Good news, but a number of reports are suggesting a substantial increase in deaths at home. https://twitter.com/scottgottliebmd/status/1250538476103221249">https://twitter.com/scottgott...

Actively discouraging ER visits by infected patients worked to achieve one objective (avoid pushing hospitals beyond their capacity), but expecting prospective patients to self-diagnose the “seriousness” of their illness was always gonna be risky with a disease like COVID-19.

Read this THREAD on the difficulty of getting tested AND treated by our medical system even when you’re obviously very sick and most likely have COVID:
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