[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by birdiebill

Your test showing you don't have the virus is only good for the time the test was taken. Anyone with a negative test is still subject to acquiring the virus anytime after that test was taken--whether its 2 days, 2 weeks, or 2 months later.

Likewise the temperature check being used frequently does not really test whether a person is positive. One can be asymptomatic and be positive with no fever at the time the temperature is taken. We used to use universal precautions to assume every patient was carrying a contagious disease, and use infection control guidelines accordingly.

My wife and I use "universal precautions" with Covid-19 and assume everyone is an asymptomatic carrier. Outdoors, we social distance. Indoors, we mask to protect others and minimize our risk. We will resume normal lifestyle once there is an effective vaccine. We are not living like hermits, but we do not socialize without social distancing.

There you go again, trying to dispel the cloud of ignorance.