On Sun, Mar 1, 2020, 9:52 AM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The test "kits" the media spews on about not existing. Not the programatic > systems sent out to labs. There is no field test. "Test kits" arent a first > responder tool. > > That article is a prime example of "hoax" indicates the tests werent > working, caused a delay, etc. They did work, for covid19, flawlessly, they > simply false positive on others. Now thats the test theyre using, they just > dont tide the others. > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2020, 9:38 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > >> If there aren’t test kits, what is in this photo? >> >> >> https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/after-missteps-cdc-says-its-coronavirus-test-kit-ready-primetime-n1145206 >> >> >> >> If this is a fake media hoax, it’s a very detailed one. Look at the >> label on the box, the labels on the vials, and the attribution of the photo. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones >> *Sent:* Sunday, March 1, 2020 9:24 AM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT shall we start a pool >> >> >> >> The cdc does the majority of the testing... that is the federal response. >> Thats been available. Illinois has turned up a few labs capable of teating >> the samples. There arent "test kits". State level testing is a state >> responsibility, not federal. So yes, washington state did fuck this up >> willfully. >> >> >> Specific testing aside, states have been supposed to be practicing >> response for decades. Containment protocols arent specific to this disease, >> literally the same as flu response. The federal government can put out all >> the guidance you can dream of, but if the local providers dont do it, its >> useless. >> >> My wife works at a hospital and was pissed as she walked down the iso >> hallway yesterday and all the doors were opened. You going to blame trump >> for that too? >> >> She fails her fit test every year for the mask because of her face shape, >> as does roughly 25 percent of the country. Is that a federal responsibility >> too? Should the fed come in and reshape faces so everyones n95 mask >> actually works? >> >> State departments of public health are supposed to maintain an active >> list of potential oveflow and quarantine facilities, thats a requirement of >> some of the disaster response funding they recieve. Thats been in play for >> over 20 years that im personally aware of. >> >> If the existing systems that were designed and implemented specifically >> for prepared response to boilogics, we would have virtually zero risk of a >> pandemic ever going beyond the nusiance stage. >> >> On Sun, Mar 1, 2020, 12:42 AM Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote: >> >> All of _what_ has been done. In Washington state they just announced >> that they don't have resources to test any but the worst cases. That's >> with only 7-10 cases identified as needing testing. You couldn't fu'k >> this up any worse if you were trying to! The "most advanced" country in >> the world isn't doing a lot better than Iran at this point... >> >> On 2/29/20 4:38 PM, Steve Jones wrote: >> >> All that has been done. Thats ongoing, always has been. >> >> More testing? Of whom? >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 6:06 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >> >> Well, it would be nice to see more preparation. Not testing more people >> was bad, we can’t unspill that milk. >> >> >> >> There should be extra hospital beds being identified, and triage >> facilities with properly protected healthcare workers, so people who think >> they are infected don’t just walk into their doctor or hospital’s waiting >> room. >> >> >> >> Maybe I’m the only one, but I honestly don’t know what I am supposed to >> do if I get sick. Call the doctor? Stay inside and see how bad it gets? >> Go get tested? Where? >> >> >> >> South Korea and parts of the UK have set up drive-through testing >> facilities where you don’t leave your car. That sounds like maybe a good >> thing. Or let me swab my own throat and have someone bring it somewhere >> for testing. Then if the test comes back positive, what am I supposed to >> do? >> >> >> >> Maybe this is where telemedicine comes in. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones >> *Sent:* Saturday, February 29, 2020 5:44 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT shall we start a pool >> >> >> >> Its been close to 60 days here, the pond should be overflowing >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 5:40 PM Matt Hoppes < >> mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: >> >> I’m not panicking yet. >> >> I’m *probably* attending the show. We’ll see where things end up in two >> weeks. >> >> I’m seriously considering bowing out of MuM and an event the month after >> at this point though. We shall see. >> >> Remember the lily pad problem: >> >> A single lily pad is on a pond and the number double every day. In 28 >> days the entire pond will be covered. It’s on day 27 that only half the >> pond is covered. 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