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The author's whole point is there are contradictory approaches being taken.
"Just in case, I went to my primary care practice...When I said I wondered if I had the coronavirus, the nurse told me I should have gone straight to the hospital."
"A few days later, I developed a fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, and tremors in my hands."
"Last Tuesday, after a night fever of 100.8, I called the new New York State coronavirus hotline. I was told to go to the hospital for a test."
"But the attending doctor came in without a mask and offered his bare hand for a shake. He assured me that I was low-risk because I hadn’t been to an epidemic country like Italy, South Korea, or China. The hospital would not test me, since I did not meet the hospital’s criterion for testing, travel to one of those countries...If I felt sick, stay home, and if I felt well, go out. I should only come to the hospital if I felt sick enough to need hospitalization."
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.