by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform
This twitter post tells you all you need to know about our government and our fucked up healthcare system. Trump and Pence can do bullshit press conferences every day bloviating about what a wonderful job they are doing, but the reality is below. Incompetence and idiocy rule the day.
2. She stays home. Binges Netflix etc. Wednesday she feels worse. Crap. Tightness in her chest. “I have asthma and I need to see a doctor” she says. “I was in Thailand + on a plane full of people who embarked in Seoul. “Stay home” says DOH #COVIDー19 2/
— Courtney Carlson (@courtneycyarkin) March 7, 2020
4. She’s sick and exhausted. I text a local ER doctor. He says: don’t go to the ER unless you are critical. You WILL NOT be tested unless you have fever. Really? She was on a plane for 14 hours with 300+ people who embarked in Seoul. 5 days in Thailand. RON at LHR. #COVID 4/
— Courtney Carlson (@courtneycyarkin) March 7, 2020
6. She thinks the responsible thing to do is go to the ER and get tested. She has all symptoms except fever. She was certainly exposed in Seoul, ✈️ Thailand or LHR. She obviously doesn’t want to infect her kids or have them carry it and transmit to their large schools. 6/
— Courtney Carlson (@courtneycyarkin) March 7, 2020
8. With the assurance of a test, off she goes to the ER. (All the while, feels awful, drives self because, quarantine) at ER and is quickly isolated, then waits because ERs are busy and healthcare in America is fucked and thank you frontline healthcare workers! 8/
— Courtney Carlson (@courtneycyarkin) March 7, 2020
10. Doctor appeals: She needs the test. She was in the Seoul airport, flew with passengers of unknown travel history 14 hrs from Seoul. She has all of the other symptoms. DOH: she does not have a fever, NO TEST. #COVID19 10/
— Courtney Carlson (@courtneycyarkin) March 7, 2020
11. DOH: She wasn’t in Seoul long enough to get it. Hospital COS appeals, no test. Friend is discharged to self-isolate for 14 days from Seoul. She is not alone The reported #COVID19 numbers are BOGUS. People who likely have it are not being tested. Why? @MayorBowser @AltHHS
— Courtney Carlson (@courtneycyarkin) March 7, 2020