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Having a “cough” meets CDC COVID case definition
Posted on 10/29/20 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 10/29/20 at 2:52 pm
As a follow up to the thread on OANs COVID death reporting by CDC, consider CDC’s case reporting.
Here is the CDC criteria for “COVID probable” case:
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Clinical Criteria:
At least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, new olfactory and taste disorder(s)
OR
At least one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing.
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Soooooo....a person only needs to have a....wait for it....“cough” to be COVID probable, and this reported as yet another COVID positive case.
As for COVID case reporting, below is from CDC:
“The process for reporting, collecting, and analyzing disease data may be called a data supply chain. Under state disease reporting laws hospitals, healthcare providers, and laboratories must report confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases and deaths to state or local health departments. These laws allow health departments to quickly identify outbreaks and control the spread of disease. These two steps of information flow make up national case surveillance.“
Here is the CDC criteria for “COVID probable” case:
———-
Clinical Criteria:
At least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, new olfactory and taste disorder(s)
OR
At least one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing.
—————
Soooooo....a person only needs to have a....wait for it....“cough” to be COVID probable, and this reported as yet another COVID positive case.
As for COVID case reporting, below is from CDC:
“The process for reporting, collecting, and analyzing disease data may be called a data supply chain. Under state disease reporting laws hospitals, healthcare providers, and laboratories must report confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases and deaths to state or local health departments. These laws allow health departments to quickly identify outbreaks and control the spread of disease. These two steps of information flow make up national case surveillance.“
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Posted on 10/29/20 at 2:53 pm to MAEFIELD
quote:
Soooooo....a person only needs to have a....wait for it....“cough” to be COVID probable, and this reported as yet another COVID positive case
I'm a positive COVID case daily.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 2:53 pm to MAEFIELD
So they don’t need an actual positive to count it? My brother in LA had all the symptoms and was pretty sick for 2 weeks but his tests were negative. He said his doctor counted him as positive but I took that to mean he was treating him as if it were Covid. Surely he couldn’t have seriously counted a negative covid test as a positive.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 2:54 pm to MAEFIELD
So at the conclusion of every HS sports physical you get a complimentary covid certificate! 
Posted on 10/29/20 at 2:57 pm to MAEFIELD
You left out an important part...
Clinical Criteria
At least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, new olfactory and taste disorder(s)
OR
At least one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing
OR
Severe respiratory illness with at least one of the following:
Clinical or radiographic evidence of pneumonia, OR
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
AND
No alternative more likely diagnosis
So this...
"Soooooo....a person only needs to have a....wait for it....“cough” to be COVID probable, and this reported as yet another COVID positive case."
...isn't true at all.
Clinical Criteria
At least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, new olfactory and taste disorder(s)
OR
At least one of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, or difficulty breathing
OR
Severe respiratory illness with at least one of the following:
Clinical or radiographic evidence of pneumonia, OR
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
AND
No alternative more likely diagnosis
So this...
"Soooooo....a person only needs to have a....wait for it....“cough” to be COVID probable, and this reported as yet another COVID positive case."
...isn't true at all.
This post was edited on 10/29/20 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 10/29/20 at 3:00 pm to BamaGradinTn
...or over zealous healthcare worker who likes old men with dementia and hates America.
Posted on 10/29/20 at 3:01 pm to MAEFIELD
You also left out this...
"Criteria to Distinguish a New Case from an Existing Case
Not applicable (N/A) until more virologic data are available.
Case Classification
Probable
Meets clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.
"Epidemiologic Linkage
One or more of the following exposures in the 14 days before onset of symptoms:
Close contact** with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 disease; OR
Close contact** with a person with:
clinically compatible illness AND
linkage to a confirmed case of COVID-19 disease.
Travel to or residence in an area with sustained, ongoing community transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Member of a risk cohort as defined by public health authorities during an outbreak."
"Criteria to Distinguish a New Case from an Existing Case
Not applicable (N/A) until more virologic data are available.
Case Classification
Probable
Meets clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19.
"Epidemiologic Linkage
One or more of the following exposures in the 14 days before onset of symptoms:
Close contact** with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 disease; OR
Close contact** with a person with:
clinically compatible illness AND
linkage to a confirmed case of COVID-19 disease.
Travel to or residence in an area with sustained, ongoing community transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Member of a risk cohort as defined by public health authorities during an outbreak."
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