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[Reelya]

I was just coming here to post that same idea. If Trump says he's never been tested then he probably gets tests 3 times a day, and that's how he "knows so much about this" as those doctors apparently said.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Trump is a germaphobe, but he's also irrational and doesn't believe in scientific rigor. That's why he lives off of fast food even though it's probably more likely to harm him.  His idea of effective containment is closing the borders and shooting quarantine breakers. Nothing else, just that.

It is entirely possible that he really isn't being tested, especially given the chop job he worked on the White House medical staff. Try to imagine Donald Trump dutifully obeying inconvenient orders from a doctor that are any more complex than "take these pills, but not all at the same time".

[martinuzz]

To be both a germaphobe AND eat McDonalds you have to have less brain cells than your average hamburger.

[Iduno]

To be both a germaphobe AND eat McDonalds you have to have less brain cells than your average hamburger.

He thinks that because they're consistent, that they are consistently good. Despite having eaten the "food" there. It's food made by people who are underpaid, and yelled at all of the time. You getting sick makes their lives easier.

[martinuzz]

His idea of effective containment is closing the borders...

Well at least that makes sense since corona is produced in Mexico

[coalboat]

How was it like when the H1N1 took place in 2009, compared to SARS and now COVID19?

[scriver]

I was visiting my brother over the weekend and now I'm feeling a bit ill, I'm not very good at convincing myself it's not Raven Flu

[nenjin]

Our insurance sent out a notice today that 100% of the costs of Covid testing will be covered.

Comforting except for the fact that there is a shortage of test kits. :|

[Frumple]

It's nice If you have insurance, anyway. Any news on if the obscene testing costs for the U.S. tests have gone down or not?

[Iduno]

It's nice If you have insurance, anyway. Any news on if the obscene testing costs for the U.S. tests have gone down or not?

They ran out of tests, so they will charge you less when you go in for testing. Obviously they'll still charge you, because it's your fault they didn't tell you they ran out, but it will be less than if they had a test to administer.


Also, hoarding:

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[feelotraveller]

Phone is an often neglected hygiene hazard. So are wallet and keys.

Cash.  Seriously.  Recommendation is to pay electronically when/wherever possible.

(For the deniers and tobacco lobbyists: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/cash-could-spread-coronavirus-warns-world-health-organization-2020-3?op=1&r=US&IR=T)

[nenjin]

Just curious why you mentioned tobacco lobbyists there. Smokers typically don't go halfsies on their cigarettes, just like you wouldn't go round robin halfsies on a bottle of water or a sandwich.

[feelotraveller]

Because of their use of the fact that there is no proof that smoking causes cancer.  (Hence the proximity to 'deniers' which is shorthand for a couple of other things, one contemporary and one from mid-last century.)

Additionally I'm not sure I agree with the halfsies, in certain cultures/geographies 'bumming a drag' is pretty par for the course, complete with saliva transfer.

[Doomblade187]

My insurance also sent a similar email, but you have to read the fine print: "The costs of office visits, ER stays, [some other thingy], will not be covered, only the test"

[Max™]

While I actually do know someone with a meat allergy, anti-vax stances are something I don't support.

Being an anti-vax moron makes me suspect she's lying about meat allergies to be a vegan snowflake on top of it, and none of those things makes me think casual visits with her children are smart during any sort of outbreak, but here we are.