Daughter, SiL, and Grandkids got tested in Boston last week, were told that the results would be back in 10-14 days because their labs were processing a lot of the FL tests ---
On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 4:53 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The USA is processing somewhere between 500,000 and 1,000,000 tests a > day, it's almost inconceivable (insert Wallace Shawn clip here) that at > least some of them aren't going wrong. If only 1% are faulty that's > 5-10,000 tests a day... > -Curt > > On Friday, July 17, 2020, 5:19:35 PM EDT, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I think you're onto it with the testing comment Curt. > > The testing is really NOT inspiring any confidence in the numbers. Two old > ladies in Houston were waiting outside in the heat and humidity to get > tested after they had filled out the paperwork, got too hot and decided to > leave before getting swabbed. Couple days later they both get notified > that they are positive. Too many reports of testing centers in FL which > have 80% or more of the test kits reported as positive, and then when > challenged they say "oh my bad, that was 0.8x%, not 8x%". Couple of > skeptical nurses took sterile swabs directly from package and inserted into > the lab kit (no swab, going from sterile to sterile with some air exposure > which maybe might have the virus floating around I guess) and send them in > and "surprise, you're positive for the WRD!" > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 9:19 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Or does crappy (rushed) testing result in false negatives where people > > think they're no longer infected when they actually are and the > > "reinfection" is just the original infection part 2. > > The biggest problem in the whole epidemic is people opening their mouths > > first and thinking about the answer later... > > -Curt > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
