Think you need a COVID-19 test? The nation's testing czar says you might not.

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Easing demands on COVID-19 testing could shorten wait times for people to get their results.

Giroir's guidance is meant to"take down the fervor" of testing, he said, even though the country can now handle about 800,000 COVID-19 tests a day.

The one exception for young, healthy people, Giroir said, is if they are living with others who are medically vulnerable, such as elderly grandparents. "By September, we're going to have about 23 million individual point-of-care tests in the market," he said. Most are expected to be in high-risk places, such as nursing homes and schools.

The federal government has ordered extra flu vaccines this year, and it is encouraging everyone to get flu shots, Giroir said. While they're not 100 percent effective in preventing the flu, they can reduce the severity of the illness.

 

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More idiocy from the regime. Maybe if you offered better guidance to all the colleges requiring tests for incoming students, the demand would lessen.

Too many people are getting tested. There's an 8% positive rate.

How could my son and our entire household isolate for the 18 days it took to get test results?

Why would anyone without symptoms need to be tested unless they knew for sure there was direct exposure....I know people who were tested, even after self-isolation, because it's 'their right'. Isn't that a waste of resources?

If all these people that don’t need to get tested are getting tested, then our positive rate shouldn’t be so high. Fake advice from a fake admiral.

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