I maybe take a sickday every couple years and when I do it’s because insomnia and sleep issues get bad enough it makes me ill. Today is like that slept maybe an hour or so over the weekend, last night got my stomach to a point where I uhh had a rough night... So I emailed my boss I wasnt coming into work today and had my boss and HR start asking me a ton of questions via email. Im like 99% sure I dont have to answer, I only have one symptom that correlates to COVID-19 though. Im hoping they dont make me stay home.
Interesting. I had a somewhat similar experience. Had all the symptoms and waited until my temp hit 102 before going to the ER. They told me I had it. I said, "but you haven't tested me"? The ER physician said why test you? The results could come back negative and I still wouldn't believe it...at this point in time, everyone with your symptoms (including a 102 temperature) has it....why waste the test kit? He gave me a prescription for my cough and respiratory issues and told me to self-quarantine myself. He did x-ray my chest though to make sure I did not have pneumonia, (Luckily I didn't) but he did not want to waste a test kit...which makes sense, either way, I was going to quarantine myself. He said 80% of the people who get it, are fine in a week or two. I am at day 4. If I don't post again.......I was part of the other 20%
Not exactly sure. My guess is until we have a surplus of test kits, they want to save as many as possible for those who are more questionable, as opposed to those who they feel are so sick they should be quarantined regardless. It's not like they have medication yet that will help.
well, its times like these the distance i have living in New Zealand is a massive bonus. we shut down everything about a week ago, borders, gatherings, strict lockdown etc and are currently maybe 5 days behind in testing results. as a primary produce nation i think we're actually pretty good as far as preparedness, we only have 5m people, a good amount of land and our PM isn't a screwup so thats another bonus currently here, we have 48 new cases today (plus another 10 probable) , down from 70 something yesterday - total count is around 650. 14 are in hospital, 2 are in ICU but stable, we've had 1 death, and 74 confirmed recoveries. hopefully, being an island and closing our borders a week back is responsible for the slight downwards trend emerging now. i think we'll likely keep our borders very restricted for the next 12 months. TBH im in favor of having a little more isolation reliance, we are a small but great nation and can definitely support ourselves and our people/businesses more. shout outs to anyone in essential services that are still working and keeping us all safe. plus a big ole fuck you to the idiots ignoring the threat and needlessly risking lives
Chur bro! Hope you aren't buggered walking around in your jandles and a jumper while tramping in the wop wops!
super safe, dont own any jandles and its summer here. but other than that 100% btw, best idea Australia ever had.... https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12320969
this is what ive been saying for the last few weeks or so. people who have symptoms are already quarantining and the treatment course is same as it is for any old flu. it makes a lot more sense to test hospital workers/first responders/ and generally asymptomatic people so they can go about their days without further spreading unknowingly. best wishes on your recovery!
I heard a test was supposedly being sent out this week that was a “5minute onsite” test. Have you heard anything about that?
here's the general framework: https://www.alere.com/en/home/product-details/id-now-covid-19.html its what trump is peddling out. I question how available this is everywhere, but they are apparently gonna start shipping to hospitals tmrw on a large scale. the one we're supporting is still a basic PCR system that takes about a day to come back. Add logistic issues and some people are apparently taking 3 days to hear back. the lack of preparation is so frustrating. outside of the distancing stuff, we needed our leadership to take this shit seriously and have the tools ready before 3000 people died. we had the time and we all knew it was coming.
Whats frustrating is where I work is an, “essential” business... I can technically work from home, but Im exponentially more efficient at work. I absolutely have no desire to make anyone sick at all. Ive been doing my best with social distancing (honestly kind of failing with my kids though), but at work and out and about. If I could get tested for it, Id feel so much better about going into the office. Im not at all saying I should get tested over medical personnel, or people who have symptoms and all that. Just would be so nice to know, am I a carrier, cause if so I’d just plop down and work here even if its ineffecient.
Sorry to hear you got sick too, the virus itself is bad and I can tell you one or two weeks is optimistic. As I’m sure you know it’s like the flu, but basically the flu on super steroids and it will lay you out and make you feel like you’re hit by a train. Unfortunately for me I got the pneumonia, and in the hospital it was so bad that my oxygen saturation in my lungs was under 90% without an oxygen line. With the oxygen line it was at 91% at the low end and I believe I was close to being put on the all too familiar respiratory machine everyone is hearing about. Fortunately the antibiotics did their thing and cleared up my lungs within a few days and I stabilized. Anyway, I hope to see you post again dude good luck and know you’re not alone!
Not to be rude but for perspective a lot of us don’t have that luxury, so if you can stay and work do that. Because a lot of us have to go in and work in person and don’t have an option not too. Remember this virus can affect younger people, so even if you’re not a carrier now you may get it and expose your wife and children to it. As someone that almost certainly has had it, and frankly was fairly close to dying from it, the risk of getting it far outweighs the lack of work efficiency.