Deerfield-News.com-Deerfield Beach, Fl-So you think you have Coronavirus, and you want to be tested. Fever runny nose cough Good luck with that not enough tests is a real problem and it is here in Deerfield Beach and Boca Raton.
Yesterday, I learned a friend of mine in Deerfield Beach is concerned a family member has the symptoms of the Coronavirus. The family member is young twenty-something and until yesterday was healthy. The symptoms are rapid onset fever and sore throat and body aches and they came on fast. They called local urgent care centers, Florida Department of Health and local hospitals all saying the same thing the family member did not meet the criteria for qualifying for a Coronavirus test.
I have been following the saga of a local Boca Raton family the Levy’s (no relation) a local businessman and real estate mogul and his family. Alan Levy has been trying to get the test prior to him falling severely ill. To say Levy got the run around is putting it mildly. Local news website Boca News Now and the Palm Beach Post have posted Levy’s saga of trying to get the Cornavirus test and how he and his family were sent from one place to another. Meantime they were suffering from the Coronavirus and still coming into contact with everyone they would meet with. Mrs. Levy has been busy trying to get the help her family needed by pleading her case on social media as no one else was listening.
The Palm Beach Post reports Congressman Ted Deutch has the following to say-“People are rightfully frustrated by the lack of clear information out there,” Deutch said. “We certainly aren’t testing enough. We need a clear system for all Floridians to find out if they need to be tested, how to get tested, and how to get results without delay.”
