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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.
by jcadam 7y ago
Risk assessment says not to set foot in a medical facility right now unless I'm actively dying, thank you very much.
- gambiting 7y agoI 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.
- claudeganon 7y agoEDIT: 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).
- mprev 7y agoMinor point but I'm glad to say $3k is more like £2,300.
- lm28469 7y agoThen stay at home. If you're sick, refusing to get tested and continue to live like everything is fine you're actively and willingly spreading a deadly virus.
- jcadam 7y agoBe calm, I'm all better.
- lm28469 7y agoBeing calm and following health organizations guidelines (or even common sense) aren't mutually exclusive.
- jcadam 7y agoThe current guidelines are to test only those with respiratory symptoms who have also traveled to certain countries recently. Resources are limited, having everyone with a minor case of the sniffles rush the hospitals all at once doesn't sound like a good plan.
- lm28469 7y agoThe guidelines are also to notify the authorities and to self quarantine if you suspect you could have it, which you just self confessed. > having everyone with a minor case of the sniffles But that's exactly what the virus will be for the vast majority of us, the whole point of getting tested is traceability and knowing that you should self quarantine as to not expose people at risk. edit: and btw that's how they discovered the first case in Berlin. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sueddeutsche.de%2Fpanorama%2Fcoronavirus-berlin-charite-gesundheit-influenza-1.4828236 https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3... > The young man's infection was only discovered because the Berlin Charité also tests the new virus Sars-CoV-2 as standard with every influenza test. This just shows how bad the US is at handling the situation. In Germany you get tested as soon as you have any symptoms, in the US CDC refuses testing even if you're showing all the symptoms.