Good grief - hope you're fully recovered soon. Are you able to cover the hospital charges with insurance?
On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 8:30 AM Michael Esh via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Tested negative to COVID last week after checking into emergency at local > hospital due to chills, severe headache, weakness, muscle and joint pain. > Diagnosis was pneumonia and injested or inhaled infection that got into > the blood stream. 5 days and $20,000 later I’m back on my feet and taking > antibiotic for 2 weeks. > The hospital COVID test was a 15 minute turnaround for preliminary result > and 60 mins for verification. > > Michael E. Esh > > > > On Jul 17, 2020, at 8:42 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Health care systems in inaction. Too bad we didn't get a national > testing > > system. IMHO > > > > Dwight Giles Jr. > > Wickford RI > > > >> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020, 8:37 PM OK Don via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Daughter, SiL, and Grandkids got tested in Boston last week, were told > that > >> the results would be back in 10-14 days because their labs were > processing > >> a lot of the FL tests --- > >> > >> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 4:53 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >>> The USA is processing somewhere between 500,000 and 1,000,000 tests a > >>> day, it's almost inconceivable (insert Wallace Shawn clip here) that at > >>> least some of them aren't going wrong. If only 1% are faulty that's > >>> 5-10,000 tests a day... > >>> -Curt > >>> > >>> On Friday, July 17, 2020, 5:19:35 PM EDT, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > < > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I think you're onto it with the testing comment Curt. > >>> > >>> The testing is really NOT inspiring any confidence in the numbers. Two > >> old > >>> ladies in Houston were waiting outside in the heat and humidity to get > >>> tested after they had filled out the paperwork, got too hot and decided > >> to > >>> leave before getting swabbed. Couple days later they both get notified > >>> that they are positive. Too many reports of testing centers in FL > which > >>> have 80% or more of the test kits reported as positive, and then when > >>> challenged they say "oh my bad, that was 0.8x%, not 8x%". Couple of > >>> skeptical nurses took sterile swabs directly from package and inserted > >> into > >>> the lab kit (no swab, going from sterile to sterile with some air > >> exposure > >>> which maybe might have the virus floating around I guess) and send them > >> in > >>> and "surprise, you're positive for the WRD!" > >>> ------------- > >>> Max > >>> Charleston SC > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 9:19 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Or does crappy (rushed) testing result in false negatives where people > >>>> think they're no longer infected when they actually are and the > >>>> "reinfection" is just the original infection part 2. > >>>> The biggest problem in the whole epidemic is people opening their > >> mouths > >>>> first and thinking about the answer later... > >>>> -Curt > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> OK Don > >> > >> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > >> pause and reflect." Mark Twain > >> > >> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > >> Wernher > >> Von Braun > >> 2013 F150, 18 mpg > >> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > >> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
