Is US falling behind on medical technology or does the government intentionally throttle the testing of COVID19?
I thought US has the best med schools and the most advanced medical technology in the world. How is the US falling behind Korea and China in term of virus testing? There could only be two explanation. Which one do you believe?
Biased polls are biased
How's it biased?
You assume it’s a binary choice based on misinformation on your end
You have long ass paragraphs for your options. How did you get into Microsoft?
By having long ass paragraphs
Good! Let’s hope you don’t get kicked out for your long ass paragraphs
None of the options. It’s the incompetence of the administration to tackle the logistics of it.
Holy shit 75% for option 1? On which planet do y’all live :D
US has the best research hospitals in the world (Stanford, Mayo Clinic, JHU, Harvard etc.) but the problem at hand isn’t can we test for the virus it’s can we set up the logistics of mass virus testing across the country. That’s not the job of hospitals and med schools that’s the job of the administration. We do not have the best president / administration in the world. Also countries like South Korea, Italy are much smaller and more connected so it’s a logistically easier problem
Most of our medical resources and innovation lies in the Private Sector and these companies have been doing what is best for their bottom line. In many cases this involves fighting against the FDA's red tape for most of their existence. To get all of these companies to get on the same page and follow the government's direction is a major undertaking. No other president/administration would or could have done better in this day and age.
Exactly. The government is not your mommy, Apple.
They don’t matter when Americans voted for the idiot.
The correct answer is that the US has worse regulations that stalled the acquisition of test kits because the CDC was forced to create their own.
^ This. We have the best medical technology, but the worst bureaucracies.
Why do you say CDC was forced to make their own? I know we refused to WHO's offer of their test kits but don't know why. What regulation specifically caused this?
CDC is a bureaucratic mess like most of the US federal government.
Given Trump didn't want to let people off the Diamond Princess to keep the numbers low, I'm sure there is pressure to test as little as possible. But I'm sure there are other factors at play but not sure what, other than incompetence and abnormal priorities of Trump and people he has appointed. CDC was able to create test kits for US and other countries in previous epidemics so I don't think it's technology we're behind in.
Have you ever visited Singapore?
i have but didn’t get sick there what can u tell us?