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no_hypocrisy

(46,020 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2020, 07:52 AM Mar 2020

It occurred to me that IF there were more coronavirus tests,

each individual would likely need to be tested every few days, repeatedly, to ensure that they didn't get infected after the last test.

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It occurred to me that IF there were more coronavirus tests, (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 OP

I've heard you need 3 negative tests before they'll consider you good to go Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #1

Yeah. Igel Mar 2020 #2

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

1. I've heard you need 3 negative tests before they'll consider you good to go

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 07:59 AM

Mar 2020

They've been interviewing a gentleman from the Diamond Princess on MJ who was stricken with it. He's still waiting for that their negative test before he can leave isolation.

Igel

(35,274 posts)

2. Yeah.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:10 AM

Mar 2020

The testing industry would now be in the Fortune 500, with 10s of thousands of new employees to process the 10s of millions of tests processed per do.

Can only imagine the biohazard landfill that would be created.

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