Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷Feb 22

It's been a few months. Wondering if there are any other holdouts?

Have you knowingly had #covid19, ever?

Note: I'm aware false results exist. Choose the "I guess" options if you didn't test and that's, well, your best guess.

#CovidIsNotOver #Boost4reach

Yes, confirmed by tests
66.8%
No, backed up by tests
14.8%
Yes, I guess
6%
No, I guess
12.4%
Poll ended at .
Show threadBenjamin BraatzFeb 23
@larsmb Well, I still had a positive test result from October 2022 in my archives. Don't know if it was a false positive. As far as I remember it wasn't that bad then. But since there are no testing sites now and there weren't at the beginning, it is quite possible that I had it before and after. 🤷
Show threadLars Marowsky-Brée 😷Feb 23
@HeptaSean You can test at home with (good) rapid antigen tests, or something like the PlusLife test, if available :)
Show threadBenjamin Braatz
@larsmb Well, we still have some combined Influenza-CoViD-RSV tests lying around, but rarely use them anymore and they have expired December 2024. Not really worth it, anymore, in a way.
Feb 23 at 2:03pmWeb
Show threadLars Marowsky-Brée 😷Feb 23
@HeptaSean Testing if symptomatic (b/c certain medications reduce the risk of Long/PostCovid), before meeting at-risk people (e.g., others) in riskier situations still makes sense.
Show threadBenjamin BraatzFeb 23
@larsmb Staying at home with symptoms (if at all possible) makes total sense to me. Given that we know by now that all of these respiratory viruses can have severe outcomes if you are unlucky, my conclusion is that we were a bit too lenient with them before Corona, but also that I don't care too much which of them it is.
Show threadLars Marowsky-Brée 😷Feb 23

@HeptaSean Somewhat fair (and everyone has their own calculus), but SARS-CoV-2 >> Influenza >> (probably RSV >>) Random Rhinitis.

But yeah, my plan is also to continue avoiding them all if I can :)