Half of All Covid Tests Are Positive in Mexico, Highest in the World

[Tsuyu]

The sky-high results are easy to explain -- though not so easy to fix. The Latin American nation has shunned wide-scale testing and instead runs exams only on the sickest of patients

When rates are that high, it means governments don't have a handle on how bad the outbreak is within their borders. In the U.S., where the positivity rate is creeping back up and stands at 8%, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the true scale of the pandemic may be 10 times what tests show.

Half of All Covid Tests Are Positive in Mexico, Highest in the World

As nations around the world try to get their economies humming again, the number of coronavirus tests coming back positive has turned into the metric to watch. Five percent is the threshold to reopen safely. Ten percent is troubling, twenty percent outrageous.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[The Living Tribunal]

Mexico going for that herd immunity.

 

[shoptroll]

And cue the right-wing talking points in 4....3....2....1

 

[Deleted member 2802]

All the US vacationers are going to Mexico right now.

Mexico needs to close it's borders.

edit: I have been misinformed

 

[Greigor the FellHand]

canada is like, goddamnit everyone else in the americas

 

[Tochtli79]

According to several people I know working in the health and medical field, the situation is far worse than the official numbers show. And yet states and the capital are being told by the federal government that it's safe to open back up. I don't know what the government's endgame is, their irresponsibility is going to cause a shitstorm and it's going to be beyond their control very soon.

 

[UberTag]

canada is like, goddamnit everyone else in the americas

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If we had elected Scheer last October, we'd have been right there with the rest of 'em. That election going the way it did saved lives.

 

[Video Games Are Dumb]

Stay safe out there, Mexico-Era. We're all in this together.

 

[Deleted member 4869]

Mexican here. Not shocked. We have plenty of idiots here, especially of the "no one tells me what to do" and "look at those dumbasses with their masks" variety.

We also have an idiot president who encourages going out, kiss, hug and what not. Because according to him "we got everything under control".

Shit will really hit the fan soon.

 

[nsilvias]

my grandpa and some relatives down there still dont believe it exists.

 

[jml]

And cue the right-wing talking points in 4....3....2....1

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Already saw some today claiming that the only reason Arizona is doing poorly now is because of illegal immigrants bringing coronavirus across the border

 

[¡ B 0 0 P !]

All the US vacationers are going to Mexico right now.

Mexico needs to close it's borders.

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Huh? The US-Mexico border is closed to all non-essential travel like the US-Canada border.

If US vacationers are going anywhere right now it's to the Southeastern States and California. They literally can't go anywhere outside of the States.

 

[WedgeX]

Only testing the sickest and so many cases?

I feel awful for the people of Mexico.

 

[Sei]

It's the street food.

But more seriously, generally people don't get news that easy or don't care about the news, or they can't do anything about it but keep working.

 

[BronzeWolf]

There's one distinction though, and they failed to Report that.

Mexico reports positive patients, not positive tests. People are tested every two weeks until the get negative or die. That skews positivity by a lot.

Also, the test is not cheap for the wagea of Mexico. Most people won't test themselves just because every so often.

 

[mreddie]

AMLO has no idea what he's doing.

 

[Deleted member 2802]

Huh? The US-Mexico border is closed to all non-essential travel like the US-Canada border.

If US vacationers are going anywhere right now it's to the Southeastern States and California. They literally can't go anywhere outside of the States.

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reddit has lied to me

 

[bastardly]

I remember seeing this months ago, and thinking yikes, so yeh.

 

[Pirate Bae]

That's fucking awful. Stay safe, Mexico-Era.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Its almost like far right populist leaders are completely shit.

 

[Barbarossa]

I feel like all of this going to get much worse before it gets better. Maybe I'm biased living in Florida though.

 

[Clydefrog]

Yikes... but we're (USA) in position to judge. man, this is fucked.

 

[elamor]

Fuck Amlo

 

[Crimson-Death]

He is coming to the White House in a few weeks, I heard?

 

[Brinbe]

fucking sad. i remember back in march watching videos on the news of people just out and about in mexico like nothing was going on and how the president didn't give two shits about it all. and now look. it's really fucked

this is the one

As the Coronavirus Approaches, Mexico Looks the Other Way | The Dispatch

“This is going to be as bad as Italy or worse.” As much of the world shuts down amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic, Mexico City’s streets are bustling a...

www.youtube.com

 

[Deleted member 36708]

Have a trip planned in October. Hope the borders are open and we can go.

 

[SpaceCrystal]

Mexican here. Not shocked. We have plenty of idiots here, especially of the "no one tells me what to do" and "look at those dumbasses with their masks" variety.

We also have an idiot president who encourages going out, kiss, hug and what not. Because according to him "we got everything under control".

Shit will really hit the fan soon.

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I feel like all of this going to get much worse before it gets better. Maybe I'm biased living in Florida though.

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Just wait until flu season (Autumn) in 3 months from now. It's going to get even worse everywhere worldwide.

 

[Deleted member 10629]

People just don't give a shit here. Between the tinfoil hat guys, the 'I'm gonna get it anyway', and the deniers, everything is going down the toilet.

 

[smurfx]

family friend from mexico died recently due to covid. stay safe mexico era.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Huh? The US-Mexico border is closed to all non-essential travel like the US-Canada border.

If US vacationers are going anywhere right now it's to the Southeastern States and California. They literally can't go anywhere outside of the States.

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I (indirectly) know two people vacationing in Mexico *right now*.

 

[rhindle]

if it's any consolation, Brazil's positive test ratio is even worse.

 

[Deleted member 35740]

Its almost like far right populist leaders are completely shit.

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If I recall correctly, AMLO is pretty left leaning... he just happens to be a complete idiot, based on what my Mexican friends say about him.

 

[Conmex]

People just don't give a shit here. Between the tinfoil hat guys, the 'I'm gonna get it anyway', and the deniers, everything is going down the toilet.

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another popular theory among mexicans is that they are purposely killing old people in hospitals.

 

[EchoChamber]

If I recall correctly, AMLO is pretty left leaning... he just happens to be a complete idiot, based on what my Mexican friends say about him.

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You are wrong he is conservative, corrupt and a complete idiot, in the elections he just did the equivalent to LGBT for trump and everyone thought he was left leaning.


He is more comparable with the likes of trump, bolsonaro or Maduro.

 

[AlexBasch]

If you want a free test in Nuevo León, be ready to wait for 20 days for the result to show up. That's not helping either. People might have died or passed the infection to others in the meantime.

 

[Garp TXB]

Dammit. This just makes me sad.

 

[Deleted member 4869]

If I recall correctly, AMLO is pretty left leaning... he just happens to be a complete idiot, based on what my Mexican friends say about him.

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that's what he claims to be. Pretty much every single one of his politics and stances are super right-leaning.

He's just a conservative populist.

 

[darkwing]

fucking sad. i remember back in march watching videos on the news of people just out and about in mexico like nothing was going on and how the president didn't give two shits about it all. and now look. it's really fucked

this is the one

As the Coronavirus Approaches, Mexico Looks the Other Way | The Dispatch

“This is going to be as bad as Italy or worse.” As much of the world shuts down amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic, Mexico City’s streets are bustling a...

www.youtube.com

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this aged badly :(

 

[Pancracio17]

that's what he claims to be. Pretty much every single one of his politics and stances are super right-leaning.

He's just a conservative populist.

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Another mexican here, hes very correct. AMLO is borderline fascist.

 

[Deleted member 10629]

If you want a free test in Nuevo León, be ready to wait for 20 days for the result to show up. That's not helping either. People might have died or passed the infection to others in the meantime.

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And a private tests costs 4000 fucking pesos

 

[Tremagus]

I cross the border every day from Juarez to El Paso as an essential worker and I see so many people in Mexico just living their lives as if nothing is happening. People having parties in the neighborhoods, people without masks, kids out with parents, no hand sanitizer, nothing. It's insane the level of "it's not real" or "it's just the cold" you hear from people you would think are level-headed.

Also the scary thing is Americans returning from Mexico don't get screened outside of the usual border agents asking if you have anything to declare. Upon arriving into Mexico from the US you at least get your temperature taken. It's just insane how much the virus is spreading unchecked.

 

[MANUELF]

I know in my city they dont have enough tests available and the results take a while

 

[Pwnz]

Are Mexican nationals still crossing the border to vacation in Padre? If so I wonder if south Texas is under reporting and it'll make its way north to San Antonio.

 

[Deleted member 11413]

Are Mexican nationals still crossing the border to vacation in Padre? If so I wonder if south Texas is under reporting and it'll make its way north to San Antonio.

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No, the border is closed...Texas has all the blame for rising cases in Texas.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Thanks AMLO

 

[darkwing]

wait, so 50% positivity rate? damn it

 

[Regulus Tera]

Its almost like far right populist leaders are completely shit.

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AMLO isn't nominally far right, but he is pretty populist.

 

[Quantum Leap]

Que estan haciendo pinches pendejos, nos van a odiar mas los gringos 😭

 

[Wag]

The US will be there by Jan.

 

[Agentnibs]

another popular theory among mexicans is that they are purposely killing old people in hospitals.

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Yeah my roommate told me this. Her mom went there to visit her dad who had an unrelated injury and the people there were telling her that the doctors are saying everyone has Corona and are killing them because doctors get extra money for each case they find..

i think it's all BS but these stories always seem to spread and many people believe it