"We are an order of magnitude off right now from where we should be," said an expert in infectious disease modeling who advised the Obama administration.
Testing for the coronavirus would have to be at least doubled or tripled from its current levels to allow for even a partial reopening of America's economy, public health experts say, but it is unclear how soon such an ambitious goal could be reached amid persistent shortages of testing supplies and a lack of coordination from the Trump administration.
Without diagnostic testing on a massive scale, federal and state officials and private companies will lack a clear picture of who has been infected, who can safely return to work, how the virus is spreading and when stay-at-home orders can be eased, public health experts say.
"We are an order of magnitude off right now from where we should be," said Dylan George, an expert in infectious disease modeling who advised the administration of President Barack Obama in combating the Ebola epidemic. "Testing is the perpetual problem here."
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China wants to kill our economy and so does anyone that agrees with this
ReplyDeleteDr Fauci said if you are tested negative today you could have the virus tomorrow. Testing is not the answer.
ReplyDeleteThose experts weren't expert enough to stop it from arriving.
ReplyDeleteSo test and say....we have a crap ton of cases, so open up? We already know there's so many more cases!!
ReplyDeleteSo, where is a testing facility on the Eastern Shore that we can just walk into without an appointment?
ReplyDeleteDugh, everyone better be tested or leave everyone alone until it can be done !!! Govt just wants to RUSH everything , so they don't have to PAY U
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