A Nurse friend just sent me this... Please read...
"I can't even begin to tell you how many patients are coming to the ER requesting COVID-19 testing that have little or no symptoms or proven exposure. If you really believe you could have it, stay home and self quarantine. Even if you DO have symptoms, you do NOT need testing or Emergency Room care unless your symptoms are severe and you are in significant distress! We simply do not have the resources to test or treat everyone. Masks are literally under lock and key and being rationed to healthcare providers!! We are short on gowns, goggles, hepa filters, and isolation rooms! You are endangering so many other citizens and staff members when you come to the ER for your completely manageable 102°F temperature or because you work with someone who knows someone who 'definitely has it.' STAY HOME UNLESS YOU ARE IN DISTRESS. If you ARE in distress, call 911 or call ahead to your local ER and seek immediate treatment. We know this is scary. We get it! Abusing the system is not helping the situation. Please be mindful of your community and your healthcare providers."
Hi ,
Last place I would want to be is in an emergency room especially if I wasn’t sure ,
“do I feel sick ? or don’t I ? “
I think you’d know it if you had a temperature of a 110, coughing your lungs out and unable to breath.
No doubt someone in that room could have it, and, after they’ve coughed all over you, chances are, you might actually get it too,
Gee whiz, you haven’t wasted your trip to ER after all, you can now join the ranks of those , with it.
Might have made more sense to stay at home and self isolate if not sure, and call an ambulance if things get bad.
Really can’t believe people are so STUPID.
Donny, I feel so sorry for these health workers who have to deal with this .