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    Just call and see. I was surprised at how easy it was for me to get the antibody test. I don't even have all the classic COVID symptoms, but the provider said I should get the antibody test to be sure I don't have it. It was fast, convenient, and inexpensive. Edit: I was negative
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    If I were completely recovered, then yes, I would obviously be thrilled to have the antibody. But when I'm still coughing and struggling to catch my breath at times, it's nice knowing that I'm probably facing the worst of it, and I won't be on a ventilator in 24 hours.
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    I got it at a Remedy drive-through location in Austin.
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    A recent clinical test proves with 99.999% confidence that COVID-19 can be destroyed simply by swallowing semen 3x per day. Please share these clinical findings with your wife. It might save her life.
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    I got the antibody test today and tested negative. I've been fighting a respiratory infection for several weeks and finally scheduled a tele-visit. The doctor wanted me to get the test because I clearly have a respiratory virus, and I probably got it from a family member who brought it back from traveling in Asia in late January - early February. Big peace of mind to know it's not corona.
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    Those are classic A.I.D.S. symptoms.
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    Milkmaids at aTm?

    Mikey4 replied to idahorn's topic in Football

    They're like the 12th man of cheerleaders
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    Yeah bitch! Magnets!
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    Not sure who you are responding to. A homemade mask out of a t-shirt is effective at preventing people from touching their faces and catching a lot of the droplets from sneezes and coughs. If we wait until there are N95 masks for medical workers and the public, we will be waiting forever
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    Wait... you think the reported numbers are... too HIGH? That's some shit right there. Why the fuck would any country or state OVERCOUNT the positives? I understand undercounting for a variety of reasons. But overcounting? No.
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    #humblebrag If I had a ranch, I would be there. Go have fun and be safe.
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    Agreed, and even without real masks, there's a lot we could do if leaders would encourage it (no CR). Studies show that even homemade cloth masks are fairly effective at preventing spread. They make it harder for people to accidentally touch their own faces and help contain droplets when people cough or sneeze.
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    It's shocking that, even today, some Americans are so ignorant or stubborn that they would argue against the efficiency of using masks (or any other face covering) in public.
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    The timing was too late. But you know that, too.
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    Look around, genius. No, our response was not "close enough."
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    https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/index.php?/topic/13391-dt-covid-19-no-politics-allowed/page/501/&tab=comments#comment-2155786
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    Oh, I agree it was too late to stop it. This thread is moving so fast, but if you back up, the point I am responding to is the claim that we were justified to wait on developing and circulating test kits. My point is that we should have been laser-focused on ramping up testing capacity by the end of January because everything we are experiencing now was foreseeable back then.
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    But wait, China said it wasn't person-to-person, so the U.S. was totally justified to wait until mid-March to realize what the fuck was coming. [emoji849]
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    Agreed. On January 23, Wuhan went on lockdown. Between the time the lockdown was announced and the time it went into effect, hundreds of thousands of people streamed out of Wuhan by train and car. This was known and publicized in late January. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/23/wuhan-lockdown-police-guard-train-stations-cars-queue-leave/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Wuhan_lockdown Around January 24 is when the viral (no pun intended) videos of Wuhan hospitals being overrun began to circulate. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/distressing-scene-video-wuhan-hospital/story?id=68509728 By late January, it was obvious that the virus had escaped Wuhan, gone person to person, was extremely contagious, and was causing severe, life-threatening illness.
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    We had intelligence reports in January that this was coming. Hell, by the end of January, it was obvious to Mikey reading reddit that this shit was coming.
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    We shouldn't be in this position. We are the greatest country on earth. We should have made test preparation and allocation THE national priority at least by late January. By late March, we should have the infrastructure to test anyone who wants a test and isolate All the positive cases, even asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic ones.
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    The conventional wisdom is to act like you have it if you have symptoms consistent with it. So self-quarantine. I read somewhere that you can have flu and covid. The odds seem pretty low, but who knows. As far as the chances that he could be covid positive... Where does he live? Has he traveled to a hot spot or had sustained contact with someone who tested positive? Has he been going to CV parties in NYC or holed up at home in rural south Texas?
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    So China, with 1.4 BILLION people, and no time to prepare, limited cases to 80K, but the U.S., with 325 million people, and several weeks' advance notice, it going to be ravaged by this virus. What an epic failure. And yes, I know that China's numbers are way understated, but so are ours, and there's no denying that China handled this virus exceptionally well compared with the blundering idiocy that we employed.
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    honolulu horn
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    It's going to be strange having a baby in this environment. At least you'll be able to be there. I hear some hospitals aren't allowing even spouses out of concern that they'll bring in covid.

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