US admits 'failing' on testing, says Fauci

Post by marnett » Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 7:43 AM UTC

makomk wrote: post #69

Lewton wrote: post #48

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if you have the symptoms for the cold, and don't have the symptoms for covid-19, then why would they test you?

There is no clear-cut distinction between the symptoms of the two - it's more an "if you hear hooves, think horse not zebra" thing. The New York Times article in the grandparent post literally points to the fact that Tom Hanks could get tested for coronavirus based on symtoms that were just like a cold as proof it's much easier to get tested in Australia than the US. Except that if you read the ABC article, Australia…

Post by ceejayoz » Fri, Mar 13, 2020, 1:31 PM UTC

bluGill wrote: post #82

ceejayoz wrote: post #79

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If the US can't get enough lab materials to match one day of South Korea's test reagent usage, that should be its own huge scandal.

Why is it a scandal? There is only so much made in the world. If South Korea uses it we cannot.

Post by matchbok » Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 4:19 AM UTC

chrisco255 wrote: post #68

ajross wrote: post #37

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Very difficult, which is why work should have started, ahem, four months ago. Now we are, indeed, hopelessly behind.

They did start working on it 4 months ago. The CDC has been on the case since then. Mind you, China was not cooperating with us and wouldn't allow our experts into the country while it was getting bad there. They are ramping up rapidly and we'll see that over the next few days.