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A Negative Covid Test Has Never Been So Meaningless

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Re: A Negative Covid Test Has Never Been So Meaningless

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> who gets a covid text these days? Both my kids and my wife have had to do mandatory PCR testing every week for the last year for school, and the kids also do a weekly instant test. Now that work is making me go back in, I also will be testing regularly again. It's a lot more common than you think.

Very useful, result of the test will let everyone already infected know ... what exactly?

to stay home in order to avoid infecting other people?

Re: A Negative Covid Test Has Never Been So Meaningless

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post #10

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> who gets a covid text these days? Both my kids and my wife have had to do mandatory PCR testing every week for the last year for school, and the kids also do a weekly instant test. Now that work is making me go back in, I also will be testing regularly again. It's a lot more common than you think.

Very useful, result of the test will let everyone already infected know ... what exactly?

My job doesn't force tests, but if you choose to test yourself and test positive, you're asked to work from home. How is this not reasonable?

It's getting a bit tiring hearing a certain corner of society complaining how minor inconveniences are oppressing them.

Re: A Negative Covid Test Has Never Been So Meaningless

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post #10

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> who gets a covid text these days? Both my kids and my wife have had to do mandatory PCR testing every week for the last year for school, and the kids also do a weekly instant test. Now that work is making me go back in, I also will be testing regularly again. It's a lot more common than you think.

Very useful, result of the test will let everyone already infected know ... what exactly?

Yeah, this whole testing thing has seemed like such a farce from the get go. Just another way to juice the fear porn.

Re: A Negative Covid Test Has Never Been So Meaningless

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> who gets a covid text these days? Both my kids and my wife have had to do mandatory PCR testing every week for the last year for school, and the kids also do a weekly instant test. Now that work is making me go back in, I also will be testing regularly again. It's a lot more common than you think.

If it is so dangerous to work in an area that I need to wear special safety equipment and get regular tests - no thanks.

If I wanted that sort of career, I would have gone into medicine or some such.

There is very little benefit to anyone for children under 15 to get vaxed or be tested. The disease works on the ace2 receptors, which are activated at puberty. The observational data bears this out.

The number one cause of death for adults 18-45 in the US during the pandemic was opiod/drug overdoses. You wouldn't know it from the public health response.

Re: A Negative Covid Test Has Never Been So Meaningless

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> who gets a covid text these days? Both my kids and my wife have had to do mandatory PCR testing every week for the last year for school, and the kids also do a weekly instant test. Now that work is making me go back in, I also will be testing regularly again. It's a lot more common than you think.

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