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Positive LFT havers, how long did it take for the dreaded line to turn up? They say to wait half an hour/fifteen minutes depending on the test to be sure, but it seems to me unlikely that it'd suddenly turn up when the test has gone white, like old school dog poo poo (remember that? remember the good old days?) Another negative LFT. Gonna wait a few more hours and then try again. If that one's negative then I'll think about emerging from my hole.
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Surely if you were symptomatic you must be able to trigger an LFT if it were covid? Like it seems weird to be sick enough to feel ill but not apparently sick enough to make the test work. Which would suggest either it isn't covid or it may even be psychosomatic because you're extremely stressed about it.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:The rather more apt comparison is Ian Paisley, who didn't even pay for his honorary Doctorate of Divinity, but still insisted on being called Reverend Doctor. I paid my for mine, fair and square. I paid for my Masters' degree  . 20 quid to my college. It's Oxbridge and Buttfuck Alabama School of Divinity, they both do the same thing.
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Comrade Fakename posted:Check the thread, a good round up of the year: This is a fine example of why I'm on Twitter. It's full of people telling on themselves in new & exciting ways & it's very funny.
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forkboy84 posted:This is a fine example of why I'm on Twitter. It's full of people telling on themselves in new & exciting ways & it's very funny. I'm glad you can enjoy it, but people who have been roundly owned and yet steadfastly refuse to acknowledge it do a right number on my blood pressure.
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OwlFancier posted:Surely if you were symptomatic you must be able to trigger an LFT if it were covid? Nah, it's not uncommon to be symptomatic for awhile before popping positive. I spoke to a student yesterday who had symptoms for a day or two before doing five (yes, five) LFTs in a row. Three were negative, two were positive. There've been loads of reports of symptomatic people popping negative one hour and positive the next. I'm going to lay off after the next one for the day, but I'm not just being paranoid. Especially in the situation I'm currently in. If I were home in Exeter I'd do one a day, if that, but I'm not, I'm in a situation where I could easily do in my father
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Fair enough then, I don't think you're being paranoid I just would rather you weren't also doing yourself a mischief while doing the responsible thing. Keeping isolated is of course the best choice and is what I would do, just try not to stress too much if possible, being isolated and stressed doesn't make you less contagious than just being isolated.
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Barry Foster posted:Nah, it's not uncommon to be symptomatic for awhile before popping positive. I've seen 3 friends on my feed say that they tested negative for 5-6 days before eventually testing positive on a LFT or PCR. My theory is that there are a lot of lovely fake/faulty LFT kits in circulation, as there are no checks and balances in place, apart from cheques being sent to Tory donors to help with their personal balances. On the subject of LFT's https://twitter.com/sstroschein2/status/1476563440739233793
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^^^^^^^ mm.OwlFancier posted:Fair enough then, I don't think you're being paranoid I just would rather you weren't also doing yourself a mischief while doing the responsible thing. Keeping isolated is of course the best choice and is what I would do, just try not to stress too much if possible, being isolated and stressed doesn't make you less contagious than just being isolated. Honestly I'm not stressed at all. I'm cross at myself for putting myself into a position where this could happen, but otherwise I'm all good, I'm about to do an XCOM marathon and honestly it's nice to have an excuse to be in this room on my own lol But thanks, dude, honestly.
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Brexit: UK food imports face disruption because ‘medieval’ government IT system not ready for red tapequote:Food supplies face further disruption from 1 January due to a "medieval" government IT system that is still not yet ready to process post-Brexit paperwork, The Independent has learned.  LET THEM EAT <checks notes> NOTHING!
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I got called up for jury duty once, told my work I wouldn't be in for a while and everything. Got another letter about a week before the starting date that said don't worry about it lol, and I've never had to do it again.
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Nenonen posted:
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100's of millions killed by Vladimir I. Lenin's invention, new year's celebration
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Barry Foster posted:Positive LFT havers, how long did it take for the dreaded line to turn up? They say to wait half an hour/fifteen minutes depending on the test to be sure, but it seems to me unlikely that it'd suddenly turn up when the test has gone white, like old school dog poo poo (remember that? remember the good old days?) Fairly soon for clear positive (1-2 minutes), 5-10 minutes for a faint line. It's all about how they work, which is really quite cool. At the start where you drip, there is a blob of gold nanoparticles attached to spike protein antibodies. The test line is also a line of these antibodies stuck to the paper, and the C line is a line of spike proteins. During a test, the goop creeps down the paper, and you can see the purple-red cloud of the gold nanoparticles being carried along. For a clear one, they carry on past to the stripe of spike proteins where they particles stick giving the C line. If you have any viruses, then as they wash past the gold particles, they stick to them, and then as they go past the T line, they stick to the antibodies there too, thus fixing their attached gold to the T line. The more virus particles, the more gold sticks. The C line then checks the gold particles are working (binding to spike proteins), and the paper isn't mis-aligned.
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Hahaha, loving hell. BBC still BBC'ing https://twitter.com/GuardianUS/status/1476937819197169668
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And here I thought it was some variant of the... chromatogram or whatever it was we did in A level biology?
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fuctifino posted:Brexit: UK food imports face disruption because ‘medieval’ government IT system not ready for red tape Looking forward to the Guardian opinion piece 'Vegetables are a luxury we can do without'
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Barry Foster posted:Positive LFT havers, how long did it take for the dreaded line to turn up? They say to wait half an hour/fifteen minutes depending on the test to be sure, but it seems to me unlikely that it'd suddenly turn up when the test has gone white, like old school dog poo poo (remember that? remember the good old days?) 30 minutes would be the absolute outside time, realistically by the time the control stripe is clear-edged it's *incredibly* unlikely the test stripe will suddenly develop. However it's worth bearing in mind that they're not particularly sensitive - it's not worth (assuming your swab technique was correct) re-testing immediately as it'll give you the same answer whether it's wrong or not. Better to hold off doorknob-licking for another 24 hours and re-test then.
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The maddening thing about this whole loving pandemic is it really does showcase just how loving selfish so many people are. You're being asked to wear a facemask to limit the amount of germs you spray from your gob, on a bus you're asked to leave the windows open so the air circulates a bit, it's all the most minor of inconveniences & so many people don't just not care, some of them seem to revel in being a selfish oval office. Last time I was on the bus a couple were at the front of the top floor on the double decker, there were loads of seats. So one guy comes on, without a mask, & sits immediately behind them. No loving reason for it so he's asked to maybe back off a bit & he's clearly been dying for this fight & starts raving & it's just "loving shut up you oval office, just think about someone other than yourself for 10 seconds, Jesus". But they seem genuinely convinced they are fighting some sort of really important battle for civil liberties, as if the freedom to be a selfish sack of poo poo is actually an important principle. Drives me bonkers.
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Barry Foster posted:Positive LFT havers, how long did it take for the dreaded line to turn up? They say to wait half an hour/fifteen minutes depending on the test to be sure, but it seems to me unlikely that it'd suddenly turn up when the test has gone white, like old school dog poo poo (remember that? remember the good old days?) I read somewhere in the last few days that if it doesn't turn red until **after** 30 minutes, there could be some other contamination at work not covid. I'll see if I can find the link.
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People with very sad lives are desperate to feel like they are doing something heroic and have confused everybody thinking they are a horrible little cumstain with tyranny. See also: terfs, right wingers in general.
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Barry Foster posted:Positive LFT havers, how long did it take for the dreaded line to turn up? They say to wait half an hour/fifteen minutes depending on the test to be sure, but it seems to me unlikely that it'd suddenly turn up when the test has gone white, like old school dog poo poo (remember that? remember the good old days?) Every time I've seen a positive the line has been visible as soon as the strip's gone white, even if it's faint at first.
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OzyMandrill posted:Fairly soon for clear positive (1-2 minutes), 5-10 minutes for a faint line. That is cool, thanks! EDIT and thanks to all the other repliers too, much obliged I'm not gonna bother doing anymore today, I think, I'll leave it til the morning vvvvvv sure, I'm not reading after, was more wondering whether I'd have to wait the full length of time, or whether it was likely to turn up in the first five to ten minutes. Various people (here and elsewhere) have since told me theirs turned up either immediately or after five minutes or so Barry Foster fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Dec 31, 2021 |
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Don't read a test after 30 mins, or you risk having a false positive
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fuctifino posted:I've seen 3 friends on my feed say that they tested negative for 5-6 days before eventually testing positive on a LFT or PCR. My theory is that there are a lot of lovely fake/faulty LFT kits in circulation, as there are no checks and balances in place, apart from cheques being sent to Tory donors to help with their personal balances. They just have really lovely sensitivity, which becomes worse when being done by the general public who aren't going to use them perfectly every time. Covid can't exactly avoid infecting your upper respiratory system, so if you test 7 days in a row then you pretty much have to do it wrong every time to get a run of false negatives while contagious. E;beaten badly
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big scary monsters posted:I like to think of the War on Christmas as an eternal fight where every year on December 25th* the Avatar of Christmas is symbolically defeated and has to go back to its shadowy nether realm**, ready to return late the next year to battle it all out again. Michael Bublé? Yeah, that tracks. Explains why we don't hear of him the rest of the year.
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I haven't been able to shake a respiratory infection for good 10 days now, although my [tmi] cough is productive [/tmi] so I never really though it was Covid. If I do get Covid I'm stuffed, because these wheezy-rear end lungs and congested nasal passages are struggling enough. Multiple LFTs and a PCR have been negative, and I've been swabbing my throat even with the nose-only swabs. Apparently you shouldn't swab the side with a nose piercing, and there seems to be a huge potential for error if all I do is swab one nostril.
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Recycle used disposable razors (any brand)! https://www.gillette.co.uk/recycle.list You apply for an envelope (might take a few weeks to arrive) and can put up to 16 dead razors in it. You can have up to 4 envelopes a year per household.
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Lady Demelza posted:I haven't been able to shake a respiratory infection for good 10 days now, although my [tmi] cough is productive [/tmi] so I never really though it was Covid. If I do get Covid I'm stuffed, because these wheezy-rear end lungs and congested nasal passages are struggling enough. Multiple LFTs and a PCR have been negative, and I've been swabbing my throat even with the nose-only swabs. Apparently you shouldn't swab the side with a nose piercing, and there seems to be a huge potential for error if all I do is swab one nostril. if you got a negative on PCR then I'd say that's pretty dang definitive that it's not covid, and is instead some other lovely virus
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Barry Foster posted:if you got a negative on PCR then I'd say that's pretty dang definitive that it's not covid, and is instead some other lovely virus
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Back when I shaved anything I had (still have) an old fashioned safety razor that used the old double sided metal blades. Was tempted to dispose of them the old fashioned way as well by stuffing them into the cavity wall as an exciting treat for future renovators.
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Our household of three all have this mystery cold too. I haven't left the house for weeks, they last left on the 23rd. They started getting cold symptoms on the 26th and I got them on the 27th. They've been getting negative LFTs even this morning (31st) and I'm assuming if they're still negative after the weekend (and definitely Monday) then it's for sure not-covid. It's just weird and unsettling because it's so much like the omicron symptoms, yet I caught it and developed symptoms far too quickly considering I had to catch it from them while asymptomatic. 5-6 days into symptoms and 8 days minimum after exposure and still no positives just seems nutty.
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Barry Foster posted:Positive LFT havers, how long did it take for the dreaded line to turn up? They say to wait half an hour/fifteen minutes depending on the test to be sure, but it seems to me unlikely that it'd suddenly turn up when the test has gone white, like old school dog poo poo (remember that? remember the good old days?) My friend’s took a good 20 minutes, we were all surprised. The next day it was immediate so presumably right on the threshold of detection on the first day. My siblings’ (they’re okay!) were immediate and hilariously dark, like “gently caress yeah you have covid” Juche Couture fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Dec 31, 2021 |
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Szmitten posted:Our household of three all have this mystery cold too. I haven't left the house for weeks, they last left on the 23rd. They started getting cold symptoms on the 26th and I got them on the 27th. They've been getting negative LFTs even this morning (31st) and I'm assuming if they're still negative after the weekend (and definitely Monday) then it's for sure not-covid. That sounds eerily familiar, frankly. Two of my friends had similar things happen too, and they did a bunch of LFTs and one of them did a PCR, all negatory I mean I guess it's not out of the question that there's a particularly lovely cold doing the rounds at the same time Juche Couture posted:My friend’s took a good 20 minutes, we were all surprised. My siblings’ (they’re okay!) were immediate The disparity is weird, but I guess both are within the window
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