My husband and I are being refused the coronavirus test – but what if we passed it on to others?

With a 'if we don't test people, then the outbreak is contained' approach to testing, the US can continue to vilify the rest of the world for their responses while not doing any better

Yesterday, after nearly a month of acute and chronic health issues that continue to be unexplained, I took my husband - at the urging of his cardiologist - to the emergency room at St Thomas Hospital West in Nashville, Tennessee for serious cardiac and respiratory issues.

This being our fifth ER visit since early February, we provided the intake staff the same information in response to the coronavirus screening questions that have been asked four times before: in addition to my husband coming into close and frequent contact with a physician who had recently returned from a trip to China, he and I have both traveled extensively in the past few months, including to some of the nation's largest international airports and overnight stays in a variety of hotels. While we couldn't confirm we had been in contact with someone who had tested positive for coronavirus, we had no way of ruling it out.