Re:Facebook says it has removed promotion of anti-quarantine...
by roenxi on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:43AM
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> What happens when the kits are faulty or non-experts interpret the data? Lots of folks will think they're safe and go home to visit at-risk elders.
That is basically what the CDC did. Having one organisation in a position where a totally ordinary and probably routine failure will kill tens of thousands of people, or worse, is stupid. It isn't like government officials are the only people in the world who care about stopping a blossoming pandemic; the law shouldn't pretend otherwise.
Better to ban tests if there is something wrong with them than preemptivly screw up the response.
Re:Facebook says it has removed promotion of anti-quarantine...
by sethammons on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @07:01AM
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> The hospitals are overwhelmed
In our area, nurses have been furloughed because there is not enough going on at the hospitals and clinics to bill and thus pay for the staff.
What happens when the kits are faulty or non-experts interpret the data? Lots of folks will think they're safe and go home to visit at-risk elders.
> All that said 'the hospitals are being overwhelmed' isn't a good reason to shut down most of the economy.
The hospitals are overwhelmed, so there will be no help for you when you need it. Any care that would have addressed accidents, infections, major medical emergencies will be under duress. People will die from preventable reasons.
> There is a correlation with bad economies and war breaking out.
This is outrageous to suggest.
> there needs to be a better reason than 'ICU nurses are overwhelmed with work' to strip people of their right to make their own mistakes.
Unfortunately when you get covid-19, you can spread it along and become part of an infection chain that leads to the deaths of others.
Do people have the right to drive under the influence?