Supposedly rapid antibody testing is about to be much more widely available....which should make life better for everybody....especially in healthcare services, where it isn't uncommon to get a scare every week or two....somebody you saw had a spouse or or significant other or a family member who tested positive...hopefully they remember to call you....but then you sweat until they get tested and come back negative. Or you just get tested yourself.

I've only been tested once....and the nasal swab hurt like hell....and it took days to get my results.

A good reliable, cheap, rapid antibody test would be really great.

Of course people who have been in close contact with anybody COVID positive need a test. It was pure crap to ever say otherwise...the only decent rationale. you could make for that would be that tests were in too short a supply to test the asymptomatic....which might have been true in April and May..but not anytime lately.

Why is it so difficult to politicians to understand. Identify the infected and isolate them until risk is mitigated. Everyone else use a mask until the number of unidentified spreaders is reduced to a safe level. This should have been understood at the January briefings to politicians in Washington. Politicians had an opportunity to use their communication and leadership skills so the public could implement this policy fully and nip this in the bud. Instead lies and nonsense even though we have world experts working on this.

Everyone attending the impeachment hearings knew Trump would not be able to handle this since he couldn't even handle dispersing a simple aid package to Ukraine. Yet those in the Senate couldn't be bothered to get rid of Trump when they had a chance and knew this challenge was coming. The Senate needed to step up here rather than just adjust their stock portfolios for the disaster waiting.

It didn't have to happen.
Covid deaths per million- US 604, Mexico 555, Italy 590, compare to functioning governments - Germany 113, Australia 32, Japan 11, New Zealand 5, Singapore 5, SKorea 7

That cdc guy must be fired immediately for the treason.

White House has the wheel via HHS...

The "turd mentality" is coming from the top!