Mon Mar 2, 2020, 10:34 AM

Doctor at NY Presbyterian Hospital calls Coronavirus testing accessibility a scandal

“I’m here to tell you, right now, at one of the busiest hospitals in the country, I don’t have it at my finger tips,” he said. “I still have to make my case, plead to test people. This is not good.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/02/coronavirus-new-york-city-doctor-has-to-plead-to-test-people.html

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Doctor at NY Presbyterian Hospital calls Coronavirus testing accessibility a scandal (Original post)	Cousin Dupree	Mar 2020	OP
I concur with the good doctor	Leghorn21	Mar 2020	#1
I just saw him being interviewed on MSNBC this morning.	Cousin Dupree	Mar 2020	#2
He said that CDC mistakes have set us back 3 weeks on testing	wishstar	Mar 2020	#3
I've heard rumors from some Docs in Kansas City...that they have people	cbdo2007	Mar 2020	#4
This is a huge problem.	Duppers	Mar 2020	#5

Response to Cousin Dupree (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2020, 10:40 AM

Leghorn21 (13,358 posts)

1. I concur with the good doctor

It is UNBEFUCKINLIEVABLE

a scandal, an embarrassment, a shock and a shame and probably a tragedy before this nightmare is over

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Mon Mar 2, 2020, 10:51 AM

Cousin Dupree (1,866 posts)

2. I just saw him being interviewed on MSNBC this morning.

He believes that the lack of testing kits is part of the trump cover-up. Disgusting.

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Mon Mar 2, 2020, 10:58 AM

wishstar (5,195 posts)

3. He said that CDC mistakes have set us back 3 weeks on testing

He was on CNBC earlier and said that CDC first had a faulty test, then when states wanted to roll out their own better tests they were prevented from doing that before CDC relented but we lost 3 weeks of proper testing. Says there are thousands of undiagnosed cases and we will know that by next week as testing improves.

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Mon Mar 2, 2020, 11:25 AM

cbdo2007 (9,213 posts)

4. I've heard rumors from some Docs in Kansas City...that they have people

quarantined in hospitals here but that they don't have any testing kits in the entire state of Missouri, so that is why we aren't seeing more cases.

If they can't test for it, the number of people that officially are infected by it is kept artificially low.

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Mon Mar 2, 2020, 11:56 AM

Duppers (27,639 posts)

5. This is a huge problem.

A scandal actually - it's morally wrong.

K&R

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