40 minutes on hold with D.C. Department of Health. Woman answers. Me: "I'm trying to get a coronavirus test..." Her: "Please hold". She forwarded my call to the generic 311 city services number.
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Btw for everyone screaming, "Trump's fault!" at this, I am talking about the D.C. Dept of Health. D.C. is a Democrat-run city. Try harder.
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FYI I have now made 15-20 calls to local CDC, DoH, national CDC, and Dr's offices/urgent care/hospitals. No one can tell me where/how I get tested, and I'm just stuck in a circle. My case is more tricky apparently as I do not have a doctor in D.C.
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Latest wait time on CDC info line is "over 60 minutes".
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I got some helpful advice from PG County, MD. Nothing from any DC authority. Goes to show it’s not a matter of central governance problems, but rather implementation at a local level.
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But it's " superior "
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Call the lab - Quest Diagnostics. Ask if they can refer to you to a doctor so you can get the test.
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Raheem...presuming you’ve had the flu before, how are your symptoms similar or different?
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FYI, guidance DC DOH is giving healthcare providers. Says patients should see hc provider 1st, then hc provider vets patient, calls a # if COVID suspected, leaves a vm with a tel # re the patient, DOH returns hc provider vm's first: http://shorturl.at/amvOW
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That PDF has a list of 10 things the HC provider will need to establish/do *prior* to contacting DC DOH - including screening for strep, flu, other respiratory panels. So you gotta get tested for those before they'll do a COVID test, among other things.
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The less people they test. The less confirmed cases they have. Simples.
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