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Re:CDC coronavirus testing decision likely to haunt nation f... by nocorpwelfare on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @09:39AM (#22684385)
I don't know why you are so obsessed with testing? In the US, if you have a medical problem, you go to the doctor. The doctor may order tests. If you are not sick, or the doctor doesn't think you need certain tests, they don't order the tests.

It was never possible to ramp up test kits for 350M people and it's not going to help anyways. You test negative one day, then...what? You can still catch the virus! It's a false sense of security.

Japan is handling the crisis the best of any nation so far--calmly, without idiots posting on web forums about their non-expertise and not giving in to who can yell the loudest.

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Re:CDC coronavirus testing decision likely to haunt nation f... by Kye on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @09:44AM (#22684428)
>> "without idiots posting on web forums about their non-expertise and not giving in to who can yell the loudest."

What are your credentials?

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Re:CDC coronavirus testing decision likely to haunt nation f... by nocorpwelfare on Friday March 27, 2020 @10:39AM (#22703161)
PhD Mathematics/Computer Science
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Re:CDC coronavirus testing decision likely to haunt nation f... by Kye on Friday March 27, 2020 @02:12PM (#22705247)
So nothing that qualifies you to speak as an expert on matters of medicine. I refer you back to your own words:

>> "without idiots posting on web forums about their non-expertise and not giving in to who can yell the loudest."

I don't think you need credentials to learn enough about a topic to discuss it intelligently, but I do think people should be consistent in application of their own standards.

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