Percentages re: infection rate?

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I've never heard this mentioned anywhere else before, and I wonder what is the percentage of infection rate with covid? Out of 1,000 people who are exposed to covid, how many will actually get sick?

Thank you. You can say "I don't know" of you dont, because I don't know either.
 

Chic. I'd be very surprised to know that a scientific percentage exists related to, account variable factors differing from group to group.

i.e. One group of a 1000 may have a 75% ratio of people over the age of 80, whereas the next group of 1000 may have a 90% ratio of people under the age of 50.

Add in other scenarios such as the first group being of the risque crowd... not masking, not practicing social distancing, mingling among large crowds of people/events, etc, with the second group of 1000 following guidelines to a T.
 
I don't think there is enough information to calculate the infection rate. As well as the age and behavior factors that @Aunt Marg mentioned one also has to consider the environment (indoors, outdoors, size of building if indoors) the activities that some or all of the people are participating in and how long they're all together.

For example one early super spreader event was a chorus event in France but I can't seem to find an article about it now. However here's a CDC article about a super spreader chorus practice in Washington where one person was infected when it occured and 60 people were exposed, there were 32 confirmed cases, 20 suspected cases, three hospitalizations and two deaths.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e6.htm

The article is excellent and gives a lot of information. I didn't read the whole thing but it looks like a good article.
 
MarciKS said:
I wonder if they can actually put a number to that with all the asymptomatic cases.
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^^^ Bingo, they can't. That's how they're getting the crazy numbers they're reporting. They're counting every positive test as an "Infection Case." And every positive case in someone who died as a Covid death; regardless of what someone died of.
Add to that the unreliability of the test.
 
win231 said:
^^^ Bingo, they can't. That's how they're getting the crazy numbers they're reporting. They're counting every positive test as an "Infection Case." And every positive case in someone who died as a Covid death; regardless of what someone died of.
Add to that the unreliability of the test.
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I can definitely agree with the unreliability. I read somewhere that the saliva tests are better. But here's an example of how unreliable those tests are...we had a cook that got sent home to quarantine because his wife has covid. Now...keep in mind she's been sick for a month now. she had 4 tests and they all came back negative. the dr told her she had pneumonia. WRONG!!!!!!!!! she's now tested positive and he worked all month like that. he was having troubles breathing so they gave him an inhaler when he's probably been running around with covid all this time.
 
MarciKS said:
I can definitely agree with the unreliability. I read somewhere that the saliva tests are better. But here's an example of how unreliable those tests are...we had a cook that got sent home to quarantine because his wife has covid. Now...keep in mind she's been sick for a month now. she had 4 tests and they all came back negative. the dr told her she had pneumonia. WRONG!!!!!!!!! she's now tested positive and he worked all month like that. he was having troubles breathing so they gave him an inhaler when he's probably been running around with covid all this time.
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Your employer should be fined and shutdown as a result of negligence related to.
 
MarciKS said:
I can definitely agree with the unreliability. I read somewhere that the saliva tests are better. But here's an example of how unreliable those tests are...we had a cook that got sent home to quarantine because his wife has covid. Now...keep in mind she's been sick for a month now. she had 4 tests and they all came back negative. the dr told her she had pneumonia. WRONG!!!!!!!!! she's now tested positive and he worked all month like that. he was having troubles breathing so they gave him an inhaler when he's probably been running around with covid all this time.
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And, Mr. Elon Musk had 19 Covid tests, just to test reliability. Around half were negative, half were positive. Can't be both......
Oh.........great pun there. "Positive & Negative".....just like his batteries. šŸ˜
 
it's tough to do when your employer politely invites you to find your way to the door if you don't feel safe. i piss everyone off cuz i run around telling them to pull their frickin masks up. lol!
 
MarciKS said:
it's tough to do when your employer politely invites you to find your way to the door if you don't feel safe. i piss everyone off cuz i run around telling them to pull their frickin masks up. lol!
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Are you referring to dismissal, or are you talking simply seeing a concerned employee to the door to relieve them of any stress associated with Covid-19?
 
i said something a couple times and was told if i didn't feel safe that i was more than welcomed to leave. that i had to do what was best for me.
 
MarciKS said:
i got even...i'm a pain in the a$$ now. lol!
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But that doesn't protect the health and well-being of your fellow employees.

Safety in numbers. If you all banned together as one and brought violations, workplace threats, intimidation, and scare tactics to light, you'd be securing a more safe and friendly environment to work in, while promoting accountability on the part of your employer.
 
I worked in a big aerospace plant for 3 years, back in the 80's. I had to breathe second-hand smoke from my supervisor & another employee for 8 hours/day, 5 days/week. I had a bad headache every weekend. I probably had such a bad reaction to smoke because I had quit smoking a few years earlier.
Then, laws were passed in the workplace that said any employee had the right to demand a smoke-free work environment - which was a really stupid way to structure the law because it created problems among employees who smoked & those who didn't smoke.
My supervisor immediately warned me that "If I asked for a smoke-free work environment, my services would no longer be needed."
 
win231 said:
I worked in a big aerospace plant for 3 years, back in the 80's. I had to breathe second-hand smoke from my supervisor & another employee for 8 hours/day, 5 days/week. I had a bad headache every weekend. I probably had such a bad reaction to smoke because I had quit smoking a few years earlier.
Then, laws were passed in the workplace that said any employee had the right to demand a smoke-free work environment - which was a really stupid way to structure the law because it created problems among employees who smoked & those who didn't smoke.
My supervisor immediately warned me that "If I asked for a smoke-free work environment, my services would no longer be needed."
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We're you unionized at the time, Win?
 
MarciKS said:
one of the cooks is so mad that he got covid he's planning to go straight to the ceo's office when he gets back to work.
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The problem with that is, all that will be extended to the cook is lip-service.

In order to make strides you have to document workplace violations and then present it to your union or other officials that will act on it.
 
Aunt Marg said:
The problem with that is, all that will be extended to the cook is lip-service.

In order to make strides you have to document workplace violations and then present it to your union or other officials that will act on it.
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We have no union and nobody is gonna act on it because they don't give a crap. All they're concerned about is having bodies to fill the shifts and help them earn their money.
 

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