07-04-2020, 08:42 PM
(07-04-2020, 05:36 PM)bfine32 Wrote: It most likely would have not, but there's also debate on how much it would have reduced the spread. I remember Faucci being asked this long ago.
WTS. I'll concede those would have helped although we disagree with whom the testing should have occurred. If folks were to limit their "blame" to those simple facts then no one could say folks are placing an undue amount of blame on Trump, but when folks blame every thing he says and does on the spread, then...
At the very beginning, we needed to test international travelers coming into the country regardless of citizenship. Also, at the beginning this started during cold and flu season. We needed to test the sick to determine who had Covid 19 and not the flu or a cold. Because 70-80% of the infected have cold a flu symptoms while the remaining 20-30% are asymptomatic. So when tests are limited, you’ll get more bang for your buck testing symptomatic patients. It’s like fishing; you’ll catch more if you go where the fish are, not where they ain’t.