Do you still test for Covid when you get sick?

[Hawki97]

We don't. Found a couple buried in my cupboard yesterday and just threw them out because they were collecting dust. Just stay home and away from people if I feel like shit (which I never really do).

What say you HORT? Still out there shoving qtips up your nose if you have a sniffle?

 

[nolesincebirth]

Funny timing. I’m currently sick so stayed home today. I wasn’t planning on testing but the more I lay here, the more I think I should. I don’t want to intentionally get someone else sick even if I’m feeling better. So I probably will test.

 

[BelemNole]

Depends on the symptoms.

 

[alaskanseminole]

We don't. Found a couple buried in my cupboard yesterday and just threw them out because they were collecting dust. Just stay home and away from people if I feel like shit (which I never really do).

What say you HORT? Still out there shoving qtips up your nose if you have a sniffle?

Mine and my wife's covid weren't detectable by rapid tests, both with at-home kits and urgent care. Only the PCR caught ours. I thought I had strep. ...her symptoms were different.

In short, nope.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Depends on the symptoms.

Same

Also, my company asks to test before traveling.

 

[hawkeyetraveler]

Got sick a few weeks ago and we had some old tests laying around so I went ahead and tested a couple days in a row. Negative, but the damn cough lingered like Covid. I suspect I had covid, but maybe the current Covid variants aren’t compatible with old tests? Hell last time I had covid in 2022 the rapid tests only showed positive several days after I got symptoms. I won’t be buying more rapid tests.

 

[Nole Lou]

Nah...what are you going to do depending on what it says? If you're sick and symptomatic, stay home.

Maybe if you were going to visit grandma in the nursing home or whatever, but you really shouldn't be giving her the flu either.

If you are 65+ or 75+, then maybe, as there are some treatments that could help get ahead of an ugly case, but for regular people...it's just pretty much the same rules as other illnesses.

 

[HawkeyeShawn]

Nope. Kids have been sick on occasion but even the doctors didn’t push to test. I haven’t been sick since Covid happened. Still don’t think I’ve ever had it.

 

[QChawks]

No

 

[Hawkeyenuts66]

Nope

 

[CAhawki]

Nope, just assume I have it and lick all the fruit at hyvee

 

[SeaPA]

The only times I've ever tested were mandatory - a couple of times for travel, and once prior to surgery when I tore my Achilles. I had to delay the surgery after a positive test - I'd been sick for a couple of days 10 days prior to the test (which was a couple of days before the scheduled surgery).

I'm fairly certain I had it at the end of August; stayed home in bed for a couple of days, then worked from home for a couple more to avoid bringing it into the office & getting anyone else sick. I believe I had it due to how sick I felt, then the fact that I lost all sense of smell for a week or so after I started feeling better.

 

[McLovin32]

Yes, solely because I've got 3 immunocompromised family members that I spend time with regularly. So I test for covid if I'm feeling shitty and might be around them at some point. Just helps know if I need to postpone things or not.

If I have no plans to be around them, then no I don't.

 

[jawatkins]

I test before going to see my grandma at the nursing home and they supply n95’s for people visiting vulnerable patients. She hates that ill wear it but I just am happy to be able to visit her while she’s still around.

 

[SoProudNole]

I do it 3X per week. Just to be informed.

 

[jawatkins]

I do it 3X per week. Just to be informed.

That seems expensive and you must have a nose of steel

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Nope.

Still have some Covid tests in the closet though....

 

[HawksR1]

Yes. Work in the medical field and don’t want to pass it to patients or family

 

[TennNole17]

No, the tests are collecting your dna and sending it to the government via blue tooth birds.

 

[Finance85]

Nope. I tested a couple of times around the time I got COVID because I had severe symptoms. I was also tested prior to that by the walk-in clinic, but I just had a sinus infection.

I'll test if I have major symptoms, or if I have symptoms when I'm planning on attending an event with a lot of people.

 

[gamedayron01]

Nope.

Still have some Covid tests in the closet though....

You should put them up your ass.

 

[hawkeye54545]

Nah, just common sense and stay away from people if I get sick.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

You should put them up your ass.

projection

 

[CLUB215]

Yes, but only to make sure we don't need to delay the vax appointment next week (wife has a cold).

 

[gamedayron01]

projection

No. Just something your dumb ass should do along with drinking gas.

 

[dgordo]

Yes, just got over Covid.

 

[millah_22]

No. A friend just texted me a link to get free covid tests online and i kind of laughed.

 

[JupiterHawk]

 

[BrianNole777]

Depends on the symptoms.

This.

I just got covid vaccine #6 and feel strong.