Trump and Pence get tested every day. Why can't we?

[L.K.Eder]

Why would you want to have a q-tip shoved up your nostrils every day? Why would you want to pay for it?

Testing for this would be free and I'd rather have the q tip than a shot of formaldehyde to keep me preserved before the funeral.

There is no cure for coronavirus, and no fda approved treatment. So it doesn't matter how fast you know

au contraire. it does very much matter how fast you know. because, hold on to your hat, this virus is .......


contagious.

 

[hadit]

I can't get a test, even when i was exposed i was told to just go home IM2 ~S~

We get told that testing us all is nonsensical, but trump, pence and everybody with them are tested rigorously and often.

Really? Who told you that?

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on May 6 said the “notion that everyone needs to be tested is just simply nonsensical.”

How are the two incompatible? The President and Vice President are hardly under lockdown, you are. They have to be in physical proximity to many people every day, you don't. They have to travel frequently, you don't. Need I go on?

 

[The Original Tree]

We can't get tests but trump can all the time.

Capitol Lacks Tests for Returning Senators While White House Tests Many in Trump’s Circle
As senators prepare to return on Monday, Congress’s doctor warned that he does not have the capacity to test all 100 for coronavirus. At the White House, the president and many of his aides are tested repeatedly.
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Nicholas Fandos and Katie Rogers

Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the tight-lipped doctor who attends to Congress, sent up on Thursday what some have construed as a warning: His office, he told senior Republican officials on a private conference call, cannot screen all 100 senators for the coronavirus when they return to work on Monday.

Two miles down Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House, the story is very different. President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are tested frequently, aides who come into close contact with them are tested weekly and the list of people who need to be tested daily keeps expanding, according to officials familiar with the process.

The stark contrast between the testing haves at the White House and the have-nots on Capitol Hill, first reported in Politico, makes clear that Mr. Trump’s pronouncement that “anybody that wants a test can get a test,” as he said on March 6 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is far from true. Although the rich and powerful are clearly favored, not even all the powerful have equal access.

And beyond whether people can be tested, there are questions about the tests available. At the White House, the medical unit is using a rapid-testing kit developed by Abbott, which yields results in about five minutes. But Dr. Monahan told the Republican aides on Thursday that he lacked such equipment, and that it would take at least two days to get test results.

Capitol Lacks Tests for Returning Senators While White House Tests Many in Trump’s Circle (Published 2020)

As senators prepare to return on Monday, Congress’s doctor warned that he does not have the capacity to test all 100 for coronavirus. At the White House, the president and many of his aides are tested repeatedly.

www.nytimes.com

There isn't a test for LibTard.

 

[hadit]

The press hounded Trump that he hasn't been tested...now they bitch because he has.

Typical leftist bullshit.

No, the point here is that the tests they get we all should be able to get. They could do this.

You may have to pay for the test if you don't have health insurance but it will be deductible on your taxes....but most insured people can get the test for free or a small copay....so why are you doing this?...what is your game here? just to constantly tear your country apart?....

You voted for trump, don't talk to me about tearing apart the country. Free testing should be available for all Americans.

That would clog up the labs so much it would take years to get the results...now you are just being stupid.....

No, that's not stupid. Free testing should be available for all Americans.

Nothing is free.

 

[Markle]

Why would you want to have a q-tip shoved up your nostrils every day? Why would you want to pay for it?

Testing for this would be free and I'd rather have the q tip than a shot of formaldehyde to keep me preserved before the funeral.

There is no cure for coronavirus, and no fda approved treatment. So it doesn't matter how fast you know

au contraire. it does very much matter how fast you know. because, hold on to your hat, this virus is .......

contagious.

Good point.

EXCEPT you come close to me, who is asymptomatic, as you go grocery shopping for a few things on the way home. What good then was your test? Just sayin'.

 

[Claudette]

We can't get tests but trump can all the time.

Capitol Lacks Tests for Returning Senators While White House Tests Many in Trump’s Circle
As senators prepare to return on Monday, Congress’s doctor warned that he does not have the capacity to test all 100 for coronavirus. At the White House, the president and many of his aides are tested repeatedly.
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Nicholas Fandos and Katie Rogers

Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the tight-lipped doctor who attends to Congress, sent up on Thursday what some have construed as a warning: His office, he told senior Republican officials on a private conference call, cannot screen all 100 senators for the coronavirus when they return to work on Monday.

Two miles down Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House, the story is very different. President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are tested frequently, aides who come into close contact with them are tested weekly and the list of people who need to be tested daily keeps expanding, according to officials familiar with the process.

The stark contrast between the testing haves at the White House and the have-nots on Capitol Hill, first reported in Politico, makes clear that Mr. Trump’s pronouncement that “anybody that wants a test can get a test,” as he said on March 6 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is far from true. Although the rich and powerful are clearly favored, not even all the powerful have equal access.

And beyond whether people can be tested, there are questions about the tests available. At the White House, the medical unit is using a rapid-testing kit developed by Abbott, which yields results in about five minutes. But Dr. Monahan told the Republican aides on Thursday that he lacked such equipment, and that it would take at least two days to get test results.

Capitol Lacks Tests for Returning Senators While White House Tests Many in Trump’s Circle (Published 2020)

As senators prepare to return on Monday, Congress’s doctor warned that he does not have the capacity to test all 100 for coronavirus. At the White House, the president and many of his aides are tested repeatedly.

www.nytimes.com

What a moron. You can get tested almost anywhere. Look it up dipshit.

 

[BrokeLoser]

We can't get tests but trump can all the time.

Capitol Lacks Tests for Returning Senators While White House Tests Many in Trump’s Circle
As senators prepare to return on Monday, Congress’s doctor warned that he does not have the capacity to test all 100 for coronavirus. At the White House, the president and many of his aides are tested repeatedly.
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Nicholas Fandos and Katie Rogers

Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the tight-lipped doctor who attends to Congress, sent up on Thursday what some have construed as a warning: His office, he told senior Republican officials on a private conference call, cannot screen all 100 senators for the coronavirus when they return to work on Monday.

Two miles down Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House, the story is very different. President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are tested frequently, aides who come into close contact with them are tested weekly and the list of people who need to be tested daily keeps expanding, according to officials familiar with the process.

The stark contrast between the testing haves at the White House and the have-nots on Capitol Hill, first reported in Politico, makes clear that Mr. Trump’s pronouncement that “anybody that wants a test can get a test,” as he said on March 6 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is far from true. Although the rich and powerful are clearly favored, not even all the powerful have equal access.

And beyond whether people can be tested, there are questions about the tests available. At the White House, the medical unit is using a rapid-testing kit developed by Abbott, which yields results in about five minutes. But Dr. Monahan told the Republican aides on Thursday that he lacked such equipment, and that it would take at least two days to get test results.

Capitol Lacks Tests for Returning Senators While White House Tests Many in Trump’s Circle (Published 2020)

As senators prepare to return on Monday, Congress’s doctor warned that he does not have the capacity to test all 100 for coronavirus. At the White House, the president and many of his aides are tested repeatedly.

www.nytimes.com

Trump and Pence get tested every day. Why can't we?
Because "WE" are not equals. You degenerates still haven't been able to wrap your heads around that huh?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I can't get a test, even when i was exposed i was told to just go home IM2 ~S~

We get told that testing us all is nonsensical, but trump, pence and everybody with them are tested rigorously and often.

Really? Who told you that?

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on May 6 said the “notion that everyone needs to be tested is just simply nonsensical.”

It is actually. If I get tested today, stop at the gas station for gas, pickup the virus, how does that test help me tomorrow? It wouldn't solve anything. That's why we limit the testing to people that might actually have it for verification.

The only test that counts in my book are the antibody tests, which of course, there are not nearly enough of them yet.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

We can't get tests but trump can all the time.

Capitol Lacks Tests for Returning Senators While White House Tests Many in Trump’s Circle
As senators prepare to return on Monday, Congress’s doctor warned that he does not have the capacity to test all 100 for coronavirus. At the White House, the president and many of his aides are tested repeatedly.
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Nicholas Fandos and Katie Rogers

Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the tight-lipped doctor who attends to Congress, sent up on Thursday what some have construed as a warning: His office, he told senior Republican officials on a private conference call, cannot screen all 100 senators for the coronavirus when they return to work on Monday.

Two miles down Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House, the story is very different. President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are tested frequently, aides who come into close contact with them are tested weekly and the list of people who need to be tested daily keeps expanding, according to officials familiar with the process.

The stark contrast between the testing haves at the White House and the have-nots on Capitol Hill, first reported in Politico, makes clear that Mr. Trump’s pronouncement that “anybody that wants a test can get a test,” as he said on March 6 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, is far from true. Although the rich and powerful are clearly favored, not even all the powerful have equal access.

And beyond whether people can be tested, there are questions about the tests available. At the White House, the medical unit is using a rapid-testing kit developed by Abbott, which yields results in about five minutes. But Dr. Monahan told the Republican aides on Thursday that he lacked such equipment, and that it would take at least two days to get test results.

Capitol Lacks Tests for Returning Senators While White House Tests Many in Trump’s Circle (Published 2020)

As senators prepare to return on Monday, Congress’s doctor warned that he does not have the capacity to test all 100 for coronavirus. At the White House, the president and many of his aides are tested repeatedly.

www.nytimes.com

The President gets to fly around the world on his government plane with military escorts, why can't I?

Why is former President Obama getting SS protection, and will continue to get it the rest of his life unless he refuses it? You may not like it, but a President is way more important to this country than you are. That's why a President gets way more protection than you do.

 

[berg80]

If you didn't have symptoms, why would you give a shit?

Because you can unwittingly give it to others if you have it but are asymptomatic.

But as a Trumplehead I realize it's hard for you to think of the well being of others.

 

[berg80]

It is actually. If I get tested today, stop at the gas station for gas, pickup the virus, how does that test help me tomorrow?

What you're pointing out isn't the futility of testing, it's the danger of there not being enough testing.

 

[Polishprince]

If you didn't have symptoms, why would you give a shit?

Because you can unwittingly give it to others if you have it but are asymptomatic.

But as a Trumplehead I realize it's hard for you to think of the well being of others.

Whether I was diagnosed with it, or without it, I still have to put on a ski mask and gloves to go into Walmart, still have to wash my hands after using the can, so it really doesn't make a difference.

 

[Markle]

What you're pointing out isn't the futility of testing, it's the danger of there not being enough testing.

So how many are enough? 330 million tests once a month? Once a week? Twice a week? Daily?

 

[Polishprince]

What you're pointing out isn't the futility of testing, it's the danger of there not being enough testing.

So how many are enough? 330 million tests once a month? Once a week? Twice a week? Daily?

At a rate of $125 a piece, that $15 Trillion a year for daily testing.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

It is actually. If I get tested today, stop at the gas station for gas, pickup the virus, how does that test help me tomorrow?

What you're pointing out isn't the futility of testing, it's the danger of there not being enough testing.

We have enough tests for those who have symptoms and the doctors need verification. Last month our hospitals were doing drive in testing, and from what I understand, pretty long lines. Testing everybody for the virus doesn't do any good, since as I stated, those people who are negative could get it the same or next day. The tests we really need are accurate antibody tests. Those are the tests that can tell us who is immune to it or not.

 

[FA_Q2]

He is the president. Of course he should be tested constantly.

It is rather idiotic to demand otherwise. It is rather funny that the same people complaining about him getting tested also complain that the government needs to be doing more.

Governmental leaders, health workers and other high priority positions should be tested all the time. That is a given.

 

[FA_Q2]

It is actually. If I get tested today, stop at the gas station for gas, pickup the virus, how does that test help me tomorrow?

What you're pointing out isn't the futility of testing, it's the danger of there not being enough testing.

We have enough tests for those who have symptoms and the doctors need verification. Last month our hospitals were doing drive in testing, and from what I understand, pretty long lines. Testing everybody for the virus doesn't do any good, since as I stated, those people who are negative could get it the same or next day. The tests we really need are accurate antibody tests. Those are the tests that can tell us who is immune to it or not.

Possibly but the extent of antibody response and the immunity it suggests is not really known at this point. What we actually need is a better understanding of what those tests are even telling us.

Are they immune? How long? How much of an antibody response is necessary for an immunity to exist? Is the immunity effected by virus load?

Of course, the same can be said for the current tests for the virus as well. How long must an individual be infected to even show up as positive for the test.

That is the issue with a novel virus - we know very little and, unfortunately, have to base widespread public policy effecting hundreds of millions of people on facts that simply are not present.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

It is actually. If I get tested today, stop at the gas station for gas, pickup the virus, how does that test help me tomorrow?

What you're pointing out isn't the futility of testing, it's the danger of there not being enough testing.

The level of testing required to prevent Ray's scenario is impossible. So, I guess what you are really saying is....testing is futile?


.

 

[JustAGuy1]

IQ2 seems inordinately frightened.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

It is actually. If I get tested today, stop at the gas station for gas, pickup the virus, how does that test help me tomorrow?

What you're pointing out isn't the futility of testing, it's the danger of there not being enough testing.

We have enough tests for those who have symptoms and the doctors need verification. Last month our hospitals were doing drive in testing, and from what I understand, pretty long lines. Testing everybody for the virus doesn't do any good, since as I stated, those people who are negative could get it the same or next day. The tests we really need are accurate antibody tests. Those are the tests that can tell us who is immune to it or not.

Possibly but the extent of antibody response and the immunity it suggests is not really known at this point. What we actually need is a better understanding of what those tests are even telling us.

Are they immune? How long? How much of an antibody response is necessary for an immunity to exist? Is the immunity effected by virus load?

Of course, the same can be said for the current tests for the virus as well. How long must an individual be infected to even show up as positive for the test.

That is the issue with a novel virus - we know very little and, unfortunately, have to base widespread public policy effecting hundreds of millions of people on facts that simply are not present.

My opinion is that antibody testing is much more beneficial than virus testing. If you test positive for the antibody testing, it means you have had the virus (sometimes unknowingly) or have a natural resistance to the virus.

These people cannot only participate in our society unprotected, but can also donate blood, where the plasma can be infused in our healthcare workers, eventually first responders, and finally high risk people with preexisting conditions such as myself.

Point is, we are attacking this virus from the north, south, east and west. It will be defeated. New medication such as remdesivire, hydroxychloroquine, new vaccines being developed all over the world, manufacturing of N-95 masks by the millions, gowns the same, Wuhan virus testing, and as stated, antibody testing.

We are uniting globally to wipe out this pest that took away our freedoms, and doing it in every direction possible.

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