Turns out I had my wires crossed. The person I know is not being tested; it's the person they were in contact with who's being tested (and is thus not necessarily positive). They'd shown symptoms after returning to Australia so obviously fit the testing criteria there.
It turns out that sometimes it does pay to listen to your wife. Cheers, Dave > On Mar 18, 2020, at 2:02 AM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > My not being able to be tested is not at all surprising - there are simply > not enough tests available and if I were not symptomatic it would come up > negative anyway we are told. We try to stay a-political here on the list but > there are a few reasons there are not more test kits or test sites and they > lead back to our ... well, you know who. If I get the typical symptoms I'll > stay home and take care of myself - I've had my pneumonia shots and I'm > really quite healthy. Have neighbors and friends who will check on me while > keeping their distance. I'm more worried about the neighbor who was with me > that day and is sick now, but getting better - she appears not to have the > key symptoms of #19 but has allergies on top of a head cold. > > > > On 3/17/2020 2:56 AM, David Mann wrote: >> On Mar 17, 2020, at 5:00 AM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm seven days past being in the presence of someone who may have the >>> virus.. feel good. Paul, so glad you got tested that seems smart >>> I couldn't be tested even if I wanted to here because I have no symptoms... >> I'm surprised you're not able to be tested. I know someone who's been >> tested after being in contact with someone who subsequently tested positive. >> They have no symptoms but are self-isolating until the results come through. >> >> We currently have 11 known cases in NZ and the country is grinding to a halt >> with lots of events being cancelled. The government is taking it very >> seriously with all inbound travellers being required to self-isolate for 14 >> days under threat of deportation. Gatherings / events of > 500 people are >> no longer allowed. >> >> Haven't seen much in the way of panic buying here except for hand sanitiser >> and antibacterial soap. There was lots of TP in stock the other day. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> >> > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
