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Since it's public knowledge now:
https://theweek.com/speedreads/9…
So yeah, TP jokes and all, but please stop the Bennsplaining about "eh it's just the flu" unless you live in an epicenter and realize that this is serious.
We're more worried about not having testing kits, our homeless population becoming a swamp for novel mutations, etc. There's rumor that we actually might get a mandatory quarantine in the coming weeks.
- i never said 'its just the flu'Bennn
- Don't worry, just some random bennnbashing...gonzalle
- You've been flippant about it. It's a meme that fits.garbage
- I might have misfired there, but I'm shooting down anything I see with "paranoia" in it, because there's been a whole lot of flu and TP jokes.garbage
- But apologies if I misspoke.garbage
- apologies accepted, internet friend :)Bennn
- He didn't say it was just the flu he did said it was the media.deadsperm
- just to be clear here ... testing kits don't help the situation ... in fact, lining up to get a test is guaranteed to spread itmonospaced
- if you're symptomatic, treat the fucking symptoms, stay home and rest. There is NO CURE besides that.monospaced
- I dunno about that, the countries that are solving it seem to be testing everyone.yuekit
- If you don't test anyone you can't hope to stop the virus. Which means it will be able to spread everywhere and suddenly you'll have a disaster on your hands.yuekit
- I respectfully disagree. The test is not required for treatment. Treatment is rest and fluids, like any flu virus.monospaced
- If everyone who was sick took care of themselves and didn't spread it, it would be solved even quicker.monospaced
- The test is not required for treatment, but it lets you know who is infected so that they can be isolated and their contacts as well.yuekit
- Explain to me how the spread of the virus ever gets stopped if you don't test anyone.yuekit
- The symptoms ALONE "let you know who is infected so that they can be isolated and their contacts as well." It's really that simple.monospaced
- If you're sick, then you probably should consider yourself infected. I don't see how going to a hospital/DR and being around more sick people is a good thing.monospaced
- My father is an ER doctor, his father is a doctor, I have 4 uncles and 2 aunts who are drs, a brother is an immunologist, and my wife works in a hospital.monospaced
- They all think it's fucking STUPID AF that people insist on a test instead of staying home.monospaced
- Mono, you've just been kind of wrong on this consistently, I think you said your wife was a nurse? I'm getting info from a more administrative level.garbage
- Mono is right, don't go outside if you have symptoms. Human contact is how it spreads!zarkonite
- They're wasting time testing people who should be home instead of treating peoiple who need help.monospaced
- North Korea is doing drive through testing station. Minimal physical contact I suppose.pango
- So no, a test alone does nothing. Getting more people tested only confirms numbers, but it isn't helpful in treatment.monospaced
- I never said my wife was a nurse. And I wouldn't be inconsistent because i'm not lying, garbage.monospaced
- ^ I think you meant South Korea hahayuekit
- I'm getting info from the FRONT LINES of doctors treating actual victims in NYC. Are you?monospaced
- Finally a second person who thinks it's not funny to make those jokes anymore.pango
- The legit concern from higher up was that Seattle is not going to be able to accurately diagnose and quickly quarantine an outbreak.garbage
- a lack of testing kits is not a real issue, because they do NOTHING besides confirm what is usually painfully obviousmonospaced
- Yeah but aren't people able to spread the virus without symptoms? I think I read it takes five days on average for any symptoms to show up.yuekit
- And it's not "just like any flu virus". A virus eventually learns to not kill the host, but it will mutate further and then another outbreak starts.garbage
- And many never get sick but still act as carriers.yuekit
- Yes, of course, yuekit. Just like the flu. So it's best to stay in, avoid contact, and AVOID the doctor's office which is crawling with infected people.monospaced
- garbage, it's exactly like the flu when it comes to symptoms and treatment, AND mutationmonospaced
- It's best for who to stay in though, everyone? Since we just pointed out that no one knows who is infected without testing.yuekit
- And months back we knew Seattle was the perfect petri dish for a US spread. Not just a flu, and because it wasn't caught and squashed, get ready for COVID-20.garbage
- It's best for anyone who has symptoms to stay in, and everyone else to be precautious. It's not that complicated, and I'm still not sure why it's hard to grasp.monospaced
- If you're not showing symptoms, don't go get a test, becuase you're just going to expose yourself almost guaranteed.monospaced
- Or COVID-21. Because the weather is warming up, but there's a thing called "viral latency". Next fall will be a shitstorm.garbage
- or ... or ... people will be cautious and stop the spread and it will be okaymonospaced
- It seems like China and Korea got the situation under control, largely through mass testing of everyone.yuekit
- So I'm not sure how that fits with the idea that testing can't work or is just going to make more people sick. Clearly there is a way to make it work.yuekit
- oops ya i meant south koreapango
- yuekit: IF they have it under control it's by locking everyone down. Have you not read about all the drastic lockdown measures?zarkonite
- Yes I've been following it very closely from the start. Every country that has been successful has done both, mass testing combined with lockdowns andyuekit
- isolating infected people.yuekit
- self isolation because of symptoms was how things were handled, and that's because people listened to doctors who told them to do it.monospaced
- I understand your friends said that, it just seems contradictory to what I've read elsewhere. Even the governor of New York is saying they need more testing.yuekit
- https://www.nbcnews.…yuekit
- Why not both?pango