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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Mar 4, 2020, 10:39 PM Mar 2020

'We are in a crisis here': The Yale professor who said US coronavirus cases were set to 'explode'

in the coming days warns that America is way behind on testing

The number of documented coronavirus cases in the US was at more than 100 on Tuesday, but according to the Yale professor Howard Forman, a practicing radiologist and expert in healthcare management, the United States is way behind on testing people.

Broad-scale testing is a crucial step in properly containing and mitigating the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, Forman said. But so far, the US hasn't been able to test enough people who meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's criteria.

"It is well within the realm of possibility that there are 100,000 people infected with this right now in the United States," Forman said. "Healthcare providers may be being exposed, other patients may be being exposed, and until you can give confidence to people about those answers, we are in a crisis here."

Forman said coronavirus testing needed to happen on a bigger scale than flu testing — and so far, that's not happening. As more cases go undetected, the spread of the disease becomes more likely, Forman said.

https://news.yahoo.com/crisis-yale-professor-said-u-143223472.html
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'We are in a crisis here': The Yale professor who said US coronavirus cases were set to 'explode' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author democratisphere Mar 2020 #1
Less prepared than some shithole countries. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #2
Hey, c'mon, Pence goes on teevee almost everyday and tells us we're low risk....we're fine!!! spanone Mar 2020 #3
total incompetence bdamomma Mar 2020 #4

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spanone

(135,791 posts)
3. Hey, c'mon, Pence goes on teevee almost everyday and tells us we're low risk....we're fine!!!
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 11:59 PM
Mar 2020

and all his 'people' on the stage say the same thing....would they lie to us?

bdamomma

(63,799 posts)
4. total incompetence
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 12:04 AM
Mar 2020

and the shameful ignorance and arrogance from this regime to the American people, I hope this filthy regime contracts the virus itself. They deserve too.

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