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BusyBeingBest

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9. She's wrong, you can pick up a lot of viruses if they stay

Reply to Shell_Seas (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 05:22 PM

Mar 2020

viable outside the body in various environments--all it takes is getting it on your hand and rubbing your eyes or nose. This is at least the second time I've seen a health professional say this false crap. They should be fired. Scary incompetence.

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I just called my local health department, per hospital's instructions [View all] Shell_Seas Mar 2020 OP

Incredible to get such false "information" from a health department. NT enough Mar 2020 #1

Oh wow. LisaL Mar 2020 #2

Well, there's our simple answer: Cancel all tests! Hortensis Mar 2020 #6

You're not the only one there whose been denied testing. herding cats Mar 2020 #3

Do you think that you have CV? Niagara Mar 2020 #4

She should not be telling people to go to the ER! PA Democrat Mar 2020 #5

Exactly right. Niagara Mar 2020 #7

In my valley, the regional hospital ER is the only place testing can occur. Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 #8

She's wrong, you can pick up a lot of viruses if they stay BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #9

Well, We're all gonna die. eom Maraya1969 Mar 2020 #10