What kind of a joke did the federal government just make. While I do not know the exact number of students in the public school systems, I do know that saying the federal government will provide 5 millions tests a month to schools has to be a joke. A quick google search reveals NYC alone has over 1 million students and that the federal government estimates their will be 50.7 million students in the Fall.. Some here have said students should be tested 3 times a week. That would mean NYC alone needs 3 million tests a week or 12 million tests every 4 weeks. Even testing every public school student once a week will require approximately 200 million tests a month, not 5 million.
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JoeCamel
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Why do you think the feds are the only source of tests?
The feds are not the only source, Thank God. Lets look at the numbers, using the 3 times a week proposal many have made. With 50 million students that would be 150 tests a week or 600 million every 4 weeks. The wonderful proposal of 5 million a month is less than 1% of the number needed. Do you think the federal government should provide less than 1% of the needed tests? Even if we only tested once a week 5 million tests out of a needed 200 million is only 2.5%. That is a complete joke.
Correction. the proposal is actually 5 million instant tests and an addition 5 million lab conducted PCR test
So it's less than 2% and 5% respectively. still too low but better.
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T cell exhaustion? With HIV it’s (helper) T cell genocide. HIV is a virus that only attacks that cell line, cd4 cell count is a way to measure how many of those cells you have and the severity of your disease is based on how many you have left. What happens in HIV is very different then any other infection.
JoeCamel
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So if the feds suck up all the tests then what will the GP use? There is a production limit. I think the feds should have gone all in with the DPA and had national guard out in force testing/ vaccinating and tracing. The tracing is too big a job up to this point so get the numbers down then it might have a chance.
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LittleBuford
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Yes, but it’s referring to a single event, not to repeat boosters.
No. A booster is a supplementary shot to follow the initial two-dose schedule. The UK is currently rolling out this (single) booster.
So I only have to stay away from "Most" people
Patcheslee
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Our employer sponsored premiums doubled. What use to be $28/week family with $6k high deductible went to $52 for same coverage. They cited increased health care needs. Compared to the 75 cent/hour yearly raise, we pretty much didn’t get a raise this year.
I've been training for this my whole life lolSo I only have to stay away from "Most" people
DisneyDebRob
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The problem is.. people will complain about anything, no matter who is in office. If they said we are sending out 1 test to every school, you would hear the uproar of one test? What’s wrong with these people? That will do nothing! Send out 5 million to people then you would hear that’s not nearly close to enough! Send out a billion then the.. who’s paying for this? Do we really need to do this?
It’s a no win situation for whoever is in office deciding these things. Some argue they shouldn’t be sending out any tests.. others say every person should have 5 per month. What’s the answer? Depends on where you sit with the whole COVID situation mostly I think. People that are for “ let it rip” I’ve found don’t want to spend the money for sending people tests. The other side where they are masking everywhere thinks it’s a good idea.
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Nubs70
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Just like the 500 million test kits promised weeks ago. Just by arithmetic, one can see the government is beyond their abilities.
LittleBuford
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Well, he’s finally admitted to it. What a slap in the face of the millions of British people who stuck to the rules out of a sense of public duty.
Boris Johnson faces calls to quit after lockdown party apology
The prime minister says sorry for attending a gathering held in the Downing St garden during lockdown.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Then admit it and tell everyone we are on our own.
Vaccine promotion and passport support are two entirely separate things. I’m sure you know you can be for one and not the other.
There are and always will be fringe opinions on both ends of the spectrum.
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The Feds are providing millions of tests.
The Feds are trying to find ways to get the vaccine mandated in workplaces.
That's not enough! The Feds should be doing more!!
The Feds are trying to find ways to get the vaccine mandated in workplaces.
The Feds are doing too much!!
Because handing someone a test they can use or not use is the same as mandating a vaccine?
tpoly88
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I’m not for mandates but you should use your common sense on this. I think everyone on both sides of the aisle are getting hyped up with the news coverage of what channel they watch. My wife and I got the JNJ shot last spring , we both had side effects from it for a couple of months, we got covid in July , took the no no of ivermectin and antibiotics. We were done with it in 72 hrs as a result of the medication and having the shot. We did not get the booster As my dr told me to wait and my antibodies were high. Went to Disney on NYD had fun and my wife and I had omicron a couple days later. Didn’t even know we had it and got tested as we were going to a friend whose daughter was about to have a baby. We are both negative now. I’m going by what works and not what all the idiots on the tv are saying. I know 50 people that had covid in the last 2 weeks and none of them had any symptoms to speak of. They were all vaccinated so I have to think it makes the severity much less but you’re going to get it mask or no mask if you’re around people that have it ( it goes in through the eyes too!). I have other facts from my dr friends here but my post is getting too long. Bottom line talk to your dr and do what you think is best for your health condition. The shot will lessen the severity from all that I know and been told but it’s not going to 100% protect
Chip Chipperson
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Also, his "apology" was just to put all the blame on his agent for filling out the form incorrectly "accidentally," without acknowledging that he had to sign the form himself so any "mistake" ultimately falls on him. Had he said, "I didn't look over the form closely enough before signing it, so that's my fault," then I might believe him. As it stands now? He seems to be taking the Aaron Rodgers approach of, "I'm the real victim here!"
We should respect the anti vax choice if they don't want the shot. Some including some I know who had succumbed and are struggling to survive ( a few I know ) the virus wish they had not made that choice.
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