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Re:Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash by makomk on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:07PM (#22598557)
The person described in that Vox article - upper respiratory symptoms, no direct contact with someone with confirmed Covid-19 - wouldn't meet the criteria for testing anywhere that I know of off-hand. Certainly not in the UK or Australia, probably not in South Korea (though they allow people who don't qualify to buy testing out of pocket), not in a whole bunch of EU states, and Italy has much bigger things to worry about. Maybe in the more urban parts of China?
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Re:Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash by agency on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:27PM (#22598785)
You can't have contact with someone with a confirmed case of Covid-19 if nobody is being tested for Covid-19.
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Re:Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash by sovnade on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:41PM (#22598938)
The community spread by this point has hit the entire US surely. They can't track every single confirmed person location-by-location because it's been far too long.
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Re:Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash by paulmd on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @03:17AM (#22602526)
That's some COVID, that COVID-22.
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Re:Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash by willyt on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:53PM (#22599088)
You are wrong about South Korea. Their testing has been incredibly effective from the beginning, patient 31 in South Korea had no known contact and was told to take a CV test by her doctors, but didn't take the advice until a 2 days later. https://graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HEALTH-SOUTHKOREA-CLUSTER...
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Re:Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash by makomk on Monday March 16, 2020 @08:01PM (#22599750)
Patient 31 was told to take a test despite not meeting the criteria because her doctors had a hunch, as I understand it.
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Re:Dow Falls 2997 points worst drop since 1987 crash by xtracto on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:57AM (#22605436)
In my country, you get tested even if you haven't had direct contact with confirmed COVID19, but have the symptoms and have travelled to selected countries or states in the last 4 weeks.
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