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Even in a place like Oregon which seems fairly well managed, we have major test shortages. It just seems to me that the first benchmark should be if we have eno
by tunesmith 6y ago
Even in a place like Oregon which seems fairly well managed, we have major test shortages. It just seems to me that the first benchmark should be if we have enough test availability (some combo of more tests and less infections) to be able to get results with 24 hours of symptoms, so we can effectively contact trace. If we don't have that, then all this Phase1 Phase2 stuff just means that you're increasing the epidemic. But here in Oregon, all the counties are in Phase1 or Phase2, none of them are in the "Baseline" lockdown phase. Shouldn't we all be in the Baseline phase until we have enough test availability?
I'm betting there's a good answer, like maybe the amount of test availability Oregon has is dependent on the rest of the nation. Like, if our epidemic goes down 90%, maybe our test availability will go down 90% anyway because other states will get further prioritized.
But anyway, it seems like that should be the basic standard nationwide. Lock it down until you can get test results within 24 hours, and then only slowly open it up while proving you can keep that test availability - if you can't, freeze or go back.