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rustysgurl

(1,040 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 01:37 AM Mar 2020

Test Results in Brazil Are Being Changed

My son got his COVID-19 results back. He was told to look for the results online, where it said he was negative. However, when he spoke to the doctor who treated him, she took him aside and told him he was positive. Confused, he asked if there was a mistake. In broken English, the doctor told him the "politics" is telling them to "officially" report negatives even when the test results are positive. But she said, when she can, she is telling the patients the truth and telling them to quarantine themselves (which he did).

Thankfully, his condition is improving, and he will be out of quarantine in a week and able to fly home.

It can't come soon enough.

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Test Results in Brazil Are Being Changed (Original Post) rustysgurl Mar 2020 OP
yikes! Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #1
No kidding!!! calimary Mar 2020 #7
Sounds as if Trumputin is running country! SheltieLover Mar 2020 #2
omg -- glad he's doing okay orleans Mar 2020 #3
Meanwhile, in the US, the test the CDC/FDA developed is running 40% false negatives. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #4
You beat me to it. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #5
Don't give Donnie dumbass any ideas captain queeg Mar 2020 #6
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