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I was tested this past Thursday and came back negative yesterday. Two weeks ago I was exhibiting the classic symptoms. Last week I had five days of noticeable s

by jdkee 7y ago

I was tested this past Thursday and came back negative yesterday. Two weeks ago I was exhibiting the classic symptoms. Last week I had five days of noticeable shortness of breath, lethargy, sinus infection and a dry cough. I wanted to get tested a week ago this past Monday but did not meet the criteria. Now I am awaiting the availability of serological tests to see if I have the antibodies. I pulled the kids out of school on March 10th, ahead of our local district closing on March 13, and we have been self-quarantined since then. If I had the virus, the recent testing would likely not measure me as a positive case due to low viral expression. The fact that the U.S. did not have widespread surveillance testing since mid-January is criminally inept. China bought us eight weeks of ramp-up time which was bungled by our Executive branch who was more worried about the economy and stock market reaction than people's lives. Historically, this will likely go down as the largest failure of public health management in U.S. since our founding. After this passes, there needs to be large scale accountability for the CDC, FDA and the Executive branch that has brought us to the collapse of public health which will likely cost millions of U.S. lives.

mancerayder 7y ago
To add fuel to the fire, you could have mentioned the initial response from the executive branch: "It's basically like the flu." Over two weeks ago I was correcting people who are otherwise intelligent but "executive branch supporters" to use a potential euphemism, to get their elder parents outside of the city. One of these friends has someone close to them in the ICU on a respirator as I write this. Are they any less supporters of the executive branch? I think you already know the (depressing) answer.
foobiekr 7y ago
China bought us eight weeks of ramp up time? Was that before or after suppressing information about the issue for almost two months including getting WHO to claim there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission in January?
- ireflect 7y ago
  After
- mistermann 7y ago
  The experts in charge should not need a formal news release from China before taking action. While China may very well be at fault for an initial coverup, using that fact as an excuse for inaction is inexcusable. You may have the right of way walking across the street, but if a car runs over you, you're still dead regardless of what your "rights" are.
- jeltz 7y ago
  China fucking up and being slow to react does not excuse everyone else doing it too. And, yes, eight weeks after China stopped lying.
- jdkee 7y ago
  Reliance on the WHO is insanity given their kow-towing to Chinese political pressure. The U.S. intelligence agencies were on this in January. See https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/25/coronavirus-worst-intelligence-failure-us-history-covid-19/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/25/coronavirus-worst-intel... See also https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intelligence-reports-from-january-and-february-warned-about-a-likely-pandemic/2020/03/20/299d8cda-6ad5-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intellig... We had 56 days (8 weeks) to prepare. To ramp up masks, gowns, ventilators and possible treatments such as hyrdoxycholorquine/Z-pak as a treatment despite the lack of double blind peer reviewed data. This is an unmitigated disaster brought on by a failure of national leadership. On that note, I am watching Dr. Who "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" on PBS in self-isolation to distract me from the unfolding horror that is our hospitals.

by jdkee 7y ago

mancerayder 7y ago

To add fuel to the fire, you could have mentioned the initial response from the executive branch: "It's basically like the flu." Over two weeks ago I was correcting people who are otherwise intelligent but "executive branch supporters" to use a potential euphemism, to get their elder parents outside of the city. One of these friends has someone close to them in the ICU on a respirator as I write this. Are they any less supporters of the executive branch? I think you already know the (depressing) answer.

foobiekr 7y ago

China bought us eight weeks of ramp up time? Was that before or after suppressing information about the issue for almost two months including getting WHO to claim there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission in January?

ireflect 7y ago
After
mistermann 7y ago
The experts in charge should not need a formal news release from China before taking action. While China may very well be at fault for an initial coverup, using that fact as an excuse for inaction is inexcusable. You may have the right of way walking across the street, but if a car runs over you, you're still dead regardless of what your "rights" are.
jeltz 7y ago
China fucking up and being slow to react does not excuse everyone else doing it too. And, yes, eight weeks after China stopped lying.
jdkee 7y ago
Reliance on the WHO is insanity given their kow-towing to Chinese political pressure. The U.S. intelligence agencies were on this in January. See https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/25/coronavirus-worst-intelligence-failure-us-history-covid-19/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/25/coronavirus-worst-intel... See also https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intelligence-reports-from-january-and-february-warned-about-a-likely-pandemic/2020/03/20/299d8cda-6ad5-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intellig... We had 56 days (8 weeks) to prepare. To ramp up masks, gowns, ventilators and possible treatments such as hyrdoxycholorquine/Z-pak as a treatment despite the lack of double blind peer reviewed data. This is an unmitigated disaster brought on by a failure of national leadership. On that note, I am watching Dr. Who "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" on PBS in self-isolation to distract me from the unfolding horror that is our hospitals.