OFF TOPIC for those who need to avoid such! https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2020/07/09/my-investigation-of-the-so-called-covid-deaths/
On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 2:50 AM sandra george <oha...@juno.com> wrote: > 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, bbane...@earthlink.net 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/> > > > <https://www.intellihub.com/shocker-cdc-admits-covid-19-positive-result-just-means-youve-previously-had-the-common-cold/> > <https://www.intellihub.com/shocker-cdc-admits-covid-19-positive-result-just-means-youve-previously-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 < <nenah12egro...@cox.net> > > nenah12egro...@cox.net > > 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-paid-more-covid-19-patients-coronavirus/3000638001/> > > > <https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/04/24/fact-check-medicare-hospitals...> > > > 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*. > > > > > > >