meanwhile, NYT tells it readers:
12 March: NYT: Tom Hanks Got Sick in Australia, Where Coronavirus Testing Isn’t Such a Hassle
In the United States, little if anything about the testing has been efficient or convenient. In Australia, it is free and widely available
By Damien Cave
SYDNEY, Australia — Here, testing is free and widely available, thanks to early and coordinated planning for a pandemic...
Some countries, like the United States, are looking increasingly ill prepared...
Although Canada has relatively few cases so far, its testing system is also well developed...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/world/australia/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-coronavirus.html
in fact, it’s not easy to get tested in Australia, even if you have acute, flu-like symptoms:
11 Mar: ABC Australia: Coronavirus guidelines ‘confusing and frustrating’ for NSW doctors
By Liv Casben
Dr McMullen said information coming from the Federal Government and different state health authorities was “confusing, frustrating and challenging”...
Yesterday, the country’s chief medical officer Brendan Murphy addressed some of the confusion around testing.
“At the moment we are not recommending people with acute, cold, flu-like symptoms, unless they are a returned traveller, or unless they are a contact of a confirmed case, be tested,” he said...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-11/coronavirus-panic-source-of-frustration-for-nsw-doctors/12043182
i HATE the nytimes
The confusion in that article was on how and when to refer patients for Covid-19 testing. It is not hard to get patients tested in that there are kits. We are doing a much worse job of making testing kits available.
Mega lies. “Gift sick”? Prove it. He “supposedly” just tested positive. That’s not sickness.
Publicity stunt. Otherwise who the hell cares?