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We can't even test for it properly in the US right now: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/25/cdc-coronavirus-test/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/h
by davidw 7y ago
We can't even test for it properly in the US right now:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/25/cdc-coronavirus-test/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/25/cdc-coronav...
And yeah, there are going to be a bunch of people here who won't seek help unless it gets really bad, and who will go to their jobs even if they feel crummy because they need the money, thus spreading it farther and more rapidly.
BTW, we were warned: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-trump-administration-is-ill-prepared-for-a-global-pandemic/2017/04/08/59605bc6-1a49-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-t...
- mikeyouse 7y agoOur healthcare system is really going to bite us here too - people are extremely hesitant to seek medical care since there's such a crapshoot of costs that you could pay. (e.g. the story of the person who was fearful after developing flu systems after traveling to China so he checked into the ER for testing and got a $3,500 bill that 'might' be knocked down to $1,400 if he provides 3 years of medical history to prove it wasn't a preexisting condition: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article240476806.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article24047680...) So we have people who don't want to miss work and people who won't seek medical care unless they're in the later stages of the disease to avoid thousands of dollars of cost. Hopefully it peters out but this could get really ugly.