Long article, did not read all of it but the crux is that many of the parts necessary for testing are not made here and are in short supply globally.
CDC got caught flat footed and they also screwed up their test. CDC has done a terrible job.
You can’t quarantine if you don’t test so we are not doing either and this crap has spread like wildfire. CDC has blown it. FDA and NIH have helped blow it.
On the other hand the line of BS by the administration is getting thin. For example:
” Giroir told the governors that, in the twelve days between March 2nd and March 14th, more than ten million tests had been made available in the U.S. And, citing numbers from the F.D.A., he suggested that another seventeen million would be added by March 28th. “We have plenty of tests on the back side. We have plenty of supplies on the front side,” Giroir said. Pence, too, emphasized that “now tens of thousands of more tests are being performed literally every day,” while Trump, responding to Noem’s difficulties securing reagents, told her not to be concerned. “We got you, Kristi,” he said. “There is tremendous supply.”
If there is plenty why doesn’t Kristi have what her state needs. All it takes is a C-17 to move it from where it is to where it isn’t. Simple, we have lots of airplanes not doing anything, load it up and move it if we have a “tremendous supply”. P.T. Barnum and the rest of the circus has spoken.
I’ve been where Kristi is. Being lied to or patronized and knowing it does nothing for your spirits. Being just a cheer leader is only successful so long. The truth, that you want to help but can’t is much better than lies and false hope. People will find a way but counting on help that is promised and does not come is crushing.
Same claims made about food supplies. “Maybe not exactly what you want but the essentials will be readily available.” “Assured the supply chain will be up and running.” Horseshit. There isn’t a bag of flower, a sack of rice, beans, chicken or beef on the shelf around here most days unless you get there right when the truck pulls up. Hoarding you say? I guess so, maybe. Not sure. I’m trying not to leave the farm and haven’t for almost two weeks. No big deal for me, my record is 63 days but my wife goes to town when I don’t. My grocery assessment is second hand from many others I know who have gone to town.
The US response is typical of the nation we have become, not the greatest nation on erf, just one of the gang with lots of bullets, credit and a confidence game of printing money.
What the hell do I know though? My only claim to fame is organizations that never got noticed because we accomplished our mission without drama.
Even if you do test negative you still need to stay home because the other side of the equation is not to get it after you've tested negative.
A gal today said I didn't have to back away from her in the grocery aisle as she'd been tested and it was negative. But I asked how would she know if she didn't pick it up since the test? as she was out and about..... A negative test definitely gives people a false sense of security.
This is why they're asking people to remain at home. Also why tests be available for people who are sick.
Where do you live? I am sorry to hear that. Things arent quite that bad here altho there are some shortages. I wonder if it depends on what part of the country as to more severe shortages.