How Does The Covid 2-Week Si/Sd Work.....

[10ClarionSt]

......for anyone testing positive? Having done SI and followed the rules closely, at the end of two weeks, do people not have it any more? Does the 2 week rule get rid of it? Cure you of it? One case in point was David Moyes. He tested positive, did the SI thingy for two weeks, and at weekend, there he was on the touchline with all his staff and players. Is that what two weeks of SI does? Gets rid of the virus?

[Old_Geezer]

I assume that the quarantine period imposed after a positive result is that presently thought to ensure you aren't infectious any more.

Your body gets rid of it (hopefully) by then, and (hopefully) you are now immune for some duration.

[Sqad]

If after testing positive,you complete two weeks of SI and then test negative it means that you no longer have the "active" virus and you are no longer infectious.
That is in the UK.

[ichkeria]

You are only infectious for a certain number of days.
Self-isolation is supposed to take you past that.
That is the whole point.

I see a Spanish cyclist has tested positive who had it in March.

[Peter Pedant]

I am not sure if the late test to test you are free
is in the package

perhaps I should ( know )
the only people I know have isolated 'for nothing'

logical to test that you are free but hey this is the UK

but hey doing the usual can lead to disaster - what are those big rugby hunks going off the field? Salford Reds have 10 positive innit?

Once it is 'in' it causes havoc - Newton eef - [District 9] is almost free an it is raging in Failworth - just up the road from you

[Peter Pedant]

// I see a Spanish cyclist has tested positive who had it in March.//

this bit is political or has been politicised ( which is ALWAYS (siempre!) a bad idea) as we dont know if they are contagious. The only way to tell is to line up ten old people on the ground - get the test subject to cough over them - tying them onto a plank and hovering at one metre wd be scientific - adn then see who is dead at 21 d. This expt as far as I know has NOT been done ( yet)

Trumps 'doctor' - he is an osteopath - let Trump out, we think / suspect whilst he was still testing positive and just said oh at this stage you cant give it to other people

no wonder there is confusion

[ichkeria]

Given the error rate for testing, and the increased number of tests being carried out, its surprising more "repeats" have not occurred

[Peter Pedant]

HI itch
bitta common sense
"I have beaten covid killer TWICE!" Brave pensioner and veteran 82 describes the double deal with death and beats it! page 5 the sun!

wold be far commoner

for the case in the New England Journal they sequenced both viruses ( christ how much did that cost?) and were identical

so tis kinda one in a million or greater

see - you can put numbers on things like that - the data is out there

[Peter Pedant]

The error rate for testing
funnily with a 4 % false positive rate
the test as predictor that you have it is pretty crap
BUT
the airports are using it as a negative screen
and so you look at
if the test is negative then what is the chance I dont have it?

NPV for thos who have heard it all before

and since 99% DON'T have it - it is very efficient
( chucks out negs who are falsely pos but so what the impt thing is letting froo a positive one and it is very effieient at doing that)

and if you DON'T understand that then join the editor of the BMJ to whom it is a closed book as well
and is equally unwilling to learn

[Peter Pedant]

oh god
very efficient in preventing that

[10ClarionSt]

Thanks for the replies folks. Sorry for the late response. I was in Failsworth on Sunday, Pete. haven't been to Newton Heath lately though.