Do You Have Coronavirus?

[Shmulie]

I filed for service in the app and asked for HW3

Tried that about a month ago and they said it doesn't work that way and the computers are VIN specific

[CountValentine]

Wait did I miss something? The Tesla has the virus and an upgrade is the cure?

[ilherman]

Had a fever and mild cough as well as travel in past 2 weeks.

The CCF drive though testing is open 11am-7pm and the lines fill up really early in the day, so i went at 930am and was among the first tested. If you go at noon you will wait 7+ hours.

In the garage you go through one station where you call a number to register and confirm that you have doctor's orders.

Then you go to get swabbed and are told to quarantine until you get the results. At the last minute they tell you the swabbing will go deep up into your nose and is very painful, so sit on your hands and stay still. If they told people that right away the lines might be shorter

It depends how machmir you are... I went to local Heimish dr and he said there's no need to torture.... I think the idea is to get some of the nasal stuff.... I believe if you blow in to a tissue and dunk the test in there... It's the same idea. In my case while it wasn't pleasant it was not bad at all and he did not go as deep as I see people posting videos on social media.... And Ye it worked. Picked up my positive.

[Boruch Parnes]

Had a fever and mild cough as well as travel in past 2 weeks.

The CCF drive though testing is open 11am-7pm and the lines fill up really early in the day, so i went at 930am and was among the first tested. If you go at noon you will wait 7+ hours.

In the garage you go through one station where you call a number to register and confirm that you have doctor's orders.

Then you go to get swabbed and are told to quarantine until you get the results. At the last minute they tell you the swabbing will go deep up into your nose and is very painful, so sit on your hands and stay still. If they told people that right away the lines might be shorter

whats the reason to get tested?

[israshot]

whats the reason to get tested?

One of the reasons:
If you're positive and past quarantine, you're presumably immuned to the virus, it's priceless.

[Boruch Parnes]

One of the reasons:
If you're positive and past quarantine, you're presumably immuned to the virus, it's priceless.

saw reports of people being reinfected

[israshot]

saw reports of people being reinfected

I believe it's only one report in Japan.
If the virus evolve over time and get stronger, the body might not be fully immuned for the 2.0 version.
It's too soon to know.

1) Generally, once someone has been exposed to a virus, their immune system develops antibodies geared towards fighting that particular strain of virus. Sometimes those antibodies can last a lifetime other times they only last months or (most often) many years. Regardless, once you've been sick with a particular virus you are immune to the virus for some time. Which is why you won;t get the flu twice in one season (exception being if there are two strains of flu going around in one season).

2) The flu changes every year. It evolves. That's why your immunity to last year's flu won't help you. The yearly flu shot is the best guess of scientists as to what the new flu will be like. Which is why the shot is not even close to 100% effective. Some years it's 35% effective, some years 75%. Because it's only a guess as to the composition of that year's flu strain.

3) No one knows if SARS-Coronovirus-2 will evolve yearly. Current best guesses are that it does not. So once infected and recovered, you will not be susceptible to it again for a long time. Once enough people have developed immunity, either naturally by being infected and recovering or by taking a vaccine (which does not yet exist), we have "herd immunity", which is when enough people are immune that on average, every sick person infects less than one other person. (The average number of people infected by every sick person is know as the R0. If the R0 is less than one, the virus dies out on its own because each person infects less than once other person on average).

4) As to knowing if you had the virus and are immune: the test being done in China would tell you that. The testing being done here in the US does not. Here in the Us we are using a PCR test. A PCR test (put very simply) is the nasal or throat swab, which is then examined for DNA of the virus. If you recovered they will not find any DNA from the virus and will not know if you had it and are immune or if you never had it. In Chine, however, they are doing an antibody test, which is a blood test. This looks for the presence of antibodies to SARS-CoV 2 which will indicate if the patient was exposed to the virus and developed antibodies, so this would show up even a year later. It's much more invasive and uncomfortable than the "drive by" swab testing, which is probably why it's not being done here.

[etech0]

So everyone needs to quarantine forever?

[moko]

Then you go to get swabbed and are told to quarantine until you get the results. At the last minute they tell you the swabbing will go deep up into your nose and is very painful, so sit on your hands and stay still. If they told people that right away the lines might be shorter

Uncomfortable? yes. Painful? not even close. I'd venture to say a strep culture is more uncomfortable.

At St Elizabeth in Boston, they scheduled me on orders from my doc . They called , confirmed some info, asked me for the make , model, and plate. pulled up. no wait. swabbed. in and out 5 min

[Dan]

Uncomfortable? yes. Painful? not even close. I'd venture to say a strep culture is more uncomfortable.

At St Elizabeth in Boston, they scheduled me on orders from my doc . They called , confirmed some info, asked me for the make , model, and plate. pulled up. no wait. swabbed. in and out 5 min

Was it painful?

It was certainly unpleasant.

Strep culture is a walk in the park compared to what they did to me.

[ltttc]

Strep culture is a walk in the park compared to what they did to me.

Now we know why Trump was so scared to have it done. 

[ilherman]

Uncomfortable? yes. Painful? not even close. I'd venture to say a strep culture is more uncomfortable.

Strep culture is a walk in the park compared to what they did to me.

It depends how machmir you are... In my case while it wasn't pleasant it was not bad at all and he did not go as deep as I see people posting videos on social media.... And Ye it worked. Picked up my positive.

I guess Dan's nurse was a F'n Machmir.....

[Sam Finkelstein]

I went in today expecting it to be horrible, based on Dan’s report. Was really not bad at all.

[Dan]

I guess Dan's nurse was a F'n Machmir.....

So it seems. Mine was going for brain matter.

[EliJelly]

Mine was going for brain matter.

And? tested positive or negative?

[ilherman]

Mine was going for brain matter.

DCFOIDH.

It probably also depends on how quick you do it. My Dr was in and out in literally 2 seconds while videos on social media are showing them going in and out like they are taking the swab for a walk.

[joe1234]

And? tested positive or negative?

Lol I guess it doesn’t matter...

[AsherO]

So it seems. Mine was going for brain matter.

Nurse consumes brain matter retrieved under the guise of a COVID-19 test. Rumor has it the nurse was hoping to become a travel hacking guru.

[Yehudaa]

Nurse consumes brain matter retrieved under the guise of a COVID-19 test. Rumor has it the nurse was hoping to become a travel hacking guru.

ALOL