Trump Administration's COVID Test Deserves Blame for Lengthy Return to Normalcy

[Calminian]

What!?! Run from you???

It’s more like, “I couldn’t be bothered.”

Yeah you're definitely not the running type. But he is, apparently. The irony is, I was talking about media and democrats, not him. At least he could have waited for legit reason to run.

At any rate, maybe it's better. The guy took just about everything I said wrong.

 

[canadyjd]

An accurate test early on may have enabled a containment strategy, not a shut down the economy strategy.

We are lagging behind most western nations in recovering from COVID. Our death rate is one of the highest in the world. Other nations were faster to test. That is the main difference between our response to COVID and their response. Another difference is the wearing of masks requirements.

Containment how? If 50% to 75% of the people exposed have mild or no symptoms, how do you track it? Some of the experts are saying exposure may be 10 to 20 times higher than now reported. The only “containment” would have been mandatory stay at home orders for every person.

Other nations haven’t politicized the whole process. They aren’t trying to test everyone, only the ones sick enough to seek a doctors care.

Most countries aren’t obsessed with assigning “Covid death” to every person that dies from preexisting conditions complicated by Covid.

The containment strategy has been to focus on protecting those most at risk, folks over 60 with pre-existing conditions. The masks and social distancing has been left up to state governorships, as it should be.

I’m not convinced the bungled CDC effort on the tests made a major difference in the amount of deaths we have seen.

peace to you

 

[canadyjd]

I don’t want or need or require your pity. I actually consider people like you foolish for all your naive approach to life. In the future America will be ruled — and ultimately destroyed—by fools.

America will be destroyed by the anti-Christ and those who follow him. The “fools” are those that think this fate can be avoided.

Those who are resting in God’s peace and looking forward to the hope found in Christ’s resurrection will not be part of the crowd that destroys America.

peace to you

 

[InTheLight]

Other nations haven’t politicized the whole process. They aren’t trying to test everyone, only the ones sick enough to seek a doctors care.

We're not trying to test everyone either. The point is when we started having the breakout we didn't have a test so we couldn't do contact tracing. If we had a test we could have tested people that came in contact with the first couple dozen people sick with Covid and perhaps contained it.

While we're on the subject, please tell us the testing protocols for Germany? For Canada? Denmark?

Most countries aren’t obsessed with assigning “Covid death” to every person that dies from preexisting conditions complicated by Covid.

Naturally, you have links that will spell out other nation's criteria for classifying a death as a Covid death.

I’m not convinced the bungled CDC effort on the tests made a major difference in the amount of deaths we have seen.

My contention was that the bungled testing process is to blame for a lengthy return to normalcy. That the bungled tests caused more widespread economic shutdowns than might have been necessary. That other nations have recovered more quickly than we did because they had better testing processes.

I don't think I said anything about the amount of deaths other than mentioning death rates of the US compared to countries like Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Mexico.

 

[canadyjd]

We're not trying to test everyone either.......
My contention was that the bungled testing process is to blame for a lengthy return to normalcy. That the bungled tests caused more widespread economic shutdowns than might have been necessary.....

The “return to normalcy” has become political. Just saw reports that gyms in California still cannot open, but the gyms available in state office buildings are open for state employees.

We may never know how much of economic damage has been done by dem run states that would rather their citizens suffer than show economy recovering just prior to election.

peace to you