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In reply to the discussion: *** Important COVID-19 statistic: only 44% of cases present with fever. *** [View all]pnwmom
(108,977 posts)34. I could believe that 88% of the very sickest have fevers, even here,
simply because they're screening people out of hospitals if they don''t have high fevers.
But that doesn't mean 88% of people with the virus have fevers.
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*** Important COVID-19 statistic: only 44% of cases present with fever. *** [View all]
pnwmom
Mar 2020
OP
Sounds like a lot of people are going to ER just because they have cough, etc. That is not a reason
Hoyt
Mar 2020
#1
Remember that in 14 states without the Medicaid expansion, the only way to get medical care
pnwmom
Mar 2020
#9
I don't think so. The whole point of those paragraphs is that people with Covid-19
pnwmom
Mar 2020
#20
According to a specialist from John Hopkins 20% are afebrile at time of diagnosis
Vivienne235729
Mar 2020
#45
I was under the (mis)understanding that coronavirus was the virus that caused the disease Covid19
Siwsan
Mar 2020
#5
I've seen it referred to as a 'novel' virus. There's just so much out there, it's hard to sift facts
Siwsan
Mar 2020
#10
Correct me if I am wrong, Corona virus is a family of viruses. Under it you have mutations of it.
Vivienne235729
Mar 2020
#46
Had you traveled to China or been around someone who had? The first US case
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
#11
I've read where some people also have a real brief fever spike dropping quickly
duforsure
Mar 2020
#53