[blueplum]

medical workers and first responders right now, but general public later/ But maybe since your wife has been visited a nursing home, she might qualify now? Worth a phonecall to your doc, see if you can get a referral maybe?:

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/hospitals-drive-coronavirus-tests-model-seattle-world/

[21twelve]

Thank you for that link. At the moment that is just for hospital workers. We might just end up paying for the test. There is so much different information out there.

One site says the test only works for people that show symptoms, but there have been numerous articles on positive tests with people that don't show symptoms - but are linked to people that got sick by them.

There was a post from some official pamphlet that said “only people that are showing symptoms can spread the virus”!! It is really unbelievable the amount of miss-information out there.

The above statement is on par with the online advice that drinking rubbing alcohol will kill the virus. Although I guess in a sense that is true. I read where numerous Russians HAVE drank rubbing alcohol and killed themselves. (I'm guessing that the virus dies with them?)