Day20

I was thinking last night about the testing of frontline staff everyone seems to have an opinion about it and I wonder what is the panic?

Suppose a nurse working on the frontline is tested and does not have the virus, what do we gain from that?

We know she/he was clear at the time of the test. That nurse could then walk out onto the ward and contract the virus from the next patient he/she treats.

What I'm saying is, the test IS NOT A CURE or a vaccine. it is only a snapshot of the person's health at the time it was taken and within minutes could be out of date. In fact he/she could have the virus before his/her test sample reaches the laboratory to be tested, but the test result would still say negative.

We need to concentrate on curing the virus not finding out if someone was free of it yesterday.

So wash your hands, keep away from others and when you can shower with or without your partner. I'm told the virus doesn't like heat so a good sauna might help.