The Covid-19 Info thread (keep politics out please)

[Jack Lambert]

You need both

An antibody test to see who has had it, (and throetically can end social distancing)

And a test to see who has it now. So you can isolate them and contact trace.

By being able to isolate the people that have it, and release the immune, we can open back up faster.

Otherwise we are just yoyoing around overwhelming the medical system...

The only need for the virus test is if you have symptoms and they are testing to see if you have it. Testing to trace the virus is really stupid and is only being used to slow down the reopening. There is no way you can test 100 million workers every single day. Just because you are negative today doesn't mean you are negative tomorrow. However if you test to see if I have had it, that is a one time test and that make sense.

[SheltonChoked]

The only need for the virus test is if you have symptoms and they are testing to see if you have it. Testing to trace the virus is really stupid and is only being used to slow down the reopening. There is no way you can test 100 million workers every single day. Just because you are negative today doesn't mean you are negative tomorrow. However if you test to see if I have had it, that is a one time test and that make sense.

That's not true at all

There are too many people that NEVER show symptoms and still spread the virus.

If you are negative today and not negative tomorrow, it's because you got the virus...

Contact tracing tells you who has been exposed.

If you isolate those positive and those exposed to positive tests, then you can re open

What you propose does nothing to help re open...

[Jack Lambert]

That's not true at all

There are too many people that NEVER show symptoms and still spread the virus.

If you are negative today and not negative tomorrow, it's because you got the virus...

Contact tracing tells you who has been exposed.

If you isolate those positive and those exposed to positive tests, then you can re open

What you propose does nothing to help re open...

So you are going to test me everyday? That is impossible. This whole thing is stupid and you are not changing my mind on it. Lets go back to work. This pushing to test 360 million ameircans is just bull shit to keep from opening the economy to hurt Trump as much as possible and for political bull shit they are costing 1000's of Americans everything,

[Joebob]

The only need for the virus test is if you have symptoms and they are testing to see if you have it. Testing to trace the virus is really stupid and is only being used to slow down the reopening. There is no way you can test 100 million workers every single day. Just because you are negative today doesn't mean you are negative tomorrow. However if you test to see if I have had it, that is a one time test and that make sense.

This is why you’re not in charge.