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I work in this field and I agree. In my province, we had someone call into our health advisory line and request testing as they had been "at a party with an As
by giarc 7y ago
I work in this field and I agree. In my province, we had someone call into our health advisory line and request testing as they had been "at a party with an Asian looking person that was coughing." We have to draw the line somewhere.
- PeterisP 7y agoSure, the line has to be drawn somewhere, but currently the line was drawn so that it denied testing a person who is already intubated for days with matching xrays - that's not the proper place to draw the line.
- giarc 7y agoIntubated with ground glass opacities on xray? Probably 25-50% of patients in all ICU's around the world match that criteria. This patient had no travel history and no known sick contacts, the line was appropriate for that patient. Sure they were wrong, but in public health, you known you will be wrong sometimes. It's a balancing act.