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Large majority of Americans say country lags in testing availability: POLL
Source: ABC News
As more and more states and communities ease restrictions to jumpstart the reopening process, strong majorities believe the country lacks sufficient testing and are also skeptical about returning to pre-pandemic activities, including sending kids back to school, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday finds.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/large-majority-americans-country-lags-testing-availability-poll/story?id=70665319
This poll shows clearly that these states rushing to open up or opening up under court order will not bring back the economy. Democrats almost close to 80% are not willing to participate in day to day activities. Even Republicans even though far less but still over 50% not wanting to proceed back to pre-covid19 activities.
Trump Republicans and his supporters are fighting a losing battle. Only IF or when a vaccine is found the world of May 2019 will never come back. After Trump, pain, mental biological spiritual and physical will be the condition for most of the world billions for many months or many years to come. That reality is starting to sink in on me and it's very sobering.
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Large majority of Americans say country lags in testing availability: POLL (Original Post)
Roc2020
May 2020
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Baitball Blogger
(46,703 posts)1. Florida's test numbers confirm that conclusion.
Tests dropped by 50%, and today, they haven't even posted current results on the dashboard.
Roc2020
(1,615 posts)2. and they think not testing will hide the
killing rampage of the virus. it's hard to hide when a person dies.
Baitball Blogger
(46,703 posts)3. They are going to try to hijack the death count.
It will be up to family members to follow through and make sure their family members get counted.
sinkingfeeling
(51,451 posts)4. Just took an online poll on MSNBC. 95% hadn't been tested.