Spreading COVID at Fanfest

[Avenger]

Are there actually people who still think tests and staying home work? That's hilarious. The entire western world was on lock down with travel restrictions and it didn't stop the virus because it spreads before carriers even show any symptoms.

I tested negative for a few days with mild and worsening symptoms, including a headache and chills. My first positive test was after I developed a fever.

It's certainly possible to test negative and still be sick and possibly contagious, as you note.

But if you feel sick (and/or have a positive test), staying home still sounds like a pretty good idea. Not just for covid, but also for flu, etc.

As someone else noted, it's also a drag when you are exposed to bad colds/flu/covid/etc. at work or school and end up catching whatever because the powers that be insist that people show up regardless of how sick they might be.

[Reinha]

It's certainly possible to test negative and still be sick and/or contagious.

But if you feel sick and/or have a positive test, staying home still sounds like a pretty good idea.

How many of the people who think they caught the infection during fan fest did a test before going? None. Yet the incubation time can be much longer than 2 days and they could've already been infected beforehand.

And the guy left after the keynote 1st day and didn't return because by that point he felt sick enough to know that something was wrong.