Commercial labs: LOL no.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39702686)

In fact no one has been able to explain why this regulatory prohibition even existed in the first place. It's not clear that it was mandated by the law FDA cited (which was passed in 2009). If anything the law seems to contemplate that such restrictions would be lifted during a public health emergency, but FDA claimed that it was *triggered by* the emergency. And the regulation establishing the prohibition was never even promulgated through notice and comment rulemaking, so the notion that FDA had to go through any sort of formal rulemaking process to lift it seems suspect. This either one of the most egregious bureaucratic snafus in US history, with agency lawyers (among others) fumbling the ball for weeks, or the process was deliberately slow-walked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39702907)

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/one-womans-miserable-experience-trying-to-get-tested-for-the-coronavirus-2020-03-03

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39696149)

this isn't ebola, that erupts for 5 days, kills everyone and then goes away, and is from a tiny and economically unimportant part of Africa.

anything TRUMP does will be criticized as fearmongering, anyway.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39696155)

When it blew up in Iran, Korea, Italy, the govt issued addition advisories .

Consider that Canada has take none of these actions -- no travel ban, no state of emergency.

You have a point on the testing, but that's the FDA and the commercial labs' fault. They're getting up to speed as fast as they can.

Also the USA is far behind other countries in infections. On a per capita basis it's not as bad.

This is a cold virus. It's impossible to stop the spread unless you want to destroy your economy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39702658)

Let's look at this in perspective.

Italy - Coronavirus: 769 infections today

Italy - H1N1/flu: 20,000 infections today

USA - Coronavirus: 63 infections today

USA - H1N1/flu: 100,000 infections today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39703223)

Airplanes might not be essential, but travel is necessary for tourism, which is a huge component of many economies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39703393)

Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine "destroy the economy" was a viable option.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39822232)

which, invariably, are few and far between in real time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39702879)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-obama.html?0p19G=0038

So far this only mainstream source I've found that delves into this issue, and it reads almost word for word like my email. I literally told him LabCorp should be able to test for this shit on its own, and today LabCorp announced that it would start doing just that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39702949)

this is complete bullshit and maybe the worst thing trump has done as president. is it mishandling the virus situation? perhaps not, but it is handling the situation in a manner that is improper and potentially dangerous.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39883809)

that's what this thread is for

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#39994753)

Of 1,984 registered voters surveyed between April 24 and 26, 51 percent said they did not approve of Trump's handling of the outbreak, compared with 43 percent who said they did approve.

As a result, the net approval for Trump's performance, which is determined by deducting the share of those who disapprove from the share who do approve, sat 8 percentage points "underwater," Morning Consult said in a breakdown of its findings.

The negative net approval rating represents a 22-point drop since March 17-20, when a Morning Consult poll found broader support for the president's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

In the new poll, which had a 2-point margin of error, 41 percent of voters said they "strongly" disapprove of Trump's coronavirus response, which is up 13 points since the mid-March survey.

Meanwhile, the share who strongly approve of the president's handling of the outbreak dropped 7 points.

The record low levels of support come as the president continues to face backlash over his recent remarks suggesting that injecting patients who test positive for coronavirus with disinfectant could be helpful.

In the wake of the president's comments, the U.S. saw a spike in calls made to poison control centers in at least four states.

aka fake news

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#40113923)

full open, not this piddly limp in bullshit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#40133435)

"Although Obama has largely avoided criticizing Trump’s performance in office, in a call leaked last week the former president described the US government’s coronavirus response as, “an absolute chaotic disaster,”"

where have you been, pres? we know you post here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#40232517)

the greatest threat to the united states since ww2

with acuity and skill.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#40346333)

similar to around here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4457656&forum_id=2#40512299)