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Part of the issue may be that there are cohorts of people who will go to the hospital as a matter of course even with mild COVID symptoms.
by babyshake 5y ago
Part of the issue may be that there are cohorts of people who will go to the hospital as a matter of course even with mild COVID symptoms.
- HarryHirsch 5y agoThey will overrun the ICU's with mild Covid symptoms? That was the problem during last year's big waves - overflowing ICU's combined with hospital staff out sick.
- spookthesunset 5y agoIt is highly plausible they were out because they tested positive. If the test didn’t exist they’d go into work and be fine. …it’s a self created problem. All this testing caused people to loose their rational thinking.
- HarryHirsch 5y agoLook, it's a communicable disease. There's no need for healthcare staff to spread Covid to each and any patient that comes to see them. The phenomenon of asymptomatic/presymptomatic spread is well known with Covid. "My Tinder date told me she has chlamydia, but she's asymptomatic. All good!"
- spookthesunset 5y agoThen why not test for every other respiratory virus too? Why just Covid?
- HarryHirsch 5y agoBecause such would imply mandatory unlimited paid sick leave, unthinkable in the current political environment. OSHA only recommends flu testing and leave for healthcare personnel, but they are a joke.
- detaro 5y agoYou can go to a hospital, and will be sent home if you don't need to stay in hospital, especially if the hospital has more urgent patients to attend to.