Best Posts in Thread: May 28 - COVID-19 testing lagging behind

WRONG!

The word quarantine was never just for the sick. Quarantine has always been for healthy people who may have been (or will be) exposed to the sick. Isolation is the word used for people who are sick.

Isolation separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick.

Quarantine separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick. These people may have been exposed to a disease and do not know it, or they may have the disease but do not show symptoms.

https://www.hhs.gov/answers/public-...e-between-isolation-and-quarantine/index.html

 

Assuming those waiting for their results are under quarantine anyway, what exactly is the point of leaving the province under GCQ?

Not to mention the fact that everybody already forgot what GCQ actually once meant, it's business as usual with few exceptions. I guess most people assume wearing a mask actually protects them, which is why almost everybody does it while neglecting any other measures.

 

It is good that the GCQ is being extended until June 15. Because of the delays in getting test results, the authorities have no idea who may be contagious.

Yesterday the Negros authorities:

• Only received 11 test results from the lab in Cebu.
• Submitted 40 samples for testing.
• Currently there are 437 outstanding samples that have been submitted and are awaiting results.

It seems that as Cebu has more cases the time period for Negros to get results is delayed. 437 outstanding results is a lot.