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regnaD kciN

(27,633 posts)
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 03:52 PM Oct 2020

Has anyone heard anything about Biden today...?

I’m assuming he’s getting tested every day, but it’s known that you get lots of false-negative (more that 50%) results until around day five after potential exposure.

And, frankly, with news reports that Trump was showing symptoms on Thursday or even Wednesday, I’m really concerned. It would mean that Trump was at the peak stage of transmissibility when he spent 90 minutes yelling at Joe in a closed environment. I hope I’m just being unreasonably pessimistic, but I would have to think it’s more likely than not that Biden has been infected. I’m eagerly hoping for news of further negative tests, particularly tomorrow or Monday, as then I might start to relax a bit.

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Has anyone heard anything about Biden today...? (Original Post) regnaD kciN Oct 2020 OP
Heard this am he tested negative. But he has to keep testing He's still not in the clear mucifer Oct 2020 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author njhoneybadger Oct 2020 #2
Are you thinking of Pence? sunnybrook Oct 2020 #3
Oh shit tx njhoneybadger Oct 2020 #4
I hope he will keep Meowmee Oct 2020 #5
The Cleveland Clinic should never have had an "honor system "... regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #6
THIS Talitha Oct 2020 #8
Correct! What sort of a nutty clinic is this anyway? Tumbulu Oct 2020 #9
Yep they have lost all credibility now. Meowmee Oct 2020 #14
An honor system is lunacy really imo, but especially him Meowmee Oct 2020 #15
My woo cocktail includes caffeine as well. ecstatic Oct 2020 #10
Caffeine sounds good Meowmee Oct 2020 #11
Wow! So glad you got through that! ecstatic Oct 2020 #12
Thanks😊 Meowmee Oct 2020 #16
Glad you are feeling better bdamomma Oct 2020 #18
Thanks💕 Meowmee Oct 2020 #19
The only good thing from that debate scenario was... WyattKansas Oct 2020 #7
Biden did a virtual town hall Trumpocalypse Oct 2020 #13
It has nothing to do with being reliable. LisaL Oct 2020 #17
Correct, it can take 5+ days to be detectable Tumbulu Oct 2020 #20
So Biden is being irresponsible Trumpocalypse Oct 2020 #21

mucifer

(25,660 posts)
1. Heard this am he tested negative. But he has to keep testing He's still not in the clear
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 03:53 PM
Oct 2020

I'm hoping he's getting vitamin d injections or infusions.

Response to regnaD kciN (Original post)

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
5. I hope he will keep
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 04:08 PM
Oct 2020

Testing negative. It is a good idea to take vit d, vitamin c and melatonin. No more debates, there never should hav been any. The opposition can’t be trusted The clinic should not have allowed any audience and should have placed people further apart, and should hav enforced the testing rule and mask policy.

regnaD kciN

(27,633 posts)
6. The Cleveland Clinic should never have had an "honor system "...
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 04:11 PM
Oct 2020

...for someone who has shown over and over that he has none.

Tumbulu

(6,630 posts)
9. Correct! What sort of a nutty clinic is this anyway?
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 04:23 PM
Oct 2020

Seriously, who did not know any of these things?

I am furious. And disgusted. Weren’t they a once respected establishment?

Not anymore!

ecstatic

(35,074 posts)
10. My woo cocktail includes caffeine as well.
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 04:30 PM
Oct 2020

Crossing fingers. Good point regarding the debates. This is more evidence that you can't relax around snakes. There is no safe way to interact with tRump.

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
11. Caffeine sounds good
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 06:55 PM
Oct 2020

I have green tea every day. I had covid double pneumonia in April but I am scared I may get it again or get a reactivation etc. I was sick for weeks, 2 er trips. I still don’t feel totally well. Apart from feeling like I had a rubber band around my chest and trouble breathing the back pain was the worst, 3 months of non stop pain and it still has not resolved although it is much more manageable now and not as bad most of the time. I took a zpack when the pain started, vit d, high doses of c, inhalers and more. I had to drink a ton of juice to stop bg crashing.

I was lucky my pulse ox stayed good most of the time. 95 was the lowest except 2 x I woke up and it was 78, but it came back up quickly so hematologist said it’s ok. I was also on eliquis which I think saved me too.

Yes, do not trust these people at all, any of them.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
7. The only good thing from that debate scenario was...
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 04:15 PM
Oct 2020

Biden did a lot of looking away and refusing to even acknowledge tRUMP's belligerence. Seemed like he was making eye contact with the audience and his facial expressions looked more like a body signal to someone in the audience. Biden was probably looking at his wife and staff while telegraphing that this idiot is nuts and showing his insanity to all the voters, so I am just going to let him flail uncontrollably.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
13. Biden did a virtual town hall
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 07:49 PM
Oct 2020

with Union leaders today.

And some tests are more reliable than others. The PCR test while not perfect has proven to be fairly reliable.

LisaL

(47,423 posts)
17. It has nothing to do with being reliable.
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 08:30 PM
Oct 2020

During incubation period tests might be negative and it doesn't mean the person isn't infected.

Tumbulu

(6,630 posts)
20. Correct, it can take 5+ days to be detectable
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 09:22 PM
Oct 2020

It is a matter of how much virus is in the system, it takes time to get to the level where it is detectable.

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