Coronavirus: US admits 'failing' on testing, says Fauci

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

34 minutes ago

A top health official in the US says that the testing system for coronavirus is currently failing.

"The system is not really geared to what we need right now... let's admit it," said Dr Anthony Fauci from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The government has come under fire as the US has conducted far fewer tests than many other affected countries.

There are currently more than 1,300 confirmed cases of the virus in the US.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51860529

[C_U_L8R]

1. Failing? They didn't even try.

What's the deal? Why aren't we aligned with WHO??
What's this about Trump nixing everything to benefit one of his stupid investments??? !!!!
Forget Congressional inquiries. These trumpfucks should be tarred and feathered.

[dchill]

2. T&F works for me, too.

[flibbitygiblets]

3. Trump just lied again, said there's "a million tests now; 4 million coming in the next few days"

and that "frankly, the testing has been going very smoothly".

Before pivoting to swine flu and saying "many people died, and actually nothing was done for such a long period of time as people were dying all over the place; we're doing exactly the opposite, we're very much ahead of everything"

[McKim]

4. Other Countries Got Theirs

Other countries got theirs from the WHO but the Trump Adminstration refused their testing kits because they wanted Big Pharma to make a buck and make their own....but they screwed up and now there are not enough. People in Italy and South Korea are lucky they got the tests from the WHO because their governments were doing their jobs.

[BigmanPigman]

5. That is his and the GOP Plan...bankrupt then kill people

so they will benefit financially. They should be fined and jailed. This is tantamount to murder.