Wuhan Plans To Test All 11 Million Residents For Coronavirus

BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic first broke out, are planning to test all 11 million residents in the next 10 days, Chinese media reported.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1308942

Now, how and wherefrom are they coming up with so many tests so fast?

And the corollary question for analysis: why can’t we do that?

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I wonder when eminent epidemiologist Dr. Cadet Toadglans mit der Bone Spurs will point out the futility of such an effort. After all, according to Herr Mangolini of Hamberder, if you test someone they can just get it next week. And even worse: It makes them look bad.

“I like the numbers where they are.”
— Comrade Cockholster

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This sounds epic

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China will test in 10 days what it would take the U.S. 60 days to perform.

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And blow apart his most tests anywhere bullshit. We’ve yet to crack 10 million in total tests. Close, but not.

If Trump was elected in 1938 we’d all be speaking German.

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They don’t NEED to test all 11 million, they just want to take a victory lap to make us look bad.

Just a thought: Is Wuhan going to shut down the wet markets AKA the source of the latest virus?

But…but…he spent so much on the BANNER!

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No irony in the fact that when comleted,this city in China will have tested more people than our entire national effort…330 M Americans…10 M tests so far…

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That’s going to kill 50% of trump’s air time blather.

“Talk to Chyyyyyynah!” “Talk to Chyyyyyyynah!” “Talk to Chyyy…” Wait. They’re doing whut?

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Authorities in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic first broke out, are planning to test all 11 million residents in the next 10 days, Chinese media reported.

What a lovely thought. A country caring for the health of all of their citizens and in so doing promoting the rebound of their economy.

That makes too much sense for Trump to even want to try. He has to keep his numbers tiny, like his IQ.

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Thank you! I was trying to figure out a way to phonetically spell the way Trump says the word “China”.

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I have said from the beginning of this whole mess, we could have avoided the huge losses if we

  1. Test everyone.
  2. Isolate and care for the sick
  3. Come up with a vaccine
    #1-2, as China is demonstrating, is NOT that difficult. What is so hard about this? Oh wait, that’s right, because we have a Denier-in-chief who believes talk-show hosts over science.
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Meanwhile our CLOWN in the WH still after weeks and weeks can’t get PPE, masks and test to where they are needed. The CLOWN would rather try to pressure his ACTING people at the CDC to cook the books so that he has a reason TO OPEN UP.

What will The Nation see?

Why COOKED books of course.

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I always thought maybe “Gina”, or “Jai-nah”, or “Jchai-nuh”…something along those lines. His pronunciation has not always been consistent, as can be heard when he mentioned the “United Shates”. Come to think of it, a Shate could be a State that Hates. It fits him in so many ways…

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Or Tchai-nuh

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Welp, so much for trump’s brag that we in America are leading the world in testing. The Chinese are gonna test 11,000,000 people in a few days time. We have a rate of testing nationwide at roughly 8,500 per million people or roughly 2,800,000 tests total to date. And trump brags about this.
Apparently Wuhan City has more test kits than all of America and that is sad, very sad.