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> The US did quarantine and test arrivals from Diamond Princess. Those who showed no symptoms have been sent home afaik and are under self-quarantine for a coup

> The US did quarantine and test arrivals from Diamond Princess. Those who showed no symptoms have been sent home afaik and are under self-quarantine for a couple weeks. Hmm, what we heard was that the US only tested people who had symptoms, and people who didn’t wasn’t under quarantine. Looks like people thinks that self-quarantine disqualified as quarantine; they were worried that people can spread the virus while getting to their homes. Maybe this probably isn’t that much a big problem in US compared to Korea where public transport is less used?

at-fates-hands 7y ago
> Hmm, what we heard was that the US only tested people who had symptoms. Which is a crap shoot to begin with since the symptoms are fever, coughing and shortness of breath. A lot of the original patients were misdiagnosed as just having pneumonia since it has the same symptoms. There's still a TON of misinformation out there as well. Just like in the Times today where they said in one sentence: Yet the patient tested positive, and may be the first person to be infected through community spread in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. So then, they don't know where he got it then? Wow, that must be serious, right? But wait, this is the VERY NEXT PARAGRAPH: C.D.C. officials said it was possible the patient was exposed to a returning traveler who was infected. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/health/coronavirus-testing-california.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/health/coronavirus-testin... They first say its the first patient who was infected through community spread, then back off the very next sentence to say its actually possible he was infected by someone else? I'm not sure how this type of reporting is helping anything, other than by spreading fear, which during an epidemic is exactly what you don't want.
- jacquesm 7y ago
  From the point of view of the patient you don't 'just' have pneumonia. It's a pretty heavy thing to go through and may cause lasting damage to your lung capacity and ability to deal with future infections, the only upside is you can't spread it around.

at-fates-hands 7y ago

> Hmm, what we heard was that the US only tested people who had symptoms. Which is a crap shoot to begin with since the symptoms are fever, coughing and shortness of breath. A lot of the original patients were misdiagnosed as just having pneumonia since it has the same symptoms. There's still a TON of misinformation out there as well. Just like in the Times today where they said in one sentence: Yet the patient tested positive, and may be the first person to be infected through community spread in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. So then, they don't know where he got it then? Wow, that must be serious, right? But wait, this is the VERY NEXT PARAGRAPH: C.D.C. officials said it was possible the patient was exposed to a returning traveler who was infected. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/health/coronavirus-testing-california.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/health/coronavirus-testin... They first say its the first patient who was infected through community spread, then back off the very next sentence to say its actually possible he was infected by someone else? I'm not sure how this type of reporting is helping anything, other than by spreading fear, which during an epidemic is exactly what you don't want.

jacquesm 7y ago
From the point of view of the patient you don't 'just' have pneumonia. It's a pretty heavy thing to go through and may cause lasting damage to your lung capacity and ability to deal with future infections, the only upside is you can't spread it around.