COVID-19
Part IV: Clerical Errors Affect Real People!


Medical clerical staff are significant workers in the health centres.
Not only do they support the doctors and nurses in their roles, but they also ensure accurate results which turn into statistical analysis for future treatment recommendations.
But consider the case of my mother, who was allegedly diagnosed with Covid 19 at a seniors’ home and consequently spent two weeks in isolation (quarantine) as per government policy.
Nearly two weeks later, a note was added to her file of which the content follows:
November 27, 2020
Dear Resident/Family Member
I am writing to you to confirm that we have had no other residents at …. test
positive for COVID-19. With that being said, we have taken many residents off isolation today
due to a clerical error from AHS that resulted in a false positive reporting.
The director of the facility ends the letter off with an interesting paragraph:
Please also know that the best defense against the spread of this virus are actions that are well
within each of our control: stay home as much as possible, practice physical distancing (2
metres)/ wash your hands regularly/ use good cough etiquette and avoid touching your mouth.
Without playing the victim card, what is the consequence of this clerical error to the individual who made the error?
For my mother, she lost 2 weeks of her life isolated in her apartment with a hazmat suit, masks and gloves in front of her unit. She could not receive visitors and was not able to see her family.
Like any senior, student, teacher or worker who may have received a false positive, they are not faceless or nameless. Errors have real life consequences.
This marks the 5th time of isolation in the retirement home. Of these 5 times, ALL were due to policy i.e. 2-week isolation for a negative test or returning from a trip to visit family. While initially based on a positive indicator, this last circumstance was triggered by a hallway disinfection during which she had coughing symptoms and a test was administered. It turns out the particular disinfectant used by the home may trigger a coughing reaction.
However, the test was conducted and the positive was overturned. Mea Culpa.
I have to wonder what the clerical staff who erred received for their gaffe? The note is not clear as to if the clerical error was on the part of the technician or the individual entering the results. Either is unacceptable-technical or clerical side. Or the alternate questions, how many other people had their lives turned upside down due to the error? We also have to wonder how many people were contact traced and as well had to isolate?
We can probably estimate that for each false positive, 5 people were requested to be tested and if the test was incorrect OR the clerical staff erred there could be as many as 50 false results that day.
Province wide, what was the impact on the daily fright report? If again, 50 people were false, our daily numbers would fall. Perhaps more results were incorrect? We do not know, but we do know that peoples’ lives are not to be tampered with and such activities should not be merely accepted.
Extending the argument system-wide, it is these types of errors that continue widespread criticism of our response to the virus. Clerical errors can cause elevated numbers and create more panic (and thereby justify more extreme measures) just as inaccurate or no reporting of other diagnosis such as the influenza and related deaths, suicides, automobile accident fatalities, drug overdoses due to depression and potential prescription related deaths (#3 in the US).
It is well know by anyone who has undergone physiotherapy for shoulder or leg injuries that if your left arm is injured that you will over compensate on the right side. Therefore as one limb heals, the other can also be injured leading to another cycle of physio. The same principle should apply to our health system.
While Covid 19 is a ‘real’ virus with real world threat, it must be considered as part of a larger pie to give world citizens a balanced view of our national health threats else our go to strategy for health management is crisis instead of calm and long term nutritional and holistic approaches.
Clerical errors not withstanding, errors must be publicly acknowledged and corrected. Incorrect positive tests (cases) must be modified and appropriate actions taken to ensure honesty in health reporting. The citizens of our cities, provinces and countries deserve truth from our health providers and ministries. Responsibility and accountability MUST be part of a responsible and responsive health system.
To take a quote out of context, “One small misstep for man, one large misstep for mankind.”
COVID-19
There’s another way to end the pandemic. Doctors can knock covid out with treatment


COVID-19 is not only killing people, it’s destroying businesses, crushing dreams, and wreaking havoc on mental health. It’s also driving a serious wedge between neighbours, communities, and society as a whole. As Canadians helplessly watch what some are calling a race between covid variants and the effectiveness of widespread vaccination, most are unaware there’s another way out of this disaster, and doctors hold the key.
In this incredible testimony, leading medical researcher Dr. Peter McCullough addresses the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee. The most widely published medical scholar in the world in his expertise, Dr. McCullough is an expert in the field of heart and kidney, an editor of two major journals, and an accomplished research scholar.
In this remarkable address you’ll hear that doctors haven’t been given any real instruction on how to treat patients in the time between a positive diagnosis and a week or two later when some become seriously ill. It’s not well publicized yet, but Dr. Peter McCullough is doing all he can to let the medical community know they can save 85% of covid patients by offering treatment to those with a positive diagnosis for SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind covid-19. The medical trials are legitimate. The documentation on early onset treatment is verified.
While every doctor who treats patients needs to see this video, so does anyone who fears getting a positive diagnosis. Covid-19 is treatable and if you or your loved one gets the dreaded diagnosis, you can and should demand access to treatment. For those at highest risk of severe illness, it will increase the chances of a positive outcome by 85%.
Within two days of this testimony (March 10) the Texas Senate introduced legislation to mandate information on early treatment be provided to every positive covid-19 patient. The key now is for doctors to act.
Here is Dr. McCullough’s recent presentation at the Capitol building in Austin, Texas.
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