01-29-2020, 04:51 PM
(01-29-2020, 04:46 PM)genba Wrote: what is 'official confirmation' anyway?
Well I would imagine China's ONE TESTING FACILITY is swamped, and they probably don't even have any more testing kits left... so they can't technically confirm people are infected anyways. That's what I'm assuming at this point based on how the numbers/graphs dropped yesterday.
As far as the US goes...
Atlanta is the only place where tests can be verified, and they were backlogged by about 80 pending results yesterday, who knows how many now.
The other facility which is equipped to verify infections via samples is in the Netherlands and they're probably swamped like everybody else.
Depending on how out of hand it all is, the numbers may never catch up, and are probably grossly inaccurate regardless.
What's gonna matter now is word on the ground from reputable sources or people who just simply wouldn't have any reason to lie...
Secondly, word from healthcare workers all over the world will be important, particularly the ones who say that sick people coming in are testing negative for the flu.
