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thesquanderer

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22. Until there is ready access to a faster test...

Reply to Lock him up. (Reply #21)

Sat May 2, 2020, 06:31 PM

May 2020

...a test that provides info in a few days where many people DO follow the appropriate isolation (even if many do not) is better than no test at all. Every reduction of spread is better than none.

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Bill Gates calls America's Coronavirus Testing Data "Bogus" [View all] ancianita May 2020 OP

Who to believe - Bill Gates or the criminally negligent Liar in chief malaise May 2020 #1

ikr ancianita May 2020 #4

Give me a second. sheshe2 May 2020 #6

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! malaise May 2020 #9

;) sheshe2 May 2020 #20

malaise, sometimes it seems saidsimplesimon May 2020 #15

Not only that but ... lpbk2713 May 2020 #2

It's so obvious that he should head up the next Democratic administration's CV Task Force. ancianita May 2020 #5

I'd go along with that. lpbk2713 May 2020 #7

He should be involved in a top position, murielm99 May 2020 #8

I think epidemiologists would be more in their wheelhouse working under him. He's a systems guy. ancianita May 2020 #10

He does have significant experience at a global scale fighting disease. Lucky Luciano May 2020 #11

Great idea! As an advisor Thekaspervote May 2020 #34

K&R +1,000,000 The lack of regard for real SCIENCE has been appalling with this pandemic diva77 May 2020 #3

KICK KICK KICK bluestarone May 2020 #12

All His Money NonPC May 2020 #31

Master of the Obvious. cayugafalls May 2020 #13

The truth about testing cannot be overstated. AND it's best stated by a person who runs ancianita May 2020 #18

You're giving dump supporters too much credit. They despise Bill Gates. cayugafalls May 2020 #26

Credit? For a stupid conspiracy fear? Hardly. ancianita May 2020 #28

And I think people were finally getting that, seeing him every night Laura PourMeADrink May 2020 #29

Yeah, I was kind of sad when he stopped the nightly self destruction. cayugafalls May 2020 #32

Hope so. Fear it's just like waiting for trump to act presidential. Laura PourMeADrink May 2020 #36

He may be the master of the obvious, but the bullshit numbers MerryBlooms May 2020 #30

I agree. The disinformation noise is horrible. cayugafalls May 2020 #33

No, it's okay. I'm just so frustrated and really scared by what the real numbers MerryBlooms May 2020 #37

+1000 Amen! You nailed it! ancianita May 2020 #35

And he's 100% right. paleotn May 2020 #14

re: ""What's the point of the test? That's your period of greatest infectiousness." thesquanderer May 2020 #16

A lot of people when being told to self-quarantine don't do that. Lock him up. May 2020 #21

Until there is ready access to a faster test... thesquanderer May 2020 #22

Agreed. n/t Lock him up. May 2020 #25

Faster isn't the testing problem as much as a LOT of testing. That's the problem. And it's one ancianita May 2020 #27

And...red don can't exact retribution! not fooled May 2020 #17

And Americans trust Gates more than Trump. ancianita May 2020 #19

Melinda vs. Melania Tanuki May 2020 #23

Quite the force, isn't she? Have HER head the CV task force in the next Democratic administration! ancianita May 2020 #24