Yeah apparently the reagent is the bottleneck, although swabs have also been hard to come by at times.
I just watched a Jeep roll through the COVID Testing line with his top and windows downâŚWAAF
Looking at suzzerâs post above thereâs no reason to think that itâs more dangerous to have the top down and windows open. Could easily be less dangerous (although either configuration doesnât seem particularly dangerous).
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Whatâs wrong with that?
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US didnât go with the specially developed WHO test but grabbed some off the shelf stuff (if shelves werenât bare - no ammo) and adapted those (like Boeing with 737MAX)
IMO US testing sucks because youâre trying to adapt 5 different testing machines to the COVID use. Reagents are scarce (China makes them) and you need 5x altered reagents for your 5x testing machines)
My sides split each time Berks refers to the Abbot M2000 as it reminds me of the Rapmaster 2000, probaly the same era.
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US has done more tests per capita than your country
Latest from Science, number of cases is undercounted even more than expected and our testing is FUBAR:
The world doesnât really know the US test per capita rateâŚ
US only quotes tests no.'s which are not indicative of âper capitaâ assuming US is testing correctly (and not just trying to fudge the death rate).
Does the US ever test anyone twice? If so, you can forget per capita.
Suzzer got a test without symtoms⌠just cause he had a dry cough before xmas - not possible in the UK my friend.
US testing numbers are as about as reliable as Chinaâs stats - Iâve shown you why
If we carry this on, Goofyballer will arrive
I got an antibody test, not a swab test.
US has done 4.7 million tests with a population of 327 million. UK has done six hundred thousand some tests with a population of 66 million. Iâm sure both the US and UK both have tested many people twice or more but in raw tests per population the US is comparable to the UK.
Can we put a ton of resources into manufacturing it? Or do we not have the raw material in the US to make it and only china does?
Sounds like even if we had really competent leadership weâd be fucked on testing either way.
USA is the King of testing. In fact itâs gotten so high most governors are asking to test less.
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The US appears to be testing mainly for people who have symptoms. Iâm not seeing much evidence of a strategy for testing which would help everyone get a better view of the extent of the virus.
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Iâm not saying the US is doing an adequate job of testing, only like South Korea or Germany or Iceland seem to be in that category. But weâve gone from terrible to mediocre in the last few months.
Jesus Christ.
China rejects calls for virus investigation
China has rejected calls for an independent international investigation into the origin of the coronavirus.
Chen Wen, Chinaâs deputy ambassador to London, told the BBC such an inquiry was a âpolitically motivated initiativeâ that would divert attention away from fighting the pandemic.
Thereâs been growing scepticism about how transparent China has been in its handling of Covid-19, fuelling calls for an impartial inquiry.
Chen said: âThe independent inquiry is politically motivated. We are fighting the virus at the moment, we are concentrating all our efforts on fighting against the virus. Why talk about an investigation into this?
âThis will divert not only attention, it will divert resources.â
The diplomat suggested criticism of the countryâs initial response to the virus outbreak amounted to âfinger pointingâ and âdeep-seated biasâ against China.
Chen also claimed that speculation about the origin of Covid-19 was a âpolitical virusâ.
Read more here: Is there any evidence for lab release theory?
I mean Lily literally has signs plastered all over that read âKEEP YOUR WINDOWS UP. DO NOT ROLL DOWN WINDOWS OR EXIT VEHICLEâ but I guess fuck it right?
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What happened to the original article you posted and beware of countries death rates? that seemed interesting.
I thought our daily test rates have remained completely stagnant for the last month or so?
The US is top of the grim league table for reported coronavirus deaths, but thatâs not the whole picture.
Part of the reason is population: many countries in Europe have reported more deaths per head than the US. Europe as a whole has reported more deaths overall.
But beware of comparing huge countries in this way.
The picture in New York is very different to the picture in the rest of the US, and the same goes for other countries.
Italy really has two epidemics â one in the north of the country that overran its healthcare system and another down south that is much less advanced.
Death rates also depend on how you count. The French and Belgian figures, for example, include suspected Covid-19 cases, making their numbers appear a lot worse.
IMO the problem with Covid is US has what, 800,000 cases and statistically 120k+ will die. The tail is at least one month long, if you stay in lockdown for the tail
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