[yorkietalkjilly]

Agree with everything you've said. Testing protocols & kit design was argued over by CDC for weeks as to type of test they would sanction, then manufacturers had to order supplies and workers to churn them out, ship them, the test is likely quite costly for government's limited funds, takes licensed labs and technicians to process, time taken to formally notify ordering doctor/patient of the result and only captures that testing moment in the disease in that person. In a huge country like this, testing for 340+ million people sounds like a bonafide pipe dream for this present wave.

Time for every active adult and teen not at work producing goods & services to run our economy to stop Tweeting/Instagramming about & actually show some social responsibility and, when off work, stay apart, not gather for private parties or study, school, fill open beaches, pack lines for goods or protest, vote, religious services, whatever.

The only successful way to stop a contagious but not that fatal disease is to stay apart, wearing protective masks, gloves when around others, until and if we find better ways to diagnose/treat/hopefully vaccinate against Covid 19 and stop the infection cycle. Or our society can learn to live with it, complications, deaths and all, donate where we can, eat less meat and popular foods when supplies are short, and stay as fit as we can. Hard medicine for most Americans, used to behaving pretty much as we'd like when we'd like!