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Misconceptions sending many to the hospital during pandemic

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Misconceptions sending many to the hospital during pandemic
Misconceptions sending many to the hospital during pandemic

Karina Mitchell explains that misconceptions are leading some to the emergency room during the coronavirus pandemic.

SOME THAT THE DISEASE CAN'TIMPACT THEM.KARINA MITCHELL EXPLAINS --THAT MISCONCEPTION HAS LED MANYTO THE EMERGENCY ROOMSCRIPT: CHICAGO RESIDENTMICHAEL BANE KNOWS FIRST HANDTHAT THE VIRUS SHOULDN'T BEUNDERESTIMATED.SOT - MICHAEL BANE /CORONAVIRUS PATIENT "IT FEELSLIKE YOU'RE GETTING BEAT UP ALLTHE TIME AND THEN THE COUGHINGBECOME PRETTY VIOLENT JUSTEXASPERATES THE PAIN THAT YOUFEEL IN YOUR BODY." THE42-YEAR-OLD THOUGHT HE WASIMMUNE, BECAUSE HE WASN'TCONSIDERED HIGH RISK.BY THE TIME HE GOT TO THE E-R,HE DIDN'T THINK HE WOULD MAKEIT.ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY - THECHILLING ACCOUNTS ARE EERILYSIMILAR IN HOW QUICKLY THEDISEASE CAN STRIKE AND HOWVARIED THE SYMPTOMS ARE.ONE WOMAN IN HER 40'S - ACTIVEUNTIL THE VIRUS COLONIZED HERLUNGS.SOT - NO MATTE "I WAS AT THEGYM WORKING OUT AND THEN FEVERAND NAUSEA KICKED IN." SOT -NO MATTE "ONE THINK I DIDNOTICE THAT CHANGED, ICOMPLETELY LOST MY SENSE OFCOMPLAINTS.BUT MOST OFTEN FEVER, COUGH ANDSHORTNESS OF BREATH" IN NEWJERSEY, AN ALARMING NEW CLUSTEROF VICTIMS.NINETY-FOUR NURSING-HOMERESIDENTS EVACUATED AFTERSEVERAL PATIENTS AND STAFFTESTED POSITIVE FOR THEDISEASE.NOW AN URGENT WARNING FROM THESON OF THE FIRST MAN INMILWAULKEE TO DIE FROMCOMPLICATIONS OF THE VIRUS.SOT - ELVAUGHN RILEY / FATHERDIED FROM COVID-19 "I'VE SEENTHE JOKES, THE MEMES, BUT WHENIT HITS HOME, THAT'S WHEN WEHAVE TO STOP AND THINK...FAMILYCAN'T BE THERE.WE CAN'T BE THERE TO HOLD THEIRHANDS." LOOKING BACK, BANE SAIDHE WISHED THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN THE VIRUSMORE SERIOUSLY EARLIER ON.SOT - NO MATTE "HAD THAT BEEN ACOUPLE WEEKS SOONER, I PROBABLYWOULD HAVE BEEN HOME ALREADY."KARINA MITCHELL, ABC NEWS, NEW

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