Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronavirus testing

Post by tootie » Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 10:48 PM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #143

tootie wrote: post #43

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Because it's yet another detail that he's gotten wrong and shows that he's not paying attention. He made several incorrect statements about who is building the site, how many people are working on it, when it will be ready and who the target audience is. It's been a valve of mistakes this week that just show he isn't treating this seriously.

The best example of him being totally fucking clueless is when a reporter asked him if he/the WH staff will be tested after there's public evidence (a photo) of him next to the Bolsonaro aide who was later tested positive. His response, very confidently: "No, we have no symptoms whatsoever.". Oh my fucking god... anyone who's paid 30 seconds attention to this virus knows that you may have it and not show any symptoms…

Post by erikpukinskis » Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 10:57 PM UTC

newtoday wrote: post #94

tathougies wrote: post #81

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Because Walmart already has the infrastructure to (a) set up drive-through testing sites, (b) employees to perform the tests, and (c) the distribution network to get this test to the majority of America very quickly. Your local hospital, not being part of a larger chain or system, does not. These tests are all drive through, that is why you don't need PPE to go in, because you don't need to go in. I don't understand…

Okay, if I haven't made it clear. Where do US citizens go get tested in each state? The answer is NOT Walmart!

Post by servusMachina » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 2:48 AM UTC

allannienhuis wrote: post #199

servusMachina wrote: post #188

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Seems like it doesn't matter simply due to your political bias.

You can invert that statement and it has just as much validity: "Seems like it matters simply due to your political bias"

Post by ta999999171 » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:10 AM UTC

TSiege wrote: post #166

76543210 wrote: post #153

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If I didn't pay taxes my mortgage would be paid off, I could quit/work from home for a decade. How much abundance would we have without the federal government?

If we didn't pay taxes we wouldn't have schools, roads, or the internet, and maybe even your mortgage (along with countless other things). So imagine where you life would be without it.

Post by newtoday » Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 5:41 AM UTC

watwut wrote: post #119

wideasleep1 wrote: post #104

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Apologies, I thought you were genuinely curious.

Your answer was that you don't know through. You just assume that the information would be easy to obtain by calling to hospital. (Which is not a way to distribute information many people need simultaneously anyway, even if it worked). Multiple people who called ended up being sent (or told to call) from one place to another.They after series of calls ended up being told they cant get tested due to rules on who is be…