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More testing, more testing...!

Posted on 7/7/20 at 5:48 am
Posted by Revelator
Member since Nov 2008
58425 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 5:48 am
While driving home yesterday and listening to the local Baton Rouge radio station, I heard the same commercial for Covid testing multiple times. They were promoting extensive testing that would be available in numerous places, including Alex Box Stadium.
There seems to be an all out concerted effort to accelerate testing, and in turn, drive up the Covid positive numbers.
What is it’s goal?
Are they trying to make the numbers so high that a national mandatory mask policy is put in place? Or, are they looking to justify a second wave of shut downs or delay business openings?
It all seems counterproductive.
Posted by pankReb
Defending National Champs Fan
Member since Mar 2009
64969 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 5:52 am to
You realize that positive tests do, in fact, mean that someone actually tested positive for coronavirus right?

Posted by DLauw
SWLA
Member since Sep 2011
6087 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 5:53 am to
Higher positive test numbers decrease the mortality percentage/rate?
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
37744 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 5:55 am to
Knowing you have it means you can stay away from those most at risk. Testing isn’t bad. It’s the incorrect decisions made due to the total case numbers that is
Posted by Gaspergou202
Metairie, LA
Member since Jun 2016
13519 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 6:08 am to
Positives is a number that varies with # of test performed. Fake News likes to mislead with this.

Number of hospitalizations is more accurate. And # of deaths is the most important number.

Fake news is not reporting number of deaths because it’s falling!
This doesn’t promote their hurt the Orange Man Bad kill the economy agenda.
Posted by Magician2
Member since Oct 2015
14553 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 6:10 am to
Florida has done a total of 2 million testing.

They did 400,000k test alone in June.

Just think about how rapid that is and it's only going up.

Louisiana has almost tested 1/4 of its population.
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
10636 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 6:32 am to
If requirement for testing is that you have symptoms then the contraction rate will be high which will create the need for Governmental interference.

If they open testing to all then the contraction rate will decrease and create less of a need for governmental interference.

Posted by baybeefeetz
Member since Sep 2009
31680 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 6:44 am to
Every time someone gets tested, money changes hands.
Posted by HogBalls
Member since Nov 2014
8596 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 7:11 am to
Wait till you find out the deep state is spreading the virus through testing.

Tinfoil hat [on] off.
Posted by NoMansLand
Member since Jun 2017
1038 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 7:19 am to
What I learned from this thread:
*0.1% of the population is at risk from this virus. Guess we have a lot of healthy old/fat people in America.
*Either all governors are Democrat or all that are Republican opened up before the Democrats. Either way, Democrat always at fault for economic woes.
Posted by ImaObserver
Member since Aug 2019
2298 posts
Posted on 7/7/20 at 9:03 am to
What a golden opportunity to invade the privacy of the citizenry. The testing emphasis is that "Good Crisis" to be taken advantage of, that permits the nationwide DNA database to be populated with millions of DNA samples linked to specific individuals nationwide. No permission required.
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