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> she was not tested because seeking testing is discouraged Can you elaborate? Is testing discouraged by the government? Medical professionals? Social pressure
by elliekelly 7y ago
> she was not tested because seeking testing is discouraged
Can you elaborate? Is testing discouraged by the government? Medical professionals? Social pressures? Do you think the discouragement stems from a lack of available testing kits or from a place of fear/issue avoidance?
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- kzrdude 7y agoThe government agencies tell you to stay home and not meet anyone if you have symptoms. Yes, you are unlikely to be tested at this point due to lack of resources. Those who are tested are: medical staff and patients who are admitted and kept in hospital care for covid.
- jeltz 7y agoTesting was discouraged due to lack of reagents. They wanted to make sure what little reagents they had were used for hospitalized people and the elderly. There simply was not enough reagents in Sweden to do contact tracing at any useful scale, so we stopped doing that when we started to get too many cases. That is what I heard from people I know who work at or close to the labs doing the testing.
- dijit 7y agoGovernment and Healthcare systems are intermixed in this case. The healthcare system recommends staying away from doctors offices to prevent the risk of spreading the virus, thus you will not be tested until it progresses badly enough to go to ICU.