Posted on 04/11/2020 1:20:27 PM PDT by McGruff
A Charlotte woman hasnt left her house in more than three weeks, yet still tested positive for COVID-19 late Thursday.
Im absolutely terrified, Rachel Brummert, who already has an autoimmune disorder, said. This is the sickest Ive ever been and its the most scared Ive ever been. From what Im hearing about ventilators, its scary stuff. Im really hoping I can wait this out at home.
At a higher risk for complications due to her underlying condition, Brummert said she listened to the health experts. Other than a trip to the pharmacy more than three weeks ago, she hasnt left her house once.
I really thought I was doing everything right, she said.
Brummert said aside from the pharmacist and her husband, who grocery shops but is temporarily living in a separate room, the only other person shes come into contact with is a woman who volunteered to drop off groceries at her doorstep once. Brummert said the woman later tested positive for COVID-19.
I barely had any contact, she said. I didnt even touch her.
Brummert said she gets the mail every few days, but always wears gloves. However, she didnt think to wear gloves when bringing in packages from her front porch. In addition, she said she hasnt eaten takeout.
Brummert has experienced many of the symptoms associated with COVID-19, including cough, fever, headache and trouble breathing, but even so, she said it took several days to meet the criteria to be tested.
Regardless of the source of the infection in her case, Brummert knows her diagnosis is just another reminder that COVID-19 is easy to get and often hard to trace.
Ive never had anything like this before, she said. Ive had the flu. This is not the flu. Its a whole nother monster.
Thanks for the information.
In all my years, I have never seen a situation that was so hard to get a bead on. I think that’s because so many people are deliberately putting out bad information.
“Well, it does travel through the air. You chatted with her face-to-face and that’s often enough to spread it.”
Repeating things said in the media, that they are simply repeating because someone else did, does not make them true. There have been assumptions but no studies have tested or confirmed those assumptions.
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