10,000 people a week
versus this...
CDC tested only 77 people this week; coronavirus testing slow around the nation
“CONCLUSION: Lie to your doctor or they won’t test you.”
Conclusion: Trump needs to issue some executive orders to cut through this regulatory crap.
What will change with the results of a test? You’ll still have the same symptoms. The treatment won’t change.
Because the CDC screwed the pooch.
They refused to allow any private companies or Universities to develop and market a Covid 19 test. The CDC was going to do it. And they failed spectacularly. They cost us over a month of getting our arms around this disaster and there will be many deaths in the US because of it.
Speaking as a physician who is former ER and currently working part time Urgent Care.
My FIRST patient today was a woman with fever, muscle ache, dry cough, and chest pain with cough. No travel, but so what? cases in 35 states now.
Wanted to test her today, would have. But test still not available in my area of NC.
Carlos del Rio
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Listening to
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and one statistic he mentioned is enough to realize how woefully inadequate #COVID19 testing still is in the US. Today alone South Korea did ~ 10,000 tests, that is more that what the US has done in the last 2 months (5,000 - 8,000)! Really?
That sky sure is falling isn’t it.
The link/source is “Vanity?”
Sounds like their problem is state or local.As of a week ago the CDC removed the requirements it had put on local authorities before they could test. Now they can test anyone at anytime with a doctor’s approval. https://www.foxnews.com/health/doctors-can-now-approve-coronavirus-testing-cdc-says
Failure to get testing up and ready has caused a market
crisis and soon it will cause a health crisis.
How many “doctor friends” do you have?
Here are my thoughts
1) Extensive testing of the populace will overload the system preventing testing of those truly suspect of being infected
2j if the general populous is tested, found to be positive and don’t exhibit severe symptoms the doomsday narrative is ruined.
3) if those found positive recover relatively fast, the doomsday narrative is also ruined.
4) if a large portion of the population is found to be positive and actually develop complications, panic will heighten.
I’m glad some high profile people are confirmed positive. It will be harder to push the doomsday narrative in a few weeks once they recover.
You think it’s bad now. Just wait until the DMV is in charge of your healthcare. Expensive? You bet. But Italy has a solution for you.
Both Labcorp and Quest can test.
Perhaps we should import test kits from South Korea?
Other than making a plan, wash your hands.
Dr Marc Seigal, on Tucker’s show, just confirmed this.
He said the criteria is absurd and, on top of that, no reagent available.
As Dr. Fauci said, it’s a failing. They’re working on it.
Testing really doesn’t change that much.
1. There is no specific drug to treat Covid.
2. There is a drug for flu. Test for flu. If positive, take tamaflu.
3. If you aren’t short of breath, stay home, take tylenol, fluids, etc.
4. Short of breath, go to the hospital.
It can’t be too hard to get tested.
Lindsey Graham got tested because he was at the same country club as someone. Says he not showing any symptoms.
