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DanTex

(20,709 posts)
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 05:40 PM Feb 2020

Seems the only reason the US has so few "cases" of COVID-19 is because we do so little testing.

Is this true? I wonder if there's some expert or hospital or lab somewhere that has an estimate of the number of actual cases in the US, as opposed to the number of cases that have been detected.

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Seems the only reason the US has so few "cases" of COVID-19 is because we do so little testing. (Original Post) DanTex Feb 2020 OP
Not just US, how about Iran, Philippines etc? at140 Feb 2020 #1
It's funny how that works, there seem to be plenty in dewsgirl Feb 2020 #3
I'm happy people are finally realizing this, when they don't dewsgirl Feb 2020 #2
DING DING DING!! 2naSalit Feb 2020 #4
Are you suggesting that the subhuman BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #5
Why... 2naSalit Feb 2020 #6

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
3. It's funny how that works, there seem to be plenty in
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 05:47 PM
Feb 2020

South Korea/Italy/China. When you don't test, you don't add to the numbers.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
2. I'm happy people are finally realizing this, when they don't
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 05:46 PM
Feb 2020

test, they don't add to the numbers the last thing Trump wants. He keeps going out there and lying about the numbers, today he kept saying 22, when there are 60+.

2naSalit

(86,775 posts)
4. DING DING DING!!
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 05:53 PM
Feb 2020

That is correct! We don't have many testing kits and they aren't testing people quickly. That first homegrown case in WA wasn't tested for something like TWO WEEKS and then the test processing has been limited to a few facilities and there's a queue for that.

This is too incompetent for me to accept it as genuine stupidity. I'm becoming more suspicious of how and why this is happening. It's like the lack of infrastructure to address such a situation was was intentional.

BigmanPigman

(51,627 posts)
5. Are you suggesting that the subhuman
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 06:20 PM
Feb 2020

who cut the funds and staffs of all the health and scientific agencies in the Fed Govt may be up to something nefarious?

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