Quarantined Nurse’s Scorching Anti-CDC Rant Goes Viral

[MunoRN]

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National Nurses Union President Deborah Burger released a scathing statement from a quarantined nurse criticizing the CDC for its purported refusal to test her for coronavirus even though she had been exposed to the pathogen.

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Quarantined Nurse's Scorching Anti-CDC Rant Goes Viral: 'I'm Appalled at the Level of Bureaucracy' on Coronavirus Testing

[Wizard 1]

On 3/25/2020 at 12:43 PM, Artemis said:

I think you are right.

I speak for myself that I would rather remove myself from a situation I do not agree with, then fight it. I don't think attacking anyone's opinion is going to make anything better. If someone thinks they have a better solution I would hope they speak up but attacking does not solve anything.

I agree, I think that healthcare workers do have a lot of power right now.

Yes. We need to use that.

[eerrmm]

On 3/27/2020 at 7:07 PM, brownbook said:

Thanks, all I wanted was facts. Could you direct me to the news article about the government, including the CDC, was stockpiling PPE and not providing it to bedside nurses until now?

Google Strategic National Stockpile. They've started to share now so that's nice.

https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/amid-mounting-shortage-5-facts-about-the-nations-stockpile-of-emergency-m/574602/

[brownbook]

On 3/27/2020 at 2:42 PM, eliza30 said:

We are each entitled to our own opinions. These were facts. When government is stockpiling,that is shocking. They do not do that in other countries. Now they have enacted the disaster system. Thank the Lord. Hopefully we will have adequate PPE very soon.

I really like it when I learn, understand why, a belief I held was wrong, or I wasn't see both sides of an issue. Do you mean; "When government is stockpiling, that is shocking." Is it shockingly good, or shockingly bad?

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

What gets me is the incorrect statistics that are being thrown around by news sources. Every news station is giving daily reports of numbers infected and number of deaths for all the states in our viewing area. Yet what they are not saying is how many more positives there potentially are since most people with mild to moderate symptoms are not being tested at all. That makes the death toll percentage reports totally inaccurate since it is not actually compared to the total number of confirmed positive's, probably not even close to the real number of positive cases.

[Guest219794]

1 hour ago, kbrn2002 said:

What gets me is the incorrect statistics that are being thrown around by news sources. Every news station is giving daily reports of numbers infected and number of deaths for all the states in our viewing area. Yet what they are not saying is how many more positives there potentially are since most people with mild to moderate symptoms are not being tested at all. That makes the death toll percentage reports totally inaccurate since it is not actually compared to the total number of confirmed positive's, probably not even close to the real number of positive cases.

This is true. Where I live, things are just starting with 303 confirmed, 5 dead. Calling this a mortality rate of 1.5% is entirely misleading. For the most part, if somebody shows up looking like they are Covid positive, we send them home without testing. And, of course there are all the ones who come for testing, get 1-1 instruction on how to manage if they do develop symptoms who later become sick, but stay off the radar.

So, while deaths are over represented, the overall amount is hugely under represented.

It is hard for most to grasp that, even if we think you have it, we won't test you.

That 303 is clearly the tip of the iceberg. I wonder if anybody has figured out a rough estimated ratio of positive test results to positive Covid.