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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJB Pritzker pulled out a steaming bucket of truth- in public- at his COVID 19 briefing today
Last edited Wed Apr 8, 2020, 05:21 PM - Edit history (1)
The Feds provided Illinois 15 test machines capable of providing N COVID-19 test results in 5 minutes.
Yay! Progress - Finally!
And only provided 120 tests to go with them. Or if you prefer, 8 tests per processor.
THE. GOP. WANTS. TO. WATCH. US. DIE.
I have to edit to correct something. The Feds did not actually provide the tests or the readers.
Illinois contracted with a pharm. equipment/research firm to produce thousands of the tests and the feds took most of them and left 120 tests and 15 readers
I was listening while at work and got it garbled. JB has been working this issue hard and he's getting sabotaged by the US Government
IADEMO2004
(5,559 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,457 posts)I am of the opinion that there is an albeit small number of trumpites who will bristle at the knowledge of some of their fellow citizens being callously treated in this manner.
gibraltar72
(7,511 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)They're OURS!
dawg day
(7,947 posts)After almost 2000 yesterday.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries
pbmus
(12,422 posts)The Polack MSgt
(13,192 posts)It is actually worse than I stated in the OP on second listen.
Illinois had an agreement and contract for thousands of the quick response tests, but the Feds took them and left Illinois with 15 readers and 120 tests.
Wonder who Jared is going to sell 'em to?
Any way the whole brief is good, but the money shot is 7 minutes 30 seconds in
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/live-gov-pritzker-holds-daily-illinois-coronavirus-briefing-for-wednesday-april-8th/
pbmus
(12,422 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)fucking Trump.. madman.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Stuart G
(38,445 posts)Tweedy
(628 posts)Of incompetence, greed and there is little doubt that cruelty is the point.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)that Trump's intent is to screw this crisis up as much as possible, so it's easier for republicans to steal every election in November.
No one person or organization could be this inept and counter-productive by accident. Right?
Sancho
(9,070 posts)Increase the number of voters, and also throw out TP45!
dchill
(38,532 posts)They always have. For some reason, they're really out of the closet on it now.
Cha
(297,651 posts)Hard