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Not even symptoms - by the

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 02 May 2020 11:07:15 +0000

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Not even symptoms - by the time you show symptoms, you've had it for a whole. Some never really show symptoms.

Clarity about testing. Why we

artappraiser — Sat, 02 May 2020 11:05:13 +0000

In reply to Trump's Test Plan Epic Nothingburger

Clarity about testing. Why we need it. And why the sick do not need it as much if they are isolated unless or until they have to come out of isolation to get treatment.

The “Covid toe” stuff is fascinating but the emphasis on testing people with symptoms remains misguided.

If you have symptoms stay home!

We need to test people *without* symptoms whose jobs make it likely they’ll spread infection. pic.twitter.com/yZDupq9Cuv
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 2, 2020

Reality: if you get it so bad that you are acceptedd as an inpatient at a hospital, your risk of death is very high. Partly because: they are doing their best, but they don't necessarily know what they are doing! This is another reason why flattening the curve with social isolation is a good idea: putting off infection till much later means chances will be better that medicine knows more about the disease and treatments for it should you be one of the unlucky with a severe form of infection.

We need to test and trace in order to make social decisions to keep infection levels down as long as possible.

Test and trace will also mean a lot of pressure on people who test positive but asymptomatic to be quarantined. (Like a whole town in NM right now.) We should keep in mind that libertarian types may not be very happy about this....

Former Bush HHS chief calls

artappraiser — Sat, 02 May 2020 05:17:02 +0000

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Former Bush HHS chief calls for more COVID-19 testing money in congressional letter, says we were "unprepared" | Fox News https://t.co/ZZifglVROF
— Andy Slavitt @ (@ASlavitt) May 2, 2020

There it is.

moat — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:35:06 +0000

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There it is.
The Republicans already said they were cool with that result.

Because they keep moving the number of dead people to whoever died while they said stuff.

Read today competent

NCD — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:18:02 +0000

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Read today competent epidemiologist predicts wirhout the necessary vast expansion by feds of testing, and contact tracing, or effective treatment or mass vaccinations, we will have 1 to 1 1\2 million dead by first half next year.

Another element the T team

moat — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:08:07 +0000

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Another element the T team did not take into account is that we all get these smarmy letters from all the institutions who determine how much money we will get to help us or not. The idea that one could use that medium to make something look good may be the clearest evidence yet of how far removed the Administration is from what is going on.

I see staff set up something

artappraiser — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:01:59 +0000

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I see staff set up something for him to do instead of Coronavirus briefings to keep him busy yapping like he likes. I only watched the first couple minute of this. Of note that Ivanka walked up to the stage with him (is she heading the small business task force? Enquiring minds would love to know without having to endure the torture of watching this in its entirety.) He was reading from a speech on the podium which made a point to express sympathy the victims of this "scourge", a word which he stumbled over.

LIVE: POTUS delivers remarks on supporting small businesses https://t.co/QdwfDq1UOk
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 28, 2020

many not thrilled with

artappraiser — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:47:58 +0000

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many not thrilled with getting a letter from him either:

Perpsective: IRS stimulus payment recipients lash out against Trump’s "vanity letter" https://t.co/JdVEknxpTh
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 28, 2020

I bet he thinks like it's his money and not a refund of the taxes they paid...

Too complicated. He was

moat — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 22:43:00 +0000

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Too complicated. He was retweeting stuff on stage he did not understand when he exposed us to the desert of his consciousness.

Fast food. Prostitutes. Development deals. Stick with the basics.

... testing reagent plant -

NCD — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:57:06 +0000

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... testing reagent plant - tell Trump it's setting up production of a new ingestible formulation of Lysol?

He would "get it", he's outstanding with ordering mixed drinks.