3 ms·

He managed to look and sound somewhat like an adult and it finally looks like the federal government is going to act competently. Also Google is going to be run

by dlp211 7y ago

He managed to look and sound somewhat like an adult and it finally looks like the federal government is going to act competently. Also Google is going to be running the website and they are partnering with LabCorp and Quest to offer drive up testing.

sneak 7y ago
> He managed to look and sound somewhat like an adult He struggled to pronounce "coronavirus".
- dlp211 7y ago
  I said somewhat ¯\_(ツ)_/
  - sneak 7y ago
    > it finally looks like the federal government is going to act competently Testing only those with symptoms (the virus has a 4-6 day contagious incubation period) will do little to nothing to stop the spread. There are thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of people walking around asymptomatic and contagious right now, in pretty much every state in the country (as well as pretty much every country in the world). In a week it will be 2x that number. In two weeks it will be 4x that number. Imagine if you needed AIDS symptoms to get an HIV test.
    - inferiorhuman 7y ago
      Imagine if you needed AIDS symptoms to get an HIV test. Did you see how the 80s and 90s played out in the US?
    - dlp211 7y ago
      You're preaching to the choir. I think that this Administration is a complete disaster at every level and especially with regards to its response to COVID19. I've been preaching about the dangers of COVID19 since the first case was discovered in America. I'm just trying to see it from people's point of view that don't live in my reality.
    - everybodyknows 7y ago
      What is your source on 4-6 days contagious incubation? Estimates I've seen were lower. This critical period is elsewhere described as (incubation - latent): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubation_period https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubation_period
jdkee 7y ago
Drive up testing will likely not be available for several weeks, given the current supply, production and lab constraints. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/coronavirus-testing-challenges.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/coronavirus-testing-ch...
taurath 7y ago
Heres my problems: * Only those with symptoms (which?) are going to be "allowed" to be tested. This means you can't stop the spread. * Testing is going to "come online" within weeks, but cases are already accelerating. We have tripled cases in the last 4 days. Its an exponential curve * I fully expect them to fudge the numbers on deaths at this point. We will start to see a large uptick within the next week.
- noxer 7y ago
  >This means you can't stop the spread. This was certain since many weeks. Stopping was probably never possible anyway. But certainly there is no scenario where the whole world gets it but USA doesn't. And even places like Wuhan where it seems stooped it's highly questionable what happens if they go back to normal. Chances are high it will just start again. The 80k immune there are nowhere near enough to stop a second wave. Herd immunity needs probably around 60-80%.
JohnTHaller 7y ago
He couldn't explain telemedicine. And he lied about firing the pandemic response office staff in 2018. And he said he's not responsible for anything.
dlp211 7y ago
I can't edit my comment, but according to the Verge, Google is not building a website to help with the response.

by dlp211 7y ago

sneak 7y ago

> He managed to look and sound somewhat like an adult He struggled to pronounce "coronavirus".

dlp211 7y ago
I said somewhat ¯\_(ツ)_/
- sneak 7y ago
  > it finally looks like the federal government is going to act competently Testing only those with symptoms (the virus has a 4-6 day contagious incubation period) will do little to nothing to stop the spread. There are thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of people walking around asymptomatic and contagious right now, in pretty much every state in the country (as well as pretty much every country in the world). In a week it will be 2x that number. In two weeks it will be 4x that number. Imagine if you needed AIDS symptoms to get an HIV test.
  - inferiorhuman 7y ago
    Imagine if you needed AIDS symptoms to get an HIV test. Did you see how the 80s and 90s played out in the US?
  - dlp211 7y ago
    You're preaching to the choir. I think that this Administration is a complete disaster at every level and especially with regards to its response to COVID19. I've been preaching about the dangers of COVID19 since the first case was discovered in America. I'm just trying to see it from people's point of view that don't live in my reality.
  - everybodyknows 7y ago
    What is your source on 4-6 days contagious incubation? Estimates I've seen were lower. This critical period is elsewhere described as (incubation - latent): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubation_period https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubation_period

jdkee 7y ago

Drive up testing will likely not be available for several weeks, given the current supply, production and lab constraints. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/coronavirus-testing-challenges.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/us/coronavirus-testing-ch...

taurath 7y ago

Heres my problems: * Only those with symptoms (which?) are going to be "allowed" to be tested. This means you can't stop the spread. * Testing is going to "come online" within weeks, but cases are already accelerating. We have tripled cases in the last 4 days. Its an exponential curve * I fully expect them to fudge the numbers on deaths at this point. We will start to see a large uptick within the next week.

noxer 7y ago
>This means you can't stop the spread. This was certain since many weeks. Stopping was probably never possible anyway. But certainly there is no scenario where the whole world gets it but USA doesn't. And even places like Wuhan where it seems stooped it's highly questionable what happens if they go back to normal. Chances are high it will just start again. The 80k immune there are nowhere near enough to stop a second wave. Herd immunity needs probably around 60-80%.

JohnTHaller 7y ago

He couldn't explain telemedicine. And he lied about firing the pandemic response office staff in 2018. And he said he's not responsible for anything.

dlp211 7y ago

I can't edit my comment, but according to the Verge, Google is not building a website to help with the response.