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Anonymous wrote:What would you do differently?

NP. A test would allow OP to know if she needs to quarantine for an extended time even once better. She would know whether she needs to advise people she’s been in close contact with over the last 2 weeks. People may be more willing to quarantine if they know they had exposure to a positive person than just someone with a vague fever. It would give us a better idea where possible clusters may be cropping up.

I really don’t understand the idea that testing isn’t important if you’re being treated at home.

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Anti-science people don’t care about testing.

And stupid people don’t seem to get that there are no tests.

People understand there are no tests. It’s the stupid people who don’t realize why we have no tests.

LOL. Nope. This thread is perfect evidence that people don’t understand there are no tests.

Who thinks there are tests? That’s why everyone is upset - because we DON’T have enough tests.

Testing and contact tracing are key to minimizing spread. If we never get tests, we are fcked.

Complain about the lack of tests. Push the government for more tests.

There are treatments being tried.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30071-0/fulltext

Patients diagnosed with viral pneumonia require isolation and SARS-CoV-2 tests (measure 3). Systemic and local respiratory defense mechanisms are compromised, resulting in bacterial co-infection if early, effective antiviral treatment is not started. Empirical therapy consists of oral moxifloxacin or levofloxacin (consider tolerance) and arbidol. Arbidol is approved in China and Russia for influenza treatment. In-vitro studies showed that arbidol had inhibitory effects on SARS.2 Patients testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 are transferred to designated hospitals.

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Anonymous wrote:What would you do differently?

NP. A test would allow OP to know if she needs to quarantine for an extended time even once better. She would know whether she needs to advise people she’s been in close contact with over the last 2 weeks. People may be more willing to quarantine if they know they had exposure to a positive person than just someone with a vague fever. It would give us a better idea where possible clusters may be cropping up.

I really don’t understand the idea that testing isn’t important if you’re being treated at home.

+1

Anti-science people don’t care about testing.

And stupid people don’t seem to get that there are no tests.

People understand there are no tests. It’s the stupid people who don’t realize why we have no tests.

LOL. Nope. This thread is perfect evidence that people don’t understand there are no tests.

Everyone is running out of tests. Going public to complain you didn't get a test when there are none just makes you look very privileged and tone deaf.

Yes, it would be fantastic if we had a test for everyone so we could see who was asymptomatic, who had it but mild symptoms, and who didn't have it at all. That isn't going to happen no matter who your connections are and how big of a stink you raise.

Whether you have it or not, the advice is the same. Isolate yourself if you have symptoms of anything. If you start to experience any respiratory distress, got to an Emerg. If you have an immunocompromised family member then you want to avoid them getting sick generally, not just avoiding COVID.

Jack Ma just sent 500,000 test kits and a million masks - not sure what state they are going to or how they will be distributed.

For now available tests are being used for the highest risk cases - like health professionals to ensure they don't spread it to patients in the hospital. I get that you would like to know for statistical and tracking reasons but surely you can understand that in a time of shortage tracking is not the priority and managing risk is. Yes, ideally we could do both, but we can't.

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Anonymous wrote:"there's no treatment so it doesn't matter" is the new "oh it's just a bad flu for most people."

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That doesn't make a treatment that doesn't exist actually appear.

Test matters.
No treatment yet.
Test won't get you treatment.
Test still matters for other reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you know anyone who has it? Any idea where you got it?

This is a stupid question at this point in time. With the lack of testing capability, we don't know who has it and who doesn't and its best to assume it is widespread and that's why folks need to STAY HOME! Slow the spread. We all know someone who has it right now, we just don't have the tests.

I understand six degrees and all of that, but where is this coming from?

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Anonymous wrote:What would you do differently?

NP. A test would allow OP to know if she needs to quarantine for an extended time even once better. She would know whether she needs to advise people she’s been in close contact with over the last 2 weeks. People may be more willing to quarantine if they know they had exposure to a positive person than just someone with a vague fever. It would give us a better idea where possible clusters may be cropping up.

I really don’t understand the idea that testing isn’t important if you’re being treated at home.

+1

Anti-science people don’t care about testing.

And stupid people don’t seem to get that there are no tests.

People understand there are no tests. It’s the stupid people who don’t realize why we have no tests.

Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:What would you do differently?

NP. A test would allow OP to know if she needs to quarantine for an extended time even once better. She would know whether she needs to advise people she’s been in close contact with over the last 2 weeks. People may be more willing to quarantine if they know they had exposure to a positive person than just someone with a vague fever. It would give us a better idea where possible clusters may be cropping up.

I really don’t understand the idea that testing isn’t important if you’re being treated at home.

+1

Anti-science people don’t care about testing.

And stupid people don’t seem to get that there are no tests.

People understand there are no tests. It’s the stupid people who don’t realize why we have no tests.

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Anonymous wrote:"there's no treatment so it doesn't matter" is the new "oh it's just a bad flu for most people."

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Anonymous wrote:Do you know anyone who has it? Any idea where you got it?

This is a stupid question at this point in time. With the lack of testing capability, we don't know who has it and who doesn't and its best to assume it is widespread and that's why folks need to STAY HOME! Slow the spread. We all know someone who has it right now, we just don't have the tests.

were you tested for strep and flu?

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Anonymous wrote:FWIW, I don't think the tests are even that accurate, especially for when symptoms first appear.

I have no direct knowledge of that, it's just the overall sense that I get when looking at the numbers.

Wrong.

I might very well be wrong. It just doesn't make much sense to me how a husband can contract this virus and his wife who has been around him and breathing the same air comes up negative - like with Idris Elba and his wife.

Also, last I saw, Florida has tested over 1000 people and over 800 of those tests came back negative. For such a contagious disease it sure doesn't seem that contagious based on those tests.

Either there are false negatives, people have some sort of natural immunity to it here or it isn't as contagious as once thought. Maybe it's just not spread as easily in this country for some reason?

A lot of people are getting tested when they have chest tightness from panic attacks or undiagnosed asthma. If you don't even feel that bad and don't have a fever, don't waste a test on yourself. Save the tests for the sick people.

The doctors are ordering the tests for a reason, there just are a lot of negative results. I find that interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:What would you do differently?

NP. A test would allow OP to know if she needs to quarantine for an extended time even once better. She would know whether she needs to advise people she’s been in close contact with over the last 2 weeks. People may be more willing to quarantine if they know they had exposure to a positive person than just someone with a vague fever. It would give us a better idea where possible clusters may be cropping up.

I really don’t understand the idea that testing isn’t important if you’re being treated at home.

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Anti-science people don’t care about testing.

Uhh, no. Some of us just realize what a bad call it would be for a person with symptoms to go out and about just to be tested for this. If they are symptomatic they should absolutely stay home and self treat unless they need medical assistance.

^not yet, that is. Hopefully that changes soon. But we are living with the now, not the soon.

Anonymous wrote:"there's no treatment so it doesn't matter" is the new "oh it's just a bad flu for most people."

Nope. "There's no treatment, so there is no treatment. The test matters -- at this point -- for reasons other than getting treatment, because -- there is no treatment."

No treatment.
Test matters, but not for treatment (at this point).

We need more tests, but not because that will mean we can treat more people.