> With COVID by the time you have a negative test result back it’s no longer even relevant. A family friend died on Friday. His heart went out on him. Big gu

> With COVID by the time you have a negative test result back it’s no longer even relevant. A family friend died on Friday. His heart went out on him. Big guy on his 60's. He got tested for COVID-19 before he died at the hospital. He and his now widow had some sinus congestion. She couldn't enter to he hospital to be with him when he died. A few days later, his widow got the negative result for her husband. She is alone, scared, dealing with this loss. can't see her kids or grandkids. She can sleep a little better at night knowing that death is not knocking at her doorstep. Relevant? From a human perspective it is most definitely relevant. Maybe not as much from a epidemiology or number cruncher's perspective but like all expert opinions they are open to interpretation and second opinions. Statistics are easy to cherry pick for whatever agenda is being pushed behind the scenes. Just like masks were not relevent at first. They were scarce. Suddenly they are relevant for the public to use. I believe this testing scarcity and related lack of any cohesive national mobilization is the biggest failure of our US government. From a public health perspective this dismissal of negative testing is just a way to manage the demand side for testing. Public health and epidemiology experts have very different motivations than individuals dealing with loss and fear during this crazy time.