DC: First COVID-19 Case Confirmed

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Anonymous wrote:I was exposed to someone with Coronavirus (tested positive) and was told that I “didn’t meet criteria” to be tested. I have self-quarantined myself but this is ridiculous. If they don’t test, they don’t know how many people are infected.

But you shouldn't/wouldn't be doing anything different, even if you were tested. It sounds as though the test isn't definitive until 14 days have passed, anyway (based on the treatment of the cruise ship passengers that were quarantined -- some showed up positive later during quarantine, even when they were negative when they first got off the boat). If you are self-quarantined, the demand to test sounds more like its for your convenience and your hope that it will give you a (probably false) peace of mind.

It seems so odd to me that the same people who are demanding that the schools be shut down where there is no evidence of exposure think we shouldn't just do a 14-day quarantine of everyone who's been exposed (whether or not they're tested).

Those who seem to think it's possible to test the entire population and isolate out the "positives" just aren't thinking clearly. You're chasing a moving target.

So, what do you say to the public health experts who say we should be doing more testing and shutting down schools in areas where people have tested positive?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Both Germany and France today banned public gatherings of over 1000 people.

France had a previous ban for gatherings over 5000. Not sure about Germany, but both countries are see large increases in cases.

Italy is now blaming Germany for their outbreak. apparently a study of the northern Italian strains match the strains from the German auto parts maker factory outbreak (where someone from Singapore visited the German plant and brought the virus with her).

Ultimately, all the strains go back to Patient 0 in Wuhan...

Finger pointing is beside the point, now.

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Anonymous wrote:Question: my doctor was going to have me tested for coronavirus but after the news conference not so much. Should I send my kids to school tomorrow? They are in second and fifth.

You think you may be infected? No, don’t send your kids to school.

Why did the news conference change that decision?

I don’t know if it did. Yesterday he said I should get tested if my fever went another day, today he just said “checked out” and talked a lot about vital signs. He said to go to the urgent care today but before I left I realize my fever is lower than I thought (it’s 99, not 100 which is what it was when I spoke with my doctor), and the urgent care just sucks and I bet they’ll be like “why did you come here for a fever of 99?”, soI will just call the doctor back tomorrow. I’m really not worried about myself, I was just wondering about my kids.

If you think you have the coronavirus, urgent care/PCP is probably not the place to go because they won't have containment facilities. If you had it, you'd likely spread it to staff and other patients. Guidance is to go to ERs, which are equipped to isolate you should test positive.

Oh and call ahead before you go so they can prepare

At this point with the pitiful track record thus far in our nation and the inadequate health apparatus there’s no way I’d call ahead. They would only tell you not to come. Screw that. If I think I have a disease that’s killing people and so far misunderstood I would show up at the ER and refuse to leave. Test me. Admit me.

But don't you think you would be doing your community a favor by just staying home? Not infecting people in the ER, not taking up a bed unnecessarily? They should be reserved for only those who need them.

But it’s clear that the Trump administration and the health system he is directing and influencing is trying its damndest NOT to test people, either because they desperately want to keep everyone from knowing how woefully ill prepared we are for testing or because they don’t want the positive numbers to be tallied and reported. Stay ignorant and we wont have to admit that it’s an epidemic.

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I think tests are being withheld to keep numbers down. It is leading to the spread of the disease.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was exposed to someone with Coronavirus (tested positive) and was told that I “didn’t meet criteria” to be tested. I have self-quarantined myself but this is ridiculous. If they don’t test, they don’t know how many people are infected.

But you shouldn't/wouldn't be doing anything different, even if you were tested. It sounds as though the test isn't definitive until 14 days have passed, anyway (based on the treatment of the cruise ship passengers that were quarantined -- some showed up positive later during quarantine, even when they were negative when they first got off the boat). If you are self-quarantined, the demand to test sounds more like its for your convenience and your hope that it will give you a (probably false) peace of mind.

It seems so odd to me that the same people who are demanding that the schools be shut down where there is no evidence of exposure think we shouldn't just do a 14-day quarantine of everyone who's been exposed (whether or not they're tested).

Those who seem to think it's possible to test the entire population and isolate out the "positives" just aren't thinking clearly. You're chasing a moving target.

Did anyone actually say they want to test the ENTIRE population?

At this point, we'd be happy to have tests to test the people who have been exposed AND have symptoms.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Both Germany and France today banned public gatherings of over 1000 people.

France had a previous ban for gatherings over 5000. Not sure about Germany, but both countries are see large increases in cases.

Italy is now blaming Germany for their outbreak. apparently a study of the northern Italian strains match the strains from the German auto parts maker factory outbreak (where someone from Singapore visited the German plant and brought the virus with her).

Ultimately, all the strains go back to Patient 0 in Wuhan...

Finger pointing is beside the point, now.

When people suffer and are dying they need answers.

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Anonymous wrote:Question: my doctor was going to have me tested for coronavirus but after the news conference not so much. Should I send my kids to school tomorrow? They are in second and fifth.

You think you may be infected? No, don’t send your kids to school.

Why did the news conference change that decision?

I don’t know if it did. Yesterday he said I should get tested if my fever went another day, today he just said “checked out” and talked a lot about vital signs. He said to go to the urgent care today but before I left I realize my fever is lower than I thought (it’s 99, not 100 which is what it was when I spoke with my doctor), and the urgent care just sucks and I bet they’ll be like “why did you come here for a fever of 99?”, soI will just call the doctor back tomorrow. I’m really not worried about myself, I was just wondering about my kids.

If you think you have the coronavirus, urgent care/PCP is probably not the place to go because they won't have containment facilities. If you had it, you'd likely spread it to staff and other patients. Guidance is to go to ERs, which are equipped to isolate you should test positive.

Oh and call ahead before you go so they can prepare

At this point with the pitiful track record thus far in our nation and the inadequate health apparatus there’s no way I’d call ahead. They would only tell you not to come. Screw that. If I think I have a disease that’s killing people and so far misunderstood I would show up at the ER and refuse to leave. Test me. Admit me.

But don't you think you would be doing your community a favor by just staying home? Not infecting people in the ER, not taking up a bed unnecessarily? They should be reserved for only those who need them.

But it’s clear that the Trump administration and the health system he is directing and influencing is trying its damndest NOT to test people, either because they desperately want to keep everyone from knowing how woefully ill prepared we are for testing or because they don’t want the positive numbers to be tallied and reported. Stay ignorant and we wont have to admit that it’s an epidemic.

+1

I think tests are being withheld to keep numbers down. It is leading to the spread of the disease.

Yup. Trump is only worried about the stock market. A just wait until everything implodes and Trump hangs Pence out to dry. He’ll be blamed, dismissed as VP and Trump will try to get a female running mate, ideally a woman of color.

[Anonymous]

If you have the option to telework, will you this week?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Question: my doctor was going to have me tested for coronavirus but after the news conference not so much. Should I send my kids to school tomorrow? They are in second and fifth.

You think you may be infected? No, don’t send your kids to school.

Why did the news conference change that decision?

I don’t know if it did. Yesterday he said I should get tested if my fever went another day, today he just said “checked out” and talked a lot about vital signs. He said to go to the urgent care today but before I left I realize my fever is lower than I thought (it’s 99, not 100 which is what it was when I spoke with my doctor), and the urgent care just sucks and I bet they’ll be like “why did you come here for a fever of 99?”, soI will just call the doctor back tomorrow. I’m really not worried about myself, I was just wondering about my kids.

If you think you have the coronavirus, urgent care/PCP is probably not the place to go because they won't have containment facilities. If you had it, you'd likely spread it to staff and other patients. Guidance is to go to ERs, which are equipped to isolate you should test positive.

Oh and call ahead before you go so they can prepare

At this point with the pitiful track record thus far in our nation and the inadequate health apparatus there’s no way I’d call ahead. They would only tell you not to come. Screw that. If I think I have a disease that’s killing people and so far misunderstood I would show up at the ER and refuse to leave. Test me. Admit me.

But don't you think you would be doing your community a favor by just staying home? Not infecting people in the ER, not taking up a bed unnecessarily? They should be reserved for only those who need them.

But it’s clear that the Trump administration and the health system he is directing and influencing is trying its damndest NOT to test people, either because they desperately want to keep everyone from knowing how woefully ill prepared we are for testing or because they don’t want the positive numbers to be tallied and reported. Stay ignorant and we wont have to admit that it’s an epidemic.

+1

I think tests are being withheld to keep numbers down. It is leading to the spread of the disease.

But why?

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Anonymous wrote:Question: my doctor was going to have me tested for coronavirus but after the news conference not so much. Should I send my kids to school tomorrow? They are in second and fifth.

You think you may be infected? No, don’t send your kids to school.

Why did the news conference change that decision?

I don’t know if it did. Yesterday he said I should get tested if my fever went another day, today he just said “checked out” and talked a lot about vital signs. He said to go to the urgent care today but before I left I realize my fever is lower than I thought (it’s 99, not 100 which is what it was when I spoke with my doctor), and the urgent care just sucks and I bet they’ll be like “why did you come here for a fever of 99?”, soI will just call the doctor back tomorrow. I’m really not worried about myself, I was just wondering about my kids.

If you think you have the coronavirus, urgent care/PCP is probably not the place to go because they won't have containment facilities. If you had it, you'd likely spread it to staff and other patients. Guidance is to go to ERs, which are equipped to isolate you should test positive.

Oh and call ahead before you go so they can prepare

At this point with the pitiful track record thus far in our nation and the inadequate health apparatus there’s no way I’d call ahead. They would only tell you not to come. Screw that. If I think I have a disease that’s killing people and so far misunderstood I would show up at the ER and refuse to leave. Test me. Admit me.

But don't you think you would be doing your community a favor by just staying home? Not infecting people in the ER, not taking up a bed unnecessarily? They should be reserved for only those who need them.

But it’s clear that the Trump administration and the health system he is directing and influencing is trying its damndest NOT to test people, either because they desperately want to keep everyone from knowing how woefully ill prepared we are for testing or because they don’t want the positive numbers to be tallied and reported. Stay ignorant and we wont have to admit that it’s an epidemic.

+1

I think tests are being withheld to keep numbers down. It is leading to the spread of the disease.

But why?

Because numbers. They already told you. Trump literally said he didn’t want people off the boat because it will make numbers bigger.

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The US has passed the 500 case mark.

We now have 512 cases. This includes 70 cases among Diamond Princess and Wuhan evacuees and cases from the Grand Princess.

https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-08-20-intl-hnk/index.html

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Anonymous wrote:Question: my doctor was going to have me tested for coronavirus but after the news conference not so much. Should I send my kids to school tomorrow? They are in second and fifth.

You think you may be infected? No, don’t send your kids to school.

Why did the news conference change that decision?

I don’t know if it did. Yesterday he said I should get tested if my fever went another day, today he just said “checked out” and talked a lot about vital signs. He said to go to the urgent care today but before I left I realize my fever is lower than I thought (it’s 99, not 100 which is what it was when I spoke with my doctor), and the urgent care just sucks and I bet they’ll be like “why did you come here for a fever of 99?”, soI will just call the doctor back tomorrow. I’m really not worried about myself, I was just wondering about my kids.

If you think you have the coronavirus, urgent care/PCP is probably not the place to go because they won't have containment facilities. If you had it, you'd likely spread it to staff and other patients. Guidance is to go to ERs, which are equipped to isolate you should test positive.

Oh and call ahead before you go so they can prepare

At this point with the pitiful track record thus far in our nation and the inadequate health apparatus there’s no way I’d call ahead. They would only tell you not to come. Screw that. If I think I have a disease that’s killing people and so far misunderstood I would show up at the ER and refuse to leave. Test me. Admit me.

But don't you think you would be doing your community a favor by just staying home? Not infecting people in the ER, not taking up a bed unnecessarily? They should be reserved for only those who need them.

But it’s clear that the Trump administration and the health system he is directing and influencing is trying its damndest NOT to test people, either because they desperately want to keep everyone from knowing how woefully ill prepared we are for testing or because they don’t want the positive numbers to be tallied and reported. Stay ignorant and we wont have to admit that it’s an epidemic.

+1

I think tests are being withheld to keep numbers down. It is leading to the spread of the disease.

But why?

Because numbers. They already told you. Trump literally said he didn’t want people off the boat because it will make numbers bigger.

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And when some people are denied testing hospitals try to send them home, even though they have symptoms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you have the option to telework, will you this week?

In a blink.

[Anonymous]

Eight states have declared a state of emergency:

Washington
Florida
California
Kentucky
New York
Maryland
Utah
Oregon

[Anonymous]

U.S. case tracker:

https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en

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Anonymous wrote:If you have the option to telework, will you this week?

In a blink.

Thank you. That is what I was thinking.