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A common household item to help track COVID-19
Nicholas Johnson
Mar. 20, 2020 2:50 pm
Like to get a COVID19 test? South Korea tests 15,000 a day. That's more than the U.S. tested in three months.
Your test is weeks or months away. You can't fly to South Korea. What to do?
A symptom of COVID19 is fever. A quick test for large groups is individuals' temperature. Look around your residence. You may have a thermometer. If not, buy one. Use it. If it registers under 98.6 F (37 C) that's some evidence you're not, yet, showing symptoms. Of course, you may be infected, but in your incubation period, or asymptomatic. But you'll know more than you know now. You're welcome.
Nicholas Johnson
Iowa City
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