Penn State Health cites long waits, asks people not to come to ER for routine COVID-19 tests and care

Pennlive ^ | 30 December A.D. 2021 | David Wenner

[lightman]

Common sense is beginning to prevail.

[lightman]

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[rktman]

“...routine COVID-19 tests...” So there just routine now. Nothing to see. Wait for your home test kits from chi-nuh?

[JonPreston]

People seeking COVID-19 tests at the emergency department when they are not sick place a tremendous burden on the medical staff’s ability to treat patients who need emergent care

Now go ahead and extend this thought to illegal invaders and I'll be on board!

[HighSierra5]

No kidding. The last place you want to go if you’re afraid of catching the virus is a long line of scardy cats.

[HighSierra5]

Good point. I think that my wife and I got covid last October was because of the massive influx of wetbacks into our country. But who knows?

[PGR88]

They created a panic, but don’t want panicked people to crowd the ER - got it?

[Intar]

Probably should have thought about that before firing all the unvaxed, huh?

[CheshireTheCat]

[matt04]

What happened to all the drive thru Coof test sites Trump has set up?

[Savage Rider]

In other news, 4-Jab Asymptomatic Hypochondriacs (4AJH) are flooding the hospitals.

[laplata]

That’s right. Have everything you need at home, stay home and take care of yourself.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Notice that the CDC has been silent about what medical procedures can lessen the symptomology of covid infection, other than take a test for infection.
The CDC has had almost two years of experience of dealing with covid; what else have we gotten for BILLIONS of dollar$ ?
Don't just tell people NOT to come in to the hospital for testing.
The CDC needs to be pro-active and preventative, rather than just rattling on about taking 'the jab', and wearing a known and tested ineffective face mask.
The silence from the CDC is deafening..

[RummyChick]

they are completely useless.

i have added some more items to my things to try this week

lactoferrin and benadryl
licorice..and i cant stand black licorice. hard to find what might work as a lot of it is now flavored with anise. i bought some from overseas via amazon.

it wont be touched until i start coming down with anything...even if just a cold.

i survived going to the dentist without catching covid. it’s a christmas miracle for me

[Nextrush]

Yes and No.

Governor Tom Wolf announced FEMA teams coming to Pennsylvania hospitals.

And the emergency hospital preps for mass COVID patients just canned my planned surgery in the coming days.

[Chode]

the ER for a test, cause there’s no ER Co-Pay for welfare...

[hardspunned]

I’ll give odds you the people showing up at the ER aren’t workaday people who have to pay the copay penalty for going to the ER unnecessarily. The people doing this pay nothing.

[Nifster]

ER is not a place for primary care

[grumpygresh]

But no treatment as outpatient. Insane.

[grumpygresh]

But no treatment as outpatient. Insane.