“For most pneumonia patients, the microbe causing the infection is never identified. In the U.S. there are over three million cases of pneumonia on an annual basis. Because approximately 62% of cases of pneumonia wind up being unexplained, this would imply potentially testing close to 1.9 million people in a given year.”
***Break*** (talks about costs)
So if they tested the rest (1.9 million)
Carefully read the following.
“How many cases would turn up? Probably FEW IF ANY. In the U.K., approximately 0.4% of suspected cases - these are people who HAD BEEN to China, or BEEN IN CONTACT with others ill with the virus outside China - have turned out positive for novel Corona virus. From this it can be inferred that testing all those with unexplained pneumonia - who are not suspected cases, based on contacts, travel and medical history - would likely yield a MINISCULE NUMBER of positive cases, IF THAT.”
emphasis added by me
DON’T PANIC! TIME will tell. Let’s see where we are in 2 or 3 weeks from now (incubation period).
“Coronavirus patient in Spain reportedly recovers after being treated with HIV drug”
and:
HIV drug ‘successfully treats’ coronavirus patient in Spain
https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/04/hiv-drug-successfully-treats-coronavirus-patient-spain-12338254
Good information. Thank you.
Lazy people. All it takes is one infection and you have Italy. Although there may have been two initial vectors there. DO YOUR JOBS.