[Paladin2]

Testing is ramping up on a per capita basis, but still highly restricted. And will be for the foreseeable future.

I see quick, cheap testing as way to open up the economy before this virus burns its way through the population prior to a vaccine.

I’m all in favor of hunkering my at risk self down, but would like to have testing available to see if we could go visit grandkids and get some of the minor things on my “bucket list” done in the interim.

[Robert DeLong]

Well they don't exist. A magic wand that would eliminate all viruses would be even better but it too does not exist. What does exist in technology. That allows us to keep in touch for now and allay our fears regarding loved ones. Think about our fathers and grandfathers who also were directly in harms way in WWII. All they had were letters, and responses were far & few between. Their spouses & children also had war clips that were shown back home. None of which showed real horrors, especially ones that were negative to the effort.

Things will settle down and will return to normal, sooner rather than later. A momentary pause hurts nothing but the economy. But thankfully we have one of the strongest economies in the world, and it will bounce back, as long as this doesn't go on for too long.

Had the nation not gone into panic mode, we might never have had this pause. Blame that on the press trying to push an agenda in an election year, along with fake news that was all over the spectrum. Because so far the numbers do not support the worst case scenarios "experts" were predicting. Is that because of actions taken, or just that this virus was not as deadly as many perceived? We may never know the truth on that question.