NO LAB TEST required for a "Positive" case diagnoses.
Are the "Positive Cases" being inflated by a diagnoses of just a headache and "subjective" fever????
Searching the internet today I found an organization which sets the guidelines for healthcare industry and CDC regarding infectious diseases standardization.
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
www.cste.org
They published Interim-20-ID-01
Committee: Infectious Disease
Title: Standardized surveillance case definition and national notification for 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Here is GUIDANCE to classify a person as POSITIVE C19 with as little as a fever and headache. And get this, the "fever" doesn't have to be measured/taken!!
VI. Criteria for case ascertainment
A. Narrative: A description of suggested criteria for case ascertainment of a specific condition. Symptoms of COVID-19 are non-specific and the disease presentation can range from no symptoms (asymptomatic) to severe pneumonia and death. COVID-19 is a mild to moderate illness for approximately 80% of individuals evaluated with the disease; 15% are severe infection requiring supplemental oxygen; and 5% are critical infections requiring mechanical ventilation.2 People with COVID-19 generally develop signs and symptoms, including mild respiratory symptoms and fever ~5 days after infection (mean incubation period 5-6 days, range 1- 14 days).3
A1. Clinical Criteria for Reporting In outpatient or telehealth settings at least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, new olfactory and taste disorder(s)
Here's the link to the document:
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.cste.org/resource/resmgr/2020ps/Interim-20-ID-01_COVID-19.pdf
Are the "Positive Cases" being inflated by a diagnoses of just a headache and "subjective" fever????
Searching the internet today I found an organization which sets the guidelines for healthcare industry and CDC regarding infectious diseases standardization.
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
They published Interim-20-ID-01
Committee: Infectious Disease
Title: Standardized surveillance case definition and national notification for 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Here is GUIDANCE to classify a person as POSITIVE C19 with as little as a fever and headache. And get this, the "fever" doesn't have to be measured/taken!!
VI. Criteria for case ascertainment
A. Narrative: A description of suggested criteria for case ascertainment of a specific condition. Symptoms of COVID-19 are non-specific and the disease presentation can range from no symptoms (asymptomatic) to severe pneumonia and death. COVID-19 is a mild to moderate illness for approximately 80% of individuals evaluated with the disease; 15% are severe infection requiring supplemental oxygen; and 5% are critical infections requiring mechanical ventilation.2 People with COVID-19 generally develop signs and symptoms, including mild respiratory symptoms and fever ~5 days after infection (mean incubation period 5-6 days, range 1- 14 days).3
A1. Clinical Criteria for Reporting In outpatient or telehealth settings at least two of the following symptoms: fever (measured or subjective), chills, rigors, myalgia, headache, sore throat, new olfactory and taste disorder(s)
Here's the link to the document:
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.cste.org/resource/resmgr/2020ps/Interim-20-ID-01_COVID-19.pdf
