There's Now a Rapid, Accurate COVID-19 Air Detector

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There's Now a Rapid, Accurate COVID-19 Air Detector
time.com

Already, the research team is working on a device that could also identify influenza and RSV.

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This is fantastic, the downside of course, if the general population being taught by their governments that COVID isn't to be feared, but lived with, and most importantly "worked through". The capitalist system doesn't function without it's workers, and the corporations don't want anything disrupting their bottom line, including covid mitigations, which is why you see Right Wing nutjobs telling everyone that COVID is over, and there was nothing to fear in the first place, while in the span of 12 months over One Million Americans died. Corporations, aided by the Right Wing bigots, don't want COVID air detectors anywhere, as they would invariably detect COVID. Reminds me of that movie where the king said to save arrows, and send in the infantry, because arrows cost money, and people cost nothing.

The detectors don’t change anything about the governments sacrificing the populations' health though. They’re back to work with no restrictions in any case.

Right, but as soon as you have a device that conveniently reduces a risk to a positive/negative signal, you introduced liability.

This tech won't just die, it will be intentionally killed.

i'll take "worked through" over "having my front door welded shut by the govt"

As with most things policy related, there are more than two options, thankfully. I know. It’s hurts the brain.

The capitalist system doesn’t function without it’s workers, and the corporations don’t want anything disrupting their bottom line, including covid mitigations, which is why you see Right Wing nutjobs telling

good thing we have you, a left wing nutjob, to educate us.

what is your proposed alternative? to stop the word indefinitely? we are already living with a viruses among us and this will be another one. we will do all we can to mitigate the risks, but it will never be zero. c'est la vie.

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