That’s unacceptable. Instead of fighting about stupid semantics around statistics we should all be unified in demanding that our government does better. How is it that in 4+ months we haven’t figured out how to ramp up production on test kits and we haven’t expanded labs enough? Why are there still shortages of PPE? Why can’t I find a disinfectant wipe anywhere? There’s got to be a better way to attack this.
I was just saying something similar the other day re: disinfectant wipes. I bought two containers right before things started closing in mid-March. Since then, I have put a request for
one container in every single grocery store order I have placed since then (so like, every week or two.) They have had them in stock when filling my order ONCE. Now, I haven't been stalking every place around me constantly or anything, but I've looked at other stores' stocks online periodically and only once saw a store with a few in stock but it was almost 45 minutes away from my home. Everywhere else has been consistently sold out. Like, four-plus MONTHS into this and they're STILL available almost nowhere? How?? And the lag in testing, which seems to be pretty widespread, is so, so disappointing. It's exactly as some have said here: if it takes 7+ days to get results, we're going to see people either giving up and going out before getting their results, or not bothering to get tested at all.
My husband and I were talking last night about how to go about planning for a future vacation (we have DVC points and a mountain of credits on various airlines right now, so I'm just sort of keeping the various expiration dates etc in the back of my mind.) We had two Disney-related trips planned for this year, both of which had to be canceled. It was hard to believe as we were having this discussion that here we are almost in
August now and I still don't have a good feel for when we'll be ready to travel again, and where we'll be willing to go when we do/what we'll feel comfortable doing (or even what will be
available to do, and when). With the continued challenges the country is facing with testing and tracing and getting basic supplies and just getting a chunk of people to take it even slightly seriously, it feels like this is never going to end.
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