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I’ve suspended all audio activities after my dac tested positive for covid19.
The fear will cause far more damage than the virus ....
After Utah Jazz player tested positive.Wow !!
Yes it has. But this must be taken seriously. I’m front line as an emergency doc. This has been spreading since the last quarter of 2019. I haven’t been able to order the testing until this week. 4 out of 5 who tested positive have minimal symptoms, and it is now proven to be community spread. Approximately 1% of those testing positive die. Am I concerned that the testing kits have not been available? Should more have been done sooner by the government? Do you think I’m scared? Edit: I stand corrected, CNN just reported that the US has tested a staggering 11k patients thus far
I am also an emergency medicine doctor. The U.S. and world have dropped the ball. As soon as this became epidemic in china, all travel should have been stopped around the world. Now it is too little too late. The train has left the station. Imagine if 10-15% of people over 60 died world wide. I am scared. I am 61 and have asthma and well controlled diabetes but it puts me at a 10% risk or more of dying. People 70 and older have a 10-15% chance of dying and even higher with all the possible health problems that go along with that age group.This virus is bad, the number of infected people is much higher than is reported and it is more contagious than influenza.Currently there are not enough test kits to go around and the test do have false negatives and positives. And we are currently being over run in the clinics and emergency departments with people wanting to be tested even though they have no symptoms or just the common cold.
It’s kind of difficult to fault people for panicking and wanting to be tested though. I’m asymptomatic and would be tested if it wouldn’t take away resources and time from those who really need it. Reasoning is I work for a pharmaceutical company and I’m on the manufacturing floor. But my main reason is my mother is 63, had a kidney transplant a few years ago and therefore is on immunosuppressants. I don’t want to give her this virus, so I stay away, regardless of if I have any symptoms or not. Getting tested would be nice, but far too many others need it more than I do right now. But not everyone thinks that way. Somewhat understandably too. Would you want to unknowingly give a loved one who’s at risk this virus?
There is no point in testing for it if you have no symptoms. It is a nasopharyngeal swab and you need to have an active infection.We just had a patient who has been ill for 6 weeks with viral bronchitis (viral bronchitis typically lasts 4-8 weeks) and has been seen twice for this. The patient presented again yesterday demanding to be tested for Corona and said if not tested they would go to the news media. The patient doesn't fking get it that the virus does not last that long and that we cant test everybody. It also ties us up for almost an hour because we have to put on PPE protection twice and fill out several forms that have to go the the dept. of health. Then the room cannot be used for at least 2 hours per our protocol. In addition, we do not have enough protective gear (PPE) to test every one because as soon as you step out of the room, you have to throw it all away. If you go back in the room, you have to put on all new gear.
