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HEALTH 03/13/2020 12:11 am ET Updated 35 minutes ago
States are testing fewer than 100 people a day and the CDC tested even fewer in an entire week.
Alexander Nazaryan
WASHINGTON Despite insistent promises from the Trump administration, coronavirus testing in the United States appears to be proceeding with a marked lack of urgency. An examination of state and federal records by Yahoo News finds that American states are, on average, testing fewer than 100 people per day while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had tested fewer than 100 people total in the first two days of this week.
Meanwhile, a single private lab is performing tests, according to a trade group representing such facilities. The administration has repeatedly said that private enterprise would play a critical role in making sure that all Americans who need a coronavirus test receive one.
U.S. officials on Tuesday were faced with an onslaught of questions from members of Congress, amid reports of South Koreas drive-through coronavirus testing locations.
This is not a problem we can test our way out of, said Stephen Redd, MD, head of the CDCs Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, in testimony on Wednesday. It was an admission that, in a nation of 320 million, testing every person will be impossible.
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HEALTH 03/13/2020 12:11 am ET Updated 35 minutes ago
States are testing fewer than 100 people a day and the CDC tested even fewer in an entire week.
Alexander Nazaryan
WASHINGTON Despite insistent promises from the Trump administration, coronavirus testing in the United States appears to be proceeding with a marked lack of urgency. An examination of state and federal records by Yahoo News finds that American states are, on average, testing fewer than 100 people per day while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had tested fewer than 100 people total in the first two days of this week.
Meanwhile, a single private lab is performing tests, according to a trade group representing such facilities. The administration has repeatedly said that private enterprise would play a critical role in making sure that all Americans who need a coronavirus test receive one.
U.S. officials on Tuesday were faced with an onslaught of questions from members of Congress, amid reports of South Koreas drive-through coronavirus testing locations.
This is not a problem we can test our way out of, said Stephen Redd, MD, head of the CDCs Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, in testimony on Wednesday. It was an admission that, in a nation of 320 million, testing every person will be impossible.
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CDC Tested Just 77 People For Coronavirus This Week (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
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gademocrat7
(10,656 posts)1. Epic failure
John Fante
(3,479 posts)2. This is fucking bleak.
We're going to make Italy look positively idyllic at this rate.
KayF
(1,345 posts)3. how many of those are members of Congress?
or staffers? My guess is 75.