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[quote=Anonymous]The reason to get tested is that otherwise, pretty much everyone in a few days will have been a contact of someone suspected of having covid, but not confirmed. And not everyone can stay home for 2 weeks, but in the meantime, we dont know. I dont mean people who could stay home and just dont want to, I mean health care workers, first responders, grocery store managers, the folks who are taking care of the kids of said critical workers-all the folks on the front lines who we need to keep healthy and/or keep away from others.

Example; I am home with flu like symptoms and now my daughter has a mild cold. Last week, before everything went to defcon 4 and when I was feeling just a little achey/congested, my kid spent a lot of time with a classmate.  Her mom works as an oncology nurse. Now, does she go into work and possibly infect other vulnerable patients?  If I could test and  let her know its not covid or it is, then she can get a test and vice versa. But without her having symptoms and me not knowing what mine are from, she is not able to test and yet is also desperately needed at work but maybe also compromising others...you see how this works?  My state (georgia) is testing at best 150-200 people a day, as of today.  This is where the CDC is located for god sakes.

Maybe OP doesn't need a test but widespread testing--including the 90% negative rate that S. Korea was getting--allows us to make better decisions about who else *should* be tested, how long to self quarantine,  who was in contact, etc. and frankly, everyone who is on the front lines or works with vulnerable populations should be able to be tested, which is not happening now.

the gov is a complete shitshow on all this, states are left to their own devices--literally--while infighting, lack of direction and 2 months of denial have created complete chaos. I get the op's anger, I do. [/quote]

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