My brother is vaxxed and had some symptoms yesterday. Because of work, he had to test and was positive. Me and my brother partied all weekend together so I took the nose swab and was negative. I’m not vaxxed and I laughed our whole phone call after my test. He’s pissed
Edit: My wife is a liberal nurse. I told my wife that he called me with that news. She started freaking out that his symptoms were so mild because he is vaxxed and I need to step up. When I called her and told her I was negative, she couldn’t believe it. Waking her up will be my greatest accomplishment
Edit 2: all, I didn’t know they were going to do the nose swab. I went in because family members we were hanging and partying with all weekend were freaking out. Regardless, I’m fine, my immediate family is fine, but my brother (who is vaxxed) is the only one who tested positive. This is a plus in my book!
Only thing that tells me is you haven't been here long enough or haven't been paying attention.
The swap is used for a PCR test. The inventor of the PCR test repeatedly warned against it's use as a diagnostic tool, due to the ability to amplify a sample enough to 'show' someone had any illness. It's an unnatural amplifier for a sample, originally and fundamentally only useful at appropriate cycle counts and for things needing rapid action...meaning one would immediately follow up with a natural culture (the old standard) that would be a more accurate assessment. [fyi the pcr was intended for research purposes...to take a small amount of something and multiply it, thus gaining room to experiment/fail/dispose without 'destroying' the sample. Unfortunately the 'give em an inch' rule was at play and usage for rapid results turned into this debacle of using it do diagnose.]
The 'testing' is how they're pulling this off and you seem to have gleefully participated. You should be equally pissed.
I tested negative, what’s the issue then?
The PCR test is being discontinued at the end year because of many false negatives and false positives.
But yes in the end it isn't a big deal but to normies they think the world is ending. It is good that you find the humor and irony in this as we all do while clown world freaks out.
Beyond that, I’m the only one in my family (besides my 11 and 13 year old kids) that is not vaxxed. My brother (who doesn’t give 2 shits for politics, just wants to live life), my wife and my father (both liberal AF, but not really political), can’t believe I won’t get the jab. Regardless, I think this is waking them up to all this bullshit
I would stay as far away as possible from the swabs too. This is worth a read: https://www.golokaproject.org/documentfiles/Analysis-of-test-sticks-from-surface-testing-in-the-Slovak-Republic.pdf
The other question about the nose swab is what may have been introduced into your system with it; and so close to your brain.
Good question and I agree. Unfortunately, It doesn’t matter much to me because I’ve never treated my body well and I truly believe if my life is cut short, it won’t be from the swab!