My husband's coworker's wife is a hospital nurse. She has 5 patients with full on COVID-19 symptoms, but they aren't allowed to report them as potential cases and the government is slow rolling the testing process, so they have no idea when they will get the results.
How are they slow-rolling the testing process? Is it a situation where there aren't enough tests or facilities, or are they actively slowing it down in some manner?
I am curious to know, because I was explicitly told by my pediatrician that he did not have tests available. Wondering if this is an availability thing or a government fudging the numbers deliberately thing.
Could be either I guess. Yay.
@janallmac they don't have the tests AND they are refusing testing for people with symptoms and/or who have possibly been exposed, but also apparently, the testing process itself is slow.
@H3athers
Well. It sounds complex, but suppressing information seems like a good way to get a lot of extra people sick to me.