Not that I consider myself a "trumptard", or condone the tone of your post, but I would still like to chime in since you were asking:

Hell no, Trump should absolutely not fire Fauci. Scapegoating Fauci would be a huge mistake. Imho, it would be Trump's jump the shark moment.



Regarding the discussion between you, thor and offthevoid:

The decision to open up the states should lie, and indeed does lie, with the respective governors. The federal government should do everything in its power to support the states in their efforts, for example by coordinating and/or funding a ramped up production of masks and tests. That's the area where the federal government could really make a difference. So far, it's failing to do that - and that's on Trump and his administration. More generally speaking, I really hate to see this egregious degree of partisanship and lack of acting in good faith while the country is in the middle of a pandemic.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Apr 20 2020 10:35am

Was very similar for me, albeit with a milder progress.

When I started feeling the symptoms (persistent dry cough, fever for the first two days, sore throat, generally feeling sick and weakened), my body relatively quickly got it under control, or so I thought. By the end of week 2, about 10-11 days after the first symptoms, the cough was getting really bad all of a sudden, and I could feel how my lung got affected. During the night from day 10 to day 11, at the worst moments, I had about 3 or so hours where my breathing got more difficult. For a brief moment, I really thought I had to go to the hospital the next morning. But then, it suddenly got much better, my immune system got it under control again. From there on out, symptoms were a lot more mild, but it took almost another 2 weeks until the dry cough was gone. So overall, it took me about 3.5 weeks to get rid of it.

Since I didnt get tested, I'm not entirely sure if it was corona, but the symptoms and the progression fit perfectly; and I had been exposed to a ton of people in the days before the first symptoms. So I'm very confident that it was indeed the coronavirus, which means that I should be immune now.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Apr 20 2020 10:47am

>million tests, price tag probably 3-4 figures billed to your insurance

>corona test, $36 from CDC source


Now it's starting to make sense why there's this perpetual shortage of testing

This post was edited by ofthevoid on Apr 20 2020 11:02am

yup very similar to how I felt. Never felt a sickness like that before either, it was just constant and felt like it would never go away. I assume it was corona, don't know what else it would have been, but can't be sure, since they wouldn't test me, because tests are for celebrities who take them for fun without feeling symptoms.



The doctors there didn't even make the decision. They basically called up a lab or company, whoever is in charge of the corona tests and go over the symptoms reported and the tests done so far and then they decide over the phone. Doctor told me the requirement to get the test was to already have viral pneumonia, which I didn't have.

i am glad that you're waking up to the fact that your healthcare system is a massive and cynical moneymaking scheme (just a shame you don't support anyone who would do something to change that), but in terms of corona, the main issue is the unavailability of reliable tests.

I fucking hate these people. So fucking stupid.

Yeah, they're really cheap with these tests.

My mother was having the same symptoms which are typical of corona, and when she wanted to get tested, her GP and other doctors all denied her and stalled for time. It was clear that they were instructed by some higher-up body to not test anyone who isnt either already hospitalized with all the symptoms, or was in contact with a confirmed case. Her oncologist then called the other doctors and told them that she needs to get her treatment the next week in his medical office, and that he must therefore really know whether she's positive or not. Only then was she able to get tested. *sigh* It was negative, but since the test took place almost 5 weeks after she started getting symptoms and 2 weeks after her symptoms had disappeared, this doesnt really rule out that she had corona - it just proves that she was no longer having it at the time of the test. Fuck those clowns.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Apr 20 2020 12:23pm

The lefts fix on this issue is to have everyone healthcare covered by the taxpayer. That doesn't actually address the costs issues. I would be much more open to some form of socialized healthcare but not just writing them blank checks today with the later generations picking up the tab. Somehow make the industry non for profit, then we should try to get as many people as possible insured, otherwise you're just increasing the healthcare profiteers market share.

What was "ridiculous / bad" about Trump's behavior in that clip? Please stick to the topic and answer as succinctly as you can.