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sunonmars

(8,656 posts) Thu Jul 2, 2020, 05:21 PM Jul 2020

BREAKING: Testing is about to reach capacity again nationally.

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BREAKING: Testing is about to reach capacity again nationally.

LabCorp the biggest lab has capacity for 130k tests/day (out of the 500k+/day) but with the run up in cases are now running 5 day wait times.

At 7 days, testing stops being of value. We may get there soon.

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BREAKING: Testing is about to reach capacity again nationally. (Original Post) sunonmars Jul 2020 OP

Imagine if we were trying to test as many as we should be soothsayer Jul 2020 #1

Imagine if we all actually follow rules to wearing a mask, social distancing and staying home Claustrum Jul 2020 #5

Indeed soothsayer Jul 2020 #6

stop testing fatnixon daily/ hourly? dweller Jul 2020 #2

Someone lied to Dr Fauci uponit7771 Jul 2020 #3

I'm going to pretend I didn't read that... stillcool Jul 2020 #4

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

1. Imagine if we were trying to test as many as we should be

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2020, 05:24 PM

Jul 2020

Claustrum

(4,845 posts)

5. Imagine if we all actually follow rules to wearing a mask, social distancing and staying home

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 2, 2020, 05:30 PM

Jul 2020

Imagine if we all actually adhere to wearing a mask, social distancing and staying home when you show symptoms. We actually shouldn't need so many test capacity if we have the virus under control.

I am not saying we don't need the capacity. But in the ideal world, I rather we don't have that many sick people that needs the test in the first place.