Without better testing for this disease, we all of the projections are just wild guesses. We need widespread testing now, not just people who are already seriously ill. Why is this taking so long? Countries that seem to be beating this disease have had widespread testing programs in place for months, so it is certainly doable if the country has the will to do it.

> it is certainly doable if the country has the will to do it

This country certainly has the WILL.

What we lack is leadership at the very top. Current leadership has been lying about test availability for over a month.

You know, the guy who said he didn't want the cruise ship passengers disembarking because they hurt "my numbers".

El Camino Hospital Board for years now has been paying its CEOs north of $800,000 a year with the Voice reporting operating profits last year at 142 millions of dollars.

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My stupid question is why these geniuses never had a plan for a pandemic or a stockpile of respirators and masks?

Thanks for nothing.

Not just local overpaid corporate bigwigs. But President Donald John Trump on down. Trump is on tv right now bragging about one military ship for a few non-virus patients that just reached New York! Unbelievable. Incredible. Con-man Supreme.

@Stupid Question - If you read the article you will see that they ARE managing Personal Protective Equipment like respirators and masks. They haven't run out, and it sounds like they are doing a good job of managing this. Stockpiling only works if the items don't expire, or if you rotate through the expiring equipment.
I think we should all be more concerned with keeping in line with the shelter-in-place. It sounds like the models they are looking at says that if it works this whole thing will go away more quickly.