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W_HAMILTON

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24. I'll have to read more about it, but I'm not understanding right now.

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 10:26 PM

Jul 2022

Either he hadn't cleared the original infection fully -- which I would consider a false negative on his test -- or he got infected again. It does sound like it is what they are calling a "rebound," but I would take that to mean that he got a false negative. Maybe the false negative was because tests aren't sensitive enough to pick up the smaller amount of virus he had in his system before it "rebounded," which is fair, but I would still say that is a false negative in that it showed he had cleared his original infection, when, in fact, he apparently had not.

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Breaking: Biden has tested positive for COVID again (per MSNBC) [View all] Celerity Jul 2022 OP

Not unexpected. Midnight Writer Jul 2022 #1

Repugs dweller Jul 2022 #2

Does that just mean he had a false negative? W_HAMILTON Jul 2022 #3

they are saying the data points overwhelmingly to a rebound infection, not false negatives Celerity Jul 2022 #4

Damn, that's crazy that you can get reinfected that quickly. W_HAMILTON Jul 2022 #5

It's this new variant. yardwork Jul 2022 #6

Covid is weird robodruid1 Jul 2022 #8

it's not that uncommon.. agingdem Jul 2022 #10

He is not re-infected. LisaL Jul 2022 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Jul 2022 #16

I'll have to read more about it, but I'm not understanding right now. W_HAMILTON Jul 2022 #24

It is apparently tied to taking paxlovid. Ms. Toad Jul 2022 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jul 2022 #28

Yeah, I don't find that very reassuring. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #21

Yikes. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #11

Rebound, not new infection. LisaL Jul 2022 #13

fixed Celerity Jul 2022 #17

No. It means his illness is following a known pattern. Emrys Jul 2022 #12

Yes, Dr. Fauci also had a rebound. LisaL Jul 2022 #15

No new symptoms mvd Jul 2022 #7

Here is an article blogslug Jul 2022 #9

thanks Celerity Jul 2022 #18

If the forum software would let us bump individual replies. this is a time I'd do it. Emrys Jul 2022 #19

I don't think rebound positivity is rare with Paxlovid at all liberal_mama Jul 2022 #20

They said on MSNBC he wasn't wearing masks after testing negative hope he was. mucifer Jul 2022 #22

Why wasn't he wearing one previous to the first infection? BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #23

Agreed. Ms. Toad Jul 2022 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jul 2022 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Jul 2022 #25

Same exact thing happened to my sister. BlueIdaho Jul 2022 #30