I am scheduled to give a talk at large science conference in Seattle this May. I have a feeling its going to get canceled though. :/
Gates Foundation program will issue home testing kits for Covid 19 in Seattle
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#22This is very admirable of Bill, but it seems odd that the world's biggest economy is reliant on hand-outs to keep its citizens healthy.
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#23Feudalism
Ah, a little explanation would help
Feudalism is an pre-industrial, primarily agrarian system of socioeconomic relations in which peasants farm land controlled by nobility in exchange for military protections.
In Feudalism, the single incentive for the nobility to protect the peasant is the exchange value of the product of the peasant’s labor. Feudalism is best known for it’s lack of democratic relations.
Re: Gates Foundation program will issue home testing kits for Covid 19 in Seattle
#24Low cost home testing kits can go beyond SARS-COV2 and track other diseases all from the safety of your home. Why go to the hospital where you could possibly be infected by other people with infectious diseases or infect the people around you. Personally, if it is low cost enough that I don't need to use health insurance then I am all for it. Health insurance is good enough until surprise they don't want to cover you…
> Health insurance is good enough until surprise they don't want to cover you or you get surprise bills in the mail from the hospital.
Constantly amazed this can be a thing in a first world country. Can this actually happen?
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#25If anything sets a bad precedent, citizens starting testing themselves and each other, what could possibly go wrong (sarcasm)... Should we test for flu, cold as well? All other diseases? Should you only be allowed to be somewhere if you tested yourself within the last N hours ... etc .. because that is the next step, looking at each other with suspicion. When did you last test yourself? Did you not test yourself? Why…
If I could test myself continuously, I would. Why would you not?
because it never works like that, never that simple, there are always bigger costs
in the end this will be used against you and others
next thing you know you are not allowed on a bus if you haven't tested yourself today
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#26Our government is led by idiots, this is the result
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#27Low cost home testing kits can go beyond SARS-COV2 and track other diseases all from the safety of your home. Why go to the hospital where you could possibly be infected by other people with infectious diseases or infect the people around you. Personally, if it is low cost enough that I don't need to use health insurance then I am all for it. Health insurance is good enough until surprise they don't want to cover you…
> Health insurance is good enough until surprise they don't want to cover you or you get surprise bills in the mail from the hospital. Constantly amazed this can be a thing in a first world country. Can this actually happen?
Yes
Re: Gates Foundation program will issue home testing kits for Covid 19 in Seattle
#28Sure, just sending my DNA off to the Gates foundation. Why not
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#29This is very admirable of Bill, but it seems odd that the world's biggest economy is reliant on hand-outs to keep its citizens healthy.
I wonder how long before trump start claiming credits for this.
Re: Gates Foundation program will issue home testing kits for Covid 19 in Seattle
#30Low cost home testing kits can go beyond SARS-COV2 and track other diseases all from the safety of your home. Why go to the hospital where you could possibly be infected by other people with infectious diseases or infect the people around you. Personally, if it is low cost enough that I don't need to use health insurance then I am all for it. Health insurance is good enough until surprise they don't want to cover you…
> Health insurance is good enough until surprise they don't want to cover you or you get surprise bills in the mail from the hospital. Constantly amazed this can be a thing in a first world country. Can this actually happen?
All the damn time. It’s so infuriating.