Mirtek]

Here you report your own using the app and it counts as official.

They gave up contact tracing in March iirc.

In Germany you're supposed to get a official PCR test done for free after you got a positive self-test at home and then the result of the PCR would be uploaded into the app.

Although no one knows how many people just never tell anyone of a positive self test and just stay at home for a couple of days and then go out again.

One reason for the relaxation of the quarantine rules was certainly to encourage people to not keep quiet about positive self tests

 

[Ryujin]

Finally took my mother to hospice last Wednesday and she passed yesterday afternoon. Of course the hospice very reasonably had strict Covid protocols, given the way that the disease burned through elder care facilities in this Province (Ontario, Canada). When I was leaving the hospice on Thursday afternoon, a family was dealing with the intake of their mother/grandmother. Only four family members are permitted as inside visitors (others can visit through the large windows on the outside of the rooms). One of the four was screaming about how Covid is fake and why are they wasting their time with testing, when they could just walk straight in. It took everything that I had not to tear this woman apart, verbally.

 

[Thomas Shey]

In the US, with the rise of at-home testing, official case numbers have ceased to be a useful metric - we don't have a handle on how many cases test positive at home, but never find their way to a doctor.

In a way, honestly, we didn't before; in a lot of places getting tested was difficult enough that people who had reason to think they had it simply never knew for sure at all. My wife tried to get tested several months ago at one point, and things were so backed up that if she'd had it it'd likely have been long gone by the time she could find out.

 

[Thomas Shey]

It took everything that I had not to tear this woman apart, verbally.

I've been waiting for someone to be seriously contrarian about this within my earshot for two years. I'm sufficiently old and curmudgeony I can pretty much be certain they'd get an earful back (and given some of the people like that, it might have turned into a real problem.) Fortunately, I go into public rarely enough its not come up.

 

[Ryujin]

I've been waiting for someone to be seriously contrarian about this within my earshot for two years. I'm sufficiently old and curmudgeony I can pretty much be certain they'd get an earful back (and given some of the people like that, it might have turned into a real problem.) Fortunately, I go into public rarely enough its not come up.

It was neither the time, nor the place for the confrontation, and the rest of the family were essentially telling her to shut up. The lack of respect for the place and other patients was what almost set me off. The level of selfishness was off the charts.

By way of comparison my family was so respectful of the place and deferential to the staff that while the official limit for in-room visitors was 4 they unlocked the door to the patio, said, "What happens in the room stays in the room", and allowed two additional visitors. By the end the rules were thrown out the window and 6 people had officially been permitted in the room. We were all double or triple vaxxed, and diligently took the quick tests before entry with no fuss. To limit exposure of the other patients some of us would check in at the front desk, take the test, and then enter the room directly via the patio entrance.

 

[Thomas Shey]

It was neither the time, nor the place for the confrontation, and the rest of the family were essentially telling her to shut up. The lack of respect for the place and other patients was what almost set me off. The level of selfishness was off the charts.

Yeah, I can see that. I've been waiting for someone maskless to make a smart crack about people wearing masks, and I suspect what would come out of my mouth would be something on the order of "At least some of us give a damn about other people you selfish git."

(Like I said, its just as well its not happened.)

 

[Zardnaar]

In Germany you're supposed to get a official PCR test done for free after you got a positive self-test at home and then the result of the PCR would be uploaded into the app.

Although no one knows how many people just never tell anyone of a positive self test and just stay at home for a couple of days and then go out again.

One reason for the relaxation of the quarantine rules was certainly to encourage people to not keep quiet about positive self tests

Wife failed a RAT test about 15 minutes ago. She's coughing and spluttering. She passed one yesterday to visit her parents. Symptoms started last night.

Week off work where she probably caught it as we haven't been anywhere for 11 days except one supermarket trip.

 

[Umbran]

In a way, honestly, we didn't before;

We did well enough for at least statistical relevance, which is the issue at hand.

My wife tried to get tested several months ago at one point

So, just to be clear about timelines - the US government started sending folks free at-home tests in January. Several months ago.