I figured out where all the tests are going. Yesterday, I got some booze delivered. The guy was in a suit, which I thought was weird. He tells me "You can take my phone to scan your ID if you want, I know I don't have covid, I got tested yesterday, I work for the DoD". I was like, "Huh. OK... I haven't left the house or interacted with anyone but my wife in over 10 days." THEN, he goes "Well, OK, but I'll still have to get tested tomorrow." So apparently, if you work for select federal entities, they just hand out tests like candy, leaving employees free to work side hustles. What the fuck??! I hope he was lying, but I threw some curveballs at him, and he knew my local federal contracting firm, and a couple of people in it. So...??
This isn’t a joke or the result of some fucked-up writing prompt. I’m sorry. It’s all gonna come out, eventually. Well, not if Cheeto keeps firing IG’s :(
Nothing is too weird to believe anymore, which sucks because it leave a lot of room for conspiracy theorists to thrive (even more than they have been since 9/11). We should be putting so many more resources into testing. Society isn't going to be open for business until the average person can get tested immediately, for free. I'm actually an optimist, despite all the reasons not to be. I think there are a lot of good biotech companies out there working on this problem. They should all get cost-plus, unlimited contracts to do the work as long as it takes (hey, if Halliburton could charge the military a 10% fee on supplying $500 monogrammed hand towels or whatever, why can't Thermo get some action to actually do something useful). My belief is that as soon as test and trace capabilities are up and running, we can live a lot freer. Maybe not like the old days (you know, like three weeks ago), but pretty good.