in California, there are likely several thousand people who have been exposed to COVID-19. but only 516 people have been tested across the entire state so far
scoops from @Emily_Baum and me: latimes.com/science/story/…
scoops from @Emily_Baum and me: latimes.com/science/story/…
LA County says its lab has such limited capacity that it can't adopt new CDC guidelines allowing doctors to test anyone with symptoms.
When one woman called multiple hospitals asking for testing, she got the same answer.
“I said ‘Who does testing? And they said, ‘No idea."
When one woman called multiple hospitals asking for testing, she got the same answer.
“I said ‘Who does testing? And they said, ‘No idea."
“I had a patient with clear coronavirus symptoms, but the health dept didn’t think he should be tested,” said ER doctor, who immediately after treated an 80-year-old, immune-compromised patient.
"If I’m taking coronavirus in there, it’s mild for me, but it’s deadly for her."
"If I’m taking coronavirus in there, it’s mild for me, but it’s deadly for her."
We've "been working in the trenches in the ER, and we can’t get people tested,” a doc said.
The doctor said one suspected coronavirus patient was a transplant nurse, whose job is to work with immune-deficient patients. “I said, ‘Come on! Please! We need to test her!’”
The doctor said one suspected coronavirus patient was a transplant nurse, whose job is to work with immune-deficient patients. “I said, ‘Come on! Please! We need to test her!’”
A California nurse exposed to COVID on the job says she has symptoms and the CDC won’t test her latimes.com/science/story/… 
