An 87 year old man with intractable abdominal pain makes an appointment to see his gastroenterologist. He lives alone but manages to get a ride to the doctor’s office. Steps away from the entrance, he receives a phone call, “Mr. D__, I’m sorry but the doctor will not be able to see you today.” Mr D had tested positive for COVID 9 days earlier, and office policy prohibits anyone from entering who has tested positive within the past 10 days. Mr D had not shared this information over the phone - he felt fully recovered and had no respiratory symptoms - but the office staff used EMR to comb through his records and discovered it.
Stop taking COVID tests. They are meaningless and non specific to COVID.