re: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ***W.H.O. DECLARES A GLOBAL PANDEMIC***

Rectal thumb pop. Most accurate method.

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We certainly don't need a million people tested in the US already do we? Or was just a if we have to we would be able to do a million?

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As we sit, people are only tested due to having traveled to a heavily exposed country, china south korea etc. or having been exposed to Corona Virus or someone thought to be infected, AND having a fever. If you don't meet those criteria you don't get tested.

That means there are a shite ton of people that are not being tested, while they are currently infected. They are walking around spreading this disease.

Why were the testing criteria so stringent? Because up until now we fricked who knows who's pooch and had limited capabilities. With expanding ability to test, the criteria will loosen and we will be able to catch infected and contagious people prior to them infecting 10 others.

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I just want to know and have asked about four times -- what type test do they do? Nasal swab? Throat swab?? Blood test???

Thanks.

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A medical professional will swab inside a patient's nostril and throat. If the patient has a wet cough, they'll also collect sputum (the mixture of saliva and mucus that is coughed up). These samples are then examined in a lab for genetic material that indicate whether the coronavirus is present.

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A medical professional will swab inside a patient's nostril and throat. If the patient has a wet cough, they'll also collect sputum (the mixture of saliva and mucus that is coughed up). These samples are then examined in a lab for genetic material that indicate whether the coronavirus is present.

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Thanks Mizzoufan. Scruffy be gentle with that test!

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Her best friend's dad brought their house bleach and said if water runs out, treat the creek water with a drop of bleach

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Oh boy. You should probably let her know that dead from bleach ingestion is probably about the same as dead from Corona.

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Her best friend's dad

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Is trying to kill his family.

I think a single drop of bleach on a lot of water is ok, but I really don’t know.

It’s moot, we’re not getting to that point

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Rectal thumb pop. Most accurate method. 

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I had heard one of those razor blade q-tips that are inserted into the urethra during an STD check

I didn't test positive, but the guy doing it told me to come back often since I live in an active area

Just for the record, using bleach to disinfect drinking water is a perfectly valid thing to do. It would not be my first choice, but in a survival situation and in the proper ratio, it can work (and not kill you). That said, I hope anyone attempting to do this researches it thoroughly and understands what they're doing.

From the EPA

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the national media going into overdrive with coronavirus coverage may have played a part in the increased interest

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Yeah and that doesn't make it more grave of a situation. We're in full fear mongering mode right now.