Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle

Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by bjoli on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @02:50AM (#41376682)

So, another anecdote: I have COVID right now. I have had a bunch of self tests at home, and have tested myself every single time I have had any kind of cold or fever.

Despite me getting on a crammed bus every morning and afternoon to go working in the same room as about 80 other people 4 days a week I didn't get COVID (that I know of) until now.

Sometimes we are just lucky. Maybe the vaccine worked better-than-average for us. Maybe the route of infection works less well for us. Maybe we had it without noticing it at all

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Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by EricE on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @10:34AM (#41379983)

PCR tests also love to give false positives...

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Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by BobAliceInATree on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @10:44AM (#41380102)

Maybe, but it's only really an issue if there's low-prevalence of covid at the moment of testing (bayesian probability).

But it's also easy to test multiple times, and often enough the symptoms will confirm it.

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Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by croes on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @01:47PM (#41382131)

Rarely, false negatives are way more likely than false positives.

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Re:Your Immune System Is Not a Muscle by bjoli on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @02:16PM (#41382480)

I am pretty sure it is the opposite. I used antigen tests which are less reliable.

I did not mean to confirm the parent, but give a version that is similar but probably just chance.

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