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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTalked to my grandson in Laramie, Wyoming
He said that the state has halted testing except for healthcare workers, pregnant women, and patients being transferred to other medical facilities. You could go to urgent care for a test. First, they would test if you had the regular flu, then test for CV-19 if indicated. Even if the test was positive, The state wouldn't count it.
Not count it?!?
BComplex
(8,029 posts)We can't have truth in this country. it might hurt the pResident.
riversedge
(70,186 posts)tikka
(762 posts)Come to think of it, wtf isn't he in prison? 🤬
riversedge
(70,186 posts)dem4decades
(11,282 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,110 posts)about this. God. Who in their right mind can afford a $9000 test? Even w/ insurance, which I doubt would pay the entire cost. God.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Last edited Fri Apr 3, 2020, 04:52 PM - Edit history (1)
evlbstrd
(11,205 posts)Its toe the line.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)I can't see well enough to catch some details as they swim past.
evlbstrd
(11,205 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)No independent thought allowed, not that many of them are capable of streching their wee pea brains for such an extraordinary task.
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
kairos12
(12,852 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)than blue states.
It's deeply disturbing.
WyLoochka
(1,629 posts)As the other northern plains and Rocky Mtn states.
Positive cases increased by 8% today to 166. Similar to the percentage increases in many states.
Is your grandson in the health care industry? Everyday (updated several times per day) one can look up the number of tests done in each county and the results.
In NW Wyo, everything has been closed, except for grocery stores and pharmacies, for over two weeks. Tests are being done. There is a streamlined system to get symptomatic people cleared via phone to come to a drive up facility for testing. People are definitely hunkering down and distancing.
Could be different down in Laramie. The county may be more lax. There are lower positive reports (4) than might be expected for a college town. The students were sent home 2-3 weeks ago I believe.
I have not seen, read or heard anything that indicates the governor and the state administrative agencies have not been taking this as a deadly serious event.
WyLoochka
(1,629 posts)Wyo PPE orders cancelled by FEMA - heckofajob jared.
CASPER, Wyo. Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon criticized the federal government during a press conference on Friday, April 3. He said that states have been facing difficulties securing personal protective equipment orders amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Gordon specifically noted that the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been cancelling PPE orders placed by states, including Wyoming.
Ill be very honest about this, he said. Every state at this point is finding that the federal government is stepping in and cancelling or orders for PPE. It is very frustrating, extremely frustrating when we have orders that are supposed to be on their way and we find that FEMA, the agency that is supposed to help us, has pre-empted that order.
https://oilcity.news/community/health/covid-19/2020/04/03/gordon-critical-of-fema-for-cancelling-wyoming-ppe-orders-amid-covid-19-shortages/
Also, due to tight supplies of reagents, Wyo has had to revise testing - the state lab will test patients as below and direct tests for other patients not on the state lab list to private labs. Not good, Wyo expects peak infection early to mid May.
WPHL state lab testing priorities are as below. This change will severely slow down test results - the private labs are not yet returning results anywhere close to the rapid reporting time that is needed to help control spread. The state dept of health lab seemed to be doing OK but they are short on testing reagents.
State lab will process tests on:
Hospitalized patients (including hospitalized patients being tested prior to discharge to a long-term care facility);
Patients or staff in communal settings such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or shelters;
Healthcare workers and first responders who provide direct patient care;
People over 65 or with underlying health conditions that put them at risk for severe illness;
People who have close contact with people who are over 65 or who have underlying health conditions;
and pregnant women (see below).
A list of reference laboratories with approved SARS-CoV-2 testing can be found here:.
https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/emergency-situations-medical-devices/emergencyuse-authorizations#covid19ivd.
WDH and state partners are working to expand private testing options in Wyoming as new options become available.
If providers cannot make arrangements to send tests to a reference laboratory, please email WDH at wdh.covid19@wyo.gov
https://health.wyo.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Coronavirus_Disease_2019_HAN_9.1_4.2.20_1.pdf