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For everyone who has tracked California’s response over the past month (the good and the bad), the #1 problem is obvious: a) California’s testing and reporting
by zaidf 6y ago
For everyone who has tracked California’s response over the past month (the good and the bad), the #1 problem is obvious:
a) California’s testing and reporting infrastructure is absolutely abysmal, arguably the worst in the country
b) there are very few signs that it will improve anytime soon
California leaders haven’t had to confront this publicly because much of the last one month had been focused almost exclusively on reducing fatalities and increasing hospital capacity. Testing matters but not that much for the most acute cases.
It matters a lot more in determining the the rate of incline/decline of new infections, both numbers that will increasingly matter more as fatalities and hospitalizations stabilize.
- oh_come_on 6y agoThere’s no way that California is less effective then red states like Texas
- dnautics 6y agoI would argue that reducing the rate of deaths is the #1 problem, followed by reducing the rate of infections, followed by being able to determine the rate of infections. So, unless you believe california results are 10x off, based on empirical results and your assertion that the testing and reporting infrastructure is "the worst", the state of california has at least done a fair job of managing its effort in the face of a limited resource. Knowing in detail what's going on is strictly secondary to reducing deaths.
- zaidf 6y agoI believe California has done an amazing job so far on the whole; “fair” would be a gross understatement. So I think we are in agreement there. That said, I do think as new casualties and hospitalizations are on the decline, test reporting and infrastructure matters disproportionately more for the next phase (planning for gradual reopening) and phases after.