Coronavirus:

[robert.]

What the H E L L in the mater with these people...

Maybe it's something contagious?

As a medical expert what do you suspect as the problem.....

Lack of oxygen to the brain.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Maybe it's something contagious?

As a medical expert what do you suspect as the problem.....

Lack of oxygen to the brain.

In some cases dropped on the head too many times....

[HONDO74]

As a medical expert what do you suspect as the problem.....

Lack of oxygen to the brain.

In some cases dropped on the head too many times....

But the Dutch are supposed to be the happiest people in the world. They don't appear to be very happy when they have to be at home with a curfew.. You don't see Americans rioting over restrictions. They just don't pay any attention to them..

[Chris Webster]

You don't see Americans rioting over restrictions.

Any volunteers willing to tell Hondo about January 6?

[E7]

But what I want to know is why all last year were tattoo parlors topping the lists of businesses to reopen.......

Miley Cyrus probably needed to get a new batch done.

[HONDO74]

You don't see Americans rioting over restrictions.

Any volunteers willing to tell Hondo about January 6?

I'm talking about the lock down restrictions related to the virus. Where did the riots take place on Jan 6th related to the virus in the United States.

Please go back and read my post about the riots related to the curfew in Europe.

Maybe this thread is moving too fast for your reading comprehension level

The title of this thread is Coronavirus:

[HONDO74]

Netherlands: Third night of anti-lockdown riots bring violence and looting
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-55805459

Police in the Netherlands have again clashed with protesters defying a national 9pm curfew for the third night in a row.

There were violent protesters across the country, including in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Amersfoort and Geleen.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte has condemned what he called "criminal violence".

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The title of this thread is Coronavirus:

Yes, and it's wandered all over regardless......just like almost every other discussion here

As for riots regarding lock downs in the US you only have to remember the riots in Michigan where armed rioters broke into the statehouse.

[HONDO74]

As for riots regarding lock downs in the US you only have to remember the riots in Michigan where armed rioters broke into the statehouse.

Did that happen on Jan 6th Are you Chris Websters VOLUNTEER that's going to tell me about the riots that took place because of the virus on JAN 6th

[Neil]

Sophistry 101 is meeting in the Student Union.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Sophistry 101 is meeting in the Student Union.

Sadly, logic and rational thought are alien concepts these days along with reading and independent thought. One has to wonder how long until there is total internal collapse due to embraced ignorance.

[HONDO74]

Chinese biotech firm offered to build COVID labs in US, likely to try to collect Americans' DNA: report
BGI Group is touted as the largest biotech firm in the world

A Chinese company offered to build COVID-19 testing labs in the U.S. at the start of the pandemic, with intelligence officials warning it might have been an effort to collect DNA from American citizens, according to a "60 Minutes" report.

BGI Group, touted as the largest biotech firm in the world, offered to build and run testing labs in Washington, New York and California, among other states.

The offer raised suspicions and led Bill Evanina, then-director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, to warn the states against the offer.

"Foreign powers can collect, store and exploit biometric information from COVID tests," Evanina said in a public notice, according to "60 Minutes."

Evanina warned that Chinese firms have been investing in U.S. biotech companies for years. BGI had already been developing partnerships with U.S. hospitals long before the pandemic started.

"It's your past and your future as well as your children's future," Evanina explained to "60 Minutes."

[HONDO74]

Burned by Low Reimbursements, Some Doctors Stop Testing for COVID
https://news.yahoo.com/burned-low-reimb ... 29452.html

Dr. Robin Larabee was thrilled to start offering coronavirus testing at her pediatrics practice in Denver last fall. Testing for children is often scarce, and her new machines could return results within minutes.

She quickly discovered an unexpected obstacle: a major health insurer that paid her less than the cost of the test itself. Each kit Larabee purchased for her machines cost about $41, but the insurer sent back half that amount each time she submitted a claim.

Across the country, some doctors are seeing reimbursement rates so low that they do not cover the cost of the test supplies, jeopardizing access to a tool experts see as crucial to stopping the virus’s spread.

“I’ve gone up the food chain and gotten as far as I can, and they just tell me this is the rate,” she said.

She does not use her new machines for that health plan’s enrollees anymore, instead sending their tests to an outside laboratory. That extra step means results take days rather than minutes to come back.

“All I did this summer was look at spreadsheets to figure out how much this would cost,” she said. “In 15 years of practice, this is the first time I’ve ever had to consider altering my care for a certain population.”

With new variants of the coronavirus emerging, experts say testing will be especially important. But the low fees have led some doctors to stop testing certain patients or to forgo testing altogether. The problem of low reimbursement rates appears to be most common with pediatricians using in-office rapid testing.

“We are not doing COVID testing because we cannot afford to take the financial hit in the middle of the pandemic,” said Dr. Suzanne Berman, a pediatrician in Crossville, Tennessee.

Her clinic serves a low-income Appalachian community where the coronavirus is now spreading rapidly, and 17% of tests are coming back positive as of this week.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

And there's another interesting example of out current health care that seems next to impossible to improve............for the people.

[HONDO74]

And there's another interesting example of out current health care that seems next to impossible to improve............for the people.

Neither medicare or Medicaid, pay the full amount of the bill that is sent to them, Both government agency's, they establish what they will pay, One of the major reasons that doctors can only accept a limited number of medicare and medicaid patients. They have to balance it out with the better private insurance providers.

Around here the doctors all belong to the corporation. The doctors send their bill to the corp and then the corp send you the bill. From what they have told me they get a paycheck from the corp. They are always trying to drum up more business for the corp by requiring more test and sending you to other specialist within the corp.

I can remember back when doctors used to make house calls.