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I spoke to someone working in an ER in New York City. People are walking in, no symptoms, no travel history, no contact with any known cases - demanding to be
by koheripbal 7y ago
I spoke to someone working in an ER in New York City. People are walking in, no symptoms, no travel history, no contact with any known cases - demanding to be tested for coronavirus. They'll say ridiculous things like "my neighbor (who they've had no contact with) went to Thailand last month. I want to be tested.". People are panicking.
If tests were infinite, then fine - but as long as we have a finite number of test kits, there have to be limits.
...but I think we fundamentally agree - we need MANY more test kits. ...and it would be great to have so many that we could operate at-home or drive-thru testing. I think we'll get there.