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> What I think really matters for most people is not to find out whether they have covid or not, but whether they are infectious or not. While some folks are c
by mathgeek 3y ago
> What I think really matters for most people is not to find out whether they have covid or not, but whether they are infectious or not.
While some folks are certainly still worried about spreading the virus, for most folks it's always been about whether a positive test requires them to restrict their movement or activities (e.g. whether or not one could fly on a plane in 2020-2022).
- rlpb 3y ago> for most folks it's always been about whether a positive test requires them to restrict their movement or activities Sure but that problem is once removed from the real problem. The underlying reason for restrictions is infectiousness. If tests measured infectiousness accurately, rules on restrictions would follow and use those tests instead.
- Aachen 3y agoI think if you go back to polls and news from the time, "most folks" only caring about legal requirements is probably a projection of your opinion and direct contacts'. Pretty sure most people were actually concerned with not infecting others, within reason (which is a different level for everyone, but still)
- mathgeek 3y agoIt sounds like you might be conflating two different issues here (being why people were taking covid tests without any symptoms, and why people were doing the superset of actions that would mitigate spreading the virus). There certainly was some overlap where folks who needed to take them for their jobs also wanted to keep people safe, but in general do you believe there were a large number of folks who were or are taking covid tests while not showing symptoms and not being required to take the tests? Additionally, you made a huge leap in assumptions about me that simply aren't true when you assumed what my opinion is/was and how that would project. Let's keep it away from getting personal like that?
- dev_tty01 3y agoThat may be true for most, but there are many of us who interact with at-risk people (elderly parents, an immune suppressed family member, etc.) and the daily concern is whether or not I might be infectious and potentially bring harm to someone else. I don't care if I have Covid if I can't spread it to someone else. Public service request: There are millions of Americans with compromised immune systems who are finding the current environment treacherous since most people have completely moved on. If we have an interaction with someone who is masked, it would be great if we could just mask up at least during that interaction as a courtesy. That person could be at significant risk and it does no harm to us to mask up for a few minutes to help reduce their risk even if we aren't concerned for ourselves.