This is the first thing I thought of, could be a false positive. Let's hope so
John Walters has COVID
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This is the first thing I thought of, could be a false positive. Let's hope so
Cancel or scale back an event where we know everyone will social distance and wear masks?
Seems legit.
Or...maybe people could grasp that they actually need to do that.
If it was a PCR test its pretty damn rare to get a false positive.
Is there any evidence that the Virus spreads a lot more in the wind during the Fall as it is a lot for windy compared to Spring and Summer?
I don't think it works like that. The virus isn't as much as a threat outside.
Not really. I've seen the PCR false positive rate estimated at anywhere between 0.8% (perfect, sanitary, lab controlled conditions), up to 5%. IT's pretty alarming no one seems to actually know what it is for testing the general public. Having said that, I think the athletic department, and I'm guessing Walters are doing the spit tests. I don't know what the false positive rates are on those.
Are you saying we should trust Iowans? Is that working? I've lost track.
The vitamin D and zinc are to decrease inflammatory response. There are theories related to a bradykinin storm caused due to suppression of ACE (an enzyme) and increased ACEII, which leads to increased bradykinin and hyaluronic acid. These lead to increased vascular permeability, blood clots, etc., and general badness. Risk of taking zinc and vit D is low, with reasonable theoretical benefit, but I think unproven.
I'm guessing he's not retested the same day, hence the quarantine. Odds are he does have the virus, but to suggest that false positives are incredibly rare with the PCR tests in inaccurate when the actual prevalence of the virus is relatively low (fewer than 1% of people have it at any given time).
My brother-in-law and his family got COVID-19 about two months ago. His doctor told him to take Pepcid AC also because of the terrible gas, stomach, taste/smell, etc. issues that he was having as some of the symptoms. He took it and those symptoms were fine the next day. The doctor also prescribed some other drugs so that some of his and his family's symptoms were over in 5-6 days. Other symptoms such as fatigue lasted for a month. They all tested negative after a couple of weeks.
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This is the pretty standard treatment cocktail right now for those not requiring hospitalization. Zithromycin (Z-pack) is sometimes included to prevent/treat secondary infections.
I am surprised they aren't making a bigger deal about folks boosting their immune system overall. Vitamin D/sunlight is huge. In general, the amount of time we spend on devices and blue light are a detriment to your immune system as well. Along with the usual eat well, get enough sleep and so forth.
Little known fact: Training the fascial system plays a huge role in stress response and immune function. Definitely something that doesn't get enough run in helping folks be healthier.
