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[suzyQ3]

Now it's not just the northern part of the country. The whole country is on lockdown.

[NicksmomESQ]

  Life is so scary these days. It seems that there is always something to stress & worry about!!

[suzyQ3]

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@NicksmomESQ wrote:

  Life is so scary these days. It seems that there is always something to stress & worry about!!

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@NicksmomESQ, I try to take in stride and do what I can to protect myself and my family. That's about all we can do.

[Alison Wonderland]

That must be so weird. I'm sure it feels like an apocalypse, even if it isn't one. That's how it feels on ice days here. We don't have any snow plows in central Texas and when the ice gets bad, the city just shuts down and it's so eerie.

[Snoopp]

I think we will be doing a lot of telecommuting in the next few weeks.  Probably not a bad idea.

[Bhvbum]

Actually there may be comfort in knowledge in how big a problem Italy has.  They have been testing using the WHO test kits for about two months.  

The US refused to use the WHO test and we are about 8 wk behind in knowing how big a problem we have.  They are now getting made available and the numbers will go up significantly.  But they were there all along.

[vsm]

@BhvbumThe original WHO test kits were shown to produce too many false positives and too many false negatives to be generally reliable.  The new kits, which began rolling out last week, were designed to reduce those problems. 

[pitdakota]

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@vsm wrote:

@BhvbumThe original WHO test kits were shown to produce too many false positives and too many false negatives to be generally reliable.  The new kits, which began rolling out last week, were designed to reduce those problems

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@vsm The kits that were affected by the problem with the reagent were the kits the CDC developed, not the WHO testing kits.  The CDC was quite transparent about that problem and addressed that in their press conferences.  

There never was a problem with the WHO testing kits as they were deployed and being used in several other countries.  I don't think anyone ever really got a good answer as to why they refused the WHO testing kits.  

[RhondaRena]

I have some friends in Italy. She says they are fine. They are allowed out to shop but there are strict rules for keeping things clean in the stores. She is hoping things get better soon.

[Snoopp]

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@vsm wrote:

@BhvbumThe original WHO test kits were shown to produce too many false positives and too many false negatives to be generally reliable.  The new kits, which began rolling out last week, were designed to reduce those problems. 

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The WHO kits were reliable.  The CDC had developed the kits with errors.  That is all corrected now though.