So. Time to catch y’all up on the last 48 hours. I have virtually no interest in stoking more paranoia. Let’s just call this sharing a laser-focused expression of my personal experience in the current health crisis and the problems of navigating it.
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So now that I have the cough. I call my doc. We go over everything, but here’s the problem. I could tell he was frustrated with the health department when he, you know, started talking about being frustrated with the health department.
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Because they can’t test unless I’ve 1) been traveling to “countries effected” (you know, as if we’re not effected) or 2) knowingly interacted with someone who has tested positive.
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And it’s like, dude, it’s LA and I probably could have publicly interacted with lots of people last week who had travelled or exposure, or a million other things. I was frustrated. He felt the same frustration.
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To be clear, when it comes to establishing just how many are getting sick and who has it, this effectively dysfunction incarnate. The height of the US being unprepared to deal with the BASIC need to test those who actually have all the symptoms.
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And what if one my friends god forbid starts feeling the same way but they also can’t get a test, all because they didn’t TEST ME in turn. This is utter hilarity of testing standards not fitting how fast this all moves.
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The non-confirmation can just go on and on and on with all of us. Which sucks because the solution with my doctor is that we still just “treat as though it is.”
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I’m in good shape enough that I can get through. I just continue my long quarantine. Not interact with a soul. And yes, this could also just be another strain of flu not in the flu shot. OF COURSE. But it sucks feeling completely helpless and unsure with Schroedinger’s Covid.
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I have enough food and things for next few days, but already I’m worried about straining friends - and the ransacking going on in supermarkets. I just tried to buy groceries online and it’s impossible. They’re out. But the real thing I’m thinking about…
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Is right now, how many people across the country are in this same position where they’re sick w/ close symptoms and unsure? Is even talking about this online irresponsible and fear stoking? Is NOT mentioning that this is happening irresponsible?
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Am I being paranoid or not paranoid enough? I dunno. I’m tired and my whole body hurts. Be safe out there <3
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And oh hey, a thread that speaks to this exact problem happening across the nation...https://twitter.com/vivek_murthy/status/1238500475068125192 …
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To those saying, "there's a chance this just the flu, too." Oh I absolutely know. I said as much. This is the base problem of confusion. Same goes for actually knowing if I had it or not for when this later blows up and I wonder if I can expose myself or not. Schrödinger's Covid
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Oh and to those sort of implying, NONE OF THIS goes against my doctor or anyone else trying to make insanely hard judgement calls with incredibly limited resources. It's the problems of the situation itself.
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Another incredibly telling chart about what's going on re: who we test and who we don't test:https://twitter.com/markwby/status/1238867143363567616 …
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Update #1: Fever finally lowering? Think I might be able to sleep without waking up every hour in a puddle of sweat! Update #2: Found an almost-expired bag of cough drops in a cabinet and I literally wept with joy. EVERYTHING'S COMING UP MILHOUSE.
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Update: Woke up feeling like shit. Doctor overwhelmed, so ppl who understand these things better than me GROSS CW, what to do if phlegm has lots of brown and red when I woke up, now sports the occasional pink? Even the regular greenish seems very dark olive. Haven't seen before.
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Understanding this range of effect is critical, but because we're not really testing, we can't figure out who has it and where it's coming from. So it's just going to go everywhere.https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/13/814691018/coronavirus-symptoms-defining-mild-moderate-and-severe …
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For an off-the-record idea of the scaling here: doctors in SF getting 300+ cases with full covid-19 symptoms... They can test 30.
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Day 5 Update: thought was over hump, woke up to worst coughing yet. Lungs and throat almost sting. Hard to get air. Can't go 15 seconds without coughing fit. Coughed so hard it messed up gag reflex and puked. EVERYTHING IS NOT COMING UP MILHOUSE. As always, talking with doctor.
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Update: I'm still up coughing and this week can suck farts
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Update: Whatever the hell this is, it's one of the weirdest fucking things I've ever had. Energy was good today, cough settled p good, but I just tried lying down for sleep an hour ago and there's something about being horizontal that WRECKS my lungs.
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Literally every two seconds I'm coughing so bad and now it's fucked up my gag reflex so I'm THAT'S happening - and even neighbors worried. I was literally smooth sailing two hours ago. This whole thing is up down up down up down up down up down
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