Hands up if you are still in the "it's just another flu, what's the big deal, why are people stalking-up camp". Crickets
I can't tell if this is satire or not.President Trump is in the high risk demographic. Could this be considered an assassination attempt?
I've been wondering that myself for a while now. I'd say Fonzie is well over.At what point has the shark been jumped?
No, I really am wondering. I'm not totally up on the health-legal interplay, but haven't there been court cases involving deliberate HIV transmission? Could deliberate exposure of COVID-19 to those in the high risk demographic be considered illegal?I can't tell if this is satire or not.
I can't tell if this is satire or not.
I've been wondering that myself for a while now. I'd say Fonzie is well over.
No, I really am wondering. I'm not totally up on the health-legal interplay, but haven't there been court cases involving deliberate HIV transmission? Could deliberate exposure of COVID-19 to those in the high risk demographic be considered illegal?
Or parachute protectors.If you run low on TP, just use adult diapers.
Or gerbils.....
There is nothing in that article which has any conspiracy element to it. The warehouse locations are secret so TERRORIST acts don't take them out. Preparation for terrorism is one of the reasons for the existence of those warehouses.Before the conspiracy nuts chime in, there are hundreds of warehouses of supplies all across the country for emergencies. Most do not have supplies that are helpful for COVID.
As pointed out by Dr. Fauci in CONgressional testimony, the main problem is with the deployment and use of test kits within our medical network, not with the number of test kits available (ever since CDC's screw-up was fixed at least).https://www.roche.com/media/release...PiX8nVflCTDEmfjFaesakTiiM7E-yNsCWiDwICnVMTm9o
There is already a large amount of these tests staged in the US and ready for distribution.
(disclaimer: I work for Roche)
This isn't a test kit so much as a set of reagents, testing protocol and the process that are used on very large hospital/lab analyzers. If the lab/hospital has one of these analyzers already, there is no additional training needed to use these new tests. The tests are staged throughout the US already and can be in any hospital/lab within a very few days depending on local logistics. Any hospital/lab that has the analyzer can be running hundreds of tests per day.As pointed out by Dr. Fauci in CONgressional testimony, the main problem is with the deployment and use of test kits within our medical network, not with the number of test kits available (ever since CDC's screw-up was fixed at least).
Yes, I saw an MD on TV last night holding an example and complained that he had everything needed except the reagent(s). Vehicle-based testing figures for various states are miserably low with people waiting in lines in their cars for hours to get the test after I assume they have gotten direction from their GP or hospital to get tested. And the bottleneck for confirmed case figures is the CDC requiring samples. In the John Hopkins map of worldwide cases, the vast majority of US states previously shown as having cases appear as having NO cases at all now that they no longer count presumptive cases. The size of outbreak circles is also greatly reduced.This isn't a test kit so much as a set of reagents, testing protocol and the process that are used on very large hospital/lab analyzers. If the lab/hospital has one of these analyzers already, there is no additional training needed to use these new tests. The tests are staged throughout the US already and can be in any hospital/lab within a very few days depending on local logistics. Any hospital/lab that has the analyzer can be running hundreds of tests per day.
Don't think like take a swab and culture it and test it by hand, think take a swab, put it in a tube with reagents, that tube goes into a machine and 3 hours later you have a result. That machine can do 96 tests at the same time. (4000 per day on the really big machine)
Last night when you watched TV, the Roche test wasn't an option. As of this morning, it is. The reagents are staged all over the US in warehouses, all the hospitals/labs have to do it request it.Yes, I saw an MD on TV last night holding an example and complained that he had everything needed except the reagent(s). Vehicle-based testing figures for various states are miserably low with people waiting in lines in their cars for hours to get the test after I assume they have gotten direction from their GP or hospital to get tested. And the bottleneck for confirmed case figures is the CDC requiring samples. In the John Hopkins map of worldwide cases, the vast majority of US states previously shown as having cases appear as having NO cases at all now that they no longer count presumptive cases. The size of outbreak circles is also greatly reduced.
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
Great! I hope the word is getting around because that's another problem I've seen many anecdotes about. What a clown show.Last night when you watched TV, the Roche test wasn't an option. As of this morning, it is. The reagents are staged all over the US in warehouses, all the hospitals/labs have to do it request it.
You're preaching to the choir on that topic. So, we have CDC and state bottlenecks against anything approaching RAPID discovery of CDC-blessed-as-confirmed cases.The CDC and some state heath departments are royally messing up. I know that in my state of Indiana, we have many hospitals and labs that can perform the tests but all tests for COVID-19 have to be done by the state dept of health and they're extremely slow since its only a single lab using older equipment.
In a Chinese study in Wuhan it was found that 41% of those infected (including, unfortunately, medical personnel) were infected IN the hospital studied. Here's what we would have had long ago in the US if we'd have had our s**t together. South Korea:My hospital in Northern Indiana has the lab equipment to perform the tests as well, maybe things will speed up this weekend into next week.
They are announcing today some pretty strict visitor restrictions. No visitors in the ED except for 1 parent for minors. No visitors under 18 (that has been in place since flu/RSV season began.) 1 visitor over 18 for all other units,tracked by a wristband and needs to be the same person during the hospitalization. The cafeteria is closed to the public, only staff and visitors, or patients.
No family members in our ambulances. We very rarely allowed anyone to fly with us anyway.
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