[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

It isn't "point in time." It's "recent, up to point in time."

It means you haven't had COVID RECENTLY. How recent? Well if you tested 5 days ago negative, and you test today negative, it means you have been negative for the past 5 days, UP TO now.

That means everyone YOU were in contact with, within the past 5 days, doesn't have to worry that you might have infected them.

That's a pretty significant monkey off someone's back, if they're visiting relatives who might be at risk.

Does this mean everyone should test every 5 days? I don't think so. But it does mean that if you are planning on visiting people you care about, then testing 5 days before you leave, and then the day before you leave, might not be a bad idea.

How so----if they have no symptoms, they should have no monkey. If they have symptoms---THEY should get tested. If they are severely immunocompromised or neutropenic with ANC < 500, they should not be hosting visitors. If they are unvaccinated, then they've decided to take their chances anyway.

[coffeebean]

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[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Sedwards45

BECAUSE those younger than 5 cannot be vaccinated. Uncommonly high number of children are being hospitalized due to COVID! If you HAVE cold or allergy symptoms and may be around young children, you need to get tested for their safety.

Nope... They are being admitted "with" covid, not "due to" covid...

The vast majority are found to test positive upon admission for another problem...

Your claim has been thoroughly debunked by multiple experts on multiple news sources...

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Really? I did not know this. YIKES. It is like Varicella? Where did you get this information? I would like to know. Please supply a link.

You didn't know it because it's simply NOT TRUE...

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Nope... They are being admitted "with" covid, not "due to" covid...

The vast majority are found to test positive upon admission for another problem...

Your claim has been thoroughly debunked by multiple experts on multiple news sources...

Please stop confusing the indoctrinated with the facts

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Please stop confusing the indoctrinated with the facts

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

cute. apology accepted.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Nope... They are being admitted "with" covid, not "due to" covid...

The vast majority are found to test positive upon admission for another problem...

Your claim has been thoroughly debunked by multiple experts on multiple news sources...

Interesting, I wasn't able to find any articles debunking this. Recent articles still claim a surge in pediatric hospitalizations.

But let's say it has been debunked. Does that mean there is no surge in pediatric hospitalizations and the reports of beds filling and children in hallways are just exaggerations? Or, if a non-Covid surge is truly happening, then what is the cause?

(I really did try to find an answer to whether more children are being hospitalized for all reasons but I haven't found those numbers yet)

[Djean1981]

Makes no sense to me. I would only get tested if I had symptoms that I thought required medical treatment. Then, I would contact my doc.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

but now you're excluding the whole cadre of people who are making a career out of virtue signaling

rotflmao

[Swoop]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Interesting, I wasn't able to find any articles debunking this. Recent articles still claim a surge in pediatric hospitalizations.

But let's say it has been debunked. Does that mean there is no surge in pediatric hospitalizations and the reports of beds filling and children in hallways are just exaggerations? Or, if a non-Covid surge is truly happening, then what is the cause?

(I really did try to find an answer to whether more children are being hospitalized for all reasons but I haven't found those numbers yet)

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the most recent numbers show that in states reporting, 0.00%-0.02% of all child COVID-19 cases resulted in death.
If there were two children hospitalized with Covid and now there are six, I guess that constitutes a “surge”. Hospitalizations would have tripled… When working with very small numbers, sometimes it makes sense to look at the actual numbers not the percentage change.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by billethkid

When I hear the words of glee from neighbors that they tested negative, I reply........great for today, what about tomorrow?

Do they look at you like you have five heads?

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

Interesting, I wasn't able to find any articles debunking this. Recent articles still claim a surge in pediatric hospitalizations.

But let's say it has been debunked. Does that mean there is no surge in pediatric hospitalizations and the reports of beds filling and children in hallways are just exaggerations? Or, if a non-Covid surge is truly happening, then what is the cause?

(I really did try to find an answer to whether more children are being hospitalized for all reasons but I haven't found those numbers yet)

""We test anybody who’s admitted to the hospital for whatever reason to see whether or not they have Covid, and we’re definitely seeing an increase in cases. However, we’re really not seeing an increase in children who are hospitalized for Covid or in the intensive care unit for Covid," Offit said.

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, patients are counted among those with Covid if they are suspected of having or laboratory-confirmed positive for the disease, even if they were not originally admitted to the hospital for that reason."

Child Covid hospitalizations are up, especially in 5 states

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Sedwards45

BECAUSE those younger than 5 cannot be vaccinated. Uncommonly high number of children are being hospitalized due to COVID! If you HAVE cold or allergy symptoms and may be around young children, you need to get tested for their safety.

Then, there are those children who are of age to be vaccinated but their parents refuse to have their child vaccinated. Call me heartless but I'm still not going to wear a mask. Keep your kids away from me.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Do they look at you like you have five heads?

Of course they do. They think they are right. They think they are smarter than you. They think they have the high moral ground. They think they care for about others than you do. And they do their own research. You will not convince them otherwise. The scary part is that they are wrong on each of those counts, but they will never know it.