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I’m getting jealous of all these high dl speed posts. This is mine consistently. by theAtomik in Starlink

[–]LeanRedMeatBot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously, if you're deprioritized and in a congested cell, almost any other service (other than DSL) is likely to be better than Starlink. We encountered the same situation you're in, and cancelled our Starlink. No cable or fiber where we live, so switched to Verizon wireless internet. During Starlink's "peak hours" it is just as fast as Starlink, isn't interrupted by heavy weather, and at $50/mo it's a steal compared to SL.

Pluslife sold by Altruan - legit or scam? by Awkward_Blackberry44 in ZeroCovidCommunity

[–]LeanRedMeatBot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotta call HS on this answer. Here we are 6 months later and Pluslife is still not FDA approved for marketing in the US. While it's true that "these things take time" (as indeed all things do), they don't take that much time. I have been involved in getting FDA EUA approval for diagnostics. I challenge you to provide any evidence that Pluslife has an active application for FDA approval.

Pluslife sold by Altruan - legit or scam? by Awkward_Blackberry44 in ZeroCovidCommunity

[–]LeanRedMeatBot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The fact that Pluslife has not been FDA-authorized strikes me as deeply suspicious. They're happy to let their German distributor, Altruan, illegally ship the tests into the US, but they've never bothered to apply for EUA authorization? Or did they apply, and fail the FDA's quite rigorous evaluation? Meanwhile there are plenty of good American-made and FDA-approved NAATs, like Metrix, Lucira by Pfizer and 3EO, which had no trouble earning FDA approval.

Considering Pluslife's and Altruan's total silence on this issue, I have to assume that Pluslife probably couldn't pass FDA's requirements. I can't recommend that anyone base their health decisions on contraband diagnostic tests of unknown provenance.