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https://www.democracynow.org/2020/5/26/as_new_zealand_eliminates_covid_advisor This interview about how New Zealand eliminated COVID is really helpful for understanding the difference between the unsuccessful mitigation approach used in the US and Europe and the elimination approach used in places like China and New Zealand.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/health/antibody-tests-cdc-coronavirus-wrong/index.html [In most of the country, including areas that have been heavily impacted, the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibody is expected to be low, ranging from less than 5% to 25%, so that testing at this point might result in relatively more false positive results and fewer false-negative results,” the CDC said. The higher the sensitivity,Continue reading “Antibody tests for Covid-19 wrong up to half the time, CDC says”

http://nypost.com/2020/05/27/chris-cuomo-not-100-percent-recovered-from-coronavirus/ Cuomo still has symptoms months later like many of us “People who’ve been through this have strange tales to tell and not a lot of great answers from doctors to weird stuff in their blood work,” Cuomo said. “I’m one of them. I still have weird stuff going on with my lungs. I’m notContinue reading “Chris Cuomo says he’s ‘not 100 percent’ recovered from coronavirus”

Do you have very swollen lymph nodes from covid? Here are some things that can help: 1) Use a dry brush to do lymph node massages: https://www.amazon.com/Dry-Brushing-Body-Brush-Exfoliating/dp/B073T2T5B1 You can also do light massages with essential oils. Here’s a video of the massage points: https://youtu.be/4Ip5IcwSHS4 2) Nature’s Sunshine Lymphatic Drainage herb helps disperse lymphatic fluid, improveContinue reading “Remedies for lymph node drainage”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/us/hospitals-revenue-coronavirus.html This might be one reason that shady business is happening with hospitals not submitting the correct “covid billing codes” to insurance. Hospitals have lost millions due to postponing elective surgeries. Are insurance companies pressuring hospitals or providing kickbacks to hospital administrators or doctors for submitting codes like “shortness of breath” instead of “covid” codes?Continue reading “Hospitals lose millions of dollars during pandemic”

-Night sweats (and I usually don’t sweat at night)-Some random mild chills-Diarrhea-Random metallic smell and taste a few times, especially while walking or doing exercises

I went to the ER 3x, at the richest hospital in IL. My first ER visit, they refused to test me for covid. They said, “We know you have covid because you have all the symptoms and your boyfriend tested positive. We are short supplies. We also don’t want to waste a test on aContinue reading “Are hospitals or insurance companies working together to ensure fewer patients are being coded as having covid, so insurance companies pay less?”

Patients with covid, check how the hospitals submitted your bills. If they didn’t use the code, that says you have covid, you will be charged incorrectly. With many insurance companies, if you have covid, you will be charged $0, not even a copay for everything, copay, treatments, tests, ER visits doctors. For my first ERContinue reading “IF YOUR HOSPITAL OR ER SUBMITTED THE WRONG CODE (not a covid code) TO YOUR INSURANCE, YOU WILL BE CHARGED:”

The first couple weeks of covid, I cried all the time. It was so painful and exhausting having covid, having to work for every breath. I also felt so much shame and embarrassment asking for constant help, when I’m usually so independent. I felt frustration (sometimes I still do) that my friends or others wouldn’tContinue reading “Cried today”