COVID-19 testing capacity outpacing desire to get swabbed

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The Trump administration says more than 120 million tests will be available in October nationwide, but far fewer Americans are actually being tested.

over the summer that he told top officials to"slow the testing down, please."

"We have extra capacity as well. So this is all designed to have scale-up capacity to 100,000 samples per day," Turner said. The company handles nearly 10% of the nation's daily coronavirus tests.Curative uses the gold standard PCR testing method to detect coronavirus infections, offering results in 48 hours or less.

"If we give everyone the knowledge of their own status, if people know the day that they start to become transmissible that they are positive, then we can get enough people to then choose not to go to work that day, not to go to school that day, but to stay home," said Dr. Michael Mina, an epidemiologist and expert on testing at Harvard University School of Public Health.

Companies designing at-home tests, like Massachusetts-based e25Bio, told ABC News they're able to manufacture millions of tests a day and could have them widely available immediately.

 

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Really? Can’t believe this lying administration.😡😡😡😡😡

No need to inflate the numbers when they're already massively over inflated.

Did you watch Mayor Pete on Fox News tonight being interviewed by Chris Wallace? He was a loser when he attempted to win the Democratic nomination and he was a loser today in his interview. Pete needs a job. Please help him. If Biden loses he’ll have been the reason.

Maybe some people are actually realizing that testing by itself is not the way to reduce the spread of Covid.

Maybe because we're not sick?

And the majority of Americans believe your reporting Not! Common Sense still exists! Clean up your cover ups CNN, ABC, NBC! Americans are loosing more & more respect from y’all! Wolf Blitzer was once a truly respected journalist...Pelosi should have been silenced

Because it’s not necessary.

Who the hell cares nobody should be getting tested unless they have symptoms , and don't tell me people with no symptoms are carriers that's b*******!!!!!!!! Just more communist Democrat liberal propaganda , keep the people under your thumb,...

I would get tested every month or so, if I knew what it would cost. I have no idea if my insurance will cover it when I have no symptoms or how much my out of pocket costs would be. It would be nice to get tested and visit my mom sometime this winter.

How do you know how many are getting tested? Where are your statistics? What areas did you do your research? Do you have any of these things or are you making it all up? Trump 2020

make them 100% free - no lab work fee, copay, or office call charge. Then maybe more Americans would get tested

Because corrupt doctors sale the free taxpayer funded tests. Know the symptoms. Most cases stop sneezing first. Diarrhea if what Infected doctors say they had first.

my son is waiting over 4 days to get results so he can go back to college, thanks Trump

There are free tests set up near where I live a few days a week and I've never seen anyone at it. I don't get tested because I don't have symptoms nor do I think I was exposed.

Because Drs won’t test you. They say stay home and let me know if symptoms get worse. It’s ridiculous

Tests all by themselves are not the answer...the answer is testing a group of people who are in regular contact and then following up if one gets positive. All churches, all businesses, all schools should do testing before EVER opening and then follow up when someone gets it.

More lies.... Next

how correct do they come?

but Mexico is paying for the wall right?

The Trump Administration is clueless...every household in America should have rapid testing, a contact tracing app and free access to the virial test and the antibody test. •A viral test tells you if you are currently infected & a antibody test might tell of past infection.

Testing is 100% useless

Oh and I thought all the news stories were always about what a poor job we were doing not having enough tests...

Members of the Biden family are going to jail

I'm not going to be tested if I'm not sick!!!! Just like when the flu comes around I'm not going to be tested if I'm not sick but of course they don't have a test for the flu ......🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

how about doing what other countries do... nothing

Right because they are choosing not to be tested

First mistake. Believing Trump.

Don’t believe a damn thing connected to Trump! I wish I could go to sleep tonight and tomorrow would be January 20th!!

WHEN ARE YOU GOUNG TO STOP SAYING WHAT TRUMP SAYS 'HE LIES' WHEN WE ERASE HIM FROM OUR LIVES AND NEVER HEAR THAT NAME AGAIN. THERE IS ONLY ONE THAT WE REALLY CARE IS TO HEAR IS , 'DONALD J. TRUMP YOU HAVE BEEN SENTENCE TO 25 TO LIFE IN PRISON'!!

ABC, Ok... Trumps Administration’s only produces information on PROCUREMENT! Where is Donald’s National PLAN OF ACTION for successfully addressing the COVID19 Pandemic Crisis like other world leaders have? An example would Jacinda Ardern's successful plan on how she defeated it!

I work in a nursing home and we get tested every week. It doesn’t hurt either.

Because they aren’t doing it right. There’s no strategy and no plan. None.

They want fewer tests, and even with that cases are rising, total failure by Trump and his enablers, Awful sad, so much heartach and death, most of which could of been avoided, but because of this Trump is it got worse, he us directly responsible for well over 140,000 + deaths

Because people aren’t worried about it as much anymore. Something with a 99% survival rate...

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