I am wondering how you know that none have come down with COVID-19 (yet)?, since, for example, 42% of a group of infected people in Wuhan, China, were asymptomatic. Do you say that “come down with” means there are symptoms, or is there testing going on?
Perhaps I should just say, “Only one of us had symptoms/illness matching the description of COVID-19, but that person had two tests and both were negative.”
We keep hearing that even asymptomatic people can spread the virus around. I’m not sure what to do with that, I’m really not sure.
Should we all stay hidden in the safety of our homes, while only a few people are allowed out in special hazmat-type suits (like those worn in the old movie “Andromeda Strain”), and these people deliver packets of food (everyone gets the same) and prescription medicine to all of us in hiding?
How about the hospitals? Would we be sequestered in our hospital, sleeping, eating, showering, etc., never going out, and doing our duties for those poor souls who are admitted with COVID symptoms? How about all the other illnesses that beset humans? Would those people be forced to stay in their homes and be treated by medical personnel, again wearing special hazmat suits?
All of this just isn’t possible. It’s not possible for people who feel and look fine and have no symptoms to stay sequestered just in case they are carrying the virus.
And why do some people have no symptoms, but still test positive? Is it their own excellent health and strong immune system? Or is it a weaker form of the virus that has infected them?
Lots of questions, but I doubt we’ll ever know the truth. I think that COVID-19 has been captured by politicians who are using it to further their agendas.
The fact is, no matter how careful we are, no matter how securely we sequester ourselves, no matter how faithful we are to “wear the mask” and “wash our hands” and “social distance,” many of us will eventually be infected by the virus. Some of us will die from it, just as some people still die from Strep throat–did you know that people still die from Strep throat?
But more importantly, MOST of us will recover fully from COVID-19, just like most of us recover from the flu, Strep throat, bronchitis, even pneumonia.
It’s a virus, not the Angel of Death.
As for your question about testing, no, of course we don’t test asymptomatic people. The tests cost money to manufacture, to package and deliver to labs, and to process and perform by trained medical laboratory techs. We need to save the tests for those who are symptomatic, so that we can either diagnose or rule-out COVID-19 as the cause of their respiratory crisis. If COVID-19 is ruled out, we need to continue testing for other respiratory illnesses; .e.g, influenza, pneumonia (bacerial and viral), etc.
