Corona virus

[tvguy]

So i have to ask, if your very sick with the flu, and they are giving you oxygen and other medication. They test you and find you have covid19.
Do they change your treatment?
If not, why did you need the test?

Maybe to try and track the disease and take appropriate steps to stop it's spread.

I agree, but who should pay for that?
Not the individual, he could give a rats ass about tracking.
The question got me thinking about the testing we do now for other flu viruses. Does it change the treatment, if they know what strain you have?
If not, then it only for the benefit of scientist and the patient shouldn't be charged for it.

The question got me thinking about the testing we do now for other flu viruses
I've never been to a doctor for a flu. I can barely remember having a flu. I think I had one 30 years ago or so. I don't  get colds either.



I don't think they test you for the flu at all normally.

I don't think your around kids much or people with kids. (Or maybe your memory is going)
I get a mild case of some illness or another from time to time. More of an annoyance then an issue.
might be sniffles , maybe aches, sometimes dry cough, lung hacks, gut issues, fevers or even a combination  of symptoms, (or those dreaded nose worms)
I always feel worse in the morning after laying down and better when up and moving around. So I miss a day off work, here and there, mostly for others. I'm sick but I up and about.  Knowing that if I rest and sleep, I might not wake up.
I also "barely remember having a flu." , because I tend to forget these things.
Then I think back to the time I worked with someone with a kid. The kid got sick, he would get sick, then I got sick.

OK Like you I have had times when a mild case of some illness or another from time to time. More of an annoyance then an issue.
I don't consider that the flu. As far as my memory I just asked my wife seconds ago if she EVER remembers me having the flu. She said no . So it's not my memory.
Other than getting cancer the only time I have EVER been to a doctor(urgent care) was when I thought I broke my hand. I didn't. And I had some weird blockage of my carotid gland and that went away by itself.
When I got cancer 5 years ago was the first time I ever had a primary physician. I saw him one time and I haven't seen him since LOL