Posted on 03/27/2020 11:10:15 PM PDT by rintintin
Thanks for the link! Looks like the rate of testing is increasing which is a good thing!
Thank you. Yeah, so far so good. Temp is normal. Today I have to get tested. This ought to be fun. A nose swab, way up both nostrils with a swab. They ‘’tickle your brain’’ I’m told.
Thank you very much. Not sure how long the results take. I’ve heard at least two different times, a matter of minutes to a few hours.
Article from four days ago, and Abbot announced a 5 minute test today.
Where do you live? I am sorry to hear that. Things arent quite that bad here altho there are some shortages. I wonder if it depends on what part of the country as to more severe shortages.
Awesome response. That was first encouraging thing I’ve heard in days.
Just fyi there’s a little movement happening all over the USA where women who can sew are sewing up surgical masks and donating to hospitals. Not as good as the disposable n95s but can be used in the less front line situations to save the N95s for more urgent use. I think that is very cool and shows the old can-do spirit of America is still there, if people know something to do specifically, they want to help and will help!
“Seems to me, this thing just has to run its course.”
Bingo. You can slow it down but you can’t stop it.
There is too much fear mongering over this. On a normal day around 150,000 people die of non-accidental deaths - most of them very old and very sick - but they are vulnerable so if they catch the flu -a lot of them are goners.
It’s sad, but everyone just takes it for granted because there’s nothing you can do - 60 million people are going to die each year and 60 million born each year to replace them. Cycle of life.
But then along comes this pandemic and it will kill far, far fewer, mostly kill the same high risk people (many of whom were already on their death beds) and everyone flies into a panic.
I think it is because of the way it is getting reported and the idea that it’s up to us to stop it. We can’t stop all the other deaths - what makes us think we can stop all of these ones? We don’t report a daily tally of deaths of other causes - but these particular deaths - we keep a running tally.
I think we should go back to work - but just be more careful - wash hands, stop shaking hands - stop unnecessary touching of railings and doorknobs - stay home when you are sick.
leftist propaganda from one of the ultimate trump-hating propaganda organs in the U.S. ... within a week or two, nearly-instant testing will be ubiquitously available throughout the U.S. and the trump-hating fake stream enemedia will have to find a new fake drum to beat ...
Abbott Launches Molecular Point-of-Care Test to Detect Novel Coronavirus in as Little as Five Minutes
The Abbott ID NOW™ COVID-19 test brings rapid testing to the front lines
- Test to run on Abbott’s point-of-care ID NOW platform - a portable instrument that can be deployed where testing is needed most
- ID NOW has the largest molecular point-of-care installed base in the U.S. and is available in a wide range of healthcare settings
- Abbott will be making ID NOW COVID-19 tests available next week and expects to ramp up manufacturing to deliver 50,000 tests per day
- This is the company’s second test to receive Emergency Use Authorization by the FDA for COVID-19 detection; combined, Abbott expects to produce about 5 million tests per month
Testing has been problematic for a number of reasons. For one, the CDC only released the final testing capability on 11 March. it was 17 March before any companies were even ready. Many people tested are not properly tested and the result show negative. Everyone claiming the numbers say this or that have no idea what they’re talking about because they’re simply are not enough reliable numbers to make any conclusions or prognostics.
Fake news
Very well stated.
Start your hydroxychloroquine now.
Ok. Got any?
Try this thread:
ABBOTT LAUNCHES MOLECULAR POINT-OF-CARE TEST TO DETECT NOVEL CORONAVIRUS IN AS LITTLE AS FIVE MINUTES
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3829140/posts
Find a medical facility that is using them.
Thanks for the info. The test I had required a nasal probe that stung like heck for about two or three seconds. I’m still waiting on the results.
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