This article is very misleading. The test that is given for COVID-19 is a PCR test that measures for fragments of the RNA virus. It does not measure antibodies. That is a completely different type of test used to see if you've been exposed to the virus but it isn't the test to see if you carry the virus. PCR tests are given by swabbing the nose or mouth, antibody tests are conducted by a blood draw. Neither test shows if you have a live viral infection. In fact no one has been able to culture a live virus from a person who has been symptom free for more than 8 days. The rule of thumb is to wait 14 days without symptoms before going back out. It is possible to still test positive using PCR as it only looks for viral fragments that you might still shed for weeks or even months afterwards. It does NOT mean you are infected. Hope this helps.
Sent using myEarthLink On Tue Jul 07 22:44:31 PDT 2020 Deborah Gerard wrote: Read this about the CDC admitting you test positive it just means you had the common cold... https://www.intellihub.com/shocker-cdc-admits-covid-19-positive-result-just-means-youve-previously-had-the-common-cold/ On Tuesday, July 7, 2020, 12:11:04 PM EDT, Nenah Sylver < [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > wrote: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators April 24, 2020, USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/24/fact-check-medicare-hospitals... Sen. Scott Jensen, R-Minn., a physician in Minnesota, was interviewed by "The Ingraham Angle (https://www.foxnews.com/shows/ingraham-angle)" host Laura Ingraham on April 8 on Fox News and claimed hospitals get paid more if Medicare patients are listed as having COVID-19 and get three times as much money if they need a ventilator. On April 19, he doubled down on his assertion via video on his Facebook page. Jensen said, "Hospital administrators might well want to see COVID-19 attached to a discharge summary or a death certificate. Why? Because if it's a straightforward, garden-variety pneumonia that a person is admitted to the hospital for – if they're Medicare – typically, the diagnosis-related group lump sum payment would be $5,000. But if it's COVID-19 pneumonia, then it's $13,000, and if that COVID-19 pneumonia patient ends up on a ventilator, it goes up to $39,000." He noted that some states ... specifically New York, list all presumed cases, which is allowed under guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as of mid-April and which will result in a larger payout. The coronavirus relief legislation created a 20% premium (https://www.aha.org/advisory/2020-04-16-coronavirus-update-cms-releases-guidance-implementing-cares-act-provisions), or add-on, for COVID-19 Medicare patients. We rate the claim that hospitals get paid more if patients are listed as COVID-19 and on ventilators as TRUE. Hospitals and doctors do get paid ... three times more if the patients are placed on a ventilator to cover the cost of care and loss of business resulting from a shift in focus to treat COVID-19 cases.
