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Posted On: 04/19/2020 1:53:24 PM
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A little, very little, knowledge is a dangerous thing. S'why you're a dangerous guy, shadester.
Didn't occur to you that the early testing done by the countries you mentioned is something the U.S was incapable of, unwilling to do?
Still not doing on a wide enough scale, hence, shutdowns.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/202...thing-down
Didn't occur to you that the early testing done by the countries you mentioned is something the U.S was incapable of, unwilling to do?
Still not doing on a wide enough scale, hence, shutdowns.
Quote:
South Korea's foreign minister, Kang Kyung-wha, speaking to the BBC last week, said the key lessons from her country are that it developed testing for the virus even before it had a significant number of cases.
"In mid-January, our health authorities quickly conferred with the research institutions here [to develop a test]," Kang said. "And then they shared that result with the pharmaceutical companies, who then produced the reagent [chemical] and the equipment needed for the testing."
So when members of a religious sect in Daegu started getting sick in February, South Korea was able to rapidly confirm that it was COVID-19.
"Testing is central" to the outbreak response, said Kang, "because that leads to early detection. It minimizes further spread." And it allows health authorities to quickly isolate and treat those found with the virus.
Hong Kong and Singapore have followed similar paths in responding to this outbreak.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/202...thing-down
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