Thank you for this detailed report on the facts much appreciated especially with all the mis information which is out there!! Love & Hugs Sandee🐬
> On Jul 8, 2020, at 4:30 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > 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] > > > 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" 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, 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. > > > >
