Coronavirus - Here for life (In high population density areas)

[Juhniallio]

@backinatracksuit

I find probability interesting

How many randomly chosen people would need to be in a room in order for there to be a 50/50 chance that two share a birthday

Depends where they are from. Sure the Cavan boaoys wouldnt share sshite.
25?

[backinatracksuit]

23 is right, though I assume you heard it before,
It’s one of those crazy facts like the paper folding

How high off a table would a piece of paper stretch if it was folded in half 42 times

I know I’ve done that before

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

Antigen

[Crutches]

Yes heard it before, not sure on that paper one, but I’ll guess it would reach the moon

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

I found a passport at a house party in Cork before of some lad with the same first name as me and same D.O.B. Turns out he was asleep on the couch and nobody had a clue who he was.

[Batigol]

@Arthur

1 in every 108 car journeys ends up in death

I’m gonna walk to the shop

[Fagan_ODowd]

@caulifloweredneanderthal

I found a passport at a house party in Cork before of some lad with the same first name as me and same D.O.B. Turns out he was asleep on the couch and nobody had a clue who he was.

Could you not tell from the passport?

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

Aye, but nobody at the party actually knew the chap and how he ended up there having a big nap for himself.

[Ambrose_McNulty]

@caulifloweredneanderthal found his own passport at a party and somehow it’s a mystery.

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

If only mate

[tallback]

@Ambrose_McNulty

@tallback

The small amount of viral RNA (and its there don’t forget unlike the vast majority of people where there is none detected) could be because it’s the beginning or end of an infection or because of the swabbing technique

If you had Covid back in November and recovered or just didn’t know you had it, are there any Viral RNA hanging around that can be detected in a test carried out today?

Potentially yes. I think you can detect some up to about 10-12 weeks after initial infection.

Those people wouldn’t have symptoms though and most likely knew they had Covid previously.

[tallback]

@Heyyoubehindthebushes

Antigen

It’s certainly quicker but it’s definitely less accurate. Prob better for people with symptoms than for general screening. Still needs nasal swab for the good ones too.

[anon98850436]

@caulifloweredneanderthal

If only mate

I’ve been at parties when I haven’t been able to focus on my watch to tell the time so it’s highly likely it was your own passport.

The lad on the sofa probably told everyone in the house his name, where he was from and what he was on 10 times during the night.

[caulifloweredneanderthal]

Ha! Nope, this time it wasn’t ! There have been other times where I probably forgot who I was.

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

@Ambrose_McNulty

@caulifloweredneanderthal found his own passport at a party and somehow it’s a mystery.

He killed a guy at a houseparty and then assumed his identity.

[Gman]

Was this when you had your Fight Club era in college? You know how that ended right?

[Arthur]

Surely it’s more likely they didn’t know they had covid some weeks previously seeing as most people are asymptomatic?

[Watchyourtoes]

Jesus Christ, we are close to picking players from hurling teams of the last 25 years and voting them off again.

[tallback]

@Arthur

Surely it’s more likely they didn’t know they had covid some weeks previously seeing as most people are asymptomatic?

Well if only a % of cases are asymptomatic (say 20%) and only a small % of cases have the RNA detectable past their infection then overall it’s a small subset of the total positive cases.’

Most of these things are small issues that occur in all tests but to my mind look who is trying to magnify them and use them to discredit testing etc - it’s usually extreme OIUTF and “it’s only a flu” merchants. That’s tells you most of what this is all about.

[Arthur]

I thought it was closer to 80pc were asymptomatic? There’s so many stats and conflicting opinions flying round it’s impossible to keep up.
NPHET and government definitely keep those kind of stats opaque enough. How many are sick, ages of those who die for eg. I can see their reasoning in that they want to keep people on their guard against something that has very real potential to cause a disaster in our health system but it’s a fairly annoying element of this whole thing.