I have been interested to see news reports of drive through testing. To date testing is very limited in my area and folks cannot easily be tested. Today the local health officer said this:
“The really unfortunate thing that we heard last night; so right now we have about a hundred and sixty tests left for the for the county as a whole, and we contacted the state for a replacement tests, and they told us that until we get positive tests, we can’t get test kits, which is about as insane as it sounds. And so, unfortunately, we’ve had to dramatically cut back on testing. So we are now only testing hospitalized patients. Outpatient, we are only testing first responders, hospital workers and people in long-term care facilities. We continue to have critical shortages of personal protective equipment. One of our great challenges is, right now, those are also not being filled by the state. We have received no fills on any of the orders we sent to the state. And again, we are being told that we can’t have any orders filled until we get positive tests, and we can’t get tests to find out if we have any one positive.”
Has anyone here been tested? How reliable do you think tests are?
“The really unfortunate thing that we heard last night; so right now we have about a hundred and sixty tests left for the for the county as a whole, and we contacted the state for a replacement tests, and they told us that until we get positive tests, we can’t get test kits, which is about as insane as it sounds. And so, unfortunately, we’ve had to dramatically cut back on testing. So we are now only testing hospitalized patients. Outpatient, we are only testing first responders, hospital workers and people in long-term care facilities. We continue to have critical shortages of personal protective equipment. One of our great challenges is, right now, those are also not being filled by the state. We have received no fills on any of the orders we sent to the state. And again, we are being told that we can’t have any orders filled until we get positive tests, and we can’t get tests to find out if we have any one positive.”
Has anyone here been tested? How reliable do you think tests are?