50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic

Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by spookthesunset on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:56PM (#22607023)

Meh. An actual leader would clearly articulate what is going on—he hasn’t done that. An actual leader would tell people not to panic—hasn’t done that. An actual leader would take strong, very visible action against people hoarding supplies or worse reselling them for profit—toilet paper memes are funny until you run out.

And quite frankly a real smart leader would have started testing the fuck out every person with a pulse. More understanding of how many people have it is important.

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by nthj on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:28PM (#22607459)

It’s up to the states to manage hoarding and reselling, and they are.

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by spookthesunset on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:32PM (#22607518)

Sure but the president’s job is to tell people to chill the fuck out. So far, he is not.

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by lostapathy on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:15PM (#22607274)

I'm not really a trump fan - but at the same time, these people have to have time to do the work, they can't spend it all in press conferences.

At a practical level on the hoarding - what can the president do, declare martial law? There aren't enough police/solidiers to enforce it anyway. Far better to get to work on the source of the panic, especially if you believe it can be contained if you prioritize that.

It's clear we're behind on testing - and definitely the FDA is owed some blame. But at the same time, if the tests don't exist in quantity, they don't exist. That takes time - and be all accounts, they seem to be working hard on getting there.

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by spookthesunset on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:21PM (#22607358)

They can make clear, well publicized examples of people hoarding goods for resale. They make well publicized examples of people getting arrested in stores who are loading their carts up with every hand sanitizer bottle on the shelf.

It doesn’t take more than a few very visible examples to clamp down on that kind of behavior.

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by lostapathy on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:34PM (#22607549)

That absolutely should be happening - but that needs to be done at the state or local level, or in consumer protection agencies. That's not a job for the president at times like this.

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by spookthesunset on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:54PM (#22607841)

> That's not a job for the president at times like this

It is absolutely the job of a president, at least a good one anyway, to ask the populace to chill the fuck out and stop hoarding toilet paper and medial supplies.

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