Please remember that greater than 90 percent of people who have covid like symptoms test negative. So while there's a chance you had it and recovered, it's very small. Stay safe and assume you're still vulnerable.
90% of tests reported negative. If someone is tested, they need to take 2 tests. If someone is tested positive, they need to be tested until they get 2 negative tests in a row. So the numbers are very skewed.
This is good info. Are you suggesting that most people would get 3 tests...a confirmation, then after x weeks 2 negatives, skewing the number potentially up to max ~66% testing negative even for people with the virus?
Moreover, please assume you're still shedding. You may still be contagious.
That's like me, and I haven't taken plaquenil or anything at all. Just got a weirdly sore throat yesterday, a very slight fever, a bit of a woozy head. Ten hours of sleep later and the fever went away, but I'm not stepping outside.
There's a word for it, and the word is anecdata. You can trust anecdata about as far as you can throw them.
You can get an antibodies test that you can do at home with a finger prick. Need to google it. I am about to one since I had symptoms couple weeks ago after being in the same room with someone with an uncontrollable cough.
Re:Chloroquine, past and present
by ignoramous on Friday March 20, 2020 @06:54PM
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> You can get an antibodies test that you can do at home with a finger prick.
Here's a recent discussion on $15 kit for SARS-CoV-2 serological test: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22641946
iirc, Singapore announced a plan to do these tests to find total infections.
Too bad I can't get tested to know for sure :-(
When I started Plaquenil, the doctor told me it takes about a month or two to really build up in the blood stream to help control my condition. I wonder if the need to take it for a while also applies for Covid-19.