Yesterday, an important co-worker in the office wanted her GP to give her antibiotics for what was almost certainly a sinus infection that had started with an earache and moved into post-nasal drip affecting her throat. She rang him for a telephone consultation. He insisted on her getting a COVID 19 test, and self isolating at home until the result was in. He emailed the form to her at work.
She went and had the test at about 11 am yesterday. This morning she got the result emailed to her - negative, as expected. She is back at work at 9 this morning.
The GP had said the tests were only taking about 24 hours in Brisbane now, although at the pathology place they said 2 to 3 days, but they would mark this one "urgent". Came back in way less than 24 hours.
Pretty impressive.
Anyway, I am still in a ridiculously busy patch at work.
Also - the continual flurry of pathetic and unhelpful commentary on COVID 19 from the Right is pretty depressing. Who would have thought the harm to democracy and good government that would come from political commentary being monetarised in the way it has been (and primarily from the Right).
2 comments:
Brilliant. I think we are doing a lot better on this testing business than the Americans. Looks like finally we are getting our act together on some things. But still there is vicious treatment denial.
Callous treatment denial. But also wasteful lock-downs. Not wasteful in that they are unnecessary. Wasteful in that the cost is borne by small business rather than the subsidised banks. And wasteful because they aren't geographically targeted sufficiently tightly. Maybe there should be MORE lockdowns. But far more tightly focused with rent and debt cancellation to go with them.
The general lock downs were understandable early on when we had no idea, no supplies, no good tests. But now they must be numerous, short, and targeted with the burden taken totally off small business.
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