COVID 19

[RussiaGhost]

Hello to all. Please tell us how the system of treatment and detection of COVID 19 disease works in your country? How long does it take to wait for the results if you get covid, how many times do you take the test, etc. in general terms? I would like to compare with what we are doing and with what they say officially about other countries.

[wombat50]

I'm from the US. From what I understand there are temporary drive through testing sites. Testing kits are available for sale at pharmacies and stores like Walmart.
Most medical clinics will do testing. The US government started a program to send free testing kits to peoples homes. I signed up the day it started in mid-January
and have not received my free kits yet.

For some, test results are known within an hour and generally the same day or next day.  People take the test as many times as they feel the need.
Administering the tests vary from proficient to incompetent. In some cases there have been testing scams.

Treatment I am not familiar with. Some people do not feel sick at all or only slightly. I'm guessing most people that have the Omicron variant can safely get over it by staying home.
It is more concerning with high temperature and difficulty breathing. These people are admitted to hospitals but I am not knowledgeable in the treatment of severe Covid.

There have and is a lot of mis-information about Covid in the US.

[RussiaGhost]

11 hours ago, wombat50 said:

I'm from the US. From what I understand there are temporary drive through testing sites. Testing kits are available for sale at pharmacies and stores like Walmart.
Most medical clinics will do testing. The US government started a program to send free testing kits to peoples homes. I signed up the day it started in mid-January
and have not received my free kits yet.

For some, test results are known within an hour and generally the same day or next day.  People take the test as many times as they feel the need.
Administering the tests vary from proficient to incompetent. In some cases there have been testing scams.

Treatment I am not familiar with. Some people do not feel sick at all or only slightly. I'm guessing most people that have the Omicron variant can safely get over it by staying home.
It is more concerning with high temperature and difficulty breathing. These people are admitted to hospitals but I am not knowledgeable in the treatment of severe Covid.

There have and is a lot of mis-information about Covid in the US.

Thanks for the information.

Everything is different in Russia. Somewhere in general, people cannot wait for a doctor or medicines for treatment in a polyclinic. Serious and moderately severe patients are hospitalized in hospitals. Everywhere there is information about vaccination. Most people get sick more easily with Omicron, but there are a lot of patients, doctors also get sick. Most of the tests are free, except for those that check the blood for anti bodies.