Realities of the Virus: False Negatives

The last few days have been a rollercoaster for me where I experienced some big accomplishments and also some setbacks. I have managed to clean a good portion of my home, which makes me very proud.

But, I also had a couple of days with bad sleep issues and brain fog issues. Having brain fog is like having to take care of a drunk person. But, the drunk person is you.

Some of the things that I did included spoiling food, opening things upside-down, and somehow screwing up a frozen pizza. I did those things one after the other and it made me feel incredibly frustrated.

Having said all of that, there are some very positive things in the works and I think better days are ahead for me.

Also, a new day is slowly dawning and I think that soon, more factual reports about the realities of this virus will be more prevelant. But, with so much damage already done in terms of misinformation, I worry that it will still be an uphill battle.

So, I wanted to talk more about some of the realities of the virus that survivors know.

Those who seek to downplay the virus often talk about “false positives” and argue that the rate of infection isn’t as high as reported. I don’t know about the true prevelance of false positives, since the data relied on by those who spread that narrative is usually not backed by any kind of evidence or scientific proof.

What I do know is that the reality of the inverse is becoming all too clear. There are so many longhaulers out there that received a negative test but were actually positive.

In many cases, the person was tested too early or too late for an accurate result. Many times, the person finds out later that they had the virus once they develop long-covid and/or have an antibody test run.

This situation has also been made worse during periods where tests were scarce, especially in the early months of 2020 when tests were only being given to certain people who had tell-tale signs of covid like a fever and dry cough.

Of course, we realized with time that you can have covid and not have those symptoms, or not develop those symptoms first. But, what we didn’t know then still cripples us now.

I have mentioned that many survivors are struggling to find doctors that believe them when they say that something is wrong. It is even harder when the survivor doesn’t have record of a positive test.

You don’t have to take my word for it. I will continue to update my gallery with the actual words of fellow survivors.

The truth needs to be understood, though. Today’s official record is that there have been 24.5 million cases of covid in the US and 406,000 deaths and that is most likely grossly undercounted.

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