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Where are the test kits?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by NewRoxFan, Mar 19, 2020.

  1. NewRoxFan

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    The American people should be laser-focused on where we are with testing... and so far, the trump administration has failed...

    Special Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ion=true&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=twitter
     
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    Where other countries most notably South Korea and the U.S. got a way earlier start, Iceland started very recently... and they seem much farther along... and while the mass testing done in Iceland isn't feasible in other countries like the U.S., there are many lessons we can be learning...
    Everyone In Iceland Can Get Tested For The Coronavirus. Here's How The Results Could Help All Of Us.
    The small island nation’s large-scale testing strategy includes people who don’t have any symptoms.
    https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/coronavirus-testing-iceland
     
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    Mismanagement, bad decisions...

     
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    I guessing some billionaire in South Dakota has a room full of test kits (any kind and of all varieties) next door to the room full of two ply.
     
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    If NBA teams have testing abilities why wouldn't they let their source to be known. NBA CARES?
     
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    Magic Johnson: laughing.
     
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    From our true allies in the Middle East. Despite our recent differences, and a possible shortage of their own, they sent a ton of test kits.

    https://www.usnews.com/news/world/a...00-000-coronavirus-test-kits-to-united-states

    ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has sent 500,000 coronavirus test kits to the United States upon their request, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday.

    In a speech to parliament, Koca said that Ankara aimed to increase rapidly its own testing within Turkey and had a target of carrying out 10,000 to 15,000 tests per day. He said more than 10,000 tests have so far been carried out in total.
     
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    My goodness, you'd think someone in the coronavirus taskforce would anticipate and head off problems like this.
     
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    Trust me, there will be no shortage of them. No need to worry. Wait did you say test kits or tax cuts?
     
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    Obviously, our expectation of adequate testing was our own fault and not the fault of the government who told us totally accurate information in a very narrow spectrum. Shame on us for not asking the right questions.
     
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    The enormity of the difference between where we are with testing and where we need to be... and the enormity of trump's lie... astounding.

     
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    Is it simply impossible for trump to say anything in response to a question from a reporter, even a softball, without trump lying? How on earth will Fox "News" cover this? The lie from trump is so, as you say, astounding, so blatant that how can it be ignored, even by Fox?
     
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    See, when you have no qualms about lying... anything is possible...





    https://time.com/5828843/trump-coronavirus-testing-giroir/
     
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