Mountain Cat
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- 12 Apr 2019
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- Hilltowns of Massachusetts
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I'm sorry that such a fantastic day out resulted in this nightmare. Not sure how accurate the tests are, but I think it depends on the testing body. I know in the UK we had a testing contract withdrawn from a certain private healthcare company because their tests were found to be wildly inaccurate - after they had already conducted 750K tests. I hope you are both OK, and do stay safe. Are you in an area of high incidence? (sorry, my knowledge of US geography is lamentably poor)
I am actually in an area with very LOW incidence. The rural western part of Massachusetts has not been affected remotely as badly as the cities and towns surrounding Boston. In fact, if I end up with this, I will be the FIRST person in my town so diagnosed. A stat I certainly don't want! I still have no symptoms and this is Day 7. I have no plans to be tested (and indeed I can't be tested) until if and when I show symptoms. (They test people who have symptoms, like my friend, and they test people arriving from states with high incidence, and they test people who are going to go to the hospital for other procedures.)
I've seen that these tests have a high rate of false positives AND false negatives - a large part is rushing the kits into service. Which is why I'm holding back on any vaccine until it's been out there awhile.
This morning I am up feeling pretty much as I always do in the morning - a good sign. Hungry, being able to smell stuff, no more than the usual morning cough...
I'll be calling my friend later this morning to see how she's coping. It's not 8 am here yet, and even prior to getting sick she wouldn't be up by now unless it was a work day. (Which it isn't for her right now.)