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Originally Posted by Fraxum
We have only a few tests so we have no idea how many have it or who has it.
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This situation should improve dramatically in the next few weeks. The social distancing and self-quarantining of anyone with symptoms should slow the spread and buy us some time.
In the US everyone is used to the idea that he can go to his doctor with a runny nose and leave with a script for antibiotics and blood work. There are guidelines for patients with respiratory symptoms that determine the real need for covid-19 testing. The idea that, this time, guidelines will be STRICTLY followed is something of a cultural shift affecting both health care workers and patients.
I am the director of a hospital laboratory. In the next two weeks testing will become more common (though probably still "rationed") and the media will hit us with a barrage of numbers playing up the doomsday scenarios. This is what they do. Sit tight and follow the practical guidelines from the CDC, not nonsense on social media.