While it’s good to see the rapid rise in absolute testing numbers, it’s also important to note that:
So you'd feel much more comfortable living in South Korea right now?
And the US has 6x the number of citizens - not much sense in spiking the football over absolute test numbers when we’re much bigger.
Absolutely. There is zero chance of a South Korean hospital being overwhelmed any time soon. Can we say the same?
You could compare Seoul to NYC as they are about the same population wise...Seoul having a few more folks. It appears they had a much better reaction to this than the US did. One month ago the leader of the free world said we were at 15 cases and those would be down to zero...that was one month ago. If anything, hopefully when we get passed this we take the lessons learned from all over and move forward. There are things we can learn from the countries that tanked and the ones that seemed to handle it better.
And lots of people with terrible vulnerability, and no symptoms as yet, are likely infected and by the time they get a test, they will be goners.
SKEWING the curve in NY, eh? Yeah, they are testing more than anyone!!!
Most people who are “infected” will not be tested because they do not have symptoms or the doc is indicating that there is no reason to be tested, just rest up, isolate, and call back if symptoms get worse. And the test kits are not in great supply.
It will identify the illness, they will quarantine, and the disease can be managed BEFORE it is killing them. Slows the spread and probably improves your chance of living.
So we take "lots" of people with vulnerability but no symptoms, have them travel to a location where their likelihood to encounter the virus is elevated, have them tested only to find out that virtually all of them are fine(we know this since the positive rate for people who are symptomatic is only 10%). Brilliant.
S Korea has tested 6,000 of every million people. WE have tested 1,000. Both countries found out about this the same day. Let's see who comes out better.....
Huh. So this is over and done with, at 61-1. Yeah, much ado about nothing. Have you heard of "herd immunity?" We have ZERO.
How can you manage the virus?
Finite for us but not the South Koreans? Why? LOTS of people are hospital workers, corrections officers, cops, etc. All idiots?
Because we have 330M people here while S Korea has 50M.
We have test 1000 people per million. They have tested> 6000 people per million. Both governments had the same amount of notice.
Cool- did they run all those tests at once? Or were they spread out over time?
They had EXACTLY the same amount of time as us. They found out when we did. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/202...-sharply-south-korea-whats-secret-its-success
So they didn’t run all the tests at once. So not sure why you brought up South Korea when I mentioned bandwidth
Oh, so you are admitting that the bungled test rollout is costing human lives RIGHT NOW? GOOD. Then of course you will admit that more testing now would help? Good. Let's do it.
We have to make reprobates like you accept that your choices cost this country a lot, so as to guide people to more sensible choices. Even if real A-holes like yourself wont change. Not too worried about you though. You could not even get 250 signatures. Where you were dictates where you will be. Half of you guys are saying testing does not matter anymore, the other half are saying it never did. Sheesh.It - obviously- has nothing to do with "treatment"...... or anything else but "How do we blame the Orange Guy?"
Hell..... most of those folks probably get a little woodie every time the death toll climbs - hoping to see another half-point drop for the Orange Man at the polls (Seriously)
Plenty according to the estimates from actual experts, but the bulk are yet to come.
