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For what it's worth, here's what CNN was reporting Friday night: Google will not be publishing a national-scale website for coronavirus testing anytime soon, c
by MilnerRoute 7y ago
For what it's worth, here's what CNN was reporting Friday night:
Google will not be publishing a national-scale website for coronavirus testing anytime soon, contrary to claims made by President Donald Trump during a Friday news conference.
Instead, a health-focused subsidiary owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, intends to launch a small-scale website next week to begin to triage California-based patients. The website will aim to serve a broader population only “over time” — not “very quickly,” as Trump said.
“What we’re building is a triage tool that will live on ProjectBaseline.com, and we plan to pilot it in California next week,” said Carolyn Wang, a spokesperson for the Alphabet subsidiary, Verily.
“Our aspiration is for the triage tool to be used much more broadly over time. Initially, we’re linking it with several sites in the Bay Area to test and iterate, and collaborating closely with organizations like Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp who are also working on additional approaches to making testing more accessible and expedient in other areas.”
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/03/13/google-says-its-not-publishing-a-national-scale-coronavirus-site-anytime-soon-after-trump-announcement/ https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/03/13/google-says-its-not...
- vikinghckr 7y agoThis is older news. Latest news from today is Google is also working on a nationwide testing website.
- wh1t3n01s3 7y agoYes, after the speach, this is the point. Its trivial that google now is going to do it.
- Turing_Machine 7y agoAnd here's what Google Communications said three hours ago: "Google is partnering with the US Government in developing a nationwide website that includes information about COVID-19 symptoms, risk and testing information"
- lovich 7y agoSo, real question here. What if the president makes a claim about a companys actions at time N, that company then says that the claim is false at time N+1, and then the company about faces and says they will be doing what the president claimed at time N+2. Does this mean that the president lied or does the fact that the company changed their story later on make the president retroactively tell the truth?
- jmeister 7y agoThird possibility thrown around some alt journos on Twitter is that the president was _persuading_ Google to help. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/us/politics/trump-google-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/us/politics/trump-google-...
- Smoosh 7y agoI feel like whether you see that behavior from a president as clever or stupid is a litmus test for how you view this president/presidency.