[RC one]

says the guy that never spent a second working in an ER or an ICU during a covid Pandemic

And let me refresh your effing memory:

[bagster]

says the guy that never spent a second working in an ER or an ICU during a covid Pandemic.

Oh, here we go.

[grey_whiskers]

Let me refresh your memory.
The CDC’s own guidelines for assigning COVID were basically self-referential.

A probable case could be assigned on any two clinical symptoms as non-specific as (VERBATIM QUOTE):

At least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, new olfactory and taste disorder(s)

plus contact with another “probable’

and
no alternative more likely diagnosis (subjective as hell)

So, quite literally, someone at your house gets a “probable”.
You then go to the doctor with “I think I have a fever” <— “measured OR subjective”
and a headache.

Yes, they can call you a COOF case.

If you die, and they (mis)use the PCR on you (the guy who got the Fricking NOBEL PRIZE for inventing it, said it was not meant to be used for diagnosis), presto! You’re a COVID DEATH.

Also
The deaths include all the 70+ nursing home residents cooped up by those Dem Governors, while the Govs refused to use the military built mobile hospitals or dedicated Navy ships. Remember them?

See the cut-and-paste from the CDC (Yes! another nutcase anti-vaxxer site™) below.

Here’s the link, so you can tell I’m not making it up:
https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/case-definition/2020/

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Clinical Criteria
At least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, new olfactory and taste disorder(s)

OR

At least one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing

OR

Severe respiratory illness with at least one of the following:

Clinical or radiographic evidence of pneumonia, OR
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

AND

No alternative more likely diagnosis

Epidemiologic Linkage
One or more of the following exposures in the 14 days before onset of symptoms:Close contact** with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 disease; OR
Close contact** with a person with:
clinically compatible illness AND
linkage to a confirmed case of COVID-19 disease.
Travel to or residence in an area with sustained, ongoing community transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Member of a risk cohort as defined by public health authorities during an outbreak.
**Close contact is defined as being within 6 feet for at least a period of 10 minutes to 30 minutes or more depending upon the exposure. In healthcare settings, this may be defined as exposures of greater than a few minutes or more. Data are insufficient to precisely define the duration of exposure that constitutes prolonged exposure and thus a close contact.

Criteria to Distinguish a New Case from an Existing Case
Not applicable (N/A) until more virologic data are available.

Case Classification
Probable
Meets clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.
Meets presumptive laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence.
Meets vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.

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Remember, boys and girls.

Close contact with a probable, is enough to make you a probable.
As long as you have symptoms.
Even without confirmatory lab testing.

And all you need for. that is fever & headache or sore throat (no alternative more likely diagnosis).
(HEY WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE DIAGNOSED CASES OF THE FLU? WENT TO DAMN NEAR ZERO.)

My god this is like shooting fish in a barrel.