another thing. people should stop putting pressure on the President re testing.
when CDC says a billion people worldwide got seasonal flu and 650,000 to 1 million died or whatever, that doesn’t mean the billion or anything like that were tested.
it will be long after Covid-19 has run its course that any sense can be made of the stats, and they will still only be best guest-imates.
stop panic-ing. so far, Covid-19 looks fairly ordinary. don’t sweat over jumps in figures due to more testing, etc.
just wash your hands, and take care of you and yours generally.
it looks like the President will be put under pressure to lock down the economy indefinitely and there are already attempts to stop normal voting in November.
however he decides, the FakeNewsMSM will attack him. it wouldn’t be difficult to spread some covid-19 around if the Deep State wanted to claim he ended a lock-down prematurely. what a battle is ahead.
still the most important piece which should be read by everyone:
17 Mar: StatNews: A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data
By John P.A. Ioannidis
(John P.A. Ioannidis is professor of medicine, of epidemiology and population health, of biomedical data science, and of statistics at Stanford University and co-director of Stanford’s Meta-Research Innovation Center)
The data collected so far on how many people are infected and how the epidemic is evolving are utterly unreliable…
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-making-decisions-without-reliable-data/
Wikipedia: John Ioannidis
In addition, he has pioneered the field of meta-research (research on research). He has shown that much of the published research does not meet good scientific standards of evidence.
Ioannidis studies scientific research itself, especially in clinical medicine and the social sciences. He is one of the most-cited scientists in literature. His 2005 paper “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False” is the most downloaded paper in the Public Library of Science, and has the highest number of Mendeley readers across all science.”…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ioannidis
93% of those who show up for testing who think they have the virus don’t. Now we can all fall under this hypochondriac syndrome-it just shows the power of advertising or media-repeat something enough and perception becomes reality.
Now there is a home testing kit available for these mentally ill hypochondriacs:
At-home coronavirus tests now available, companies say (Fox News)
As coronavirus testing in the U.S. continues to lag behind that in other highly affected countries such as South Korea, several domestic startups are reportedly launching the first at-home tests.
The products have been greenlit by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under new expedited guidelines to help combat the virus, according to Stat, a health care industry news outlet.
One such test provider is Nurx, a San Francisco-based company best known for home testing products for sexually transmitted infections and birth control, now offers testing kits for COVID-19 through the mail for $181 after prospective customers fill out an online form with their symptoms.
“We don’t look for the severity of symptoms, only the presence of them. They can range from mild to severe,” Nurx spokeswoman Allison Hoffman told SFGate.com. “But, people with truly severe symptoms should also seek immediate care. … In terms of temperature in particular, we determine a fever is 100.4 [degrees] plus.”
After filling out the online survey, Nurx will determine if testing is necessary based on the person’s symptoms and will mail the test via expedited shipping.
Nurx can give customers lab results within 48 hours of receiving the test, SFGate reported.
“We are pivoting from our prior service lines to make this available,” Chris Hall, senior clinical adviser for Nurx, told Stat. “It’s a heavy lift, but we think it’s important.”
nurx@nurxapp
Today we are introducing the first #COVID19 home testing and online consultation service. We’re eager to safely connect people with certain symptoms and risk factors with testing and medical care.