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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 an

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 6y 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 6y ago
  Why?
  - SketchySeaBeast 6y 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 6y ago
    Also may impact your future immunity. Good to know what your clinical history is..
drcross 6y 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 6y ago
  > May 2020
  - ceejayoz 6y ago
    (For context: about a week before their first wave of deaths. Oops.) https://imgur.com/a/OZzPVuY https://imgur.com/a/OZzPVuY
- rovr138 6y 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 6y 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 6y ago
Do the people you live with also work from home and never go out?

qudat 6y 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 6y ago
Why?
- SketchySeaBeast 6y 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 6y ago
  Also may impact your future immunity. Good to know what your clinical history is..

drcross 6y 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 6y ago
> May 2020
- ceejayoz 6y ago
  (For context: about a week before their first wave of deaths. Oops.) https://imgur.com/a/OZzPVuY https://imgur.com/a/OZzPVuY
rovr138 6y 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 6y 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 6y ago

Do the people you live with also work from home and never go out?