The Question the CDC Won't Answer About Coronavirus Testing

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Why hasn’t the Trump administration embraced a reliable test made available by the World Health Organization?

In his disturbing appearance at the Centers for Disease Control on Friday, President Trump bragged about the availability of testing for coronavirus: “Anybody that needs a test gets a test,” Trump said, adding of the nation’s public health authorities: “They have the tests. And the tests are beautiful. Anybody that needs a test gets a test.”

This boast was a lie. In many states, public health officials are rationing tests. An expose in The Atlantic Monday reported that fewer than 4,500 Americans have been tested for the virus nationwide. The lack of testing in the United States stands in sharp contrast to comparatively smaller countries like South Korea, which has tested more than 100,000 people. Both South Korea and Germany are offering drive-through testing, where patients are swabbed in their own cars at a local health facility, with test results within hours.

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In a letter last week to Vice President Mike Pence, the administration’s point person on coronavirus, Senator Patty Murray — who serves Washington, the state hardest hit by the outbreak — demanded answers: “We need to understand what is going wrong around testing,” she wrote. “And the lack of transparency from the Administration so far is unacceptable.”

Murray’s letter asked the Trump administration to: “Please provide an explanation for why the COVID-19 diagnostic test approved by the World Health Organization was not used.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/question-cdc-who-no-coronavirus-testing-965279/

[monmouth4]

1. Maybe trump (I) doesn't have any stock in WHO..LOL. n/t

[Stuart G]

2. Trump & his response, & also Pence will be history in November. Their inability to handle a major

crisis will result in many deaths. And it will be out there for all to see. Simple and clear and easy to understand for everyone.