IT HAS COME TO THIS: The NYT is the biggest shit sandwich on this entire planet
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We don't test asymptotic people for the flu. We aren't going to test people for MRSA or Hepatitis without symptoms either. We are at the point where this disease should be treated the same way.
The New York Times' position is like saying that everyone who walks into a doctor's office or clinic should be tested for AIDS every single time.
Walk into doctors office: "Hey doc, I have a fever, I'm nauseous, been throwing up with diarrhea and my whole body hurts"
Doc: "You likely have the flu, go home, rest, drink plenty of fluids, take Tylenol for fever as needed."
Walk into doctors office: "Hi, I feel fine, I have no symptoms of anything but may have been exposed to someone infected"
Doc: "Go home, stay away from others for a couple of weeks, keep any eye out for symptoms."
We don't test asymptomatic people because they don't have symptoms at all. In order to do what the NYT wants the literal entire US population would need to be tested. I imagine we'd get the results of that somewhere around November 4th.
That's a recipe for disaster when we still don't know what the false positive rate is.
let’s start testing virgins for gonorrhea while we’re at it