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And Trudeau himself is not being tested: https://twitter.com/CameronAhmad/status/1238281503005642753 https://twitter.com/CameronAhmad/status/1238281503005642753

And Trudeau himself is not being tested: https://twitter.com/CameronAhmad/status/1238281503005642753 https://twitter.com/CameronAhmad/status/1238281503005642753. I don't understand why some governments seem so averse to testing in general and have really tight constraints around it. In comparison, Bolsonaro had an aid test positive for it and he's being tested with results coming tomorrow: https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1238232367006912514 https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1238232367006912514

Barrin92 7y ago
if you're going to self isolate anyway there's not much point in testing I suppose other than for statistical purposes and at this point my guess would be that testing people on the frontlines is more important.
- nathanaldensr 7y ago
  What "frontlines?" Everywhere are "frontlines" at this point.
  - Barrin92 7y ago
    healthcare workers, public service workers, food, transportation, pharmaceutical and so on. People who need to definitely know if they are sick or not.
- 1998v2 7y ago
  If he tests positive then the self quarantine he is under would expand to his contacts since Sophie returned.
shp0ngle 7y ago
I think US just doesn’t physically have enough tests.
pengaru 7y ago
No point in wasting a test on someone you're assuming is and treating as infected.
- abiogenesis 7y ago
  Who should we test then?
  - pengaru 7y ago
    People with symptoms who have had no known contact with the infected, to determine if it's covid-19 or just something else? Edit: I'm assuming we're talking about in the reality scenario where we don't have the testing capacity to test everyone. If you're not just testing the symptomatic, you're testing everyone who isn't already in the infected set, I don't think the US/Canada is prepared for that.
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giarc 7y ago
It's optics. Every Canadian is being told that you won't be tested if you are asymptomatic. If he was to get tested, it shows a disparity in the system.

Barrin92 7y ago

if you're going to self isolate anyway there's not much point in testing I suppose other than for statistical purposes and at this point my guess would be that testing people on the frontlines is more important.

nathanaldensr 7y ago
What "frontlines?" Everywhere are "frontlines" at this point.
- Barrin92 7y ago
  healthcare workers, public service workers, food, transportation, pharmaceutical and so on. People who need to definitely know if they are sick or not.
1998v2 7y ago
If he tests positive then the self quarantine he is under would expand to his contacts since Sophie returned.

shp0ngle 7y ago

I think US just doesn’t physically have enough tests.

pengaru 7y ago

No point in wasting a test on someone you're assuming is and treating as infected.

abiogenesis 7y ago
Who should we test then?
- pengaru 7y ago
  People with symptoms who have had no known contact with the infected, to determine if it's covid-19 or just something else? Edit: I'm assuming we're talking about in the reality scenario where we don't have the testing capacity to test everyone. If you're not just testing the symptomatic, you're testing everyone who isn't already in the infected set, I don't think the US/Canada is prepared for that.

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giarc 7y ago

It's optics. Every Canadian is being told that you won't be tested if you are asymptomatic. If he was to get tested, it shows a disparity in the system.