The health care system that is failing and failing to provide testing kits for the coronavirus is called ObamaCare.
The population of those countries vs the US?
Obamacare
So how many people in this country get tested for the flu?
SFAIK, last year was the first time I was ever so tested and this was because I went to a hospital ER when my temperature was elevated.
ML/NJ
I believe testing should be easy to get - but targeted at those who need it.
If there were “Come in and Get Tested” shops all over there would be a crush to get tested - but that all means nothing if you catch it tomorrow.
We can’t have any tests without our primary care doctors ordering them first.
“The health care system that is failing and failing to provide testing kits for the coronavirus is called ObamaCare. “
Has zero to do with Obamacare. Major fail is going on is what is happening and Trump should of put a stop to it 3 weeks ago and got the damn kits out and away to test it faster.
Shut the F up you government scumbag
This has NOTHING to do with Obamacare, and everything to do with complete ineptitude on the part of the CDC.
There WAS a test available from the WHO back in early Jan. The CDC chose to ignore that test and tried to create their own. When they actually used that test, they found it was flawed. So, they had to create a NEW test.
Result? 6-8 weeks lost in testing where this thing truly is.
Thing just popped up recently so how can tests be available so soon and so fast?
This moron should not be answering questions before Congress. Because his forte isn’t explaining things to people in a way that isn’t politically disastrous. Whereas the job requires doing no political harm.
The obvious problem is that for most people it presents as a strong cold and they get better and never seek medical attention where they could be tested.
My question would be how many people have gone to a doctor or hospital exhibiting symptoms and were unable to get tested? We don’t need millions of test kits at least as of yet to accommodate that number of people. I believe that population is being tested. Having a large number of kits may be necessary down the road.
“That is a failing. It is a failing. Let’s admit it,” he said.
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Our expensive and politicized bureaucracies failing us is not surprising at all. What WOULD be a surprise is if they actually did something proactively, efficiently, and effectively.
Eliminate the CDC monopoly on developing, approving and licensing the manufacture of disease test kits. Let private labs and industry do it for a profit.
I don't know about anyone else on FR, I view Dr. Fauci as a truth-teller. He's pointing out what's happened to our health care system in the wake of Obamacare and it taking time to un-do the damage it did.
Are we really prepared for a major outbreak of this thing and could we really handle all the diagnostic testing it may generate?
Dr. Fauci says we aren't and I'll take his word for it.
So now what?
Wash your hands people. Cover your coughs and sneezes, stay away from others if you're not feeling well. It's all common sense.
I think he’s NIH. Panic will help destroy Trump, so he’s saying whatever he needs to to please his fellow deep staters.
Has anyone asked the CDC what the hangup is? The private sector could jump in for non urgent tests, but the BS of hospitals not testing symptomatic people because they don’t meet the criteria has got to stop.
Are there thousands of people who want to be tested and are denied??
Have we heard from one or two or three people here, who have wanted to be tested and were denied?
WTH is Fauci talking about?
Oh, you must get referred by a Doc?
Where are the people affected who should be complaining?
As of mid-April 2010, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that about 59 million Americans contracted the H1N1 virus {Swine Flu}, 265,000 Americans were hospitalized as a result, and 18,000 Americans died.
Not a single game was canceled, and obama, the prince of peace and love and good health was never criticized.
Today's panic is designed by the media to drive the economy down so that President Trump will lose in November.
I hate the media, but I am pissed off at our own people that have surrendered to this panic attack, including many here on FR as well as Trump's team.
But .. But.. It’s all Trump’s fault how other Presidents ran their gigs. We all know that. Right? ;-)