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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by zaroth on Sunday March 15, 2020 @01:11AM (#22581469)
Will everyone who blasted Trump in this entire post apologize? Don’t hold your breathe.
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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by jjeaff on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:10AM (#22582127)
If I could make a list of the people least deserving of an apology, Trump would be near the top.
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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by jshevek on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:25AM (#22582163)
People with integrity apologize based on their own actions, not their opinions of the qualities of the other party.

I apologise to douchebags regularly, if I'm wrong, though I'm very clear about the limitations of the apology.

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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by zaroth on Sunday March 15, 2020 @11:33AM (#22583989)
No, no not apologizing to Trump. Apologizing to HN readers for spreading the fake news even after Google themselves came out with a statement saying that they are in fact doing what Trump announced.
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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by jpster on Sunday March 15, 2020 @01:54PM (#22585153)
No. Did you actually watch the press conference? What Trump announced is what Verily is building. But he implied it would be nationwide. It’s not.

> Government in developing a nationwide website that includes information about COVID-19 symptoms, risk and testing information.

This sounds like it’s in addition to what Verily is building. So I doubt it’s the diagnostic and get to testing site function that Verily’s working on.

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Re:Alphabet, Walmart join U.S. effort to speed up coronaviru... by zaroth on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:25PM (#22586899)
It’s absolutely separate from the Verily work, because they explicitly say that.

Other than that all we know is it’s “information about COVID symptoms, risk, and testing information”. Which at least aligns roughly with what was announced on Friday.

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