{"id":3417,"date":"2020-06-19T21:37:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T21:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2020-06-19T21:37:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T21:37:58","slug":"pandemic-times-testing-for-the-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/19\/pandemic-times-testing-for-the-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Times &#8211; Testing for the win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am uncertain where exactly I heard this particular quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cBy the way, you know, when you say that we lead in cases, that\u2019s because we have more testing than anybody else,\u201d<\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/05\/19\/trump-high-number-coronavirus-cases-testing-progress-268646\">Politico<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess with small bit of information we are seeing what must be an unexpected surge in testing in some of the US states that have reopened.  Much kudos for the states to go above and beyond to get some extra statistics in this time of turmoil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only thing that would be better to create a exceptionalism in testing would be to have a few large organized indoor events or perhaps a outdoor protest or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only bank robers wear masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/masked-man.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3418\" width=\"498\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/masked-man.png 355w, https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/masked-man-300x291.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption>Based on all available information this is not Don Ho#s brother<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wear a mask for the win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am uncertain where exactly I heard this particular quote. \u201cBy the way, you know, when you say that we lead in cases, that\u2019s because we have more testing than anybody else,\u201d Politico I guess with small bit of information &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/19\/pandemic-times-testing-for-the-win\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3419,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417\/revisions\/3419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paranoidprofessor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}