St-Michel: Anyone can be tested
In St-Michel this weekend, till the end of Monday, anyone can be tested for COVID-19 even if they don’t explicitly have symptoms nor have been in contact with someone who’s tested positive. And they’ve found people with no or very mild symptoms, who test positive.
Meezly 11:02 on 2020-05-18 Permalink
That’s good news – better late than never, right? If there is data about the results of those tests, please share! Quite interested in knowing the percentage of the St-Michel population who tested positive for COVID-19 but were asymptomatic.
I’m hoping this will be seen as a kind of trial to open up testing for the rest of the city.
Alison Cummins 11:43 on 2020-05-18 Permalink
Sigh. Still not doing it right. Maybe hire an infectious-disease specialist from Rwanda to do some conference calls?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-african-nations-are-teaching-the-west-about-fighting-the-coronavirus
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Discouragingly, I have a cold. HOW THE FUCK DID I GET IT? We’ve been social-distancing like mad, wearing masks outside to keep our filthy paws out of our faces in case we touch something, and hand-washing diligently upon coming home.
My partner is more self-aware than I am so has been doing most of the errands, so presumably this is a case of household transmission, but if he caught a cold then we’re doing it wrong.
Tee Owe 12:11 on 2020-05-18 Permalink
Alison – don’t beat yourselves up – it’s a virus, it finds it’s host (= us). These pathetic masks don’t stop all infection, and you can’t hand-sanitize every single thing you touch. These viruses (common cold (multiple viruses), flu, corona) lock onto us because we are their host – nothing you can do about it. I hope your colds get better, they are an occupational hazard of being a human being. Trying to be an optimist here …
Kate 15:06 on 2020-05-18 Permalink
Tee Owe, this reminds me that, near the beginning of the lockdown, someone was surmising that determined social distancing would also have the tendency to reduce flu transmission. I know this isn’t peak flu season, but has anything borne this out?
Tee Owe 16:18 on 2020-05-18 Permalink
I can’t give you a link but Chris already commented a couple of days ago that flu cases are way down this year. I have heard this from other sources as well. It makes sense.
Kevin 16:54 on 2020-05-18 Permalink
Alison
The cold is more infectious than other diseases.
But it could be allergies