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Michael Armstrong

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Multiple things can cause a spike and those factors are different everywhere. More awareness and more people seeking medical attention, more testing, quality of tests, and actual increase in transmission.

The spike by itself doesn’t show more people are getting sick...
 

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You do understand that tests don’t save the lives, access to quality treatment like drugs, ICU’s and ventilators do.

This real time chart proves that the US response isn’t anywhere near as inadequate as the media is leading everyone to believe.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Italy’s death rate is 136 per 1 million residents and South Korea’s is 3. Ours is 4, so nowhere near the disaster they’re making it out to be.

'tests don't save lives' is a bit of simplification, though. IIRC, the south koreans have used testing to track and isolate those infected and slow the spread. Identifying asymptomatic spreaders also helps slow the spread. And slowing the spread (over all) does help lower the fatality rate since having access to the treatments you mention is part of the equation.

No, the test doesn't save anyone, but is crucial in the overall response and shouldn't be undervalued.
 

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