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TBrown said:
A week too late.

The Ivy League set precedent. The NBA was forced into this by a positive test.
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It probably is. The thing is people are like “so few people are affected right now this is stupid” but because of how long it stays in your system a lot of people have it but don’t realize it.
 
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#71,610
zjcvols said:
It probably is. The thing is people are like “so few people are affected right now this is stupid” but because of how long it stays in your system a lot of people have it but don’t realize it.
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The whole thing is one big second guess. The actions being taken and how widespread they are is hard to even fathom.
 
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GAVol said:
The whole thing is one big second guess. The actions being taken and how widespread they are is hard to even fathom.
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Very true. That’s part of it. This thing popped up four months ago and look what it’s done. We still don’t know all of the facts on it. That is part of the reason for all the hysteria.
 
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zjcvols said:
Very true. That’s part of it. This thing popped up four months ago and look what it’s done. We still don’t know all of the facts on it. That is part of the reason for all the hysteria.
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Absolutely.... and the timeline is even more compressed than that. China alerted WHO that something was going on basically Jan 1 and the first cases got here in February. This has all gone down over the course of about 10 weeks worldwide and less than 6 weeks here.
 
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GAVol said:
Absolutely.... and the timeline is even more compressed than that. China alerted WHO that something was going on basically Jan 1 and the first cases got here in February. This has all gone down over the course of about 10 weeks worldwide and less than 6 weeks here.
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And it’s not gonna pass quickly either. It took China two months before un-quarantine the country. This country will most likely shut down.
 
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At my ER, we test for a number of different viruses, as appropriate. We have individual tests for influenza (A or B, as is standard) and RSV, but we have another test that we can run that we call a Respiratory Biofire test that tests for several different viruses (along with influenza and RSV) including the coronavirus strain that has been here in the US for years. We don't run this test on everyone for a number of reasons. Firstly, it costs about $1800 to run it, making it cost prohibitive for many people. Secondly, their symptoms don't warrant running that particular test. Thirdly, any result is not going to change their treatment since most of these viruses HAVE NO TREATMENT, and fourthly, it takes approximately an hour (usually closer to 90 minutes) to run this test.

I do understand the importance of testing, in regards to getting as much data and information about a new strain of a virus that is spreading around the world, but not every single person that has a cough and a sniffle needs to be tested for COVID-19 when they are otherwise healthy and well. It's a waste of time and resources. You're going to have a number of people that are negative for COVID-19, but may have rhinovirus/adenovirus/parainfluenza....none of which matters because the treatment for all of them is the same....symptom management and mitigation. You're also going to have a number of people that test positive for COVID-19 and are relatively asymptomatic, or at most....have to manage their symptoms the same way as if they had one of these other aforementioned viruses.

Wash your hands. Cover your cough. Stay home if you feel bad.
 
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