Coronavirus: US is failing on testing, says Fauci

[Denizen]

Dopey Donald Trump is fighting the coronavirus with lies while the infection rate and deaths accelerate.

Donald Trump is like a deer in the headlights. The coronavirus has robbed him of his cheering mob and he appears helpless without their joyful response to his lies.

This is a serious problem if indeed the US is failing in testing sick people for the coronavirus. It means the virus will be spreading unchecked and with unknown numbers of carriers.

Mother should give US coronavirus czar Mike Pence a jolly good spanking.

US admits 'failing' on coronavirus testing

Coronavirus: US is failing on testing, says Fauci

Fauci: "Let's admit it. The system is not geared to what we need."
The testing system for coronavirus in the US is currently failing, a top health official has admitted.
"The system is not really geared to what we need right now... let's admit it," said Dr Anthony Fauci from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Authorities in the US have come under fire for carrying out far fewer tests than many other affected countries.

There are currently more than 1,300 confirmed cases of the virus in the US.
President Donald Trump says the US has "a tremendous testing set up where people coming in have to be tested". However, he has not given further details, and there has not been routine testing for the virus in the US.
How many tests are being done in the US?
In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Vice-President Mike Pence could not confirm how many Americans had been tested for the virus, saying he "would leave that to the experts".
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a total of at least 11,079 specimens have been tested since January. However, the number of people tested is likely to be lower, as patients typically provide at least two specimens for testing.
Furthermore, government officials say they do not know the number of people being tested, because some tests are being conducted by private hospitals and laboratories that have not been reporting in to the CDC.
The Atlantic, which is running a project to track the number of tests being conducted, estimates about 8,000 people have been tested. Meanwhile, lawmakers who went to a briefing with health officials told Politico that fewer than 10,000 Americans had been tested.
By contrast, South Korea has tested more than 210,000 people and is testing nearly 20,000 people every day, while in the UK, more than 29,700 people have been tested, and more than 1,000 tests are being carried out per day.
In neighbouring Canada, there are currently about 100 confirmed cases. About half of those are in Ontario, which has tested about 4,185 samples.
Dr Fauci acknowledged to a congressional hearing that the US faced particular difficulties with testing. "The idea of anybody getting it [testing] easily, the way people in other countries are doing it, we're not set up for that. I think it should be, but we're not."

 

[DigitalDrifter]

So you couldn't have simply added this to your other doomsday thread on the virus, you just had to fill the internet with more bashing.

 

[Denizen]

So you couldn't have simply added this to your other doomsday thread on the virus, you just had to fill the internet with more bashing.

I had to smash through the reality shield you had wrapped around your cranium.

 

[Oddball]

There wasn't anything to test for three months ago.....You can't ramp this shit up in a few weeks.


You TDS dweebs are all a bunch of hysterical clowns.

 

[ABikerSailor]

There wasn't anything to test for three months ago.....You can't ramp this shit up in a few weeks.


You TDS dweebs are all a bunch of hysterical clowns.

You can't ramp this thing up in a few weeks? Really? South Korea seems to have no problems with testing. They are currently testing nearly 20,000 people per day!

Why can't the US do that?

Is S Korea's rapid testing the key to coronavirus?

Nearly 20,000 people are being tested every day for coronavirus in South Korea, more people per capita than anywhere else in the world.

Rachel's sample is quickly shipped off to a nearby laboratory where staff are working 24 hours a day to process the results.

 

[Auld Phart]

add this OP to one of your other gloom and doom rants.

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