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That's what I don't understand. More testing will lower the death rate by math, which strengthens the case for reopening.

Posted by Dano (aka dano) May 10 '20, 09:36

So, if your goal is to make the case for reopening the economy, it seems like you want to be testing a lot of asymptomatic people.

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he's incapable of getting past the first step of strategic thinking - Reagen May 10, 10:16
Shouldn’t everyone’s goal be to reopen the economy as safely and as soon as safely possible? Why is this political? Shouldn’t we want to fully - JackDawson May 10, 10:01 10
- My point is that expanded testing helps Trump make his political point so even within that viewpoint I don’t see why he wouldn’t be pushing for more. - Dano May 10, 10:26 6
  - To be honest I can’t keep track of whether he’s in favor or against testing? - JackDawson May 10, 10:31
  - There's also a portion of it that's based on Jared telling him his model says it goes to zero in two weeks so why do anything? -- nm - Reagen May 10, 10:30
  - "numbers go up = bad. so what if, no numbers?" -- nm - Reagen May 10, 10:28 3
    - The more we test, the more we find! -- nm - Spawn May 10, 10:42
    - Deaths go up is bad for sure but you don’t think a lower mortality rate can be spun? - Dano May 10, 10:38 1
      - It absolutely could but you first have to bear the pain of a dramatic shoot up in number of cases, and he won't do that - Reagen May 10, 10:52
- As quickly and safe as quickly possible. -- nm - POTUS May 10, 10:21
- that Trump and others have given up on testing because they want the appearance of there not being cases. -- nm - Reagen May 10, 10:18 1
  - (also, it's "hard" and pretending that it's another person's job makes it feel easier) -- nm - Reagen May 10, 10:19
Those of us who want to play Idiocracy should remember: the numbers that get shown on the tee vee machine are overall cases and overall deaths period. -- (edited) - con_carne May 10, 09:50

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That's what I don't understand. More testing will lower the death rate by math, which strengthens the case for reopening.

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