<story><title>How coronavirus spread from patient zero in Seattle</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-09/how-coronavirus-spread-from-patient-zero-in-seattle</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ChrisCinelli</author><text>Up to 1 week ago in California they did not let you test people that did not have contacts with people that were tested positive to COVID-19 or that have travelled in counties that have the virus.&lt;p&gt;I know a person in Menlo Park that the whole family &amp;quot;had CODVID-19 symptoms&amp;quot; (Stanford doctor&amp;#x27;s word) and they were diagnosed with viral pneumonia but they were refused of being tested (after asking permission to the CDC) and sent home asked to be in &amp;quot;isolation and do not tell anybody because it may spread panic.&amp;quot; The first person to get it in the family was one of the child in school that started have symptoms at the end of Jan.&lt;p&gt;I supposed that they were not the only ones.&lt;p&gt;Even nurses dealing with patients were refused to be tested according to this video: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;DiqVCQv__pE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;DiqVCQv__pE&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dredmorbius</author><text>That was a CDC-imposed policy, to be clear.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nbcnews.com&amp;#x2F;health&amp;#x2F;health-news&amp;#x2F;after-missteps-cdc-says-its-coronavirus-test-kit-ready-primetime-n1145206&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nbcnews.com&amp;#x2F;health&amp;#x2F;health-news&amp;#x2F;after-missteps-cd...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>How coronavirus spread from patient zero in Seattle</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-09/how-coronavirus-spread-from-patient-zero-in-seattle</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ChrisCinelli</author><text>Up to 1 week ago in California they did not let you test people that did not have contacts with people that were tested positive to COVID-19 or that have travelled in counties that have the virus.&lt;p&gt;I know a person in Menlo Park that the whole family &amp;quot;had CODVID-19 symptoms&amp;quot; (Stanford doctor&amp;#x27;s word) and they were diagnosed with viral pneumonia but they were refused of being tested (after asking permission to the CDC) and sent home asked to be in &amp;quot;isolation and do not tell anybody because it may spread panic.&amp;quot; The first person to get it in the family was one of the child in school that started have symptoms at the end of Jan.&lt;p&gt;I supposed that they were not the only ones.&lt;p&gt;Even nurses dealing with patients were refused to be tested according to this video: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;DiqVCQv__pE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;DiqVCQv__pE&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ChrisCinelli</author><text>I am not sure this is or was the policy nation wide but I have mixed feelings on how useful it may have been. I understand that more panic would make things worse in the hospitals in areas that were not prepared for massive outbreak but on the other side I wonder if somebody may have taken it a little light.&lt;p&gt;For example in the family of the person I know the youngest kid just cough a little for few days and never had a fever.&lt;p&gt;If a young child is the first person in a family being infected, you may think it is nothing serious and they may still send the kid to school.&lt;p&gt;It also did not help people making an informed decision about travelling in the area where supposedly only a handful of people had the virus.</text></comment>