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shockey80

(4,379 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 11:39 AM Mar 2020

Hundreds of thousands of us should have been tested by now. The math is devastating.

South Korea has been testing tens of thousands of people a day. We have tested ten thousand people total. The math tells me thousands of Americans have been spreading the virus for many weeks.

One person can spread the virus to dozens of people. Someone who doesn't know they are infected goes work and spreads the virus. They go to the gym and spread the virus. They go out for dinner and spread the virus. Do the math, the virus is everywhere.

Trump did not want to test people because he was afraid it would hurt the economy and make him look bad. In his twisted mind he believes the virus will simply stop on its own. Dumb cannot explain this, its beyond dumb.

All I can do is sit here, shaking my head in disbelief. Hoping no one in my family gets the virus, including myself.

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Hundreds of thousands of us should have been tested by now. The math is devastating. (Original Post) shockey80 Mar 2020 OP
K & R...for truth...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #1
We can't manage what we can't measure. Claritie Pixie Mar 2020 #2
Most critical is prevention which is not all that difficult at140 Mar 2020 #3

at140

(6,110 posts)
3. Most critical is prevention which is not all that difficult
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 11:44 AM
Mar 2020

Testing is necessary to quarantine those already infected, but for the rest of 99% of population,
using basic prevention steps is even more critically important. Those are spelled out at coronavirus.gov

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