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Go for testing. The virus is still present (but not contagious anymore) some time after you recover.
Risk assessment says not to set foot in a medical facility right now unless I'm actively dying, thank you very much.
My family just got over some sort of respiratory bug that had most of us sick last week. This morning I awoke to find that 2 cases of this thing have been identified in my area. Huh. We most likely just had a cold. Most likely.
Someone came off a plane from Iran. She was officially tested but since she wasn't dying the hospital sent her home for self-quarantine.
Feel free to Google it to read it on whatever site you prefer, but here's a snippet from the Weather channel's site (I saw it when checking the weather today):
> A woman in her late 30s contracted the virus while traveling in Iran, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office said on Sunday. She is currently self-quarantined in her Manhattan home. The woman has respiratory symptoms “but is not in serious condition and has been in a controlled situation since arriving in New York," the governor's office said. The statement didn't say when the woman returned to the city after her travels, though a statement from Mayor Bill de Blasio said the travel was recent.
By the way , I'm wondering how much the high cost of the test in the US is responsible for a number which looks (to me at least) suspiciously low.
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Go for testing. The virus is still present (but not contagious anymore) some time after you recover.
Risk assessment says not to set foot in a medical facility right now unless I'm actively dying, thank you very much.
>This virus is NOT currently spreading widely in the United States. Curious how this is known given practically zero tests have been done and numerous cases with no contact external to the US have been discovered.
Easy. %20 of the cases require some type of hospitalization. %80 are mild and don't require medical attention. If you have Covid-19 rampant in your town - the hospitals will fill with persons experiencing a bad flu - that %20. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-80-percent-cases...
My family just got over some sort of respiratory bug that had most of us sick last week. This morning I awoke to find that 2 cases of this thing have been identified in my area. Huh. We most likely just had a cold. Most likely.
Tampa? That one has me perplexed as, if I read right, those two didn't even travel. That would indicate an unknown carrier, meaning our own guesses of number of cases is probably way off.
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Go for testing. The virus is still present (but not contagious anymore) some time after you recover.
why would s/he pay $3000 to get tested for something s/he already recovered from? https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1234140218023989253
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Risk assessment says not to set foot in a medical facility right now unless I'm actively dying, thank you very much.
I don't know where you live but here in UK if you ring 111 and say you suspect you might have the virus they will send someone to drop a testing kit through your letterbox and take it back for testing. No need to go anywhere.
Updated my bad currency exchange math. Thanks, mprev.
In the US, you have to go to a doctor or hospital, hope your insurances covers it, or else you’re out $3000 (£2300).
I find it interesting to compare what's CDC is doing right now ( messed up tests, not enough testing, protecting markets but not people) to what we can see CDC doing in movies like Contagion where they are on top of everything before anyone else even knows that the there is a new virus in the wild.