03-11-2020, 11:00 AM
Watching the Washington presser is quite sobering.
They are saying that even with these limits on gatherings, they expect a severe outbreak in the next few weeks. This suggests they KNOW there are many cases not detected that will be exploding. Can't even imagine the frustration of not knowing where the infected are.
The WHO emphasized how critical surveillance testing is and implored countries to drop the bar on who can get a test, pointing out requiring symptoms and recent travel to test is just not enough.
The Quest Diagnostics website right now says they can test, but only if:
- you have symptoms
- have recently travelled to a certain country
- contact your doctor to arrange a test
This is just totally inadequate, especially since the NBA is saying "we aren't seeing enough cases to really know what to do." Of course, even if everyone could qualify for a test, we're now running out of testing agents anyway.
Absent surveillance testing, we have no choice but to social distance like crazy and cancel all events possible.
They are saying that even with these limits on gatherings, they expect a severe outbreak in the next few weeks. This suggests they KNOW there are many cases not detected that will be exploding. Can't even imagine the frustration of not knowing where the infected are.
The WHO emphasized how critical surveillance testing is and implored countries to drop the bar on who can get a test, pointing out requiring symptoms and recent travel to test is just not enough.
The Quest Diagnostics website right now says they can test, but only if:
- you have symptoms
- have recently travelled to a certain country
- contact your doctor to arrange a test
This is just totally inadequate, especially since the NBA is saying "we aren't seeing enough cases to really know what to do." Of course, even if everyone could qualify for a test, we're now running out of testing agents anyway.
Absent surveillance testing, we have no choice but to social distance like crazy and cancel all events possible.