[Snorlax94]

This does bring up an issue.  SCC's numbers show number of tests.  It does not show test results for unique individuals.  Suppose a grocery store requires their employees to be tested weekly.  They may test as negative week after week, and stop being tested if they become positive.   So SCC's testing numbers may not show what I wish it would show.

Yes, unfortunately, We can’t assume the most symptomatic 800-1500 people are being tested each day in SCC.

For example, a doctor at Sutter Health told me *every* patient coming in for a procedure is tested, which makes sense. But if 200 people a day are coming in for medical procedures across all their facilities, and none of them are positive, it can make the county’s stats look better than they may be.

I understand that there are guidelines of when to get tested, and that people are supposed to contact their PCP first, but I’d argue, still, many many symptomatic people are not being tested. While I may have a PCP and specialist that I’ve been seeing for years for every one of my needs, many of my middle-aged friends don’t even have a PCP and never get physicals. When I was young, I didn’t have a PCP. And while I read news regularly and frequently research where to get what, I wonder whether my gardener or housecleaner would be able to easily get tested. I see a way better system in LA where anyone can get a test, they have a website where any LA resident can sign up, and the LATimes continually lists all the testing locations. I’d argue SCC and the Bay Area can make things a lot easier. It needs to get to the point where the slacker 25 year old version of me could roll out of bed one day, have a fever, and easily scoot in to get tested that day with minimal effort. Or even a version of my 25 year old slacker me that didn’t speak English.

[Snorlax94]

This does bring up an issue.  SCC's numbers show number of tests.  It does not show test results for unique individuals.  Suppose a grocery store requires their employees to be tested weekly.  They may test as negative week after week, and stop being tested if they become positive.   So SCC's testing numbers may not show what I wish it would show.

Yes, unfortunately, We can’t assume the most symptomatic 800-1500 people are being tested each day in SCC.

For example, a doctor at Sutter Health told me *every* patient coming in for a procedure is tested, which makes sense. But if 200 people a day are coming in for medical procedures across all their facilities, and none of them are positive, it can make the county’s stats look better than they may be.

I understand that there are guidelines of when to get tested, and that people are supposed to contact their PCP first, but I’d argue, still, many many symptomatic people are not being tested. While I may have a PCP and specialist that I’ve been seeing for years for every one of my needs, many of my middle-aged friends don’t even have a PCP and never get physicals. When I was young, I didn’t have a PCP. And while I read news regularly and frequently research where to get what, I wonder whether my gardener or housecleaner would be able to easily get tested. I see a way better system in LA where anyone can get a test, they have a website where any LA resident can sign up, and the LATimes continually lists all the testing locations. I’d argue SCC and the Bay Area can make things a lot easier. It needs to get to the point where the slacker 25 year old version of me could roll out of bed one day, have a fever, and easily scoot in to get tested that day with minimal effort. Or even a version of my 25 year old slacker me that didn’t speak English.