“A man takes his wife to get tested…” (joke)

A joke has it that a man send his wife to be tested, but the doctor’s didn’t know if it was for Covid-19 or for Alzheimer’s. The doctor then suggests, “I recommend you take her for a very long walk and leave her. If she comes home, don’t let her in.” (That is, if the wife doesn’t come home, she has Alzheimer’s. If she comes home, she has Covid-19.)
   
The joke was posted on Reddit—Jokes on APril 14, but removed by the moderators. It was posted on Twitter by Mr. Jamie on April 18, 2020.
   
The joke was posted again on Reddit—Jokes on April 28, 2020, and went viral.
 
       
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/BLAIX_April 14, 2020
A man took his wife to the doctor to get tested for Coronavirus.
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Twitter
Mr. Jamie
@mcnicollme
Yesterday we got a call from the lab, where they informed us that they had mixed up the results with another patient, and they were not sure whether my wife had #COVID19 or Alzheimer’s.
They suggested that I take her for a long walk. If she finds her way back, don’t let her in.
1:22 AM · Apr 18, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Rabbi Shlomo (but please call me Benny)
@Von_Mongoose
Doctor called, said my wifes tests got mixed up. Doesn’ know if she has covid or Alzheimers.
What can I do? I asked.
Take her for a long walk and leave her. If she turns up at the door don’t let her in.
4:46 PM · Apr 19, 2020·Twitter for Android
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Trisquet April 23, 2020
A man’s wife got tested for coronavirus..
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Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/ascoolas April 28, 2020
A man takes his wife to get tested
Several days go by, and he receives a call from the doctor.
 
The doctor tells him, “Due to an unfortunate mixup with the lab, we are not sure of your wife has Covid-19 or Alzheimer’
 
The man, clearly frustrated, asks, “Well what am I supposed to do with that kind of information?”
 
The doctor calmly suggests, “I recommend you take her for a very long walk and leave her. If she comes home, don’t let her in.”