Employee at LabCorp at 8600A Cnty Rd 466 has tested positive
 

Received a FedEx letter late Friday night about a LabCorp employee's positive test and that my wife (the person being tested) may have been exposed. It took LabCorp nine days to notify of the exposure with no offer of help or COVID testing to help out.

You expect a national testing lab to be safe environment. Guess not. Be careful out there.

On the bright side.. If the exposure was nine days ago and she hasn't gotten sick, she's probably okay.

My goodness. I am surprised that anyone would blame someone for testing positive in a situation where they are working close to people in order to test them. How could she/he know that someone may be a carrier? It is a risk when any of us get closer than six feet to anyone.

I would think she is brave to put herself at risk and hope she doesn't have a bad case.

The lab employee had to wait about a week before getting tested to avoid a false negative so that might explain the delay.

Not true. Asymptomatic means having Covid with no symptoms. This is the reason for the spread of this virus. You just never know who may be transmitting the virus because they seem to be perfectly fine and healthy.

I treat everyone as if they are carrying and transmitting the virus. I keep my distance with everyone with the exception of my husband. I always wear a mask when inside public buildings. The only exception is while dining in a restaurant but I will always be distanced from others.

The one thing that is the BIGGEST culprit for spreading the virus, is dining indoors. You may want to rethink doing that and instead eat outdoors.

Is this a Pavlovian Response for you? Asymptomatic simply means the lack of symptoms. It doesn't mean you have any illness, Covid or otherwise.
Now you want to go and turn it into your standard mask argument.

Lab exposure
 

Can you tell me what day your wife went to the lab? I had blood drawn there on Tues Dec 1. I would really really appreciate knowing this. Thank you. Scary times.

Because of reading this I am postponing my labs at Quest that were routine testing of my thyroid. It can wait a couple of weeks and then maybe the vaccine may truly be on the horizon.

No one should be belittled for being careful in these times.

Sounds like a good decision.

It seems pretty obvious he was referring to people who HAVE the virus and don't know it because they are asymptomatic and haven't been tested and can be anywhere spreading it.

When you hear that term used these days it is used virtually exclusively referring to Covid-19. However in all the medical definitions I have seen say it means you have HAD an illness and symptoms are gone OR you HAVE an illness and no symptoms are showing. What it does NOT mean is it is just some healthy guy running around that has or had nothing at all.

Asymptomatic: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
What is asymptomatic transmission?

Common question
What does asymptomatic mean?

Someone who is asymptomatic has the infection but no symptoms and will not develop them later. Someone who is pre-symptomatic has the infection but don't have any symptoms yet.Jun 15, 2020

We've been fortunate so far but recent data is showing signs of a potential outbreak in Sumter county. Best to assume anyone may be infected.

Covid Act Now

According to Experience
For Ocala County - 90 new positive cases reported today.
9 deaths since yesterday
23 deaths this past week.

For Lake County - 92 new cases today.
2 deaths since yesterday
6 deaths this past week.

For Sumter County - only 15 new cases reported today.
No deaths since yesterday
only 6 deaths this past week.

So the denier will say "Sumter County, take off your masks! Mingle! Snog if it suits you! Party hearty, and toss that sanitizer away!"
The doom-and-gloomer will say "Look at Ocala - everyone is DYING. Death and sickness everywhere! That's what happens when the sheriff orders everyone to remove their masks in his office!"
The realist will say "this is still a pandemic. Wear your masks indoors. Wash your hands. Social distance. Even if the gub'ment says you don't have to anymore. Do it anyway, and let's lower those numbers even more."

Now that the weather is cooler, hubby and I have dined outside a couple of times. I still feel very safe dining indoors when distanced from others.

When I use the term "asymptomatic", I'm referring to someone who has Covid but does not have any symptoms. In fact, when listening to experts such as Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx, or any of the physicians who lend their expertise to this subject, they refer to asymptomatic as a person with Covid who does not exhibit any symptoms. Using the term "asymptomatic" when discussing Covid is not referring to someone who does not have any disease.

Bottom line...... asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic for Covid means folks have Covid but do not have any symptoms.

Here is a list of activities by level of danger of catching Covid from lowest to highest. (Hartford Healthcare)


Low Risk: 1
Opening the mail

Low Risk: 2
Getting restaurant takeout
Pumping gasoline
Playing tennis
Going camping

Low-Moderate Risk: 3
Grocery shopping
Going for a walk, run, or bike ride with others
Playing golf

Low-Moderate Risk: 4
Staying at a hotel for two nights
Sitting in a doctor’s waiting room
Going to a library or museum
Eating in a restaurant (outside)
Walking in a busy downtown
Spending an hour at a playground

Moderate Risk: 5
Having dinner at someone else’s house
Attending a backyard barbecue
Going to a beach
Shopping at a mall

Moderate Risk: 6
Sending kids to school, camp, or day care
Working a week in an office building
Swimming in a public pool
Visiting an elderly relative or friend in their home

Moderate-High Risk: 7
Going to a hair salon or barbershop
Eating in a restaurant (inside)
Attending a wedding or funeral
Traveling by plane
Playing basketball
Playing football
Hugging or shaking hands when greeting a friend

High Risk: 8
Eating at a buffet
Working out at a gym
Going to an amusement park
Going to a movie theater

High Risk: 9
Attending a large music concert
Going to a sports stadium
Attending a religious service with 500-plus worshipers
Going to a bar

Thank you for the Heads up! We need a list of Restaurants that practice mask wearing in the Kitchen! After being educated on how germs/virus are spread , I don't care to have saliva in my salad

Wonder which expert they relied on for this risk chart.... looks like one should stay out of bars and church I guess.... Can't you see then now, sitting around a table, where shall we place "washing dishes by hand" ? What about putting dishes into automatic dishwasher ? Go to Pubix or Walmart for groceries, low moderate risk, go to the library for a book, even going for a bike ride, still a risk... and people are supposed to read and believe all this... it's no wonder the public has lost all confidence in their mayors, governors, city commissioners, etc.etc.