National Guard Protecting Maryland's Coronavirus Tests at Undisclosed Site — Newsweek

Or Pence and Kushner could send test kits to Michigan since Pence made an implication that he’s tested regularly.

How many of the pandemics you worked resulted in over 50,000 U.S. deaths only halfway through the cycle with such widespread preventive measures in place?

SFC Herve Abrams - None of the previous pandemics had a reported 20% increased payment for Medicaid patients and reported three times the funding for patients placed on ventilators. When it is all said and done with time for proper peer reviewed literature to hit the streets, it is my professional opinion that once we have good antibody testing we will find this virus has been out for far longer than we knew. Yes that will raise the deaths however the more walking well that is tested, the lower the mortality rate is going to be. No one is panic testing for the flu and we never do and by not counting the walking well in flu numbers but counting them in COVID we are going to see a huge decrease in the mortality rate with COVID in the coming months. The number we need to be looking at is the mortality rate, not how many thousands have died out of a 5 billion world population. Did you know that anyone that has ever had strep throat has had the same bacteria that causes the flesh eating disease? Some people have this bacteria as natural flora living on their skin and many do not get sick. This fear factor needs to be based off of mortality numbers as this is the best glimpse to see how deadly something is.

MAJ Byron Oyler, I agree data comparisons must account for differences in methodology and the variance of the factors used I’d calculations, such as the increased rate of testing for COVID-19 antibodies as compared to testing for flu antibodies.
Another factor that does get enough attention is time span. The amount of COVID-19 deaths that have occurred thus far took place in a much shorter time span than the typical flu season. As you pointed out, comparisons will only be valid when accounting and adjusting for all factors.

Whoa. Lets walk the dog here. The rates we’re seeing now is result of mandated risk mitigation. The alternative: allow normal infection rates with no mitigation and no treatment protocols and just hope fatality numbers in a three month period was still around the 60k we have now. Each state reacting differently without a real coordinated effort by federal government helped exacerbate the situation.
You’re right we’re treating symptoms across the country without testing the patient. We’re also seeing individuals receiving neither.
As for increasing medical costs, thank “for profit” healthcare in this country. During a pandemic, yep Capitalism wins again. The same kind of capitalism that has created the unemployment numbers we see cause businesses rather layoff workers than find a work around with government. A National two week furlough for non essential workers in late Jan. / early Feb. ICW focused testing at ports of entry and inbound foreign travel restrictions in hindsight could’ve voted the mess we’re in 5 months later. It’s just a thought.