I went to a "COVID-19 testing center" today. We're fricked.

I went to a "COVID19 center" today to be tested as I am symptomatic and work in healthcare and do not want to expose patients to the virus if I have it.

We were told by front desk, clinic manager, and providers that:

Apparently these "COVID19 centers" will only test you if you are a medical provider with a confirmed exposure to someone that has tested positive to COVID19, are immunocompromised, pregnant, or have cancer. I was told this was per current CDC guidelines.

You must meet one of the above criteria and have either shortness of breath or cough and fever. NO EXCEPTIONS.

So basically 99% of people cannot get tested at this places right now even if they have COVID19 and will pass it to many that they will come in contact with.

At this point COVID19 centers are where sick people go to not get tested and infect others. Many were very coughing a lung up and having to use their inhalers repeatedly.

We were given masks at soon as we entered. I had brought my own mask just in case. The problem is that there were a lot of very sick people that I saw were not offered testing walked out the door and tossed the mask on the ground in the parking lot and drove away. I bet most of these people assume they are fine and don't even consider keeping away from other people as soon as they are told they don't meet the criteria.


You're likely only going to get tested if you go to ER with these severe symptoms and meet criteria or are sick enough to possibly require hospitalization.

We aren't testing people at all compared to almost all other major developed countries.

We can all thank the wonderful CDC for these guidelines and instead of using the test EVERY OTHER COUNTRY is using. They had to go make their own which was a total failure and now we are sending out the newer version of the test and playing catch up.

The current numbers of infections reported CANNOT BE ACCURATE. Those numbers are almost exclusively coming from severe cases in the ER including hospitalized patients. This info coming from multiple physicians and other providers I know who are working in ER, on inpatient hospital units, and ICU.

Hopefully somehow every expert in infectious disease and epidemiology is wrong otherwise we are fricked.

Our government is so incompetent, what a failure.

P.S. of course there a bunch of frickhead parents bringing little kids into the lobby and letting them run around, scream, and play on the floor. They will 100% get infected and give it others.