How can a disease with a 1% mortality rate shut down the U.S? Answered by Franklin Veaux:

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95. Yes, and that includes everyone who wasn't tested

... because the government refuses to fund the testing.

Hospitals are covering the cost of testing as long as they can, but they have to pass the cost to a government program sooner or later. Back in March my good friend tried 3 times to get tested for Covid and she was displaying obvious symptoms of the virus. Each time the clinic sent her home, told her she had the flu and REFUSED to test my friend for Covid. She had it, and she thought she would die at home alone. It was terrifying for her.

If it weren't for her posting regularly on Facebook, none of Peggy's friends would have known about her condition. Thankfully she did pull through, but it was a scary and horrible 3 weeks for her. I keep thinking about Peggy and all the other Peggy's out there who weren't served by our shabby, inadequate health provider system. The victims have been under-counted, as well as the deaths under-reported.