No Plan In Sight: Test Troubles Cloud Trump Recovery Effort

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Source: huff post



04/18/2020 08:48 am ET

More than a month after he declared, “Anybody who wants a test, can get a test,” the reality has been much different.


WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is struggling to test enough people to track and control the spread of the novel coronavirus, a crucial first step to reopening parts of the economy, which President Donald Trump is pushing to do by May 1.

Trump on Thursday released a plan to ease business restriction that hinges on a downward trajectory of positive tests.

But more than a month after he declared, “Anybody who wants a test, can get a test,” the reality has been much different. People report being unable to get tested. Labs and public officials say critical supply shortages are making it impossible to increase testing to the levels experts say is necessary to keep the virus in check.

“There are places that have enough test swabs, but not enough workers to administer them. There are places that are limiting tests because of the CDC criteria on who should get tested,” said Dr. Megan Ranney an emergency doctor and associate professor at Brown University. “There’s just so many inefficiencies and problems with the way that testing currently happens across this country.”

Trump’s plan envisions setting up “sentinel surveillance sites” that would screen people without symptoms in locations that serve older people or minority populations. Experts say testing would have to increase as much as threefold to be effective..............................................

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. With all the flouting of stay-at-home this weekend don't be surprised if

Don't be surprised if there is a spike in cases at the end of April just as El Puffer-In-Chief is crowing about "opening up" May 1.

[2naSalit]

4. That's what I'm expecting to happen.

I'll just stay right here at home and tend to the big vegetable garden I'm planting seeds for right now. Not going anywhere.

This bluster will be replaced by a new thing to bluster about in a few days, all centered around making us go back to "normal". The trick is to not be fooled. And don't let our guard down. I'm really thankful to have garden availability, I have no plans to assume that food will be readily available into next year at least.

I also expect that a couple spikes will take place before October. People get stupid or lose their attention to caution after their known world has remain altered for any length of time. I expect that the short attention-span lifestyle will either kill a lot of people or they will awaken from their iphone induced stupor.

[rurallib]

2. They have a plan - the less that are tested, the lower the number found to be infected

[Ligyron]

3. Bingo

[not fooled]

5. Yes

They.don't.want.to.test.

Anything else red don spouts is a big fat lie (surprise,surprise).