Oso planning to go pro
Testing slows down. Commercial labs have excess testing capacity. Apparently due to more strict CDC guidelines.https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/14/coronavirus-testing-delays-186883The list of countries that is handing this better than us is a very long one.
The list of countries handling it worse is relatively short, though. And, we can say that we are #1 in something.
I saw Cuomo is now mandating people wear masks in public.I've been a good solider on the distancing and sheltering in place thing, but for whatever reason this bugs me. Maybe it's my center-right leanings, but I'm not terribly comfortable with the government mandating what I wear when I leave my house. Especially since the effectiveness is highly questionable.
I try and wear them whenever I go to the store / pick up carry out. I look at it as putting the clerk at ease more than anything. If I had to deal with the public all day, that would make me feel better.
My issue was he said wear it around people, and take it off when you're not. If its a bandana or scarf, whatever, but putting on and taking off the medical masks completely defeats the purpose and contaminates yourself or breaks the seal.
The point is to protect other people from you - not the other way around. So you touching your mask (after you wash your hands) shouldn't be a problem. Since everyone else was wearing a mask too (duh!) very few of their germs could have escaped and gotten to you.** - yes, this is an oversimplification, but the point remains.
And that's totally fine! Again, it's more the government mandate thing that bothers me than the practice.
For those screaming "but what could Trump do" - in this case, if he were to direct the CDC to open up testing so that labs are fully utilized - TODAY - that would be a good start.
For those screaming CDC should be in charge doesn’t that pose a conflict since they are the ones slowing it down?Do we want CDC in charge or Trump? Make up your minds people.
What's a chicos?
"White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway erroneously asserted on Wednesday that the number 19 in COVID-19, which stands for the year in which the virus was discovered, stood for a strain of the disease. The adviser made the slip-up while explaining to the co-hosts of “Fox and Friends” why President Donald Trump decided to halt the U.S.’s payments to the World Health Organization (WHO). According to Conway, one reason for doing so was because the organization supposedly can’t be trusted to know how to handle the pandemic. “Some of the scientists and doctors say that there could be other strains later on,” she said. “This could come back in the fall in a limited way.” “This is COVID-19, not COVID-1 folks, and so you would think the people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures would be on top of that,” the adviser continued."
edit: I’m having a social distanced backyard beer summit tonight
Is there a way to tell when she is being stupid or when she is lying?