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LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 06:04 PM Feb 2020

Coronavirus Testing In the U.S. Is Somehow Looking Worse by the Day

The questions keep piling up.

There was the revelation late Wednesday that federal officials initially declined to test the first U.S. 2019 novel coronavirus case of “unknown origin.” Plus word of hundreds of people under monitoring for infection in Massachusetts and thousands more in California.

Taken in tandem, the developments underscored festering concerns about testing for the deadly disease in a country with a questionable health infrastructure.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at first declined to test a since-confirmed case of novel 2019 coronavirus at UC Davis Medical Center, Dr. David Lubarsky, CEO of University of California Davis Health, announced Wednesday.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-testing-in-the-us-is-somehow-looking-worse-by-the-day?ref=home

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Coronavirus Testing In the U.S. Is Somehow Looking Worse by the Day (Original Post) LiberalArkie Feb 2020 OP
Mike Pence is in charge now, so everything should be just fine. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #1
as he prepares for the rapture... defacto7 Feb 2020 #2
You bet! Newest Reality Feb 2020 #3
Prayers do work for the person doing the praying. They make that person feel like they actually LiberalArkie Feb 2020 #4
I see what you did there! central scrutinizer Feb 2020 #6
All we can do is pratice Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #5

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
4. Prayers do work for the person doing the praying. They make that person feel like they actually
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 06:11 PM
Feb 2020

lifted their finger and did something. Not much can be said for the person that was being preyed upon.

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