[BLU/Officers] Testing, Omicron Re: Webcam for peering into things

[Kurt Keville]

LOL... well, ctrl-R is so much easier than starting a new e-mail...

I used to have a list of the craziest covid masks I have found... the straw
hole is not the wackiest... let me see if I can find that list...

https://www.amazon.com/Reusable-Face-Mask-Straw-Drinking/dp/B08FTLLT61
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/27/nation/wearing-face-mask-with-valve-it-might-be-time-find-something-else-some-experts-say/

On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 2:21 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you guys ever change Subject: line?
>
> >  high schooler just tested positive. So much for the upcoming Disney
> and business trips.
>
> If it was a quick test, they'll want to get a slow PCR test to verify
> (confirm/refute).
> (And PCR for everyone in household, maybe a couple days later unless kid
> has been mildly symptomatic for several days.)
> Here's hoping this breakthrough infection (positive while fully
> vaccinated) is asymptomatic to mild and doesn't spread (isolate, clean
> frequently, mask at home).
>
> Why PCR (slow) after Lateral Flow (quick)?
> *Unless* there was a specific suspect exposure prompting the test (e.g.
> notification of classmate's case or other track&trace), there's a
> significant chance a fast test gives false positives (and if suspect
> exposure, of false negatives).  https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Bayes+Theorem
>
> (OTOH, Omicron's current faster wave, spread layered on top of the
> expected seasonal effect, increases the "prior likelihood" of an
> *unsuspected* exposure, so lowers contingent likelihood of false positive
> given positive today compared to October.)
>
> Some brands of lateral-flow fast tests are distinctly better than others,
> but i haven't even seen stats for the two brands that Mass.Gov is
> distributing. The widely advertised Binax is the least reliable of the ones
> i've seen numbers for.
>
> Note Bene that re Omicron, 2 jabs PP or MM or 1 jab JNJ or AZ is no
> longer fully Vacc, we need recent Booster to count fully vaccinated for
> Omicron. (There's a theory that PPM or MMP may be more effective and
> testing shows it is NOT LESS effective, so if one doesn't have specific
> concerns with switching, switching P/M may be a good gamble.)
>    (Omicron's Mutations have immunity evasion potential, but boosting the
> same old immunity  makes it more effective and evasion harder so while it's
> not as effective as a Omicron specific (double)jab might be it's pretty
> darn effective. And it also boosts immunity to where it would have been if
> we'd spaced 1st & 2d jabs wider as is now believed optimal AND resets the
> decay from that higher start. Win Win Win. Get your booster if you haven't
> and encourage others.)
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