Good points...when you see the PPE they are using in China (either in the official pics or leaked pics) it’s no small potatoes, 3 layers gloves, etc, I hope our ERs and GP are prepared with that kind of protection if cases start showing up.
And what kind of screening is there so they don’t think they are just flu patients? Some Coronavirus patients tested positive for both. Asking about China travel was helpful early. Asking about any travel is probably more prudent now. Even that could become obsolete at the where there are secondary cases. Are patients going to show up like the health person in NY suggested or call ahead? And then there’s the false negative where everyone let’s their guard down, and they they come back positive.
My concern is healthcare workers here being exposed before they even realize what they are dealing with. That could overwhelm the system pretty quickly. Hopefully there’s a lot of informing and preparing going on.
Plus, the incubation period up to 24 days. They’ve already had a guy released from quarantine only to find out he was infected.
China is desperately locking people into their homes who are infected:
“My concern is healthcare workers here being exposed before they even realize what they are dealing with. That could overwhelm the system pretty quickly. Hopefully there’s a lot of informing and preparing going on.”