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Hermit-The-Prog

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17. IF there were someone competent in the WH you might have testing available.

Reply to Ms. Toad (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 05:10 PM

Mar 2020

Of course, someone competent in the WH wouldn't have fired the pandemic response team and the worst of the crisis may have been avoided.

Wishing you good luck that surpasses the botched job by the maladministration.

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Why is the "Testing for COVID-19 for all " being ignored? [View all] FarPoint Mar 2020 OP

turns out there's a downside to having an idiot clown who is incapable of empathy as president. unblock Mar 2020 #1

You don't need a tinfoil hat. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2020 #2

Tests are not available. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #3

IF there were someone competent in the WH you might have testing available. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #17

Yup. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #19

There's a reason they've never been available in this country. Crunchy Frog Mar 2020 #18

Agreed. Ms. Toad Mar 2020 #20

It's criminal the way this is being handled. MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #4

drumpf partially owns the only co making the test and distributing it and they are tiny. lark Mar 2020 #5

This is unacceptable. BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #8

Barr will stop it dead. lark Mar 2020 #11

Our healthcare workers.... FarPoint Mar 2020 #12

It's so maddening because they are being killed for assmouth's personal profit. lark Mar 2020 #14

Two reasons. First one is they don't have enough testing kits, and the second reason is that when still_one Mar 2020 #6

I've seen deflection when they are asked about what happened to "everybody that wants a test gets a brewens Mar 2020 #7

I noticed that too! FarPoint Mar 2020 #10

In one case the reporter phrased the question as "when can we get everybody tested?" I took that brewens Mar 2020 #15

Well. FarPoint Mar 2020 #9

Because of FreeDumb ! Baked Potato Mar 2020 #13

The Italians tested a lot. Igel Mar 2020 #16