fototek1 Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 The US is not on that list.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffH Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 And yet Australia is on the list and we have very few cases of 'traditional Covid' in the community and the only cases of the new varient were detected in incoming travellers during quarantine testing, it isn't in the general community. Americas testing is that haphazard and their health systems are so busy that no one could say if the new varient is there already or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Forum Support Posted December 29, 2020 22 minutes ago, GeoffH said: And yet Australia is on the list and we have very few cases of 'traditional Covid' in the community and the only cases of the new varient were detected in incoming travellers during quarantine testing, it isn't in the general community. Americas testing is that haphazard and their health systems are so busy that no one could say if the new varient is there already or not. Geoff, it is odd Australia is listed any idea why that would be? One would guess we have in the US but as you said the testing is nearly non existent. Generally the US health care system is doing well. Exceptions being the Peoples Republic of California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted December 29, 2020 Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) 47 minutes ago, GeoffH said: Americas testing is that haphazard and their health systems are so busy that no one could say if the new varient is there already or not. Agreed. When Canada found a case on December 19 but never mentioned it until other countries started saying it was a big deal. Now our government is telling us that Britan had their first known case on Sept 20 so it has likely spread all over the world by now. If the US hasn't found any cases it is because they are not looking hard enough, IMHO, Ditto for the Philippines. Edit: For one film producer's opinion about where this virus is headed, try this movie. This is the trailer only. The actual movie is for rent on Amazon Prime for $20 and I thought that was outrageous. Edited December 29, 2020 by Dave Hounddriver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Forum Support Posted December 29, 2020 Dave, there is a confirmed case in Colorado now. Not to be negative but for sure not the only case here because we don't test or follow up on infections. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Mike J Posted December 29, 2020 Forum Support Posted December 29, 2020 1 hour ago, fototek1 said: The US is not on that list.... Give it a few days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Explorer Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Old55 said: One would guess we have in the US but as you said the testing is nearly non existent. Testing is nearly not existent in the US? Just by looking at the statistics US is #1 in total number of tests (over 250 million) top 20 in # of tests relative to population. I don't know your location but where I am there are so many places that do testing, it seems like every pharmacy have drive thru testing site. I am living in a condo and laboratory personal already came twice this month to test residents, I can get tested without even leaving my building, all tests are free and I am getting the results in 48 hours by email. How can you say testing non existent. LOL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Forum Support Posted December 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, Explorer said: Testing is nearly not existent in the US? Just by looking at the statistics US is #1 in total number of tests (over 250 million) top 20 in # of tests relative to population. I don't know your location but where I am there are so many places that do testing, it seems like every pharmacy have drive thru testing site. I am living in a condo and laboratory personal already came twice this month to test residents, I can get tested without even leaving my building, all tests are free and I am getting the results in 48 hours by email. How can you say testing non existent. LOL... That's nice. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffH Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Explorer said: Testing is nearly not existent in the US? Just by looking at the statistics US is #1 in total number of tests (over 250 million) top 20 in # of tests relative to population. I don't know your location but where I am there are so many places that do testing, it seems like every pharmacy have drive thru testing site. It would be more accurate to say that the US don't do much contact tracing or follow up of test results rather than that testing isn't done to be fair. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Forum Support Posted December 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, GeoffH said: It would be more accurate to say that the US don't do much contact tracing or follow up of test results rather than that testing isn't done to be fair. I agree Geoff, my statement was too general. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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