UF Health testing site shutting down? UF Health testing site shutting down? - Talk of The Villages Florida

UF Health testing site shutting down?

Closed Thread
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 04-09-2020, 04:34 PM
Todayscoolfacts Todayscoolfacts is offline
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 23
Thanks: 20
Thanked 11 Times in 5 Posts
Default UF Health testing site shutting down?

Heard that the UF Health testing site over at the polo fields is shutting down. On their site it says that it is due to limited supplies. Any clue on when they could possibly get needed resources again?
  #2  
Old 04-10-2020, 10:22 AM
njbchbum's Avatar
njbchbum njbchbum is offline
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Summer at the Jersey Shore, Fall in New England [Maine], Winter in TV!
Posts: 5,631
Thanks: 3,060
Thanked 755 Times in 257 Posts
Default

Should probably contact the hospital instead of TOTV - more likely to get something other than a rumor!
__________________
Not sure if I have free time...or if I just forgot everything I was supposed to do!

  #3  
Old 04-10-2020, 10:34 AM
Bogie Shooter Bogie Shooter is online now
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 19,737
Thanks: 13
Thanked 6,103 Times in 2,711 Posts
Default

I saw on TV yesterday, millions and millions of test kits have been shipped...…………………..
__________________
The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell.
“Only truth and transparency can guarantee freedom”, John McCain
  #4  
Old 04-10-2020, 10:39 AM
Doro22's Avatar
Doro22 Doro22 is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 395
Thanks: 8
Thanked 124 Times in 49 Posts
Default

Is it true that “Federal Support Ends For Coronavirus Testing Sites As Pandemic Peak Nears”. According to an npr headline? I wonder what are the facts. Does anyone here know?
__________________
"If you are lucky enough to live in The Villages, you are lucky enough."
  #5  
Old 04-10-2020, 10:41 AM
graciegirl's Avatar
graciegirl graciegirl is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 40,170
Thanks: 5,009
Thanked 5,783 Times in 2,004 Posts
Send a message via AIM to graciegirl
Default

The people who are running the test site, University of Florida Medical....says that.


They are temporarily out of tests.
__________________
It is better to laugh than to cry.
  #6  
Old 04-10-2020, 11:16 AM
JoMar JoMar is offline
Sage
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 4,983
Thanks: 10
Thanked 2,481 Times in 943 Posts
Default

Just watched the Gov's update, Jacksonville, Miami Dade and Orlando are the only 3 sites he discussed, no mention of The Villages. We do have a lower statistical impact here so maybe diversion of resources is the driver but seems like unless the Feds or UF decide to reopen here I would assume we are done.
__________________
No one believes the truth when the lie is more interesting

Berks County Pennsylvania
  #7  
Old 04-10-2020, 02:46 PM
Bogie Shooter Bogie Shooter is online now
Sage
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 19,737
Thanks: 13
Thanked 6,103 Times in 2,711 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Doro22 View Post
Is it true that “Federal Support Ends For Coronavirus Testing Sites As Pandemic Peak Nears”. According to an npr headline? I wonder what are the facts. Does anyone here know?
Did you read beyond the headline?
__________________
The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell.
“Only truth and transparency can guarantee freedom”, John McCain
  #8  
Old 04-10-2020, 03:54 PM
Doro22's Avatar
Doro22 Doro22 is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 395
Thanks: 8
Thanked 124 Times in 49 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter View Post
Did you read beyond the headline?
Thank you. I just did read the entire article. I was so livid that this liberal slanted article was sent to me by a hate monger that I was seeing red. I wanted an unbiased opinion from others as I hadn’t seen anything like this on other news channels. I’m not a news junkie so I do miss a lot of stuff. I try to take in different news channels.
__________________
"If you are lucky enough to live in The Villages, you are lucky enough."
  #9  
Old 04-10-2020, 04:12 PM
chet2020 chet2020 is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 208
Thanks: 178
Thanked 194 Times in 93 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter View Post
I saw on TV yesterday, millions and millions of test kits have been shipped...…………………..
On March 3, a guy said 1 million tests would be available later that week. On March 10, another guy said "more than 4 million more tests" would be available later that week. Then on March 21 another guy said 27 million more test kits would be available by the end of the month. And yet, there is still a shortage of tests on April 10. Call me "skeptical" about the number of tests shipped.
  #10  
Old 04-10-2020, 06:39 PM
billethkid's Avatar
billethkid billethkid is offline
Sage
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 18,536
Thanks: 0
Thanked 4,871 Times in 1,420 Posts
Default

Perhaps the wheel should squeak a little louder in the direction of the governor to help his photo op site!!!
  #11  
Old 04-10-2020, 09:34 PM
EdFNJ EdFNJ is offline
Sage
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 4,395
Thanks: 1,376
Thanked 3,102 Times in 1,341 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by chet2020 View Post
On March 3, a guy said 1 million tests would be available later that week. On March 10, another guy said "more than 4 million more tests" would be available later that week. Then on March 21 another guy said 27 million more test kits would be available by the end of the month. And yet, there is still a shortage of tests on April 10. Call me "skeptical" about the number of tests shipped.
On March 7th one of those guys also said: “As of right now and yesterday anyone who wants a test, can get a test, and they are beautiful.” Must have been fake news.
__________________
.
.
"I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor."

Michael J. Fox
  #12  
Old 04-11-2020, 03:51 AM
GoPacers GoPacers is offline
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 207
Thanks: 13
Thanked 405 Times in 108 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by EdFNJ View Post
On March 7th one of those guys also said: “As of right now and yesterday anyone who wants a test, can get a test, and they are beautiful.” Must have been fake news.
I'm sure that he literally meant "right now" and that moment passed as soon as the words left his lips. So, it really wasn't fake news. Just "old news."
  #13  
Old 04-11-2020, 04:51 AM
Two Bills Two Bills is offline
Sage
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 6,342
Thanks: 1,811
Thanked 8,105 Times in 2,842 Posts
Default

Millions of everthing will be available next week, or the week after, unless there is a delay!
Closed Thread

Tags
testing, site, shutting, health, limited


You are viewing a new design of the TOTV site. Click here to revert to the old version.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:42 PM.