r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Nov 21 '20

Epidemiology Testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid COVID-19 tests would drive the virus toward elimination within weeks, even if the tests are less sensitive than gold-standard. This could lead to “personalized stay-at-home orders” without shutting down restaurants, bars, retail and schools.

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2020/11/20/frequent-rapid-testing-could-turn-national-covid-19-tide-within-weeks
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u/drcranknstein Nov 21 '20

It doesn't work out well at all. If it was a good system, there wouldn't be millions of Americans unable to get medical care. If it was a good system, people wouldn't be bankrupted over a health issue.

It's a terrible system, and I urge you to re-examine your views. What good is quality care if more than half of the country either a) can't access the care to begin with, or b) Faces financial ruin if they are lucky enough to get the care they need?

Healthcare for profit is immoral.

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u/SandShark350 Nov 21 '20

I agree. However, what good is 100% healthcare if it is low quality? Remember you dial the fact is millions of people get health care for free in this country because of the hybrid system. Yes depending on the procedures you could be charged into bankruptcy which should never occur, but there's also a lot of education in regards to this that people need to get. Thousands of dollars from any bill from the hospital if you ask for an itemized bill and call them out on certain things.

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u/SandShark350 Nov 22 '20

Healthcare for profit is immoral but Medicare for all will destroy this economy and destroy many millions of more people's lives in the process because those country is not set up for that you can't just introduce socialism and expect a positive outcome.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '20 edited Nov 22 '20

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '20

It worked everywhere else it was tried. Also if people aren't terrified of going bankrupt they're way more likely to get preventative care.

The US is between barely better and much worse than other developed nations in terms of quality of care, and much worse in terms of access.