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If you had flu symptoms, are you not going to go get a covid test?

willcipriano 5y ago
I'm not OP but no, I work from home and only see the people I live with since this started. Knowing if its covid vs the flu wouldn't really matter much to me and either way my behavior would be the same. Frankly it would be worse for public health if I left the house while sick to satisfy my curiosity. I can imagine that many others in my situation would come to a similar conclusion.
- qudat 5y ago
  im in your situation: didnt need to leave my house and minimally interacted with people outside of my bubble. I felt sick recently and got the covid/flu test.
  - drcross 5y ago
    Why?
    - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
      If it was me it would be because I wanted to know if I need to be extra isolated from the people I live with.
    - johtso 5y ago
      Also may impact your future immunity. Good to know what your clinical history is..
- drcross 5y ago
  Exactly. The only result from covid testing it delaying your own civil liberties. The vast vast majority of people wont ever get covid and a tiny remainder will have symptoms, an even smaller number will need to go to bed, a smaller number will need to go to hospital and people who were going to die this year may die from it. Dont take my word for it, this is the opinion of the UKs chief medical officer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzriCFzM5Ys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzriCFzM5Ys
  - deadbolt 5y ago
    > May 2020
    - ceejayoz 5y ago
      (For context: about a week before their first wave of deaths. Oops.) https://imgur.com/a/OZzPVuY https://imgur.com/a/OZzPVuY
  - rovr138 5y ago
    >But that doesn’t mean you can get away from the fact that if we did not do anything, if we let this virus to run, we would be back in a very serious situation that would threaten many lives and threaten the NHS.
  - ineedasername 5y ago
    You are arguing from an a prior position that "do nothing" would have the same result of "stay home & other precautions". When you start from that position, you are already assuming your point of view is correct, and then using the correctness of that point of view in a circular manner to support your point of view.
- qw3rty01 5y ago
  Do the people you live with also work from home and never go out?
rorykoehler 5y ago
I had Covid symptoms but didn’t bother getting a test because I thought it’s better to stay at home than go out and spread it around.
- samiru 5y ago
  I have had a flu the last year twice, both times tested negative.

I'm not OP but no, I work from home and only see the people I live with since this started. Knowing if its covid vs the flu wouldn't really matter much to me and either way my behavior would be the same. Frankly it would be worse for public health if I left the house while sick to satisfy my curiosity. I can imagine that many others in my situation would come to a similar conclusion.

qudat 5y ago
im in your situation: didnt need to leave my house and minimally interacted with people outside of my bubble. I felt sick recently and got the covid/flu test.
- drcross 5y ago
  Why?
  - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
    If it was me it would be because I wanted to know if I need to be extra isolated from the people I live with.
  - johtso 5y ago
    Also may impact your future immunity. Good to know what your clinical history is..
drcross 5y ago
Exactly. The only result from covid testing it delaying your own civil liberties. The vast vast majority of people wont ever get covid and a tiny remainder will have symptoms, an even smaller number will need to go to bed, a smaller number will need to go to hospital and people who were going to die this year may die from it. Dont take my word for it, this is the opinion of the UKs chief medical officer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzriCFzM5Ys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzriCFzM5Ys
- deadbolt 5y ago
  > May 2020
  - ceejayoz 5y ago
    (For context: about a week before their first wave of deaths. Oops.) https://imgur.com/a/OZzPVuY https://imgur.com/a/OZzPVuY
- rovr138 5y ago
  >But that doesn’t mean you can get away from the fact that if we did not do anything, if we let this virus to run, we would be back in a very serious situation that would threaten many lives and threaten the NHS.
- ineedasername 5y ago
  You are arguing from an a prior position that "do nothing" would have the same result of "stay home & other precautions". When you start from that position, you are already assuming your point of view is correct, and then using the correctness of that point of view in a circular manner to support your point of view.
qw3rty01 5y ago
Do the people you live with also work from home and never go out?

rorykoehler 5y ago

I had Covid symptoms but didn’t bother getting a test because I thought it’s better to stay at home than go out and spread it around.

samiru 5y ago
I have had a flu the last year twice, both times tested negative.