1/ THREAD: The success of getting the #Coronavirus under control is predicated upon:
• The SPEED of testing and care
• The QUALITY of testing and care
• The UNIVERSALITY of testing and care
• The SPEED of testing and care
• The QUALITY of testing and care
• The UNIVERSALITY of testing and care
2/ We can have the best doctors and medical care in the world, but if we're not quick enough, the #Coronavirus will kill millions of people.
3/ We can have the best doctors in the world, but if we don't flatten the growth curve of the #COVID19, we won't have enough:
• Hospital beds
• Health care professionals
• Ventilators (we may need 10 to 20 times more ventilators than we currently have in the U.S.)
• Hospital beds
• Health care professionals
• Ventilators (we may need 10 to 20 times more ventilators than we currently have in the U.S.)
4/ We can have the best doctors and medical care in the world, but if we only test and treat the insured, the virus will kill millions of insured and uninsured alike.
That's how pandemics work. We've got to treat everyone to get #COVID19 under control.
That's how pandemics work. We've got to treat everyone to get #COVID19 under control.
5/ We can have the best doctors and medical care in the world, but if we don't immediately isolate the sick from the healthy, it will spread like wildfire.
We must isolate the sick — but to figure out who is sick, testing has to be ubiquitous, of high quality, and rapid.
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We must isolate the sick — but to figure out who is sick, testing has to be ubiquitous, of high quality, and rapid.
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