Re:With broad, random tests for antibodies, Germany seeks pa...
by gnusty_gnurc on Sunday April 19, 2020 @04:31PM
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The US had the issue of complete failure of a federal monopoly. CDC and FDA failed at the most critical time and prohibited private enterprise and states from rushing in.
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Re:With broad, random tests for antibodies, Germany seeks pa...
by jakeogh on Sunday April 19, 2020 @05:10PM
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Measured by what? We achieved better results than every single pre-peak best case estimated outcome. If you know of a predicted outcome that we havent come in under, please link to it.
Re:With broad, random tests for antibodies, Germany seeks pa...
by gnusty_gnurc on Sunday April 19, 2020 @05:19PM
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Measured by a month of delayed testing at the outset of a virulent pandemic?
> Forced to suspend the launch of a nationwide detection program for the coronavirus for a month, the C.D.C. lost credibility as the nation’s leading public health agency and the country lost ground in ways that continue to haunt grieving families, the sick and the worried well from one state to the next.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/health/cdc-coronavirus-la...
Re:With broad, random tests for antibodies, Germany seeks pa...
by jakeogh on Sunday April 19, 2020 @05:46PM
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In science, when errors are made, we are supposed to acknowledge and correct them, which is what the CDC did.
Why base your opinion on a second order result rather than first hand outcomes? If we had not tested at all, and still had this _drastically better than predicted_ result, might you still be unhappy about it?
And the NYT... They are not just a news orginization. Still run by the BBC's Mark Thompson I see.
