U.S. Nurse Recounts Her Experience With Coronavirus; One of Two New Kentucky Coronavirus Cases Refused to Self-Isolate. He’s Being Forced.

Colorado Nurse Recounts Her Harrowing Experience With Coronavirus: ‘It’s Nothing Like I Expected’

By The Blaze. A Colorado nurse who contracted the coronavirus after attending a medical conference in Hawaii is speaking out about her harrowing experience.

Lisa Merck of Crested Butte told KDVR-TV in a recent interview — taken from her home because she is still under quarantine — that her bout with coronavirus began with the “sniffles” at the end of a three-week trip to Hawaii with her husband. . .

“We got back and my muscles ached, my bones ached and my joints ached really bad. It felt like someone was stabbing me with an ice pick and I was like, ‘I wonder if I have the flu,'” she explained. “Finally, on Sunday night, I told my husband, ‘I need you take me to the ER. I don’t feel very good, and I feel like whenever I stand up I want to collapse.'”

Despite returning a negative flu test, the CDC and her local health clinic initially told Merck that she did not meet criteria for coronavirus testing.

Then, finally, she tested positive for COVID-19 last week. (Read more from “Colorado Nurse Recounts Her Harrowing Experience With Coronavirus: ‘It’s Nothing Like I Expected'” HERE)

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One of Two New Kentucky Coronavirus Cases Refused to Self-Isolate. He’s Being Forced.

By Lexington Herald Leader. The number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus increased by four Saturday in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear announced, including a patient in Nelson county who has been forced into home isolation after refusing to self-isolate. The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Kentucky is now 18.

Beshear also told all hospitals in the state to stop performing any elective procedures by the close of business Wednesday and told all child care centers to plan for closure on short notice, possibly within 72 hours. . .

The patient from Nelson County is a 53-year-old man who tested positive at the University of Louisville, then left against medical advice, Beshear said. The Lincoln Trail District Health Department asked him to self-quarantine, but he refused.

A law enforcement officer has been posted outside the man’s home, Beshear said.

“It’s a step I hoped I’d never have to take, but we can’t allow one person who we know has the virus to refuse to protect their neighbors,” Beshear said. (Read more from “One of Two New Kentucky Coronavirus Cases Refused to Self-Isolate. He’s Being Forced.” HERE)

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