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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good. This is about people who don’t understand their demand for convenience and a certain level of service, during a pandemic, is unreasonable. Stop! The medical community is in crisis.

If you need a test, there are lots of ways to get a rapid test at this point. If you need a PCR, go stand in line at a firehouse or curative kiosk like the rest of us do. If your child is healthy, stop dragging them to the pediatrician or the hospital for everything. Just stop.[/quote]

Exactly what I thought when I got this email, after I got over the shock of people seeking convenience testing at Childrens (or their pediatrician) to begin with. [/quote]

well we’ve observed on our many trips (child with severe condition) many people use children’s ER like a PCP.[/quote]

This is something that the poor do.  That's not a judgment.  It's basically because there aren't reliable PCPs in their areas, or they don't have access to one.  This is well-known in public health literature, btw, I'm not just saying this about DC.[/quote]

Yes, sadly that’s precisely why (no judgement here either). So I’m not shocked people used it for convenience testing. I also don’t blame the hospital for prioritizing the most critical patients. [/quote]

Children's National also has a general peds clinic in the hospital that many families, including those of means, go to. This letter was also for their patients who come to them for testing needs when kids have symptoms. [/quote]

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