Posted on 03/28/2020 10:41:17 AM PDT by rintintin
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — Every day, the number of people with coronavirus grows, but how can we know exactly how many people have the virus if people are still being turned away for testing?
A KATU viewer says they have been refused a test three different times even though they are displaying symptoms and their doctor believes they have the virus. Instead, they have been told to quarantine and take care of themselves.
We asked health care professionals about why people aren't being tested even though more tests are available. They say just because they have more tests, they don't have enough supplies that go along with the tests.
"It preserves our personal protective equipment. The masks that we're all concerned about, we don't have enough of," said Marni Kuyl, director of Health and Human Services with Washington County. "Every time someone gets a test that may not need a test, that's a health care worker needing a mask. We're asking people, even though we know tests are becoming more available, that, really, we should only be testing people who really need it."
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Getting more and more people tested is part of the agenda now. The more that get tested the more they can get the numbers up. If we pushed to get everyone tested I’ll bet we would double the flu numbers too. Don’t start, I know this is much deadlier then the flu but this is a political and a medical issue.
“KATU viewer says they have been refused a test three different times even though they are displaying symptoms and their doctor believes they have the virus. “
Positive or negative they’d be told to do the same thing.
What should happen is to take the chloroquine/azithromycin regimen.
Both drugs are dirt cheap.
I think there should be as many tests as possible for as much data as possible. In this case, and others like it, test doesn’t make much difference. But they should be tested when possible and later tested for antibodies to see if immunity was conferred.
I was looking at the deaths per state. How do we know they are all coronavirus? Who proves this? How do we know New York, California aren’t counting regular flu as coronavirus? Democrats are shady and would do anything to make trump look bad.
The purpose of the test is to differentiate between COVID-19 and some other respiratory infection. There are problems with mass screenings. The two biggest are false negatives and what if someone becomes infected immediately after testing negative. Then you have someone who has the potential to infect others and doesn’t know it.
What kind of selfish person exposes essential personnel 3 times. Willfull endangerment of people who are saving lives.
And let more people die - apparently yes!
This sh*t was let on us and the world intentionally as the last “Hail Mary” attempt to stop TRUMP and create a crisis and they are not letting it go to waste - they are the deep state with CCP and CIA probably - certainly world figures like soros and gates knew about it - have no doubt now what so ever!
With some simple cures being denied and fought by public figures like HCQ + Z-packs to keep this sh*t going - and dem states not using equip they have and letting dead figures rise daily when the numbers of CV virus cases are way lower than the flu this year and all other normal medial deaths in a year.. they just keep blowing this up to max!
Yes this sh*t is deadly deadlier than hell...that shows it was engineered to do this!
End game....voting by internet from home in NOV - TRUMP loses by cheating FOR DAMN SURE! WAIT AND SEE!
They’re doing that in quite a few states: only allowing testing for those who have severe COVID-19 symptoms *and* previous contacts with others who tested positive. The intention in each of the states is to attribute many of the deaths to causes *other* than COVID-19 in order to claim more success against the epidemic and attract more money into those states.
They have determined the swabs can be taken from the front of the nose, meaning samples can be taken withiut ppe.
This is one key to increased testing
So “you know” and you do not have any an argument. What do you see that makes WuFlu deadlier than the flu? Sorry but you do get a free pass on this forum not matter how much you beg.
Pushing up the total number of infections is going to drastically reduce the mortality rate. Which is why DeWhine is not publishing the test numbers in Ohio. Can’t destroy the narrative.
“...Every time someone gets a test that may not need a test,..”
But schmendricks don’t know whether you need the test until after you’ve had it.
That's right, particularly the false positives. As the epidemic eases (deaths go down) they will manufacture a new epidemic.
Ok so it appears to be deadlier then the flu. It doesn’t change the point l was making. I just put that in there to avoid getting flamed but I guess you can’t.
Yeah if you don’t want flames show some proof. Infections, positive tests, negative tests, deaths with comorbidity factors.
Then compare it to something similar like the Flu, MERS,SARA, Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Asian Flu, and etc.
Huh, it turns out I don’t care if I get flamed.
Then how do we know the mortality rate or infection rate if everyone hasn’t been tested?
That’s even better and the hallmark of a great Freeper.
No reason to test someone if they don’t have some symptoms.
I break a bone. Go to ER to get frayed and casted. Should I receive a test??
Not yet it doesn’t
And, current Washington State tests, people identified as likely, are still only 7% positive for Covid-19.
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