Community Chat

[Nightowlz]

Yes when I see my doctor next year for my yearly appointment. Not making a special trip just for that.

[Peaches McPhee]

Why bother?   Unless you have symptoms of course.  It is only valid for that exact second.  The moment you leave the testing facility you can catch it.  Are you going to get tested every day?

[Porcelain]

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@Peaches McPhee wrote:

Why bother?   Unless you have symptoms of course.  It is only valid for that exact second.  The moment you leave the testing facility you can catch it.  Are you going to get tested every day?

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It could be used at an event, if the results came back quickly enough. People could gather together. They could have weddings and christenings. There are lots of amazing applications for testing.

[Porcelain]

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@Porcelain wrote:

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@Peaches McPhee wrote:

Why bother?   Unless you have symptoms of course.  It is only valid for that exact second.  The moment you leave the testing facility you can catch it.  Are you going to get tested every day?

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It could be used at an event, if the results came back quickly enough. People could gather together. They could have weddings and christenings. There are lots of amazing applications for testing.

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You could go on a cruise if it didn't let anyone off or on at the ports. Test all the staff and the passengers and set sail and have a great time. Do spot testing all throughout just to be sure. People could do fun things again. Test everyone before they got on a plane.

[QueenDanceALot]

I got tested today.  There was one location where asymtomatic people (which I am) were encouraged (by our Governor) to go to be tested.

I think the more testing, the better.  We need data.

[SeaMaiden]

If someone needed me to have a test...or asked me to,  I would.  Or if I had been sick  recently yes...

 Just to test for no reason  but just for for myself - no I would not.  I have not been sick.

[FrostyBabe1]

For the virus, no. I see no reason to be tested without having symptoms.

For antibodies, yes, but only if the test was proven reliable. 

[Porcelain]

Deleted a few points just so I don't have to deal with it. 

For a limited-time event, testing everyone going to that event before letting them enter could allow people to go to that event. The only things necessary would be limited people, enough tests, and quick results.

[QueenDanceALot]

The reason to be tested even if you have no symptoms is to know if you are a carrier.

People going back to work should not be going back to work if they test positive, even if they are not symptomatic.

That's just one reason for widespread testing.

[sunshine45]

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@Porcelain wrote:

It's sort of like STD testing. Back when I was dating, I remember insisting on both my bf and I getting tested for every known social disease before getting serious. We had to trust each other not to go catting around after the test, but it freed us so much. Now I didn't have any kind of spotted past, but my bf at the time did have a kind of shady ex, so...I felt justified. Meow.

Why am I saying all this? Well it is because I could have easily said well why bother getting STD tests since either of us could catch something after being tested. But as long as we trusted each other, getting negative test results at the start really did mean something.

For a limited-time event, testing everyone going to that event before letting them enter could allow people to go to that event. The only things necessary would be limited people, enough tests, and quick results.

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@Porcelain 

say you were tested on a saturday for an event that was the following saturday. the saturday you were tested you were fine..... no covid - 19.....totally clear. say on monday or tuesday you were exposed to someone and did not know it and then contracted  covid -19 or were a carrier. how would you know NOT to go to the event on saturday then?