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Some people have started to get tests for the coronavirus as a way to clear themselves to attend dinner parties without needing to wear masks or keep their distance.
That’s absolutely the wrong thing to do. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-16/some-in-l-a-are-getting-covid-19-tests-so-they-can-party-socialize-officials-call-this-a-disaster
That’s absolutely the wrong thing to do. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-16/some-in-l-a-are-getting-covid-19-tests-so-they-can-party-socialize-officials-call-this-a-disaster
Getting tested for COVID-19 on Thursday, hoping for negative results Saturday so you can gather Saturday night without masks and social distance has become common. But it only provides a false sense of security, according to Barbara Ferrer, L.A. County’s director of public health
If a person is tested shortly after becoming infected but before the virus has reproduced enough copies of itself, a test could fail to detect the virus and produce a false negative result. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-16/some-in-l-a-are-getting-covid-19-tests-so-they-can-party-socialize-officials-call-this-a-disaster
It’s also possible that a person can be exposed to the virus after getting a test and be contagious by the time of their gathering. A large percentage of people can get infected with the coronavirus, be highly contagious but never show symptoms of illness. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-16/some-in-l-a-are-getting-covid-19-tests-so-they-can-party-socialize-officials-call-this-a-disaster
There has been a jump in coronavirus cases among all age groups in L.A. County, but the rise is particularly “alarming” among young adults, who are driving the spread of the pandemic in the nation’s most populous county. https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-coronavirus-cases-tracking-outbreak/los-angeles-county/
