You might be right on both points, in practice. I tried to look up the virus test accuracy and with a know virus sample it is 85-95% but I have also heard that in practice the virus is not always immediately detected and a test might need to be repeated which supports your point.
In terms of the test availability, if we don't have enough but the best investment we can make is in that capacity. I hope we do it. I don't think we should undermine good efforts because other things are not happening well. We need to address the defects and move forward on all fronts.
It's a hassle to get more tests but it means that people can go on with their lives and the disease is controlled - that's awesome. That saves a lot of people terrible pain and trouble.
The point is that we need to make testing easy to get and then if you get an alert, retest. That's it.
As time goes on, we get less and less alerts, with data we solved the pandemic and grandma doesn't have to die for a hug.
I had the same exact problem with Verizon. I had a Treo 650 and got sick of paying $40/month for data. So I tried cancelling that plan and just using the Treo as a PIM Phone and on rare occasions using the Treo for mapping.
The thing is that I could never get a clear answer, much like in this call, how much that would cost. And much worse, they make it impossible to find this rate online. I looked and looked and looked - I could never find it.
If you have a pay as you go data plan, they show you the data you have used, but they don't convert it into dollars until you get the bill so its really hard to know what you have spent so that you can manage your use.
In fact had this same exact thing happened, that I could never get a clear answer on the rate until it was too late. Some quoted a rate that made not having a data plan make sense, actually its a horrible deal.
#7 > good luck finding it online.
#24 > Verizon does offer a flat rate plan, but it is very expensive - $40 / month just for data. You pay this even if your phone does not do EVDO.
This is part of the reason why I switched to iPhone. The data plan was only $20/month. For all the people saying the iPhone is expensive, anyone with a Treo, Motorola Q, Blackberry or other smartphone on Verizon is paying twice as much per month for unlimited data as I am paying for data with the iPhone on ATT.
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You might be right on both points, in practice. I tried to look up the virus test accuracy and with a know virus sample it is 85-95% but I have also heard that in practice the virus is not always immediately detected and a test might need to be repeated which supports your point.
In terms of the test availability, if we don't have enough but the best investment we can make is in that capacity. I hope we do it. I don't think we should undermine good efforts because other things are not happening well. We need to address the defects and move forward on all fronts.
Re: Don't minimize the problems
It's a hassle to get more tests but it means that people can go on with their lives and the disease is controlled - that's awesome. That saves a lot of people terrible pain and trouble. The point is that we need to make testing easy to get and then if you get an alert, retest. That's it. As time goes on, we get less and less alerts, with data we solved the pandemic and grandma doesn't have to die for a hug.
great video
I had the same exact problem with Verizon. I had a Treo 650 and got sick of paying $40/month for data. So I tried cancelling that plan and just using the Treo as a PIM Phone and on rare occasions using the Treo for mapping.
The thing is that I could never get a clear answer, much like in this call, how much that would cost. And much worse, they make it impossible to find this rate online. I looked and looked and looked - I could never find it.
If you have a pay as you go data plan, they show you the data you have used, but they don't convert it into dollars until you get the bill so its really hard to know what you have spent so that you can manage your use.
In fact had this same exact thing happened, that I could never get a clear answer on the rate until it was too late. Some quoted a rate that made not having a data plan make sense, actually its a horrible deal.
#7 > good luck finding it online.
#24 > Verizon does offer a flat rate plan, but it is very expensive - $40 / month just for data. You pay this even if your phone does not do EVDO.
This is part of the reason why I switched to iPhone. The data plan was only $20/month. For all the people saying the iPhone is expensive, anyone with a Treo, Motorola Q, Blackberry or other smartphone on Verizon is paying twice as much per month for unlimited data as I am paying for data with the iPhone on ATT.