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Originally Posted by twoplanekid
Several weeks ago, my son up in Ohio can down with coronavirus like symptoms such as a fever, cough, hard time breathing and a very sore throat. After a week or more of isolation with his family (wife and two sons), he was able to be tested for the virus. The first test results can back inconclusive so after a few days he took another test which came back negative. However, his condition was not improving. Finally, his doctor sent him to an urgent care facility for a chest x-ray. The result was that he found out he has bronchitis which is not great but can now be treated. He is on the mend now with everyone taking a sigh of relief. So, we can get many other illnesses during these times other than the coronavirus.
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That was exactly my story in late February after returning from Australia. But neither doctor mentioned testing for the virus, although I told them where I'd been. However, there were only 15 cases in Aus, and none in Tasmania when we left, although we did fly from Tas through Melbourne on the way home. And the tests were not readily available. Plus our kids and grandkids had no symptoms even though we were with them for three weeks.
Chest x-ray showed bronchitis, and I am only recovering now after two loads of prednisone and one of an antibiotic for sinusitis.
A cough as bad as mine was is not indicative of the virus.