Thank you for posting the link.

I would absolutely go get the finger stick for the blood test to see if I have already been exposed and are just asymptomatic. I feel like if I found out that I already had antibodies then I would not worry about being exposed to it like I have been. I am still curious as to how long one is can still be contagious, though. I feel like we do not know enough yet. Like can some people just be carriers and contagious all the time?

Not sure. They just said they had to be tested agan with a different test to see if it was an active case because the antibody meant they either had it before or have it now.

i wouldn't feel the need to tell anyone but my wife.... because I would just be staying at home with her. no other interaction.... wouldn't be anyone else's business

https://www.businessinsider.com/early-coronavirus-spread-china-people-little-or-no-symptoms-2020-3

If you don't believe this, I understand. But look at the cases from the diamond princess. All people on board were tested and 50% of those positive had zero symptoms. That was a weird population though, cause the average age was nearly 60 years old, whereas the average population of the US is 38 years old.

Look, I actually don't know what the percentage of asymptomatic is, but it's high and it's a really important population. "Herd" immunity is needed for any seasonal outbreak, but we closed down schools and limited any congregation. Schools are our biggest source of herd immunity. This isn't complicated stuff. Anyone who has a child realizes that kids in school pass around infectious disease like wildfire and because of that, the population is protected from those diseases. I get it, we can't have kiddos bringing home something that looks like it might kill grandma Betty, but at the same time the global population is significantly harmed by not having those kids congregated with their running noses and dirty locker handles.

Also, while UAB has 60 or so cases, the other big regional hospitals are basically empty from what I'm hearing.

Interesting topic title that I’ve thought about recently. A few of the contractors I work with have mentioned this type of thing. If you are sick on a job site, then they not only send you home, they shut the whole thing down. Do you want to be the guy responsible for not only losing your job but 40-50 others jobs as well? I’d imagine most of those folks want to keep the paycheck coming in for them and the others. Unless you hit the critical point (so sick you can’t function) why screw it up for everyone else. This is part of the problem I have with the way these “shut downs” have been conducted. Either this virus is so bad that we all need to shelter at home or those that are “essential” are just essential enough that it doesn’t matter if they catch the virus or not.

I think right now the idea is that if you feel sick and are running a fever that you should stay home and self-quarantine and not be at the job site anyway. To continue to go while having symptoms would definitely put those around you at risk and if you didn't make it known that you had it after being tested, then everyone else potentially has it and if asymptomatic does not know to stay home and self-quarantine so it just becomes a never ending transmission.

Personally, I would be pretty mad at someone who knew they were positive and was out and about and exposed me to it and I got sick.

This antibody teat may be a game changer. We may find out this thing isn’t as bad as everyone thinks. Or maybe we won’t but I’m interested to see how many people already have the antibodies

Why would you not?

I'd be a ticked off son of a gun if you were around me, had it, and did not warn me.

Beyond irresponsible.

I've seen people come to work with full blown flu and try to pretend like everything ok, meanwhile they are making the entire place sick. Drives me damn crazy.

Where did you see that UAB had 60 or so cases? I can’t find any info about numbers from UAB.

Yes. Those kinda people are why we are having to lock down.

Last update I saw was March 31st and said they were currently treating 52 patients. Nothing reported after that that I am aware of.

EAMC in Auburn currently has about 45 cases in the hospital.