Open (More or Less) Post on Covid 6

[ecosophia]

The semi-open posts  I've hosted here on the Covid-19 narrative, the inadequately tested experimental drugs for it, and the whole cascading mess surrounding them have continued to field a gargantuan (and increasing) number of comments, so I'm opening another space for discussion. The rules are the same as before: 

1. If you plan on parroting the party line of the medical industry and its paid shills, please go away. This is a place for people to talk openly, honestly, and freely about their concerns that the party line in question is dangerously flawed and that actions being pushed by the medical industry et al. are causing injury and death. It is not a place for you to dismiss those concerns. Anyone who wants to hear the official story and the arguments in favor of it can find those on hundreds of thousands of websites.

2. If you plan on insisting that the current situation is the result of a deliberate plot by some villainous group of people or other, please go away. There are tens of thousands of websites currently rehashing various conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 outbreak and the vaccines. This is not one of them. What we're exploring is the likelihood that what's going on is the product of the same arrogance, incompetence, and corruption that the medical industry and its tame politicians have displayed so abundantly in recent decades. That possibility deserves a space of its own for discussion, and that's what we're doing here. 

3. If you don't believe in treating people with common courtesy, please go away. I have, and enforce, a strict courtesy policy on my blogs and online forums, and this is no exception. The sort of schoolyard bullying that takes place on so many other internet forums will get you deleted and banned here. No, I don't care if you disagree with that: my journal, my rules. 

With that said, the floor is open for discussion. 

Comments

Shortage of tests

[(Anonymous)]

Well, this one is not really surprising. Shortages of test kits are being reported from all over. The following links report shortages at Washington, Minnesota and Oklahoma respectively. Seems like a national problem.

Expect the "official" case statistics to diverge even more widely from reality. And the elites to bury their heads in the sand even deeper, as the gap widens.

https://dailyevergreen.com/113623/news/state-county-facing-shortage-of-covid-19-tests/
https://www.fox4now.com/national/newsy/what-led-to-the-shortage-of-at-home-covid-19-tests
https://www.enidnews.com/news/covid19/nationwide-shortage-of-rapid-covid-19-tests-hits-state/article_59ab0a02-11b8-11ec-b4fd-c7820e737b07.html

Re: Shortage of tests

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder if people passing on getting vaccinated, but required to show vaccination or negative test for a given activity will be able to say “sorry, shortage”? Could be a real pain to them right when they need a regular test to rejoin society. Mighty convenient for the vaccine push, that correlation in time.

Re: Shortage of tests

[stcathalexandria]

Aren't they phasing out the PCR test in December and replacing them with something else?

Re: Shortage of tests

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, CDC will be withdrawing the RT-PCR test after 2022. I am not sure if PCR and RT-PCR are the same thing.

https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html

The next question is, do we have a sufficient supply/capacity of the alternative tests like Antigen Tests/PCR Tests? No mainstream media is discussing this. I can't find any source that tracks this.