CORONA Harris County plans to fight Covid by randomly knocking on your door — and asking for blood

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raven

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Mprepared said:
All this DNA send off stuff, I think they are looking for something. Ancestors to somebody or people with long lives in their bloodline. They are obsessed with DNA.
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they are looking for the ancestors of the Royal Family from the Pleiadian Empire who were sent to earth 5000 years ago to escape a bloody revolution. It is believed that the correct DNA sequence can unlock/access/operate the empire's central operating system and control the main sewer system . . . because everyone has to shit
 
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Catnip

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xtreme_right said:
Harris County plans to fight COVID by randomly knocking on your door - and asking for blood

Harris County Public Health will survey residents for COVID-19 antibodies in an effort to determine how many people already have been infected with the novel coronavirus, the department said.

Beginning Sunday, health workers will visit randomly selected homes and ask residents to answer questions and provide blood samples.

Humans produce antibodies, proteins in the immune system, to fight infections from viruses and other pathogens. It can take days or weeks for antibodies to develop following exposure to the coronavirus, and it remains unclear how long they remain in an individual’s blood.

The Houston region has recorded 236,704 COVID-19 cases since the virus arrived here in March, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis, but health officials estimate this is only a fraction of the total number of infections.

Health officials hope the antibody tests will help the county determine how COVID-19 spread in certain communities, how transmission rates differ between neighborhoods, how effective containment strategies have been and how many residents contracted the virus but never exhibited symptoms.

“This survey is a very important way that local residents can help public health workers fight this virus,” Harris County Public Health Executive Director Dr. Umair A. Shah said in a statement. “By finding out how widespread the illness is, we can develop strategies that will help us control the spread of COVID-19.”

Participation in the program is voluntary, and only selected households are eligible. Teams of health workers wearing yellow vests will make their rounds from Nov. 15 through Dec. 15, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Antibody testing is different than common nasal swab tests, which can detect active infections. The health department is encouraging residents to participate so they can determine if they contracted COVID-19 in the past.

The pandemic steadily has worsened in the Houston area since October. The region reported 1,079 COVID hospitalizations on Wednesday, the highest since before Labor Day. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo warned that if the trajectory continues, Harris County likely will need a stay-home period like the spring.
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I see they have figured out that people now know that the PCR positive test results are bogus so now they are going to Plan B: test for antibodies the correct way, with a blood test. But that will be bogus, too, because anyone who's ever had a cold will have virus antibodies in their blood because -- wait for it -- the common cold is a virus!
 
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Terrwyn

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Catnip said:
I see they have figured out that people now know that the PCR positive test results are bogus so now they are going to Plan B: test for antibodies the correct way, with a blood test. But that will be bogus, too, because anyone who's ever had a cold will have virus antibodies in their blood because -- wait for it -- the common cold is a virus!
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I saw on news this morning that female Senator can't think of her name had a positive in the morning, a negative in the evening, and an inconclusive the next day.
Also the nurse who ordered 4 tests did not actually do them, sent them in and they all came back positive.
 
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FireDance

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I don’t “give” blood because someone is making a profit from it. That’s in general situations.

In this scenario I don’t give blood because I don’t give DNA away to strangers. You want it? You gotta work for it.

Interesting thing happened to me at doctors office when all this cranked out and I told my doc I’d quit my job because they couldn’t get the PPE thing together. She asked if I wanted to test for antibodies to the virus. I looked at the ceiling and then at her and said “no, I don’t think so.” I was like WTF? What would that prove? At least in my head. And it still doesn’t make sense. I wasn’t infested with it and had no intention of going back to work at that place. I believe just looking at things now, it was a money generation method for the doc. She does almost anything for a buck. So...
 
kite

kite

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Let's see here....out of state stranger rings doorbell, claims to be a health worker, and asks for your blood. "Get the f*** off my porch!!" I consider that a relatively polite response. To expect anything else is unbelievably naive, in fact extremely friggin stupid.
 
Red Baron

Red Baron

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kite said:
Let's see here....out of state stranger rings doorbell, claims to be a health worker, and asks for your blood. "Get the f*** off my porch!!" I consider that a relatively polite response. To expect anything else is unbelievably naive, in fact extremely friggin stupid.
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Really!

I presume they also wanted to enter your home in order to draw the blood?

Epic Level Of Stupid

ETA

Why didn't this organization just ask for volunteers to report to a registered health center or just get volunteers from people already in the hospital for various maladies?
 
Dennis Olson

Dennis Olson

Chief Curmudgeon
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Catnip said:
I see they have figured out that people now know that the PCR positive test results are bogus so now they are going to Plan B: test for antibodies the correct way, with a blood test. But that will be bogus, too, because anyone who's ever had a cold will have virus antibodies in their blood because -- wait for it -- the common cold is a virus!
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You’re almost there. The common cold is a COVID virus.
 
ShadowMan

ShadowMan

Designated Grumpy Old Fart
No thank you!! When the vampires find out what my blood type is I have to fight them off because it's very rare....ABneg, 1/10 of 1% of the US population. On my first naval deployment on the USS Midway CV-41, we only had 4 or 5 ABneg sailors in the whole battle group and two of us were on the Midway.

Aside from that I sure as hell wouldn't let someone out of the blue coming up to my door and wanting my blood.....Aaaah, no!
 
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amarilla

Veteran Member
Would I let them have my blood that way, no. I have no idea if the person at the door knows anything or it's a scam.

But I've given blood my entire life, I have no idea how many gallons. The Red Cross and Life South already have stuff on my blood. I've given platelets and whole blood. Stopping now won't change what they know.
 
Walrus Whisperer

Walrus Whisperer

Hope in chains...
I'm surprised they weren't met at the doors with shotguns in their faces. In my area? Lots of sand, easy to dig. Houses far apart. What not to like?
 
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