Posted on 02/07/2020 12:02:18 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
CHICAGO - A Chicago husband and wife who late last month became the first person-to-person coronavirus patients in the United States have been released from a suburban hospital, health officials said Friday.
In a statement, Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates said that they were “discharged to their home under the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Illinois Department of Public Health.” The hospital said the two, both in their 60s, are now in “home isolation.” The hospital did not say when the two were discharged from the hospital.
The couple, who have not been identified, said in a statement released by the hospital that they are pleased with the care they have received.
“This has been the best healthcare experience we’ve ever had, but we’re definitely looking forward to getting home and getting life back to normal.”
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“ok maybe I am missing something? They were released home under care of the CDC and they are to stay in isolation...so are they recovered or what?”
yes, you’re missing something: hospitals don’t send people home unless they no longer need hospital services ... either they’re well enough to complete recovery at home, or they need hospice services ...
“Heard the other day all that can be done is to support the organs but the patient must recover on their own.”
true of about 99.99% of viral infections ... very, very few antiviral medications exist and those that exist are very specific to the virus ...
“Their healthcare benefits were exhausted.”
oh, bullshit. hospitals in the U.S. don’t kick people out when their insurance is “exhausted”, in fact, U.S. Emergency Rooms HAVE to accept patients regardless of ability to pay, AND they can’t be kicked out in the streets if it is necessary to admit them to the hospital ...
” I think Wuhan is a total loss”
so your theory is that all 11 million people in Wuhan are going to die of coronvirus?
Not just relapse but I suppose from infecting others.
Nobody knows, I think, how long, even after recovery, the average victims of this virus remain virulent.
Thank God they are in a country that will treat them with real medicine...unlike China where it is cheaper to let the masses die.
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