From an ER doc in New York City on shift today: “Today. Is. F’ing. Nuts. It kinda blew up here. And sending home lots of people undoubtedly positive because we don’t test on discharged patients. This has been spreading a long time.”
No. This is the first spike. You may still need serious invasive treatment if you get it. What you want to do is contract it after cases have leveled off, catch it early through expanded testing and take advantage of available convalescent plasma.
