And Texas Caves In
The last bastion of sanity has jumped on the "stay at home" bandwagon. They just sent me an email that they have closed all state parks to save the 1% who may die from the dreaded super virus. Texas...
Forum Discussion
westernrvparkowner wrote:
A common theme is we need more and more and more testing. Could someone please explain exactly what that will accomplish? A test doesn't cure anyone.
Someone presents to a clinic or hospital showing symptoms of Covid-19. They are tested and results come back in <24hrs. If that patient is positive they are put into quarantine. Everyone who was in contact with this infected patient over the previous 48-72hrs are also tested thereby tracing where the infection has and has not spread. Those who test positive are quarantined. This plus social distancing significantly reduces community spreading of the virus.
We can’t use this process if there isn’t enough tests, if it takes days to weeks to get test results (currently 4-7days to get results from a 6hr test), and there isn’t the manpower (or technology) to perform contact tracing.
