well that's some bullshit

"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
08/12/2020 at 07:04 • Filed to: None

whomp whomp

As a precautionary measure, after starting to feel a headache and a sore throat, I went ahead and got a COVID-19 test done on me... a few hours after the attendant messed around with my airways I got a result:

POSITIVE!*

*: not within the confidence parameters.

What? It’s strange waking up to a test result sent through email that simultaneously says so little and so many things that might worry me.

DISCUSSION (16)

pip bip - choose Corrour > Spanfeller is a twat
08/12/2020 at 07:26

get well soon!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Spanfeller is a twat
08/12/2020 at 07:28

Oh, pleasant! :/

If it’s not within the confidence numbers, I’d put less faith in it, but still take it easy, get well and keep us apprised!!!

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Spanfeller is a twat
08/12/2020 at 07:51

It's their way of saying you need to get the other nostril swabbed...

Spanfeller is a twat > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
08/12/2020 at 07:52

I sent an email to the technician because I think they just took a random laboratory test format and the confidence parameters are just random crap the computer spews out and not necessarily linked to the test? I don’t know.

Given I’m now supposed to isolate, I guess I’ll be closer to oppo than in a long time

Spanfeller is a twat > pip bip - choose Corrour
08/12/2020 at 07:52

thanks!

Spanfeller is a twat > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
08/12/2020 at 07:53

Well, that’s no fun... and also quite expensive.

freaking laboratory people....

TheRealBicycleBuck > Spanfeller is a twat
08/12/2020 at 08:38

Get well soon!

boredalways > Spanfeller is a twat
08/12/2020 at 08:38

Get well soon, TAE!

ranwhenparked > Spanfeller is a twat
08/12/2020 at 09:01

What do you do? Can you get rechecked with a better test, or do you just have to assume you have it and keep yourself quarantined for a couple of weeks?

Spanfeller is a twat > ranwhenparked
08/12/2020 at 09:22

Well, I sent an email to the lab boss, but I really don’t want to get another test. but... I also don’t have a fever so...

I think I’ll have to assume the worst and just keep a thermometer and an oxygen saturation meter close to me in case I should see a doctor

Spanfeller is a twat > boredalways
08/12/2020 at 09:23

thanks! I’ll try hard to get better

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Spanfeller is a twat
08/12/2020 at 09:49

Ah, shit... Hope it’s short-lived.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Spanfeller is a twat
08/12/2020 at 17:51

Our tests are free. And the lab people are unlikely to be responsible for a nondefinitive result - that’s either on you not being riddled with it, the sampling methodology or the person on the other end of the swab or a combination of all three.

Either way...stay the fuck at home. Unless you are getting another test or need hospital treatment.

Spanfeller is a twat > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
08/12/2020 at 18:34

You might live in a more developed country than I do. If I went to a public hospital with the two symptoms I had (headache and slight cough) I would’ve been rejected since they only give tests to people who are already pretty sick.

I called the lab and they confirmed I have it so, yeah...

I have stayed home, except to go to work or to the supermarket, and even then I’ve tried to take as many precautions as possible. But it seems like I failed. Obviously now I have to isolate for at least two weeks before getting tested again

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Spanfeller is a twat
08/12/2020 at 20:01

We’ll be glad to have you, I just hope you feel better and it’s a false positive!

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Spanfeller is a twat
08/13/2020 at 06:01

I’d probably have to argue that too mainly because, while I do live in a developed economy, I live in a rural area...and we don’t have the same level of services that city folk get.

Get well soon...