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defacto7

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3. Fever is no longer considered a reliable early warning.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 01:45 PM

Mar 2020

Only 44% of positive C-19 patients present fever when other symptoms present themselves. Guidelines don't seem to be keeping up with the changing medical findings.

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Fever is no longer considered a reliable early warning. defacto7 Mar 2020 #3