Was she correct?

AOC was on FOX news with Brett Baer, and commented on that in S. Korea their health establishment is able to test 10,000 per day, and we (The U.S.) lag shamefully behind. She also alleged w/quips as to who could/could not, might not be lucky enouggh to be tested here. Was she just spouting off numbers w/o facts or was she on the money? If she's correct, though I don't necessarily believe in her poitics, I give her KUDOS! 2 Things: She went on FOX, and she called out the U.S. on this testing issue. Was she tested? Was Trump tested? https://www.foxnews.com/media/aoc-claims-us-coronavirus-testing-reaches-wealthy-and-powerful-sooner

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Northwest · M

S Korea can test more than that on daily basis. The US is capable of doing more, way more, but the government needs to spend the money.

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PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@Northwest Really rich from the guy trying to gaslight me.

Northwest · M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow [quote]And again if it was that simple it could be solved with an email to every lab in the country.[/quote]

This encapsulates your problem. Time, after time, you continue arguing things you don't understand.

It IS indeed, as simple as "email". The Chinese researchers, PUBLISHED the virus sequence around mid-January, and that's all that was. needed to develop test protocols using PCR. The WHO used that process, and a German-developed procedure, to create test kits. The U of W, did the same thing.

[quote]Also the WHO has had a working test before all of this so both the CDC and what is done at the UofW is a duplication of effort anyway.
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You have no clue how research works. The kits the CDC sent, had a defective reagent, producing false-positive results. Test kits availability, in the US, is not related to lack of manufacturing capacity. The crisis in the US, could have been averted, if we had implemented a lot earlier, at the national level, so we now have to resort to draconian measures.

[quote]Really rich from the guy trying to gaslight me.[/quote]

Sure!

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@Northwest I get it. You are all knowing. Happy?

You seem to have missed the bit that the head of the CDC themselves stated they did not use the existing proven test by the WHO and decided for some reason he couldn't even answer (he quickly changed the subject on a live broadcast with journalists) to reinvent the wheel and waste time on a "made in America" solution which based on the article you posted forced the UofW to reinvent the wheel yet again.

But according to you I am an idiot for pointing out inconsistencies in your own claims and your own sources and statements made public by the CDC director themselves.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

Sadly she is absolutely correct. Hell lately an NBA basketball team had tested more people in a day then the US medical establishment.

questionWeaver

I argue she was not correct.

(1) The Korean tests accomplished nothing

(2) Only tests verified in Labs, are considered valid by the WHO ... like the US does

(3) The tests falsely indicated people were not infected

(4) AOC implied the virus was like the flu, when their transmission sequence is actually reversed

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

Yes she was correct. But honestly, it’s not just SK (even though they are doing an amazing job).

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@QuixoticSoul You know some Trumpette will swoop in and say "but we have more people so it doesn't count."

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