04-17-2020, 11:53 AM
(04-17-2020, 10:28 AM)michaelsean Wrote: I’m just curious. Nobody could say what it was, and it hit them hard. One week basically incapacitated. Three weeks of a bad cough and maybe a week or two of a nagging cough.
At that point it was more likely the flu. But, I’ve got the same problem as a provider; I’m curious, but I can’t test. They’ve got me in a tent in a parking lot wearing full PPE examining patients with respiratory symptoms with limited resources, but I can’t test any of them for this coronavirus. Best I can do is give them a phone number where they can be screened. If they meet the testing protocol they will be given an appointment to be tested in a different tent across town. But, the people at that tent aren’t providers so they can’t do any treatment or diagnosis anyone with anything. So they can test, but not treat. I can treat, but not test. It’s f’n stupid and that’s just the tip of the stupidity iceberg.