<story><title>TSA officers who tested positive for coronavirus did pat-downs at SJC airport</title><url>https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/12/coronavirus-infected-tsa-employees-at-mineta-san-jose-airport-patted-down-passengers-put-hands-on-travel-documents/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>heimidal</author><text>They aren’t testing most people with symptoms. No way will they start testing random people without.</text></item><item><author>wool_gather</author><text>The part that&amp;#x27;s missing here:&lt;p&gt;Public announcement of when exactly these folks were on duty in the last two weeks so that travellers who came into contact with them &lt;i&gt;can self-identify and get tested&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Or better, just announcement that any traveller that passed through their checkpoint recently can get tested, regardless of the timeframe.&lt;p&gt;The virus has no interest in helping TSA or politicians save face. We have to start testing and publishing the results.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>alamortsubite</author><text>You&amp;#x27;re being really generous here. In most cases, we aren&amp;#x27;t even testing people who are symptomatic and whose BioFire panels come back negative, unless they also happen to have a travel history that includes an affected area overseas.</text></comment>
<story><title>TSA officers who tested positive for coronavirus did pat-downs at SJC airport</title><url>https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/12/coronavirus-infected-tsa-employees-at-mineta-san-jose-airport-patted-down-passengers-put-hands-on-travel-documents/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>heimidal</author><text>They aren’t testing most people with symptoms. No way will they start testing random people without.</text></item><item><author>wool_gather</author><text>The part that&amp;#x27;s missing here:&lt;p&gt;Public announcement of when exactly these folks were on duty in the last two weeks so that travellers who came into contact with them &lt;i&gt;can self-identify and get tested&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Or better, just announcement that any traveller that passed through their checkpoint recently can get tested, regardless of the timeframe.&lt;p&gt;The virus has no interest in helping TSA or politicians save face. We have to start testing and publishing the results.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sp332</author><text>They have started testing people who had contact specifically with people who are known to be infected. So there is a chance.</text></comment>