Told Tonight There are ZERO Tests Here. Fever Climbing Above 102

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why you all thought the US was EVER going to be able to test every single one of us once, if not more than once. That simply isn't feasible, but more importantly NOT LOGICAL.

How many of us have gone to the doctor and gotten a negative flu test, and then told "it's just a random virus, go home"? They don't test for any and all viruses. You know why? Because it doesn't make sense to. Guess what South Korea has found out from all their testing? MOST people test negative. If every Larla on DCUM was given free access to tests, they'd be testing once a day and draining valuable resources. I'd rather these people be working toward a vaccine/treatment than a damn test.

Oh and for those of you who are saying a test would change your behavior.... you're being told that if you are sick, act like you have it. That's your cue to change your damn behavior, ffs. Listen.

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focus on treatment and expanding facilities not on testing. it was would be better if we had tests but that’s not happening and focusing on it is at this point counter productive.

But who do you treat and how if you can't test them? We are blind without tests. They are still critical moving forward.

people who need treatment are treated. majority of covid cases don't need treatment. conversely, some non-covid patients need treatment. the main purpose of testing is to help isolate covid cases which is very important. however at this point there are fairly drastic measure in place so isolation based on symptoms alone is already baked-in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why you all thought the US was EVER going to be able to test every single one of us once, if not more than once. That simply isn't feasible, but more importantly NOT LOGICAL.

How many of us have gone to the doctor and gotten a negative flu test, and then told "it's just a random virus, go home"? They don't test for any and all viruses. You know why? Because it doesn't make sense to. Guess what South Korea has found out from all their testing? MOST people test negative. If every Larla on DCUM was given free access to tests, they'd be testing once a day and draining valuable resources. I'd rather these people be working toward a vaccine/treatment than a damn test.

Oh and for those of you who are saying a test would change your behavior.... you're being told that if you are sick, act like you have it. That's your cue to change your damn behavior, ffs. Listen.

+1
focus on treatment and expanding facilities not on testing. it was would be better if we had tests but that’s not happening and focusing on it is at this point counter productive.

But who do you treat and how if you can't test them? We are blind without tests. They are still critical moving forward.

people who need treatment are treated. majority of covid cases don't need treatment. conversely, some non-covid patients need treatment. the main purpose of testing is to help isolate covid cases which is very important. however at this point there are fairly drastic measure in place so isolation based on symptoms alone is already baked-in.

Exactly. Isolating would be part of the treatment. We can't isolate everyone so testing is critical.

[Anonymous]

The CDC screwed up. Who didn't see this coming? Ebola anyone?

[Anonymous]

"“[W]e’ve reached a turning point,” Adams said of coronavirus testing. “Important for people to know that the CDC stood up a test in less than one week for a new virus, so that was a record, but the CDC was never designed to provide hundreds of millions of tests. It was designed to respond to outbreaks. So, we went from CDC testing, which was slow by almost design, and then we actually stood up 83 different state labs, and you saw testing increase there. But the turning point was last Thursday when the FDA approved a new rapid throughput test, which will exponentially increase the amount of new tests that can be run. … You’re starting to see more testing at the local level.”

He added, “Again, we’ve reached a turning point, and it’s because of the private industry.”

[Anonymous]

^^ So Federal regulations bogged it down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why you all thought the US was EVER going to be able to test every single one of us once, if not more than once. That simply isn't feasible, but more importantly NOT LOGICAL.

How many of us have gone to the doctor and gotten a negative flu test, and then told "it's just a random virus, go home"? They don't test for any and all viruses. You know why? Because it doesn't make sense to. Guess what South Korea has found out from all their testing? MOST people test negative. If every Larla on DCUM was given free access to tests, they'd be testing once a day and draining valuable resources. I'd rather these people be working toward a vaccine/treatment than a damn test.

Oh and for those of you who are saying a test would change your behavior.... you're being told that if you are sick, act like you have it. That's your cue to change your damn behavior, ffs. Listen.

+1
focus on treatment and expanding facilities not on testing. it was would be better if we had tests but that’s not happening and focusing on it is at this point counter productive.

But who do you treat and how if you can't test them? We are blind without tests. They are still critical moving forward.

people who need treatment are treated. majority of covid cases don't need treatment. conversely, some non-covid patients need treatment. the main purpose of testing is to help isolate covid cases which is very important. however at this point there are fairly drastic measure in place so isolation based on symptoms alone is already baked-in.

Exactly. Isolating would be part of the treatment. We can't isolate everyone so testing is critical.

I think that if tests are offered, essential personnel should have priority - people who have a genuine reason to still be out and about right now, like people who work in grocery stores and delivery people.

People like OP who should be at home in total isolation anyway for at LEAST the next 2 weeks should not be offered tests when there’s a shortage just because they scream the loudest or contact the media. No well adjusted person goes and stands in a crowded ER waiting for a completely irrelevant test when they have a fever and there a pandemic in progress. She sounds like she just wants attention.

Eventually there will be antibody tests and you’ll know whether you had it. In the meantime, they can track cases the way they’ve been doing - people presenting to hospitals who need to be admitted. Unless you’re in that category, you should stay away from the hospitals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"“[W]e’ve reached a turning point,” Adams said of coronavirus testing. “Important for people to know that the CDC stood up a test in less than one week for a new virus, so that was a record, but the CDC was never designed to provide hundreds of millions of tests. It was designed to respond to outbreaks. So, we went from CDC testing, which was slow by almost design, and then we actually stood up 83 different state labs, and you saw testing increase there. But the turning point was last Thursday when the FDA approved a new rapid throughput test, which will exponentially increase the amount of new tests that can be run. … You’re starting to see more testing at the local level.”

He added, “Again, we’ve reached a turning point, and it’s because of the private industry.”

CDC was gutted in terms of personnel. This is not a regulatory or CDC was not designed for X issue. It was a failure of leadership to gut an agency and then not have the know-how to call private industry and CDC into the room at the start and give them orders to cooperate. Leadership can't manage their way out of a bag and they don't believe in science. We knew he couldn't manage. He went bankrupt like 5 times. What more do you need to know about someone's competence?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can so many people not see the importance of tracking this disease? Even if you don’t care at all about people’s health, the economy is getting destroyed. Having information would help manage this at least somewhat competently. You guys are nuts.

+1

[Anonymous]

Don't wait, start treating yourself.

Good advice from a respiratory therapist! (copied from a friend)

CORONA Common Sense

Since they are calling on Respiratory therapist to help fight the Corona virus, and I am a retired one, too old to work in a hospital setting. I'm gonna share some common sense wisdom with those that have the virus and trying to stay home. If my advice is followed as given you will improve your chances of not ending up in the hospital on a ventilator. This applies to the otherwise generally healthy population, so use discretion.

1. Only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high. Tylenol, Advil. Motrin, Ibuprofen etc. will bring your fever down allowing the virus to live longer. They are saying that ibuprofen, Advil etc will actually exacerbate the virus. Use common sense and don't let fever go over 103 or 104 if you got the guts. If it gets higher than that take your Tylenol, NOT ibuprofen or Advil to keep it regulated. It helps to keep house warm and cover up with blankets so body does not have to work so hard to generate the heat. It usually takes about 3 days of this to break the fever.

2. The body is going to dehydrate with the elevated temperature so you must re-hydrate yourself regularly, whether you like it or not. Gatorade with real sugar, or Pedialyte with real sugar for kids, works well. Why the sugar? Sugar will give your body back the energy it is using up to create the fever. The electrolytes and fluid you are losing will also be replenished by the Gatorade. If you don't do this and end up in the hospital they will start an IV and give you D5W (sugar water) and Normal Saline to replenish electrolytes. Gatorade is much cheaper, pain-free, and comes in an assortment of flavors

3. You must keep your lungs moist. Best done by taking long steamy showers on a regular basis, if you're wheezing or congested use a real minty toothpaste and brush your teeth while taking the steamy shower and deep breath through your mouth. This will provide some bronchial dilation and help loosen the phlegm. Force your self to cough into a wet washcloth pressed firmly over your mouth and nose, which will cause greater pressure in your lungs forcing them to expand more and break loose more of the congestion.

4. Eat healthily and regularly. Gotta keep your strength up.

5. Once the fever breaks, start moving around to get the body back in shape and blood circulating.

6. Deep breath on a regular basis, even when it hurts. If you don't it becomes easy to develop pneumonia. Pursed lip breathing really helps. That's breathing in deep and slow then exhaling through tight lips as if your blowing out a candle, blow until you have completely emptied your lungs and you will be able to breathe in an even deeper breath. This helps keep lungs expanded as well as increase your oxygen level.

7. Remember that every medication you take is merely relieving the symptoms, not making you well.

8. If you're still dying go to ER.
I've been doing these things for myself and my family for over 40 years and kept them out of the hospital, all are healthy and still living today..
Thank you all for sharing. We gotta help one another.

Mary Rodriguez

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Called three different doctors. Told there are now ZERO tests at GW, ZERO at Georgetown, DOH has no answers. Hoping for more tests to come in, but three of my PCP’s patients were turned away, just today, after waiting hours at GW.

I am white, wealthy, and have very good doctors. There are no tests right now.

OP, just wondering if your PCP provided you with an order to get a test?

DC residents need to contact the Mayors office incessantly to get more tests available. Only way forward is to test, track, and get our front line workers appropriate PPE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't wait, start treating yourself.

Good advice from a respiratory therapist! (copied from a friend)

CORONA Common Sense

Since they are calling on Respiratory therapist to help fight the Corona virus, and I am a retired one, too old to work in a hospital setting. I'm gonna share some common sense wisdom with those that have the virus and trying to stay home. If my advice is followed as given you will improve your chances of not ending up in the hospital on a ventilator. This applies to the otherwise generally healthy population, so use discretion.

1. Only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high. Tylenol, Advil. Motrin, Ibuprofen etc. will bring your fever down allowing the virus to live longer. They are saying that ibuprofen, Advil etc will actually exacerbate the virus. Use common sense and don't let fever go over 103 or 104 if you got the guts. If it gets higher than that take your Tylenol, NOT ibuprofen or Advil to keep it regulated. It helps to keep house warm and cover up with blankets so body does not have to work so hard to generate the heat. It usually takes about 3 days of this to break the fever.

2. The body is going to dehydrate with the elevated temperature so you must re-hydrate yourself regularly, whether you like it or not. Gatorade with real sugar, or Pedialyte with real sugar for kids, works well. Why the sugar? Sugar will give your body back the energy it is using up to create the fever. The electrolytes and fluid you are losing will also be replenished by the Gatorade. If you don't do this and end up in the hospital they will start an IV and give you D5W (sugar water) and Normal Saline to replenish electrolytes. Gatorade is much cheaper, pain-free, and comes in an assortment of flavors

3. You must keep your lungs moist. Best done by taking long steamy showers on a regular basis, if you're wheezing or congested use a real minty toothpaste and brush your teeth while taking the steamy shower and deep breath through your mouth. This will provide some bronchial dilation and help loosen the phlegm. Force your self to cough into a wet washcloth pressed firmly over your mouth and nose, which will cause greater pressure in your lungs forcing them to expand more and break loose more of the congestion.

4. Eat healthily and regularly. Gotta keep your strength up.

5. Once the fever breaks, start moving around to get the body back in shape and blood circulating.

6. Deep breath on a regular basis, even when it hurts. If you don't it becomes easy to develop pneumonia. Pursed lip breathing really helps. That's breathing in deep and slow then exhaling through tight lips as if your blowing out a candle, blow until you have completely emptied your lungs and you will be able to breathe in an even deeper breath. This helps keep lungs expanded as well as increase your oxygen level.

7. Remember that every medication you take is merely relieving the symptoms, not making you well.

8. If you're still dying go to ER.
I've been doing these things for myself and my family for over 40 years and kept them out of the hospital, all are healthy and still living today..
Thank you all for sharing. We gotta help one another.

Mary Rodriguez

Interesting. A Facebook friend posted this same exact message today, purportedly written by someone with a name that was not “Mary Rodriguez.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Called three different doctors. Told there are now ZERO tests at GW, ZERO at Georgetown, DOH has no answers. Hoping for more tests to come in, but three of my PCP’s patients were turned away, just today, after waiting hours at GW.

I am white, wealthy, and have very good doctors. There are no tests right now.

Perhaps you should have followed your cohort’s leads and fled to your vacation home.