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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jul 16, 2020 18:29:35 GMT
Yesterday, someone told me about a situation in which the coworker of someone she knows well said that her son and four of his friends went to get tested for Covid “just because they were bored.” They said that they went to the site, filled out paperwork and waited for awhile but left before getting tested because the wait was too long. They have now all reportedly gotten positive results, even though they supposedly didn’t even get tested.
My initial response was that they were not telling the truth. For one thing, anyone who has seen or heard how the test is done would not thing it is something to do just for fun. Secondly, my son was tested three weeks ago and we had to make an appt (but I have now heard that cvs offers the test and I am not sure if you need an appt there or not?). The person I was talking to lives in a small town and she said many people are not taking the virus seriously. My son recently told me that one of his coworkers said that the numbers are high because “they” report any contact with an infected person as being a positive case. So, I wondered if these guys are trying to put the accuracy of testing into question.
For some reason I am still thinking about this today and was wondering if the guys actually did get tested and were positive, but didn’t want to admit to their parents and others that they had it? The person I was talking to didn’t know their exact age but thought they were late teens/early twenties. There have been some outbreaks at bars here so my thought was that they could have been told to test because they were around someone who tested positive and were at the bar. Obviously this is all pure speculation and I think what bugs me is that stories like this could further hinder people from taking the virus seriously. But I’m curious what the peas think the real story could be?
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Post by busy on Jul 16, 2020 18:31:34 GMT
Yesterday, someone told me about a situation in which the coworker of someone she knows well said that her son and four of his friends went to get tested for Covid “just because they were bored.” I think that any time the actual people are this far removed, it's unlikely to be true. |
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Post by newscrapper05 on Jul 16, 2020 18:33:38 GMT
Seems to be the 'rumor of the day'. I've been reading several accounts that the numbers are not accurate because people are doing this. I don't think I believe it but if someone has accurate information I would listen.
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Post by michellegb on Jul 16, 2020 18:35:09 GMT
This is the latest story to be told and retold on FB and other fun places like that. My DH told me he saw the same story yesterday except that it was a couple that went to get tested. This urban legend story is just to further the "it's all a hoax" conspiracy. Take anything like that with a grain of salt unless you can see the results yourself or you know the person who it actually happened to.
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Post by rodeomom on Jul 16, 2020 18:35:28 GMT
This "rumor" has been going around on facebook. I don't believe it.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Jul 16, 2020 18:35:58 GMT
I saw somewhere that the actual email or whatever they got said that since you went to the effort to schedule snd had symptoms but didn’t test that you should assume you have it and self quarantine for 14 days. It was worded better but was something like that. So people are thinking that they misinterpreted the letter.
This urban legend has been going around everywhere but no one can find anyone that actually got the email. Will there be a few mistakes yes but there shouldn’t be many.
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Post by kibblesandbits on Jul 16, 2020 18:50:19 GMT
That rumor is all over the place. I'm guessing not true. For one thing, the completed paperwork only gets turned in at the point of testing (at least in my area). So, in our case, the paperwork would never have made it to a testing handler. Thus, no way to contact the supposed "patient" with their results.
This story seems like malarky to me.
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Post by shescrafty on Jul 16, 2020 18:50:25 GMT
When my son got tested they took the paperwork with his actual information when they did the sample-he did not have anything to “send in” if a sample wasn’t given.
That story is BS and a false narrative to pass around to try and explain who there have been surges in areas where people are fighting mask mandates.
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Post by chlerbie on Jul 16, 2020 19:07:41 GMT
Yes, I've seen it as "people that I know" that have done this--that they filled out the paperwork and waited, but the line was too long and they left, but still got a positive. And every person I've seen that posts about it, and claim they "know someone" is conveniently firmly in the "overblown flu" and anti-mask groups.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jul 16, 2020 19:09:13 GMT
I've heard about several people who went to urgent care, Doctors office, ER, etc...for an unrelated matter (UTI, sinus infection, ear ache, sprained ankle, etc...) and weren't tested, but they all received letters or emails saying they tested positive.
How can one test positive, when they haven't been tested/swabbed in the first place?
This seems to be happening nationwide.
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Post by Linda on Jul 16, 2020 19:09:31 GMT
DH told me this story about a coworker's MIL (or maybe it was a friend of the coworker's MIL)
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Post by busy on Jul 16, 2020 19:15:47 GMT
This seems to be happening nationwide. It's not. It's an urban legend that's getting spread around. |
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Post by padresfan619 on Jul 16, 2020 19:19:00 GMT
It is always a friend of a friend or a distant family member of a friend’s neighbor when these stories circulate. I don’t believe them.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jul 16, 2020 19:25:32 GMT
I don’t know if this is a Facebook rumor or not, but the person who told me was adamant this was legit and it was the coworker of her sister who was the mom of one of the young men. I was pretty adamant that I didn’t believe it without more info.
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Post by Country Ham on Jul 16, 2020 19:27:29 GMT
FWIW no appointments are needed here for COVID tests. You just drive up to the county health department and beep your horn. You can get tested for free and do not have to explain why you want to be tested.
According to the department of health website our county tested over 900 people in a county of about maybe 3000, yet I have never seen a car in their drive through.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jul 16, 2020 19:27:54 GMT
This seems to be happening nationwide. It's not. It's an urban legend that's getting spread around. I disagree. I know several people(or their friend or family member, friend of a friend, etc...) who it's happened to. They went in for a non-related issue and got paperwork or an email stating they tested positive. |
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Post by travelsoul on Jul 16, 2020 19:28:44 GMT
My husband came home from work yesterday telling me this very similar story. (My husband is a naysayer and conspiracy theorist sooo.)
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Post by ~summer~ on Jul 16, 2020 19:42:05 GMT
I’m sorry but this is so silly.
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Post by scrapngranny on Jul 16, 2020 19:47:08 GMT
A guy my DS works with died today from COVID. The guy tested positive on Wednesday last week. My DS one other employer is being tested today. We live in a small town of less than 25,000 people in Northern California. All of a sudden the cases are on an up swing. A lot of people here have been blowing it all off, maybe this will make them take it seriously.
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Post by christine58 on Jul 16, 2020 19:48:02 GMT
I don’t know if this is a Facebook rumor or not, but the person who told me was adamant this was legit and it was the coworker of her sister who was the mom of one of the young men. I was pretty adamant that I didn’t believe it without more info. It's a RUMOR>...all over the internet...the person has been played |
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Post by peabay on Jul 16, 2020 19:48:39 GMT
It's not. It's an urban legend that's getting spread around. I disagree. I know several people(or their friend or family member, friend of a friend, etc...) who it's happened to. They went in for a non-related issue and got paperwork or an email stating they tested positive. Well, "friend of a friend" etc... feeds right into what everyone's been saying about it not being true. You actually know several people, personally, that it's happened to? Like, if you asked to see the letter, they would show it to you? |
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Post by Merge on Jul 16, 2020 19:48:44 GMT
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter.
Hospitalization rates matter. Long recovery times matter. Permanent organ damage matters. These can’t be explained away with “omg my coworker’s friend’s niece heard from so and so ...”
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Jul 16, 2020 19:49:22 GMT
People believing this crap is why WE ARE DOOMED! I can't even imagine the mental gymnastics that go into trying to convince yourself that fake positive tests are deliberately happening. The overwhelming death count should be the only convincing anyone needs to realize that no one is jacking the numbers up to make *45 look bad. Q non is trying to replace common sense and it's terrifying.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jul 16, 2020 19:52:47 GMT
I don't believe it's true.
When I got tested, I needed an appointment. It was a drive thru test. I had to dg, show my license, then got tested. Anyone doing this for 'fun' is an idiot.
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Post by ChicagoKTS on Jul 16, 2020 19:53:34 GMT
Small world, the receptionist at my dentist knows the same people. Facebook nonsense and urban legend.
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Post by busy on Jul 16, 2020 19:53:59 GMT
I disagree. I know several people(or their friend or family member, friend of a friend, etc...) who it's happened to. They went in for a non-related issue and got paperwork or an email stating they tested positive. Well, "friend of a friend" etc... feeds right into what everyone's been saying about it not being true. You actually know several people, personally, that it's happened to? Like, if you asked to see the letter, they would show it to you? What she said. It's never the actual person. It's always someone they know. It's BS. |
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Post by used2scrap on Jul 16, 2020 20:08:16 GMT
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter. Hospitalization rates matter. Long recovery times matter. Permanent organ damage matters. These can’t be explained away with “omg my coworker’s friend’s niece heard from so and so ...” Yes my conspiracy spewing relations (who are paramedics ffs) finally had to stop spewing “it’s a hoax” when their IRL Facebook friends started responding with actual, verified, sick and dead friends and immediate family members. It’s been crickets ever since. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jul 16, 2020 20:58:05 GMT
So, now I am not sure if I should let the person who told me know that this is an internet rumor that her sister must have passed along? The person that told me is my hair stylist. She is definitely on the side of taking the virus seriously, wearing masks, staying home when sick, etc. She didn't use the story as a way to minimize the risk, more like a "My sister told me that this happened to her coworker's son...can you believe it?" But, she has the potential to tell a lot of people that story. Maybe my reaction when I was there will be enough to keep her from telling the story again?
I do think it matters if things like this are repeatedly spread because it just fuels the fire and makes those who want to believe it more likely to ignore the truth.
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Post by naby64 on Jul 16, 2020 21:18:41 GMT
I would go along with all the others. Internet rumors.
Here in my little berg, you need an appt. You talk to someone over the phone, they take your info. You do a drive-thru where you call them when your time is up. They come out, swab you and send you on the way. Nothing is handled between you and the tester. AND it takes 3-5 days to get results, not same day or next day. Mine was 3 days almost to the hour. My DH has many of the symptoms at the moment and got tested on Tuesday. Same drill as me. As of this typing we still have not heard anything. I am preparing for it to be positive. Meaning I then get to self-quarantine for 14 days. And take the test again.
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Post by pyccku on Jul 16, 2020 21:28:11 GMT
All I can say is...holy hell, when did Americans get so STUPID? so GULLIBLE?
We're no longer the land of the free, home of the brave. We're the land of the idiocy, home of the conspiracy theory.
Do NONE of these people ever think critically?
I know one person who got tested 3 times - she was positive but asymptomatic, then negative (got tested to see if she was still a carrier) then negative a second time (went to hospital for appendix issues, got tested in case she needed surgery). She has actual proof of her testing - name of the lab, date, results.
The other one is a barber. He's getting tested every week and posting his results online. He takes a screenshot of the site that does the report.
NO, they aren't randomly telling people they are positive. The boys either took the test, tested positive, and don't want to accept the results OR they never took the test and just made up the story either for attention or to promote the hoax theory.
Is it a hoax?
Well, we've seen a bunch of people die and our hospitals are full. So maybe it's not COVID. Maybe it's something else. Shouldn't we be a little bit curious as to what is killing people if it isn't COVID?
We've got refrigerated trucks at several hospitals right now. That's not really normal. Again, maybe it isn't COVID. Maybe there was a mass casualty event that we just somehow missed? Maybe the hospitals are using the trucks to hold sausage and champagne for a big party. Then again, combined with the large number of dead people, maybe there are actually a lot more dead bodies than we can deal with.
I've stopped giving people a pass for being stupid or conspiracy theorists. If you say something this stupid to me, I'm going to laugh at you and tell you you're an idiot. Maybe you'll never talk to me again - but I'm fine with that. I don't have time to waste on stupid people.
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