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There is still no treatment. THe people I know who were positive literally received absolutely no medication and were told to just stay home for 14 days despite
by berryjerry 6y ago
There is still no treatment. THe people I know who were positive literally received absolutely no medication and were told to just stay home for 14 days despite having a fever and cough. They don't even consider it worthy of any medication or treatment in the U.S. unless you already are obese, diabetic, or have asthma. I think the actual reason we see cases and not deaths is just more testing is happening. At the start they wouldn't even test you if you had a fever and cough unless you knew someone who also had tested positive. Which meant basically it was impossible to get a test because other sick people had the same problem. I have also heard that there is a significant amount of false positives because they rushed most of these testing processes in order to meet demand. I believe it was news that like people had swabbed pieces of fruit like a papaya or something and sent it in and received a positive test still. It is right that most sick or susceptible people are better protecting themselves as well, as they should.
- zamadatix 6y agoThere's a difference between "didn't need treatment/medication" and "no treatment available". A fever/cough don't require prescriptions or a hospital visit, the same as a flu. If things get significantly worse it does, same as a flu (just more likely to happen than with the flu). It's also important to note treatment isn't the same thing as a cure. Treatment is any medical care for the illness (i.e. things that help keep you alive through it) not just things that make the illness go away (bit of a rectangle/square thing).