Thread by @DrEricLevi

Note about covid test.

You can get tested on Monday.
Be exposed to covid on Tuesday.
Get a negative result on Wednesday.
Go out to meet people on Thursday.
Be mildly symptomatic on Friday (“But I was negative”) .
Then get tested on Saturday.
Only to be positive on Monday.

A negative test is negative at the time of testing. And there’s a known false negative rate (meaning you have the virus but it did not turn positive on the test).

Don’t be deluded that once you’re negative you’ll always be negative. You can still be exposed right after the test

Ok. Thanks @CraigDavid

Monday. Had a covid swab on Tuesday
I was negative by Wednesday
Went out Thurs & Fri & Sat
We sneezed on Sunday
I met this nurse on Monday
I got swabbed again on Tuesday
I was positive by Wednesday
Contact traced on Thurs & Frid & Sat
We sneezed on Sunday

If you tested negative, you still have to maintain all precautions (wash hands, social distancing, facemask). You’re not free to do what you used to do before COVID.

If you tested positive, contact tracers will track your contacts & isolate them. This is how to stop an outbreak.

2020 has been the longest year anyone has ever had.

#covid19 does not discriminate against nations, ethnicity, religion, philosophy political affiliation, age or gender.

Ask for help and receive help from anyone. It’s a time for us to break through walls.