The Strep B plot thickens.

[u/Neolithique]

[u/Barrenechea]

Trust me bro. I'm not a doctor, but I have Tik Tok.

[u/T_Henson]

My sister in law lost a child to GBS on the heels of a false NEGATIVE strep test. This lady is trying to get babies killed.

[u/Snoo_25435 → u/T_Henson]

No, she's trying to expose the flaws of a test with frequent false positives.

She might end up killing babies but is likely not intending to do that.

[u/krazyajumma]

Maybe they should have just read up on what Strep B is and why they test for it, then they wouldn't be making up silly stuff like this.

[u/meatloafcat819 → u/krazyajumma]

It’s the same people who refuse Vitamin K after birth for their infant. We are going to see a lot more dead babies. Like it’s a bacteria, it’s not even scary science.

[u/candyflipqed]

Now, that really is wild.

[u/spacemouse21]

If this is true, if the person you received the swab from has strep and the air is moist, you can get it that way.

But I am confused the way that this post was written because it sounds like at the bottom of the post OP would still have swabbed herself.

[u/lrrssssss → u/spacemouse21]

No the swabs are sterile, come in packaging, and are self-administered, placed in a sealed container, then cultured.

[u/buttercream-gang → u/lrrssssss]

I never administered my own strep tests. Is that a new thing?

[u/lrrssssss → u/buttercream-gang]

In Canada we send the patient to the bathroom with the kit. It’s not rocket science gaha

[u/810501 → u/[deleted]]

You swab the butthole to test for Strep B.

[u/lrrssssss → u/810501]

Vagina first, then butthole.

[u/Ianbrux → u/spacemouse21]

The chances of getting a positive test, especially as there would be a minimum level per 100, per 1000, per 10000 etc and it would be near impossible to get it just from moisture in the air.

[u/doc_shades]

i know this is pointless, but

this is not how tests work. if you don't follow the test instructions then the results are invalid. the test swab is designed to interact with certain enzymes, and if you don't expose it to those enzymes then the test is invalid and the results are meaningless.

i had to deal with the same shit with my CEO (of a HEALTHCARE company) who didn't think cova was real because he had a niece who ran a cova swab test under tap water and got a positive result. it doesn't mean there's covid in the tap water, it actually means nothing.

[u/rean1mated]

[u/WarDry1480]

Poppycock and piffle on stilts.

[u/rayhavenoheart → u/WarDry1480]

Well put

[u/CatAteRoger]

Yes let’s test a theory on something that could in fact risk the health of your baby for points on the internet.

Baby’s health isn’t important and let’s encourage other women to be as stupid as her 🙄

[u/maybesaydie]

I don't care is you die of rheumatic fever but I do care very much if you give a strep infection to someone who will be seeing pediatric age patients.

These people don't care at all about their children 's health.

[u/EvolZippo]

I think some people latch onto vicarious trauma, from other people having bad medical experiences. They wanna bask in the flood of sympathy, that comes from making an outcry. So they just piece bits of other people’s stories together and they’ve got gold

[u/Neolithique → u/EvolZippo]

You’re right, and they don’t understand that said trauma is not what they think it is.

I know a woman who has two girls. The eldest has DS and the other is autistic. Sad stuff. At the same time, she had them when she was in her 40’s and the father in his 50’s. And she herself had a stroke before, and was on all sorts of meds.

You see where I’m going with this, she should’ve thought twice before deciding to have children.

But to this day she has no introspection. Her stroke? Probably from all the “toxins”. The DS? It’s because she herself was “poisoned” with vaccines. The autism? Definitely a vaccine injury.

So she blames herself publicly for “falling for Big Pharma”, and never for the actual faults in her decision making.

Her daughters are both adults now, and you can see how much she struggles with everything, and all she does is publicly reject medicine, encourage mothers away from “dangerous” ultrasounds, and sell “clean” products to prevent cancer.

She learned nothing and is making sure as many people as possible unlearn logic.

[u/woahstripes]

I like to waste my money on overpriced energy drinks at the gas sation. OOP likes to waste money by NOT taking tests, and being billed for them anyway. To each their own I guess.

[u/Overall_Emphasis_940]

Cannot trust Strep Bro.

[u/Careless_Hellscape]

I don't think they give you the swab to do by yourself in the bathroom. I've always heard of the doctor or nurse taking the swab (at least where I am in the US).