After a week or so sick in bed in their New York City apartment in March, members of the Johnson-Baruch family were convinced they had been stricken by the novel coronavirus. Subsequent test results left them with more questions than answers.
Maree Johnson-Baruch , a Broadway performer, poses with her family, husband Jason and teenage daughters Audra and Helena, all of whom have recovered from becoming sick with the coronavirus disease , outside their home in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
“I feel a little bit like a science experiment,” Johnson-Baruch said. “But no one really knows how this virus is behaving.” The family called the New York State Department of Health’s coronavirus hotline. The federal government had botched the rollout of test kits, which then remained scarce - and limited in New York mostly to only those sick enough to require hospitalization. The family followed the advice to recuperate at home and by April everyone felt recovered.
“I do think sometimes the results are surprising to people,” Wajnberg said. “And, more than anything, I get tons of questions about what the results mean, and we don’t know exactly what they mean.” Johnson-Baruch noticed her eldest daughter particularly squirmed when healthcare workers stuck swabs, one by one, deep into the back of their noses.
The tests used by the health department “cannot distinguish between RNA from live or dead virus,” Jonah Bruno, a department spokesman, wrote in an email. “This persistent positive test result can continue long after a person has recovered and does not necessarily indicate that a person continues to be infectious.”
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