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Re:It Took Me 3 E.R. Visits to Get a Coronavirus Test in New... by mikelockz on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:13PM (#22527960)
The authority of a stackexchange thread notwithstanding - ER and urgent care visits are what happens when primary care physicians cannot accept same-day consultations with patients. By all means try to call your primary doctor, but if they can't see you that day I would ask them if the prudent course of action is to seek immediate medical care at the ER or urgent care.
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Re:It Took Me 3 E.R. Visits to Get a Coronavirus Test in New... by NopeNotToday on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:28PM (#22528130)
Per the article:

He saw his PCP same day, they examined him, but said he should go to the ER.

He called the CoronaVirus hotline, which also said he should go to the ER.

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Re:It Took Me 3 E.R. Visits to Get a Coronavirus Test in New... by jbarberu on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:10PM (#22528629)
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Re:It Took Me 3 E.R. Visits to Get a Coronavirus Test in New... by undersuit on Monday March 09, 2020 @05:44PM (#22530154)
Yep, I passed out just after a surgery so I went to the ER. If it was before 5:30 I'd had called/visited my doctor. If I had arrived at 9PM instead of 9:30 I would have used the urgent care. So I went to the closest medical services in 200 miles.
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