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But what's the point of testing people that are already sick? We don't treat Covid patients any differently than any other patients that develop pneumonia
by RandallBrown 7y ago
But what's the point of testing people that are already sick?
We don't treat Covid patients any differently than any other patients that develop pneumonia
- uxp100 7y agoWe often put covid and suspected covid in separate areas of the hospital from others, with a different staff.
- uxp100 7y agokjust to be clear, this is just what friends have told me, this is the communal we, I do not work in a hospital.
- corny 7y agoThe point is to catch as many infected people as possible with limited available resources. When someone is found to have the virus, then contact tracing is used to identify even more infected people and to shut down local outbreaks asap. Only a minority of people with mild symptoms actually have the virus.