03-16-2020, 04:31 PM
(03-12-2020, 11:19 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: CT scans consistent with Covid-19? I’m really skeptical they had CT scans consistent with one specific type of virus. Especially a novel virus that is new. In order for a CT scan to be “consistent with” something you need to have seen that finding over and over and over and over . . . I doubt they’ve seen that volume of patients infected with the coronavirus to make such an association.
Added: God, I’m glad I don’t do Twitter. I clicked on that tweet and saw Andrew Goldman’s tweets. God, he is a bit of a drama queen. Is everyone one Twitter a drama queen? I think if they have the need to tweet out every thought that enters their head because they believe everyone else is interested in knowing every thought that enters their head then they gotta be a drama queen by default.
So Andrew Goldman tweeted he eventually tested positive for Covid-19 about 4-5 days after becoming ill.
But, here’s the thing. The initial medical advice was to stay home until he wasn’t sick any more and supportive measures which is the standard of care for viral respiratory infections when it is mild. Once he received his positive test result the treatment was EXACTLY THE SAME. So in his need to get tested rather than follow medical advice and stay home until he was well (or return for re-evaluation of worsening symptoms) he continued to expose other patients and healthcare workers to Covid-19 even though the test result didn’t affect his treatment or his contagiousness to others.
He also claimed the way to stop the spread is testing. No! The way to stop the spread is social distancing when you’re sick. In his case, as in most cases of healthy patients, it doesn’t really matter which respiratory virus is making you sick because the course of the illness, prognosis, treatment, and contagiousness are the same and his immune system would get rid of the infection given time to run its course. If you’re getting worse, of course seek additional care. But, this is an example of a patient making a mountain out of a molehill.
This isn’t to say testing isn’t important when indicated, but rather to stress the importance of social distancing when you’re sick regardless with a viral respiratory infection whether it is the flu or Covid-19.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-diagnosing-coronavirus-patients-looking-003200596.html
So as I suspected “ground glass” appearance is a non-specific finding which has multiple causes and isn’t consistent with one specific virus. So this is an example of a reporter not understanding the medical information she was given which is very common among patients. Not poor reporting, just a poor understanding of the subject material.