LA Cross, Wiz. (WEAU) –
The COVID-19 epidemic has been going on for months as doctors continue to learn more about the virus every day.
COVID-19 is blamed for more than 10 million deaths worldwide, with 1/5 of the people in the United States.
Now, in the nine months since the epidemic, the Mayo Clinic Health System has been able to identify the trend with the virus.
“Our hospitals in Wisconsin in general, but also in the Midwest, are seeing an increase in numbers,” said Dr. Mayo, an infectious disease physician. Said Pritish Tosh.
The health system is seeing more college students test positive and spreading COVID to communities around the university campus.
More trends are being adopted – faster results are increasing in tests, although Dr. Tosh says they are not game-changers due to logistics.
“Quick tests can be useful, but right now quick tests are not like a pregnancy test for Covid, where one can do it at home,” Tosh explains. “It’s still up to the healthcare worker to do that.”
Tosh says quick tests are more likely to produce false negatives.
Those who are healthy before infection are more likely to be at risk.
The White House is reporting to President Trump that he is experiencing mild symptoms in his COVID-19 case, however, Tosh says that as you get older you start milder and get more serious.
Tosh added, “Anyone infected, especially in the elderly, is at risk of serious consequences, including hospitalization, ventilator support and death.”
Trump visited the Midwest earlier this week with a rally in Duluth, Minnesota.
Mayo, who participated in the quarantine and advises getting tested if anyone shows symptoms.
“When Kovid is diagnosed in a closed building, he should be as concerned as he is in any other circumstance,” Tosh said. “People’s risk will depend on how close they were in contact and over time.”
Doctors say the increase in cases will continue until a vaccine is approved and administered.
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