Wife works at a hospital that had an “essential personnel” co-worker with fever and cough test negative for flu A and strep, but no corona test available.
I dont personally know anyone who has been tested, or personally know anyone confirmed covoid infected (anecdotal).
Ate they testing people out there? At this point, beyond research purposes, I’m not sure what testing does – if you’re sick stay home and flatten the curve.
They are testing people but they don’t have enough tests so they are only testing the most severe at the moment. Oh, and NBA players……
Steve Karlin a TV 8 news caster here in DSM is now. Here is a video happening this afternoon.
https://www.kcci.com/article/kcci-s-steve-karlin-tests-for-covid-19/31765090?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WATCH:%20KCCI%27s%20Steve%20Karlin%20tests%20for%20COVID-19&utm_term=kcci_news_local_breaking
Wife works at a hospital that had an “essential personnel” co-worker with fever and cough test negative for flu A and strep, but no corona test available.
I dont personally know anyone who has been tested, or personally know anyone confirmed covoid infected (anecdotal).
Ate they testing people out there? At this point, beyond research purposes, I’m not sure what testing does – if you’re sick stay home and flatten the curve.
crazy that she’s essential personnel and can’t get tested.
Testing would let other workers know if they should get tested themselves, possible quarantine and not shed the virus unknowingly.
They don’t have enough tests and they don’t have enough time. These tests are literally taking a week or more to come back if they come back at all, many are being frozen. I know a lot of people in the medical field they are all frustrated but nothing that can be done except self quarantine if you have any symptoms. We don’t have stockpiles of tests or vaccines to fight this.
This is the reason everyone is being told to stay home and flatten the curve. Our medical system is on it heals fighting. This isn’t a normal flu, this can get out of hand real quick and I’m afraid we are just days from that moment if people don’t start taking this more seriously.
A person in the medical section of the government who knows a close family member of mine, told that they knew about these restrictions weeks ahead of time. They had to wait until the #’s were there to set them in place or people would go nuts.
How relatively new this virus is still to everyone it doesn’t surprise me there’s not enough tests. These things don’t poof magically happen overnight I’d imagine and when you have a global need for it, you could have 50 manufacturers making them since day 1 and still not keep up.
It’ll be fun for the next 20 yrs arguing how bad this really was or wasn’t bc noone knew just how many people did get infected won’t it? 
How relatively new this virus is still to everyone it doesn’t surprise me there’s not enough tests. These things don’t poof magically happen overnight I’d imagine and when you have a global need for it, you could have 50 manufacturers making them since day 1 and still not keep up.
A good amount of test have magically happened in other countries. Here are the numbers from a few days ago before the US started saying don’t bother coming in for a test:
Population/ test
US: 327 m / 25,000
Italy: 60 m / 134,000
South Korea: 52 m / 274,000
Granted even South Korea’s testing percent is really low but the US testing is pathetic
A few thoughts on not testing:
1. we don’t have enough test anyway
2. not testing will help keep healthcare workers from getting sick
3. I think we already have bad statistical data on number infected and that will just get worse, and certainly will validate all the arguments about this being overblown (lets hope!) It certainly will be easy to boast about how the US did a perfectly wonderful job containing this because they did a horrible job testing
4. Despite the reported numbers being so low somehow 3 years from now every person you talk to will say they survived getting COVID 19 
They are testing people but they don’t have enough tests so they are only testing the most severe at the moment. Oh, and NBA players……
funny you bring that up because that moron Adam Silver wants to set up a fundraising pick up NBA game. Of course those players will be tested prior to playing but your sickest americans can’t even get tested.
but your sickest americans can’t even get tested.
What does getting tested prove?
If you are sick with regular flu stay home! If you’re sick with the CV stay home! It doesn’t matter what you have if you are sick stay home. Doesn’t seem that hard to understand I don’t see why we would need to be tested.
The testing is for knowledge about who came in contact with the infected individual and if they need to do 14 day quarantine or not. If people do not know if they have been exposed then they keep going about there normal life and bring it to work before they show symptoms.
The testing is for knowledge about who came in contact with the infected individual and if they need to do 14 day quarantine or not. If people do not know if they have been exposed then they keep going about there normal life and bring it to work before they show symptoms.
We are shutting down businesses in the name of this thing. The least a sick person can do is quarantine themselves for 14 days… this seems like a way better option than dragging your sick self into a hospital to get tested. Testing at this point seems like a selfish thing to do.
Unless of course you are elderly or have other other medical issues where knowing would be beneficial.
How do you define sick?
Cough, slight cough, sniffle, 99.0 temp? What if you have seasonal allergies? Molds high right now, play it safe stay home? Runny nose but no temp, temp but no cough, temp cough but no sore throat, where do you define it and do you expect an entire society to follow those rules when it’s been clearly shown thus far, many go sheep mode in this situation and will do whatever they feel they need to for THEMSELVES?
How do you define sick?
Cough, slight cough, sniffle, 99.0 temp? What if you have seasonal allergies? Molds high right now, play it safe stay home? Runny nose but no temp, temp but no cough, temp cough but no sore throat, where do you define it and do you expect an entire society to follow those rules when it’s been clearly shown thus far, many go sheep mode in this situation and will do whatever they feel they need to for THEMSELVES?
That’s exactly the issue Beads. Ever go to the ER or urgent care? The place is full of people with a runny nose but no temp, temp but no cough, temp cough but no sore throat. The same would happen with CV testing. People who don’t need it but “just want to see if they have it” will clog the system and overwhelm it. In other countries people don’t use the ER and urgent care like we do. The Governor said yesterday some of the tests that we had were diverted to higher need areas and left us with very few. Then anyone who did get tested had their samples frozen due to a backlog. This pandemic is revealing many bottlenecks in the way we do business in this country. There is so much red tape and regulation that it is now biting us in the butt. That has to change. Since 911 authorities have practiced mass casualty drills. I guess no one ever thought a bit bigger than a few hundred.
My co were workers kid has cold like symptoms at home fever. Should she not come to work? Should I not come to work tomorrow because I was around her.
Kids often do not have fever with this. She could be spreading it to alot of people before she is symptomatic. A drive up test like in South Korea would allow us to make educated decisions. Drive up testing exposes to nothing.
How do we know if measures we are taking are helping if we aren’t testing. Do we need stricter rules? We will never know with out testing.
Does not really matter since we don’t have tests available.
They are testing people but they don’t have enough tests so they are only testing the most severe at the moment. Oh, and NBA players……
Ohh and NFL coaches…Sean payton has virus
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>eyeguy507 wrote:</div>
but your sickest americans can’t even get tested.What does getting tested prove?
If you are sick with regular flu stay home! If you’re sick with the CV stay home! It doesn’t matter what you have if you are sick stay home. Doesn’t seem that hard to understand I don’t see why we would need to be tested.
With CV, you are contagious long before you show signs of illness. That’s one of the reasons this is such a big problem.
My wealth is not measured in the $10s of millions or higher, therefore I have not been tested.
With CV, you are contagious long before you show signs of illness. That’s one of the reasons this is such a big problem.
Yup. There’s nothing we can do about that other than try to avoid crowds and wash your hands.
We certainly aren’t going to start testing perfectly healthy people.
My wealth is not measured in the $10s of millions or higher, therefore I have not been tested.
At least you realize how it works.
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<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>pass0047 wrote:</div>
The testing is for knowledge about who came in contact with the infected individual and if they need to do 14 day quarantine or not. If people do not know if they have been exposed then they keep going about there normal life and bring it to work before they show symptoms.We are shutting down businesses in the name of this thing. The least a sick person can do is quarantine themselves for 14 days… this seems like a way better option than dragging your sick self into a hospital to get tested. Testing at this point seems like a selfish thing to do.
Unless of course you are elderly or have other other medical issues where knowing would be beneficial.
you do realize that getting tested means going through a drive through in what I presume would be the more populated cities. Its a 2 minute procedure but Most cities do not even have test kits available unless you are High society.
My brother got tested in Madison.
Took 3 days for results, and he is far too short to be a pro ball player.
Must be an advantage of being a citiot- more tests readily available.
For the life of me I can’t remember- what do we call rural folks again?
My daughter was tested at Mayo, sent home and got the results about 5 days later. She has pretty poor health for a 29 year old. She has a autoimmune disease and has had 10 surgeries in her short life. She’s having some chest tightness but her fever is gone.
I woke up on Wednesday morning with a mild runny nose/sinus issue. I have not had any other symptoms like fever, sore throat, aches, breathing difficulties, etc. I’m wondering myself if this is the virus but since I cannot get tested, I’ll never know. There doesn’t seem to be much out there about people who have “mild” symptoms but I’m bunkered down at home anyways for at least another week so there’s no risk of getting anyone else sick.
My daughter was tested at Mayo, sent home and got the results about 5 days later. She has pretty poor health for a 29 year old. She has a autoimmune disease and has had 10 surgeries in her short life. She’s having some chest tightness but her fever is gone.
That sounds like good news. I hope she continues to improve.
As far as testing I think you need to fall into one of a few high risk categories. At least at this point it sounds like those that need to be tested are getting tested. I hope it stays that way.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>belletaine wrote:</div>
My daughter was tested at Mayo, sent home and got the results about 5 days later. She has pretty poor health for a 29 year old. She has a autoimmune disease and has had 10 surgeries in her short life. She’s having some chest tightness but her fever is gone.That sounds like good news. I hope she continues to improve.
As far as testing I think you need to fall into one of a few high risk categories. At least at this point it sounds like those that need to be tested are getting tested. I hope it stays that way.
Thanks Joe. She didn’t even go there with the intention of getting tested. It was done due to symptoms.
I just heard a Wisconsin man in his 50’s passed from it.
She’s having some chest tightness but her fever is gone.
Good to hear Scott, been thinking of you guys a lot and hope she kicks it quickly.
I woke up on Wednesday morning with a mild runny nose/sinus issue. I have not had any other symptoms like fever, sore throat, aches, breathing difficulties, etc. I’m wondering myself if this is the virus but since I cannot get tested, I’ll never know.
I’ve read it dries out the sinuses, so a runny nose is a good indication you don’t have it, but I’m not a Dr and didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
I’ve read it dries out the sinuses, so a runny nose is a good indication you don’t have it, but I’m not a Dr and didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
The most measurable symptom seems to be the fever of 100.4 or higher in my opinion. Better to be more cautious on this I guess.
I’m not a Dr and didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
[/quote]I’m no gynecologist but I’ll take a look. 
I’m not sure how much good a test will even do. If you test Negative then your likely to go about things as normal. Now the day after you test negative you go out to try and find some TP and other things every place is short on. You come in contact with the virus and get it. You spend days running around thinking you are good while now spreading it to everyone you make close contact with. Would testing all or even just sick people lead to more confirmed cases – Duh Ya. Would it make much if any difference in the spread of it, I doubt it. This virus like many others before it will run its course and life will go on.
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