In December my family traveled to a state with very high covid numbers. We had been in several airports and around a lot of people, and our plan was to quarantine if we got sick. When my husband and I did get sick after that trip, that is exactly what we did. We didn't test-which was our prerogative thankfully and seemed to gel with our area having a shortage of tests. The questionnaire to get tested is what put me off of testing. I didn't HAVE to test--we could quarantine just fine. It being our prerogative to test revealed the liberal mindset of some folks though, an unloving attitude that showed a lot of judgment.
People who accuse others of being unloving or reckless if they don't test really need to check themselves. Just because some can't read and follow the guidelines set forth by the CDC doesn't mean everyone cannot. There are those who want to make everyone panic and stay home in case they might come down with sickness, acting like covid is the bubonic plague. Fine, if your job allows that and you don't have kids in school, act like potentially spreading covid is equivalent to killing someone. A much more measured and reasonable approach, however, is to stay home if you are feeling sick. If you want or need to test, then do it. Realizing that we've been spreading colds and the flu to other people for generations. Covid is nasty, I'll give you that, but it isn't something that will kill 99% of people. How you think about it isn't right vs. how I think about it. We should respect people as having a different opinion, not as being wrong and hateful if they feel differently. Also, understanding contact tracing produced no magic would help a lot of folks with their judgmental attitude. Contact tracing stopped because it was wasting tons of money and wasn't helping.
When we thought we had covid, we didn't tell our family because we didn't want to worry them around Christmas. Some had been locked down since March and were still very fearful. That said, none of our friends cared if we tested or not. They were all very kind and understanding, and they only asked if they could bring us a meal, or pay for us to have one delivered if they lived out of state.
Tip--when someone is sick, don't grill them about how they've handled it. Ask them how they are doing and if you can bring them/send them a meal. The superiority complex of the liberal-minded person, acting like someone has done something wrong if they get covid, causes a lot of hurt and damages relationships.
After our exciting December, this past January we were directly exposed to covid and started feeling sick. When the symptoms pointed to covid, we tested. We thought we'd had it already as you know, so wanted to know for sure this time. When most of us tested positive and I tested negative, we knew we were wrong and that in December. We told our family this time because we weren't at risk of dampening a holiday for them.
The attitude at our doctor's office proved that not testing in December was what they prefer if you don't need to test. Never mind that some areas consider you immune for 3-6 months after you test positive. Around here, they aren't pushing testing. Another reason people shouldn't come at you asking if you tested, making it clear they think you are a bad person if you didn't. Nice attitude of this nurse, who never spoke to me so didn't understand why I was tested. #rappahannockfamilyphysicians
Ann did RAPID test in the office since she had symptoms AND looked for IgM (recent) and IgG (past) antibodies.. all negative. Not sure why she even tested bc she had a positive household contact so would have been considered a "presumed positive" and should have just quarantined for 10 days
FROM THE CDC website, there are times testing is warranted, like when you think you already had it:
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