Posted on 03/12/2020 4:26:50 PM PDT by TigerClaws
I can sort of see your point. However, a test is only a snapshot in time. You could test negative, but pick up the virus while you’re waiting with everyone else to get tested. You could get sick somewhere else three days later.
Other than making a plan, wash your hands.
Dr Marc Seigal, on Tucker’s show, just confirmed this.
He said the criteria is absurd and, on top of that, no reagent available.
I was talking to me MIL about coronavirus and that I was diagnosed yesterday as having type 2 diabetes and she told me:
I have type 2 for years and I don’t know or care what my blood sugar level is.
A 92yo!
(I don’t recommend that)
When it is an original question or statement or essay by a Freeper, that is the correct source to list.
As Dr. Fauci said, it’s a failing. They’re working on it.
Testing really doesn’t change that much.
1. There is no specific drug to treat Covid.
2. There is a drug for flu. Test for flu. If positive, take tamaflu.
3. If you aren’t short of breath, stay home, take tylenol, fluids, etc.
4. Short of breath, go to the hospital.
Found this online:
Testing for coronavirus typically uses reagents, which are chemical substances used in laboratory analyses. The reagents extract, purify and stabilize RNA, or ribonucleic acid, in samples taken from patients suspected of having COVID-19.
That’s the first step in confirming or ruling out a tentative diagnosis. Qiagen says it leads the world in this type of testing.
Testing demand has led to a shortage of reagents for the RNA extraction process, said Dr. Eric Blank, the chief program officer for the Association of Public Health Laboratories, which represents state and local governmental health laboratories in the USA and responds to disease outbreaks.
“We are now in the phase of the response where demand for testing is greater than the tests available, even when the private/commercial sector is doing testing,” Blank said in an email.
The Society for Microbiology posted a warning on its website that the shortage could delay COVID-19 testing.
“We are deeply concerned that as the number of tests increases dramatically over the coming weeks, clinical labs will be unable to deploy them without these critical components,” the microbiology group said.
Along with increasing its production, Qiagen hired more employees and increased manufacturing at a facility in Germantown, Maryland.
“Given our ongoing supply to the United States,” Theuringer said, “we are now working directly with the customers to understand their flexibility and specific needs in order to be able to ensure broad availability of our products.”
It can’t be too hard to get tested.
Lindsey Graham got tested because he was at the same country club as someone. Says he not showing any symptoms.
Well your alleged doctor friends are wrong.
Patient goes to ER with potential symptoms. Patient is screened at entrance and based on what he says, he is sent to a security room. Doctor comes in and questions him then administers the virus test which takes 48 hours for the result to come back. Patient is advised to go home and avoid contact with anyone, county health department is notified and they perform a personal check the following day. If person tests positive 48 hours later, he is quarantined. If not, he is free to live his life.
Second scenario:
Person enters ER with potential symptoms and is sent to the secure room. Person is questioned by doctors and if person admits they have had contact with anyone diagnosed with the virus, they are immediately sent to quarantine following the virus test. If virus test comes back 48 hours later showing negative, he is free to go home.......If positive, he remains in quarantine.
I have lots of doctor friends and they’re saying the same thing.
I also have lots of nurse friends who are experiencing the same.
it’s very easy to recover if there are enough ventilators and acute hospital beds to treat. the problem is that infection will outpace the number of ventilators and beds unless we are able to slow the spread.
This was revised March 9:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/guidelines-clinical-specimens.html
LOl. Oh Ok.
Someone tell LABCORP and the New Hanover County Health Department.
That is in Rochester Minnesota
Details, details. At least the CDC is diverse. 32% black.
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/diversity-and-inclusion/federal-workforce-at-a-glance/
China is an ally to NK and is still providing kits to them, but not the US where they want to lay the blame for this.
South Korea is far more automated and more sophisticated in communications infrastructure than any place in the USA.
How does that solve the problem of transmissibility in the absence of or before the onset of symptoms - which we’ve been told can take place?
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