Cam Newton Tests Positive; Out for KC game

[GreenCow]

Negative tests are tricky to interpret in part because of the issue of timing. After people are exposed to the coronavirus, they incubate it for several days before testing positive or showing symptoms. In a systematic review of seven studies published in May, researchers at Johns Hopkins University analyzed how long this process typically takes. They found that the most widely used test, called a P.C.R. test, was most likely to come back positive eight days after an exposure to the virus, which tended to coincide with a person’s third day of symptoms. Still, even on this ideal day, the tests came back negative on average in 20 percent of people who later tested positive.

Exactly.

8 days ago would be BEFORE the Raiders game.

 

[Deus Irae]

What hallways is Cam walking down that are not in his home or at the stadium?

Thats the point...

You don't really have a point. You're just talking out of your ass.

 

[MoreBellhorn]

With the doom and gloom in this thread, I bet 75% of Patsfans posters thought the world was gonna end on Y2K...if they were even walking yet...

I think you have it in reverse. They were probably around 50 right before Y2K.

 

[Bill Lee]

With the doom and gloom in this thread, I bet 75% of Patsfans posters thought the world was gonna end on Y2K...if they were even walking yet...

Some of us are talking facts, others are talking shytte.

 

[Deus Irae]

There hasn't been one case, world wide yet, of a person being infected a second time. I would say the odds are pretty good for the rest of the season him being fine.

There have been cases of re-infection. One of them happened here in the U.S..

REPORT: Nevada man re-infected by COVID-19 after fully recovering

 

[SHOWTIME15]

You don't really have a point. You're just talking out of your ass.

Oh good, the Bucs fans are finally joining us. Where's Bucsboy12?

 

[italian pat patriot]

This Nfl season looks like it will be a weird one to say the least...It is only beginning october...

Get well Cam...

 

[Bill Lee]

Not absolute truth depending on how you define 'outbreak', but IMO passes for 'truthy':

 

[Deus Irae]

Oh good, the Bucs fans are finally joining us. Where's Bucsboy12?

Still can't get that ignore function to work, huh? How sad for you.

 

[Foxypats]

They should postpone the game altogether. I am surprised that the Chiefs and Patriots even want this game when other players could have been exposed . I have a feeling this is going to snowball very quickly !

 

[Kontradiction]

That seems.. odd. Rapid testing shouldn’t take that long.

Nope. I got tested last weekend after going to a packed bar and strip club at a bachelor party the weekend before. Tested at 8:30 AM and had my result texted by 11:00 AM. Tested negative. I was surprised. Thought for sure I was going to get it from the strip club.

 

[catent]

Yep. Wonder if Bill still thinks he is a great leader now. lol

God, you’re a tremendous sack of ...

 

[Mack Herron]

They should postpone the game altogether. I am surprised that the Chiefs and Patriots even want this game when other players could have been exposed . I have a feeling this is going to snowball very quickly !

They have postponed the game. Not yet rescheduled. The NFL hopes to play Mon or Tues. They will not.

 

[rochrist]

What is irresponsible is shutting down the entire country, and destroying the economy for a disease that hurts the elderly and is less dangerous to the under 40 population then the flu is. Protect the elderly and let the rest of the country get back to normal. Oh, California just passed Sweden in deaths per million from covid. How is that lockdown with masks working????

Good look. You're old, **** you and go die. And the lockdown with masks isn't working because there isn't a lockdown with masks.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Still can't get that ignore function to work, huh? How sad for you.

I'm jealous. Your team actually gets to play tomorrow...

 

[BTTA]

Nope. I got tested last weekend after going to a packed bar and strip club at a bachelor party the weekend before. Tested at 8:30 AM and had my result texted by 11:00 AM. Tested negative. I was surprised. Thought for sure I was going to get it from the strip club.

Careful, @KontradictioN, you still may. Which test did you get? At 8:30 the next morning?

 

[MoreBellhorn]

Nope. I got tested last weekend after going to a packed bar and strip club at a bachelor party the weekend before. Tested at 8:30 AM and had my result texted by 11:00 AM. Tested negative. I was surprised. Thought for sure I was going to get it from the strip club.

A co-worker got one and had his results within an hour. I guess it depends on all sorts of variables, but you’d think there would be a better testing timeline for the NFL. I’m actually pretty damn surprised about their timeline. I had to get a regular Covid test a week and a half ago because I was getting a transient fever. It was odd. Had to be out all week from work until my results which really blew.

 

[catent]

Not really surprised it was Cam.

GFY.

 

[Kontradiction]

Careful, @KontradictioN, you still may. Which test did you get? At 8:30 the next morning?

No it was a week later.

 

[Kasmir]

There have actually been none. Originally a few Koreans were thought to have caught it a second time, but the tests were found to be faulty and they actually didn't.

I remember that kerfuffle early on, and you are right about the result. But there have since been a handful of confirmed reinfection cases getting a vast amount of publicity. There have also been many apocryphal claims of reinfection. It's really hard to wade through all the politics with COVID, but I've tried on this reinfection issue, and I stand by this (recent) expert quote as most likely true: “It’s possible to get re-infected, but its is a very, very rare event and in general that most people develop a fairly robust immune response after being infected with COVID the first time around.”