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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Katelew who wrote (156923)	3/21/2020 6:55:16 PM
From: epicure	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 353777

Ah Katy- at one point on the virus trajectory, testing is super important- unfortunately we're past that now: "There was a point where doing more testing was helpful because that might help us, when there’s not a lot of cases, to find where there might be cases to see if there’s something for some sort of containment. But we’re past that now,” Rakeman said in an interview with News 4. ................... So our lack of critical equipment early on, that was a problem. nbcnewyork.com The public early on got fooled by that "it's a hoax" bullshit from the bullshitter in chief. That was problematic, right? Some reptards still think it's a hoax- thanks to the propaganda shitstorm from the right. Again, that's a problem and hardly the fault of Biden and Pelosi. Can you blame Trump? lol My money is on, "no".

To: Katelew who wrote (156923)	3/21/2020 7:16:46 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By sylvester80 Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 353777

The trouble with testing; the more you test, the more you find. We'll be 4th in total cases before the day is over. I think we'll be #1 in both cases and deaths, B4 this is over. Trump blew it, like 11 on a scale of 10.

To: Katelew who wrote (156923)	3/22/2020 6:19:03 AM
From: Lane3	3 Recommendations Recommended By bentway CentralParkRanger Sam Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 353777

After multiple articles claiming widespread testing was an easy way to conquer the virus and giving hope to millions that drive-thru testing was some kind of panacea, the Washington Post grapples with explaining what happened. That's your take on that article??? A long, long time ago there was an exam called the Federal Service Entrance Exam. I took it coming out of college and I remember clearly my impression of it. The questions in one section were reading comprehension. There was a blurb followed by multiple choice answers describing what the blurb supposedly said. I recall thinking how easy the test was because so many of the answers from which one could pick were so far off. I recall wondering how the exam developers could have expected test takers to choose them or how anyone could have chosen them. I could not imagine anyone getting a single answer wrong. I have since had occasion to reflect on that experience off and on. You just gave me another. In this case, the message of the article is right in the headline. One could hardly miss it. In hard-hit areas, testing restricted to health care workers, hospital patients Officials direct scarce resources where they are needed most to save people’s lives. The notion of testing was overtaken by events due to scarce resources. It's not that testing was wrongheaded. It's that the expected resources to test never became available. Having reached a different point in the process, one must adjust. Being forced to switch to plan B does not mean that anything was wrong with the notion of plan A. It means, in this case, that some players in plan A failed to do their part, let us all down, and now we have to make do the best we can.

To: Katelew who wrote (156923)	3/22/2020 10:39:47 AM
From: CentralParkRanger	1 Recommendation Recommended By epicure Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 353777

When I see posts of Kate and other trumpsters that wide testing is bad, I question their sanity. Now Kate got a great support - two biggest cities switched to limited testing. The only reason for this decision is a scarcity of resources. Period. The abundance of test kits that was promised by Trump and Pence long ago,would mean that everybody who wants to get tested (as Trump announced long ago) will be tested. It means that we would finally real and reliable data on people infected. It would help to isolate really sick people and we will finally get a chance to contain the virus.