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I don't think the President ever mentioned it being next week. Also, see this from Google communication: https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/123898946012733

I don't think the President ever mentioned it being next week. Also, see this from Google communication: https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/1238989460127338497 https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/1238989460127338497 This effort for a nationwide testing website is different from and in addition to what Verily was already doing at a smaller scale in Bay Area (although I imagine there will be lots of overlap and shared code etc.)

elliekelly 7y ago
The President said it would be up on Sunday.
- res0nat0r 7y ago
  Walmart, CVS and the other companies aren't doing anything yet either. It is all just used car salesmanship yet again. https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1239004910269673472 https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1239004910269673472
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- vikinghckr 7y ago
  Here's the transcript from the press conference: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/CmrNxLAP9wohLWALMBfXyQvkqv2aW1mlwzvtsOAah8iUJlJPcRyc2L7Sc-_DjKXnQ8BdWKYeqtITUePAZQRRMdhCfkU?loadFrom=PastedDeeplink&ts=1885.01 https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/CmrNxLAP9wohLWA... I searched for "Sunday" there, and they only mention they'll be able to provide details of when the testing website will be available by Sunday evening. They didn't say the website will go live Sunday.
  - dmix 7y ago
    I could see how someone could get the impression he said it was coming Sunday evening but watching the interview from start to finish it's clear that wasn't a direct response to the question like some people thought it was. Edit: Re-reading the transcript it looks like they only announced the announcement of plans for Sunday? >> Mike Pence: For Americans looking on, by this Sunday evening, we'll be able to give specific guidance on when the website will be available If anything it was the FDA approval of Roche's automated testing ability that was going to happen by Sunday, which was announced today (Saturday) with a 24 hour window [1], and is only one piece of the puzzle. We don't even have a brand name or domain for the "Google site" yet. The only domain he mentioned http://coronavirus.gov http://coronavirus.gov directs to a CDC content site, so it will probably just be via Verily, which only announced a limited SF roll-out so far. The closest thing he gave to a direct response to the website question was a paper was being released after the press conference which outlines their plans. Not sure on the status of that. The Reuters article was last updated 17hrs ago yesterday so it might just be highlighting the press interview, not the paper. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22575661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22575661
    - Turing_Machine 7y ago
      > I could see how someone could get the impression he said it was coming Sunday evening The media (and many, many commenters here) were foaming at the mouth for another ORANGE MAN BAD story. It's amusing to watch all the frantic spinning taking place in this comments section to avoid walking back the ORANGE MAN BAD narrative from this morning. You were wrong, guys. Just admit it. It won't kill you. I am no particular fan of Donald Trump (to put it mildly), but I think he's been doing a reasonable job on this specific issue, especially when judged by the (admittedly very low) historical standards of federal government responsiveness and timeliness. But then I'm old enough to remember when the previous administration wasn't able to deploy a functional web site to sell standardized health insurance policies, even when given several hundred million dollars and a couple of years of lead time.
      - Turing_Machine 7y ago
        Mod it down all you want. You'll still be wrong.
        jshevek 7y ago
        This kind of follow up comment doesn't help.
      - throwaway894345 7y ago
        (I didn’t downvote you). I actually think this is the one time the media’s criticism isn’t hyperbolic (Trump always merits criticism, but somehow the media takes it to ridiculous extremes). I don’t think Trump is the frothing racist he’s made out to be (although I’m sure he has all sorts of subconscious biases), but he is an idiot narcissist with a national crisis on his hands and he seems to be handling it miserably. Why didn’t we have testing in place sooner? Even if you pin the blame on the CDC, why weren’t there remediation plans announced publicly/immediately? Why is there still no word about how we will manage the crisis when it hits? What of ordering more ventilators and other necessary equipment or scaling up hospital capacity? What of containment measures to slow the spread? How are we going to ramp up testing (I’m grateful for the Roche test deal but who knows if Trump was even aware of or involved in it)? This isn’t leadership even by the crudest standard, and people will die as a consequence. To his credit, he’s working with “Google” to make the website and that’s not nothing, but there’s still a lot to be done and he gives no impression of proactivity or even merely reacting to what is already happening in other countries. I don’t want to be in the middle of the crisis hearing him shift the blame onto the Obama administration when there’s plenty he could have done or plenty he could be doing to mitigate.
- nashashmi 7y ago
  Based on the article the VP said Sunday, but he is not sure.
mandelbrotwurst 7y ago
What about the 1700 engineers bit?
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- ma2rten 7y ago
  They sent a company-wide email looking for volunteers to help build the site. 1,700 engineers responded. This obviously doesn't mean that 1,700 people are going to work on the site.
  - mandelbrotwurst 7y ago
    Thanks. Oof. Well, at least it wasn't _completely_ out of thin air =/

elliekelly 7y ago

The President said it would be up on Sunday.

res0nat0r 7y ago
Walmart, CVS and the other companies aren't doing anything yet either. It is all just used car salesmanship yet again. https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1239004910269673472 https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1239004910269673472
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vikinghckr 7y ago
Here's the transcript from the press conference: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/CmrNxLAP9wohLWALMBfXyQvkqv2aW1mlwzvtsOAah8iUJlJPcRyc2L7Sc-_DjKXnQ8BdWKYeqtITUePAZQRRMdhCfkU?loadFrom=PastedDeeplink&ts=1885.01 https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/CmrNxLAP9wohLWA... I searched for "Sunday" there, and they only mention they'll be able to provide details of when the testing website will be available by Sunday evening. They didn't say the website will go live Sunday.
- dmix 7y ago
  I could see how someone could get the impression he said it was coming Sunday evening but watching the interview from start to finish it's clear that wasn't a direct response to the question like some people thought it was. Edit: Re-reading the transcript it looks like they only announced the announcement of plans for Sunday? >> Mike Pence: For Americans looking on, by this Sunday evening, we'll be able to give specific guidance on when the website will be available If anything it was the FDA approval of Roche's automated testing ability that was going to happen by Sunday, which was announced today (Saturday) with a 24 hour window [1], and is only one piece of the puzzle. We don't even have a brand name or domain for the "Google site" yet. The only domain he mentioned http://coronavirus.gov http://coronavirus.gov directs to a CDC content site, so it will probably just be via Verily, which only announced a limited SF roll-out so far. The closest thing he gave to a direct response to the website question was a paper was being released after the press conference which outlines their plans. Not sure on the status of that. The Reuters article was last updated 17hrs ago yesterday so it might just be highlighting the press interview, not the paper. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22575661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22575661
  - Turing_Machine 7y ago
    > I could see how someone could get the impression he said it was coming Sunday evening The media (and many, many commenters here) were foaming at the mouth for another ORANGE MAN BAD story. It's amusing to watch all the frantic spinning taking place in this comments section to avoid walking back the ORANGE MAN BAD narrative from this morning. You were wrong, guys. Just admit it. It won't kill you. I am no particular fan of Donald Trump (to put it mildly), but I think he's been doing a reasonable job on this specific issue, especially when judged by the (admittedly very low) historical standards of federal government responsiveness and timeliness. But then I'm old enough to remember when the previous administration wasn't able to deploy a functional web site to sell standardized health insurance policies, even when given several hundred million dollars and a couple of years of lead time.
    - Turing_Machine 7y ago
      Mod it down all you want. You'll still be wrong.
      - jshevek 7y ago
        This kind of follow up comment doesn't help.
    - throwaway894345 7y ago
      (I didn’t downvote you). I actually think this is the one time the media’s criticism isn’t hyperbolic (Trump always merits criticism, but somehow the media takes it to ridiculous extremes). I don’t think Trump is the frothing racist he’s made out to be (although I’m sure he has all sorts of subconscious biases), but he is an idiot narcissist with a national crisis on his hands and he seems to be handling it miserably. Why didn’t we have testing in place sooner? Even if you pin the blame on the CDC, why weren’t there remediation plans announced publicly/immediately? Why is there still no word about how we will manage the crisis when it hits? What of ordering more ventilators and other necessary equipment or scaling up hospital capacity? What of containment measures to slow the spread? How are we going to ramp up testing (I’m grateful for the Roche test deal but who knows if Trump was even aware of or involved in it)? This isn’t leadership even by the crudest standard, and people will die as a consequence. To his credit, he’s working with “Google” to make the website and that’s not nothing, but there’s still a lot to be done and he gives no impression of proactivity or even merely reacting to what is already happening in other countries. I don’t want to be in the middle of the crisis hearing him shift the blame onto the Obama administration when there’s plenty he could have done or plenty he could be doing to mitigate.
nashashmi 7y ago
Based on the article the VP said Sunday, but he is not sure.

mandelbrotwurst 7y ago

What about the 1700 engineers bit?

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ma2rten 7y ago
They sent a company-wide email looking for volunteers to help build the site. 1,700 engineers responded. This obviously doesn't mean that 1,700 people are going to work on the site.
- mandelbrotwurst 7y ago
  Thanks. Oof. Well, at least it wasn't _completely_ out of thin air =/