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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4565955" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>No, I didn't mean that your general assessment of what is happening in Europe isn't accurate. It's just too broad to have any meaning for practical debate purposes. </p><p></p><p>Now that you have gotten more specific about turn around on tests, I agree, our system seems to be set up to test everyone who comes through, even though they don't have symptoms. That is a terrible misuse of limited resources. The fact that many people are being required by their employers to be tested multiple times is also a sign of a mismanaged system. </p><p></p><p>The push for more testing is at such absurd levels that people are putting off treatment for their actual ailments because they want to be sure it isn't covid first. My MIL refuses to accept her negative result, even though her symptoms seem to suggest a kidney infection, not a respiratory infection. There's a lot of misinformation out there that could cost people their lives or health.</p><p></p><p>Our testing efforts certainly need to be more targeted. But, though testing gives us some valuable data, we already know what drives the transmission, we need to focus on developing realistic policy that accounts for how it actually spreads, effectively protecting the most vulnerable, and on treatments and therapies for those who do get a bad case. Ventilator use turns out to be another deadly misstep in the response to the virus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4565955, member: 63706"] No, I didn't mean that your general assessment of what is happening in Europe isn't accurate. It's just too broad to have any meaning for practical debate purposes. Now that you have gotten more specific about turn around on tests, I agree, our system seems to be set up to test everyone who comes through, even though they don't have symptoms. That is a terrible misuse of limited resources. The fact that many people are being required by their employers to be tested multiple times is also a sign of a mismanaged system. The push for more testing is at such absurd levels that people are putting off treatment for their actual ailments because they want to be sure it isn't covid first. My MIL refuses to accept her negative result, even though her symptoms seem to suggest a kidney infection, not a respiratory infection. There's a lot of misinformation out there that could cost people their lives or health. Our testing efforts certainly need to be more targeted. But, though testing gives us some valuable data, we already know what drives the transmission, we need to focus on developing realistic policy that accounts for how it actually spreads, effectively protecting the most vulnerable, and on treatments and therapies for those who do get a bad case. Ventilator use turns out to be another deadly misstep in the response to the virus. [/QUOTE]
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