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Despite rendering care for those affected and being exposed personally a few times by confirmed positives, I've not had it yet. I wonder why often.

kylebenzle 2y ago
Yes you have, everyone on planet earth has "had covid" by now. We have known from a US Navy study early on where they tested and tracked everyone on an aircraft carrier regularly. They found that like 98% of people who tested positive (PCR) never knew they had it or showed any symptoms. Like 99% of people who have "had covid" never even knew that had it, that it how mild of a disease it is. Without a major co-factor covid usually goes unnoticed. My only question is why don't people seem to know what should be common knowledge about covid at this point?
- pjc50 2y ago
  Seven billion people, seven hundred million recorded cases, seven million deaths. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ (long covid is not accurately recorded, but more prevalent than fatalities)
- lagniappe 2y ago
  I've never shown positive, while proactively checking with PCR.
- taeric 2y ago
  You can use some charity to the post, of course. They almost certainly mean "never had symptoms" and likely never tested positive on a test. So, even with your point that excessive testing could have shown that they had it; I think it is clear what they meant. And it is a puzzling situation.
- mike_hearn 2y ago
  PCR positivity doesn't mean anything because the test is detecting viral fragments, not live virus. In fact it starts with a lysis stage that destroys whatever virus is in the sample so it can be detected. So there's actually no contradiction between testing positive and never having had COVID, even if you use an invalid definition of COVID (viral presence) rather than a symptom based definition.
  - kylebenzle 2y ago
    I have not heard this stance, that PCR tests are invalid. Is that common knowledge?

kylebenzle 2y ago

Yes you have, everyone on planet earth has "had covid" by now. We have known from a US Navy study early on where they tested and tracked everyone on an aircraft carrier regularly. They found that like 98% of people who tested positive (PCR) never knew they had it or showed any symptoms. Like 99% of people who have "had covid" never even knew that had it, that it how mild of a disease it is. Without a major co-factor covid usually goes unnoticed. My only question is why don't people seem to know what should be common knowledge about covid at this point?

pjc50 2y ago
Seven billion people, seven hundred million recorded cases, seven million deaths. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ (long covid is not accurately recorded, but more prevalent than fatalities)
lagniappe 2y ago
I've never shown positive, while proactively checking with PCR.
taeric 2y ago
You can use some charity to the post, of course. They almost certainly mean "never had symptoms" and likely never tested positive on a test. So, even with your point that excessive testing could have shown that they had it; I think it is clear what they meant. And it is a puzzling situation.
mike_hearn 2y ago
PCR positivity doesn't mean anything because the test is detecting viral fragments, not live virus. In fact it starts with a lysis stage that destroys whatever virus is in the sample so it can be detected. So there's actually no contradiction between testing positive and never having had COVID, even if you use an invalid definition of COVID (viral presence) rather than a symptom based definition.
- kylebenzle 2y ago
  I have not heard this stance, that PCR tests are invalid. Is that common knowledge?