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Active Covid Cases Increase
#255616
05/13/2021 10:15 PM
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Just saw this in my news feed: https://bvinews.com/bvi-active-covi...l7D3bRebZnJj7sbNvT1xB_nfSwwJKNN6pYu_MuzGJason and others there - any chatter about potential change of course if numbers keep going up? Are they retesting the Day 0 who tested positive - especially those who are vaccinated?
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Re: Active Covid Cases Increase
[Re: MIDiver]
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05/14/2021 10:08 AM
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JasonHelmbrecht
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It is still a very low percentage of cases if it's true. The can process 500/day. In the last 8 days, there were 29 new cases identified so even if they were all false positives it's a error rate of only 0.7%. In all the cases I am aware of, the govt stepped up and retested people quickly.
Last edited by JasonHelmbrecht; 05/14/2021 11:04 AM.
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Re: Active Covid Cases Increase
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05/14/2021 05:11 PM
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Riverfrontbrewer
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It is still a very low percentage of cases if it's true. The can process 500/day. In the last 8 days, there were 29 new cases identified so even if they were all false positives it's a error rate of only 0.7%. In all the cases I am aware of, the govt stepped up and retested people quickly. I still wonder how so many other Caribbean vacation destinations had this right 4-6 months ago and the BVI are still flailing.
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Re: Active Covid Cases Increase
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05/14/2021 05:37 PM
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bailau
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The government has actually been very good about retesting. I am aware of a vaccinated individual who tested positive. They were brought right back for a retest which was negative and released from the 4 day Q. George- for a boat do they want all back in for a retest or just the crew who tested positive?
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Re: Active Covid Cases Increase
[Re: MIDiver]
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05/16/2021 09:20 AM
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TomGarvey
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It’s almost certain the rise in reported cases is due to false positives. They’re reporting 38 active cases and all 38 are asymptomatic. That is highly unlikely.
Tom Garvey
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Re: Active Covid Cases Increase
[Re: bailau]
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05/16/2021 09:52 AM
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TomGarvey
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The article on bvinews.com says that 22 of the 38 positives were from travelers’ Day 0 tests, so not community spread.
Tom Garvey
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Re: Active Covid Cases Increase
[Re: bailau]
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05/16/2021 10:43 AM
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TomGarvey
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Ah, got it, good point. If all things are equal between then & now, there probably were false positives then too.
Tom Garvey
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