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[pitdakota]

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@suzyQ3 wrote:

I am reluctant to put her on the spot, but maybe @pitdakota might be able to shed some light on your interesting question.

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Waving to @suzyQ3!

@Marp, I agree with @suzyQ3  in that you have a really interesting question.  A good question that I don't have the answer!  lol  I suppose there will be more information and possibly some research ahead that might yeild some intesting findings in this area.

My best guess (and guess is the operative word here) goes right along with what @SilleeMee posted.  No matter the strain or strains causing the infection, doctors will treat the presenting signs and symptoms of the disease, along with deploying therapuetics that bear out to be beneficial in treatment SARS-CoV-2. 

[Marp]

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@pitdakota wrote:

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@suzyQ3 wrote:

I am reluctant to put her on the spot, but maybe @pitdakota might be able to shed some light on your interesting question.

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Waving to @suzyQ3!

@Marp, I agree with @suzyQ3  in that you have a really interesting question.  A good question that I don't have the answer!  lol  I suppose there will be more information and possibly some research ahead that might yeild some intesting findings in this area.

My best guess (and guess is the operative word here) goes right along with what @SilleeMee posted.  No matter the strain or strains causing the infection, doctors will treat the presenting signs and symptoms of the disease, along with deploying therapuetics that bear out to be beneficial in treatment SARS-CoV-2. 

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Thanks for your input, as always, @pitdakota/

That was kind of what I was initially thinking but instead of stopping there my brain started going to contraindications for medications and protocols which led me to underlying conditions for which the patient is taking medications then back to more contraindications. Had to shut myself off or who knows where I would have ended up.

[bikerbabe]

I can only speak as a nurse who treats Covid patients. Strain does not impact the treatment protocol. It’s all based on symptoms.

However, genetic sequencing can be used in contact tracing to confirm that a patient contracted Covid from a specific source. So, yes, there are ways to prove where someone got sick.

[pitdakota]

@Marp, no problem.  And I understand all together so well falling down those rabbit holes.  LOL!  Happens to me all the time.   Reminds me of the book If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.  One thing leads to another, which leads to another.  Take care, my friend!

[pitdakota]

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@bikerbabe wrote:
I can only speak as a nurse who treats Covid patients. Strain does not impact the treatment protocol. It’s all based on symptoms.

However, genetic sequencing can be used in contact tracing to confirm that a patient contracted Covid from a specific source. So, yes, there are ways to prove where someone got sick.

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@bikerbabe, Thank you for mentioning that information.  

[Ibby114]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

The virus is so new, there's not a lot known about it, but if it's like other viruses, immunity to one strain doesn't make you immune to another.  They highly recommend getting a flu shot so you don't risk getting two viruses at the same time.

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@Kachina624  The medical community isn't even sure of the immunity for the same strain. Or if/when a vaccine becomes available-- how long the vaccine will potentially keep you 'safe'. 

There are too many unknowns -- this is a virus the medical community has  never encountered before. 

[Ibby114]

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@bikerbabe wrote:
I can only speak as a nurse who treats Covid patients. Strain does not impact the treatment protocol. It’s all based on symptoms.

However, genetic sequencing can be used in contact tracing to confirm that a patient contracted Covid from a specific source. So, yes, there are ways to prove where someone got sick.

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@bikerbabe I hope the contact tracers leave messages- I rarely answer telephone calls when I don't know the number! 

[Icegoddess]

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@pitdakota wrote:

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@suzyQ3 wrote:

I am reluctant to put her on the spot, but maybe @pitdakota might be able to shed some light on your interesting question.

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Waving to @suzyQ3!

@Marp, I agree with @suzyQ3  in that you have a really interesting question.  A good question that I don't have the answer!  lol  I suppose there will be more information and possibly some research ahead that might yeild some intesting findings in this area.

My best guess (and guess is the operative word here) goes right along with what @SilleeMee posted.  No matter the strain or strains causing the infection, doctors will treat the presenting signs and symptoms of the disease, along with deploying therapuetics that bear out to be beneficial in treatment SARS-CoV-2. 

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@pitdakota @SilleeMee Would a doctor (or the patient for that matter) even know that they had been exposed to a different strain?  Do the Covid tests go to that level?  I know with the flu tests they get the particular strain, but are they going to that detail with the Covid tests yet?

[Kachina624]

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@Ibby114 wrote:

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@bikerbabe wrote:
I can only speak as a nurse who treats Covid patients. Strain does not impact the treatment protocol. It’s all based on symptoms.

However, genetic sequencing can be used in contact tracing to confirm that a patient contracted Covid from a specific source. So, yes, there are ways to prove where someone got sick.

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@bikerbabe I hope the contact tracers leave messages- I rarely answer telephone calls when I don't know the number! 

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@Ibby114   @bikerbabe    They are doing public service announcements in my area urging people to answer their phones if the state health department calls.

[SilleeMee]

@Icegoddess 

I have no idea if they checked the strain in my tests. They did want to know about my personal contacts, where I had been and my living arrangement.  But nothing about strain differentiation testing.