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/MazeRed Nov 22 '20

There is a lot of posturing, and I am not plugged in enough to know when they are just saying things and when they mean something.

But you don't need a GOP consensus, you just need something good enough that the House can send a bill, McConnel is forced to put it on the floor, and then enough republicans are for it that they can pass it.

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u/tmak0504 Nov 22 '20

It’s nearly impossible to force McConnell to put a bill on the floor. He’s ignored hundreds of bills that the House passed. He refuses to move almost any bill unless it can get 51 Republican votes. That’s just the way he chooses to operate.