Thread by @kurteichenwald

Let's talk about the real-world of how "easy" it is to get tested and how "everyone who wants one can get one" and you will understand my anger at the Trump Administration.

My brother-in-law exhibited symptoms of COVID for 10 days. Over one week, he saw MDs five times. Each.../1

...said, based on his symptoms, he had COVID. But he did not yet have the *specific* symptoms required for testing, because there are not enough tests. And it didn't matter anyway, because while he was very sick, he wasn't sick *enough* to qualify for hospitalization, since.../2

...the hospitals do not have the beds, staff or supplies to treat everyone - even though the son of a bitch president says that is not a real problem.)

Finally, last Friday, he was so sick he could scarcely walk. He told my sister, "Call the ambulance." EMS came.../3

...and determined that he "qualified" to go to the hospital. He was given a COVID test on Saturday - it came back negative. The MDs *knew* it was a false negative, but because of the shortage of test kits - and the fact that he wasn't sick *enough* to qualify for second test.../4

...they didn't run one. Instead, MDs ignored the 1st test & guessed that, if they *could* retest, it would come out positive, so they treated him as if it was COVID.

On Sunday, as he was wheeled into Intensive Care Unit to be placed on a vent, he finally qualified for a 2nd.../5

...test. They tested him at the same time he was placed on the ventilator. He has been unconscious ever since. But HEY! The second test came back positive. MDs now knew for fact that the unconscious man hooked up to a machine that was breathing for him, the man near death..../6

...yes, finally, they knew this unconscious man had COVID-19, something doctors believed for more than a week, but that they couldn't do anything about because we are in a rationing/triage situation. He is there alone, because no one is allowed in the hospital who isn't sick.../7

...this is what waits for ALL of you who get seriously ill. And if you have an unrelated heart attack? Suck it up. There are no MDs available. There is no ICU.

It doesnt matter if you are in a red state, a blue state, if you worship Trump or hate him. THIS is America now.../8

...we are a third world country with the greatest wealth in the world. This is not about China or the WHO or fake news or the democrats. This is about life or death. ONLY the federal government can manage a national response to a public health crisis, but the Orange bastard.../9

...refuses to do it, because he is too caught up in saying what a great job he does and how everyone who questions him is somehow in a conspiracy. NO there are not enough tests. NO there is not enough beds. NO there are not staff and supplies.
And until you accept that, you../10

...will discover the truth as you suffocate to death, with doctors certain you were dying of COVID, but not able to test you.

And all because we are led by an incompetent bastard who claims to have all the power, but none of the responsibility. Like a fucking child.

fin

...a final note: He remains on a vent. No one knows if he will live or die.

And he does not live in a blue state. Fortunately, it's purple. And every Trump/GOP supporter they know is seeing this nightmare, and their eyes are opening to what a monster we have in the White House.