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That's crazy. But what I think is: considering that's an epidemic that is dangerous and quickly spreading, shouldn't the government just decide to test people c

That's crazy. But what I think is: considering that's an epidemic that is dangerous and quickly spreading, shouldn't the government just decide to test people coming from places with a lot of cases already? And pay for it?

alistairSH 7y ago
One would think that was obvious. But, we elected a deranged sociopath who placed a religious zealot with a poor history of dealing with public health issues in charge of managing the government's response to the emerging pandemic, so here we are.
mrguyorama 7y ago
A couple years ago the current administration fired the entire pandemic response team and did not replace them. Just the other day he claimed this entire situation was no big deal and would fizzle out on its own. Assuming the administration would do anything that helps anyone is a poor assumption
alistairSH 7y ago
Oh, it's crazier than you can imagine. We have a healthcare system that demands my wife goes into the doctors office when fully healthy during the midst of flu season with an unknown epidemic ongoing just to get a refill for the same maintenance meds she's been on for over 30 years. Simply because they haven't billed us anything for over 6 months. These policies actively spread infection and expose a larger number of the population to infected people.
cowmoo728 7y ago
It gets worse. Many service workers in the US do not have sick leave or insurance. If you work in a restaurant, you can legally be fired without notice for taking off a shift to go to the doctor. Then, several states have virtually no tenant protection laws, so the landlord can start legal eviction proceedings just a few days after missing a single payment.
- FalconSensei 7y ago
  Awesome, so basically if someone suspects they are infected, they won't get tested because they can't pay, and they still need to go work at the restaurant, infecting everyone else. That's so reassuring!
  - smegger001 7y ago
    Just wait until a walmart produce worker thinks it is a cold and decided that they cant afford the time off and comes to work and spreads it to thousands of people.
    - dillonmckay 7y ago
      I am more worried about the warehouse worker that is loading the food into the trucks for Walmart, Kroger, and Amazon.

alistairSH 7y ago

One would think that was obvious. But, we elected a deranged sociopath who placed a religious zealot with a poor history of dealing with public health issues in charge of managing the government's response to the emerging pandemic, so here we are.

mrguyorama 7y ago

A couple years ago the current administration fired the entire pandemic response team and did not replace them. Just the other day he claimed this entire situation was no big deal and would fizzle out on its own. Assuming the administration would do anything that helps anyone is a poor assumption

alistairSH 7y ago

Oh, it's crazier than you can imagine. We have a healthcare system that demands my wife goes into the doctors office when fully healthy during the midst of flu season with an unknown epidemic ongoing just to get a refill for the same maintenance meds she's been on for over 30 years. Simply because they haven't billed us anything for over 6 months. These policies actively spread infection and expose a larger number of the population to infected people.

cowmoo728 7y ago

It gets worse. Many service workers in the US do not have sick leave or insurance. If you work in a restaurant, you can legally be fired without notice for taking off a shift to go to the doctor. Then, several states have virtually no tenant protection laws, so the landlord can start legal eviction proceedings just a few days after missing a single payment.

FalconSensei 7y ago
Awesome, so basically if someone suspects they are infected, they won't get tested because they can't pay, and they still need to go work at the restaurant, infecting everyone else. That's so reassuring!
- smegger001 7y ago
  Just wait until a walmart produce worker thinks it is a cold and decided that they cant afford the time off and comes to work and spreads it to thousands of people.
  - dillonmckay 7y ago
    I am more worried about the warehouse worker that is loading the food into the trucks for Walmart, Kroger, and Amazon.