Massachusetts: Chinese worker had coronavirus symptoms -Couldn't get tested in US-Flew Back To China

[kpete]

The latest imported case in Beijing is a Chinese national who lives and works in Massachusetts. One of her coworkers was diagnosed with covid-19. She began to have symptoms 2 weeks ago. Her chest CT scan on 11/3 showed lung infections but couldn't get admitted. She requested

for a coronavirus test 3 times but was refused.
She and her husband and son flew back to China on 13/3 to get treatment.
They were transfered to a designated hospital right after landing.
She is confirmed infected and family are suspected

Link to tweet

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[LizBeth]

1. And sat on an airplane infecting so many.

[zackymilly]

3. Well, at least they were all heading to a country where they can be tested. n/t

[LizBeth]

5. Crazy.

[LisaL]

6. And treated.

But all of us can't go to China.

[ck4829]

22. Insane this is happening

[Hekate]

2. Christ on a trailer hitch how effing stupid can this country get?!

It boggles the mind.

[tblue37]

4. Hold our beer. nt

[Hekate]

7. Oh yeah

[ck4829]

25. Indeed

[ck4829]

23. Can always get stupider

[Roland99]

8. No travel ban?

[dewsgirl]

26. Good question.

[Totally Tunsie]

9. How the hell were they allowed on the plane?

She began to have symptoms 2 weeks ago.

[zackymilly]

10. Can we get free air fare to China on quarantined planes since we can't get treated here? n/t

[LisaL]

15. Nope.

I don't think China will take us if we are not Chinese citizens.

[ck4829]

11. People need to realize - US healthcare system prioritizes money over safety

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Where was she working?

[area51]

13. The US is not a first-world country.

[ck4829]

24. Definitely not for the poorest in terms of health care and social protections

[uponit7771]

14. K&R, We need unfettered testing and isolation !!! We can't get that right now so we're screwed

[LisaL]

17. And treatment. Sounds like this woman couldn't even get treated in US.

Shameful.

[uponit7771]

18. They are high barring the ability to get test to keep his numbers down.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

16. Some things about this story sound rather fishy.

I read through the twitter thread and there's no way to validate this story.

Possible but seems unlikely.

Believe nothing on Twitter or Facebook if it cannot be validated by second sources.....

[ck4829]

19. It *shouldn't* be believable, but... US healthcare system

[KY_EnviroGuy]

20. This is the part I have trouble believing...

"Her chest CT scan on 11/3 showed lung infections but couldn't get admitted."

If she had a scan then she had a doctor and with infections, that doctor likely could have had her admitted at some hospital in her city. Further, if she had the money to fly from Mass to LA and then on to China, then money was not an issue.

Without seeing solid confirmation, I would suspect this story to have been planted by China or Russia just to demean the U.S.. I hope someone proves me wrong.

But you are right about our profit-driven healthcare system that's totally out of control. And, coronavirus tests should be readily available for everyone at this point. I totally disagree with statements coming even from some medical people that testing proves little or nothing. People have the right to know if they have it.

KY...........

[NotASurfer]

21. The twitter thread linked back to Weibo and that's where the language barrier stops me

Cites a China-based version of a social media site, analogy to Twitter and Facebook (with some explicit government control overlay) sounds about right