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Diagnosis is best achieved through diagnostic kits, whose status is currently listed as "theoretical" in the United States despite being 3 months into the pandemic. With the eventual coordination of U.S. private and public sectors, over 1 million flawed kits are expected to be available by the end of March 2020. The optimal specimen is an upper respiratory tract sample obtained via nasopharyngeal swab. The U.S. has had difficulty obtaining appropriate specimens, though this is largely attributable to frontline OB/GYNs collecting samples from the vagina and not the nasopharynx.<ref>[https://gomerblog.com/2020/03/ob-gyns-swabbing-vaginas-covid-19/ Habit, I Guess: OB/GYNs Accidentally Swabbing Vaginas for COVID-19 (Gomerblog)]</ref>
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There are no known vaccines at the moment for the public to refuse.
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Treatment is largely supportive in the form of excess toilet paper.<ref>[https://gomerblog.com/2020/03/brilliant-butthole-sign-diagnostic-tp-hoarding/ Study: ‘Brilliant Butthole Sign’ Diagnostic of TP Hoarding (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[https://gomerblog.com/2020/03/breaking-covid-19-found-in-toilet-paper/ Breaking: COVID-19 Found in Toilet Paper I(Gomerblog)]</ref> There are currently no known treatments for '''COVID-19'''. Interventions such as prayer, screaming "WHY GOD WHY?!" and remdesivir are currently goingongoing. A study involving Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir) produced disappointment results, as did the ones that looked at [[Sodium Bicarbonate|sodium barb]] and [[Precordial Thump|precordial thumps]]. There was controversy when French health minister, Olivier Véran, warned that [[NSAIDs]] should be avoided In patients with confirmed '''COVID-19'''. This recommended has not been implemented in the United States due to large opposition of military health care professionals who state that eliminating [[NSAIDs]] essentially eliminates all that a military health care professional can offer.