Donnie B.
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Boston suburbs here, not sick to the best of my knowledge.
Spent my first 37 years in Methuen. Howdy fellow Mass-hole!
Boston suburbs here, not sick to the best of my knowledge.
Not nearly tests are enough being produced to get people back to work though. Production needs to be vastly ramped up for antibody and regular tests.@Dr. Dipwad
Looks like the goverment might be thinking along the same lines as you are.
http://a.msn.com/01/en-ca/BB12rvOr?ocid=scu2
No one better say anything , like if people I ignore can see my posts tell me, but now I think I had it in JanuaryVery interesting data. Turns out it may be just as important or even more important to test for antibodies than it is to test for the virus. This information would also backup the speculation by some researchers that the virus has been around longer that originally thought.
I know quite a few people that were sick with what appeared to be just a regular cold, back in January, then a couple weeks later were hit bit a flu-like cold, with a lot of the same symptoms as Covid-19, sore throat, aches, sniffles and fever. I remember a friend of mine, who works as a design engineer for Rolls Royce, said at least 8 people in his office all had the same flu-like cold.
See how far a sneeze and cough can travel
How is it being "ignored"? We've done 2.54M+ of the most accurate tests available anywhere as of the time of this writing. All of the current testing in the US is rT-PCR, including the "15 minute" tests, which is state of the art. You can't do it any more accurately with today's technology. That, as far as I understand, was part of the reason why testing was delayed in the first place: less sophisticated tests (such as the ones used in e.g. Russia) have a lot of false negatives, which means they're only slightly better than no testing at all.The testing issue is being vastly and scarily ignored. The answer is who knows. We need someone to step up bigtime on this issue or we really are screwed until a vaccine.
so sorry for Chicago, too bad leadership is slow to the response, perhaps it needs better leadership?
I'm skeptical. A "technician" would not know these percentages - she only takes the blood or swabs. She does not see the results of the test.
Do a comparison of tests/deaths between the US and countries like Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. The US is still an order of magnitude behind.How is it being "ignored"? We've done 2.54M+ of the most accurate tests available anywhere as of the time of this writing. All of the current testing in the US is rT-PCR, including the "15 minute" tests, which is state of the art. You can't do it any more accurately with today's technology. That, as far as I understand, was part of the reason why testing was delayed in the first place: less sophisticated tests (such as the ones used in e.g. Russia) have a lot of false negatives, which means they're only slightly better than no testing at all.
Read what I wrote again, we’re not talking about the same thing. Do you know what "tests/deaths" even means? Hint, divided-by.Do you know what an "order of magnitude" even means? Korea tested 9957 per million. We've tested 7760 per million and capacity is still ramping up quickly. Taiwan tested 1908 per million, far less than us. Singapore is a city-state, you're better off comparing it to e.g. NYC which tests at a rate nearly twice as high as Singapore.