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iluvtennis

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Sat Mar 21, 2020, 07:03 PM Mar 2020

This 39-year-old New Orleans woman tested for coronavirus. She died before getting her results

https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_bdc4e802-6b90-11ea-a747-832e94bc7f56.html


On March 10, Natasha Ott, 39, felt the beginnings of a cold coming on.

She had a slight fever. Crescent Care, her employer, had only a handful of tests for the new strain of coronavirus on hand; she initially passed on the chance to take one, after being told she was low-risk for the serious disease.

When her symptoms didn't shake, she did take the test on Monday. By Thursday, she felt "something in her lungs," she told longtime partner Josh Anderson. But she still felt well enough by then to join Anderson as the pair walked her dog.

On Friday, Anderson found Ott dead in her kitchen.

Her test results have still not come back. The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office has not released a cause of death; state health officials have not said whether they believe it was a case of coronavirus.

Anderson, 40, believes that's exactly what it was. What happened to his girlfriend, he said, should be a wake-up call for anyone who still believes COVID-19 isn't as deadly as experts have claimed.

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Trump has blood on his hands. He has done nothing to provide the 3 million+ test kits he promised 3 weeks ago.
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This 39-year-old New Orleans woman tested for coronavirus. She died before getting her results (Original Post) iluvtennis Mar 2020 OP
She worked in a medical clinic. Not low risk. emmaverybo Mar 2020 #1
I'm curious bdamomma Mar 2020 #2
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