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First posted this on another article before seeing this one. Not much information in this article, but given they only just reported new cases that makes me wo
by burlesona 7y ago
First posted this on another article before seeing this one.
Not much information in this article, but given they only just reported new cases that makes me wonder if this person didn’t come to a hospital until they were in severe condition - probably because they had no idea it was coronavirus and were thinking “it’s the flu, it’ll pass.” If so it likely means many more cases in the community than we currently know about.
- kjlhiou534 7y agoSurely there are a number of people with severe pneumonia all over the US right now. Maybe they just started testing them for coronavirus.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoThat's correct - until very recently, severe pneumonia with no known link to coronavirus cases didn't meet the testing criteria.
- rolph 7y agoa lot of people will walk about with pneumonia [of various origins] and its no big deal to them until they just suddenly pass out or cant walk 2 steps without taking a knee
- war1025 7y agoThe fact that symptoms are mild in the vast majority of cases and there have now been a couple severe cases positively identified basically guarantees that we have widespread community transmission at this point. Even among people with health insurance, the costs of visits combined with the likelihood of being told "it's viral, just wait it out" mean that many people simply won't bother with going to get a diagnosis from a doctor.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoAnd it's not even just disincentives, right? If I feel bad but not deathly ill, I don't want to go to the doctor in the first place; I want to lie in bed, where I have Youtube and crackers and there's nobody around to infect.