With a cold? A cold has so knocked you on your ass that you haven't been able to get out of bed for days? Of course he won't actually test so to him he just has a cold.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 27 points 10 months ago (23 children)

This actually is what happens to me every time I get a cold, the flu, RSV, anything other than just seasonal allergies.

A few years back I had a cold for like 6 weeks. Tested negative for Covid, Influenza, and RSV multiple times each during the illness but could barely even make it to the bathroom, drink, or eat.

[–] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (19 children)

Was it like that for you in 2018 and prior though?

If you test negative for COVID, you often still have COVID. the PCR tests are only 80% accurate in optimal scenario (only 80% of infected people actually test positive, on the peak viral count day of infection, so the practical accuracy is more like 60%)

so the rapid tests are prob 50% accurate if we're very generous

covid also destroys your immune system so even if you're getting knocked out by colds, as long as that reaction was post-2019, then it's still caused by covid

not trying to dismiss your experiences, you may just have something else that was already there. But if colds and flus began knocking you out in the last 5 years, then yea that's either literal covid or covid-induced

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

Yep, it's been like that ever since I was born. I just have a poor immune system.

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