prfsnl_gmr wrote:Yeah…I have two school age children; so, I’m just counting down the days until I’m infected. One of my daughter’s classmates had it recently, and her only symptom was a runny nose. We’re all fully vaccinated, and my wife and I are boosted. We’ll still be careful, of course, but if the new variant is as infectious as the common cold and produces negligible symptoms in most people, I’m not sure I’ll be able to avoid it much longer.
Thankfully, my parents gave us some COVID tests for Christmas; so, if any of us starts feeling something we can test and isolate pretty quickly.
Be careful about relying on the negatives, though. I had a sore throat and got a negative PCR test. While I get soar throats fairly regularly (no idea what that is about), this one got worse. The next day took an antigen test, and again got a negative result. I'm not sure whether I was infectious or not, but by the end of that same day, I was feeling like I had a cold. Took another two days to get another antigen test, but that one was positive and as clear as day.
I talked with a doctor, who said that false negatives were aplenty (virus isn't strong enough to be discovered yet), but there are virtually no false positives. If you have symptoms, might trust that over a single take-home test.