Pence Promised 8,000,000 Coronavirus Tests Would Be Done This Week. The CDC Did 77 (And None On Wednesday)

Jeffrey St. Clair, Counterpunch, March 13, 2020:

Pence promised 8 million tests by the end of the week ... The CDC tested only 77 people this week for coronavirus. ...

On Weds night Sanjay Gupta asked CNN's Don Lemon to read the CDC's coronavirus testing stats off of his phone. ZERO tests conducted today by CDC.

A grand total of 8 tests conducted by other public health agencies across the country. EIGHT. ...

South Korea, where the virus appeared about the same time it did in US, is testing 10,000 a day and has been for nearly a month. ...

Trump rejected testing for coronavirus back in January because he thought it would harm his reelection chances.

Former NPR reporter Andy Carvin (1st of 24 tweets describing the horror show in the US (including getting an erroneous "all-clear" from an ER nurse who "confused my covid19 test with a generic coronavirus test"):

Last Thursday I was admitted to the ER w/ #coronavirus symptoms, including chronic cough, shortness of breath & lung pain. I was given a #COVID19 test and told I’d have the results within 48 hrs. Nearly a week later, I still don’t have the results.

Washington post reporter Danielle Paquette:

As Americans speak of long waits, Senegal is testing people & getting results within 4 hours.

But but but ... single payer insurance will result in long waits for coverage.

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