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I will probably make use of this, even if I do have a stockpile of tests. Why a stockpile? My mother, whom I take care of and live with, has COPD. Despite be
by at_a_remove 5y ago
I will probably make use of this, even if I do have a stockpile of tests. Why a stockpile?
My mother, whom I take care of and live with, has COPD. Despite being vaxxed and boosted, I worry about her contracting it. It would be incredibly easy for me to pass Omicron to her even if I was avoiding being in the same room with her, so I have developed a plan.
Essentially, I have a "bug out bag" in a storage unit, along with entertainment and other ways to keep me occupied. Should I come down with COVID, I am going to go to a motel (not a hotel, a motel, which circulates the air to the outside) and simply hide there, not letting the maids change anything, until the fever breaks. Five days after the fever is gone, I start using tests until I am "clear" on several consecutive tests (swabbed throat and nose). I found a grocery store which delivers food to be left outside of the door, I plan on asking them about motel deliveries (unusual I know).
At checkout time, I hose everything down with Lysol and pay for an extra day in the room, tell them not to let the maids in.
Anyway, I figure this prevents me from exposing people. I cannot figure out anything better that isn't "living in the National parks, catching rabbits and shivering in the cold" hermitage. Anyway, this is going to take a stack of tests to go through. I don't feel great about it, like I am hoarding, but I don't know what else can be done.
- djrogers 5y agoHow do you plan on knowing you have COVID if you're hoarding (and this not using) the tests? The majority of cases are asymptomatic...
- at_a_remove 5y agoI will likely be symptomatic. I tend to have a really overblown immune response to vaccines, infections, and so on. I will get a 104F fever for a simple cold and typically go from "hrm, my throat is a little scratchy" to "cook an egg on my forehead" in the space of three hours. I will then blow through three or four tests. The bigger hoard is for coming out of COVID.